James Piccoli Explained

James Piccoli
Birth Date:5 September 1991
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height:1.78 m
Weight:65 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2013
Amateurteam1:Medique
Amateuryears2:2016
Amateurteam2:Transports Lacombe–Devinci–Zoom Media
Amateuryears3:2017
Amateurteam3:Pacific Premier Bank Pro Cycling
Proyears1:2014
Proyears2:2015
Proyears3:2017–2019
Proyears4:2020–2022
Proteam4:[1]
Proyears5:2023

James Piccoli (born 5 September 1991) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[2]

Piccoli rose to prominence in 2018, becoming dominant on the North American circuit, winning the Tour de Beauce, and finishing second overall at the 2019 Tour of Utah in addition to winning the prologue stage.[3] These successes allowed him to sign with . He stayed with the team through the 2022 season, before confirming that he would not return for 2023, and has not yet announced his plans for the 2023 season.[4]

Major results

2013
  • Canada Summer Games
  • 2nd Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
    2015
  • 3rd Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
    2016
  • 1st Tobago Cycling Classic
    2017
  • 1st Overall Tour of Southland
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 2nd Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 9th Overall Tour of Alberta
  • 10th Overall Tour of Utah
    2018
  • 1st Overall Tour de Beauce
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 6th Overall Tour of the Gila
  • 7th Overall Colorado Classic
    2019
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Utah
  • 1st Prologue
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 5th Road race, National Road Championships
    2020
  • 10th Overall Tour de Hongrie
    2021
  • 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  • 2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda
  • 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2022
  • 8th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
    2023
  • 2nd Syedra Ancient City
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 9th Overall Tour of Poyang Lake
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 10th Overall Tour of Huangshan
  • 10th Overall Aziz Shusha

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20202021
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España12586
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 December 2019. 2 January 2020.
    2. Web site: 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 19 October 2020.
    3. Web site: James Piccoli's KHS Flite 900 for the Tour of Utah . . 18 August 2019 . 5 December 2022 . Croxton, Josh.
    4. Web site: Updated: James Piccoli and Alex Cataford will not continue with Israel Premier Tech . . 24 November 2022 . 5 December 2022 . Hood, Andrew.