Riccardo Zoidl Explained

Riccardo Zoidl
Fullname:Riccardo Zoidl
Nickname:Ricci[1]
Birth Date:1988 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Linz, Austria
Height:1.77m (05.81feet)
Weight:61kg (134lb)
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder
Proyears1:2007–2013
Proyears2:2014–2016
Proteam2:[2]
Proyears3:2017–2018
Proyears4:2019
Proteam4:[3]
Proyears5:2020–2021
Proteam5:[4] [5]
Proyears6:2022
Proyears7:2023–
Majorwins:Stage races

Tour of Austria (2013)Single-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2012)

National Road Race Championships (2013, 2014)Other

UCI Europe Tour (2013)

Riccardo Zoidl (born 8 April 1988) is an Austrian cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team .

Career

In 2012 he won the Austrian National Time Trial Championships and in 2013 and 2014 he won the Austrian National Road Race Championships.[6] His biggest victory to date has been the 2013 Tour of Austria.[7]

Zoidl left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.[2] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[8]

In December 2018 the announced that they had recruited Zoidl for 2019 as a replacement for fellow Austrian Stefan Denifl, after the team and Denifl had agreed to cancel the latter's contract for personal reasons.[9] He left the team following the 2019 season, rejoining for 2020 – his third spell with the team. He joined for the 2022 season, but signed a contract to rejoin for a fourth time, for the 2023 season.[10]

Major results

Source:[11]

2010
  • 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
  • 9th Overall Tour de Berlin
    2011
  • 1st Tobago Cycling Classic
  • Sibiu Cycling Tour
  • 1st Stages 1 & 5
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
    2012
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 3rd Belgrade–Banja Luka II
  • 5th Trofeo Zsšdi
  • 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
  • 6th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
  • 9th Grand Prix Südkärnten
  • 10th Poreč Trophy
    2013
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall UCI Europe Tour
  • 1st Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Tour of Austria
  • 1st Raiffeisen Grand Prix
  • 1st Croatia–Slovenia
  • 2nd Poreč Trophy
  • 4th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
  • 4th Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
  • 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  • 8th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
  • 8th Grand Prix Südkärnten
    2014
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
  • 5th Overall Tour of Austria
    2015
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 8th Overall Tour of California
    2016
  • 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 10th Overall Tour of Croatia
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 4
    2017
  • 2nd Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
  • 1st Stage 3
  • National Road Championships
  • 4th Road race
  • 4th Time trial
  • 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 5th Pro Ötztaler 5500
  • 9th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
    2018
  • 1st Overall Czech Cycling Tour
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
  • 1st Points classification
  • 2nd Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 2nd Raiffeisen Grand Prix
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Tour of Austria
    2019
  • 7th Overall Tour of Austria
    2020
  • Tour of Antalya
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 3
    2021
  • 2nd Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 5th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
  • 5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
  • 10th GP Czech Republic, Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race
    2022
  • 5th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
  • 5th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
  • 8th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
    2023
  • 5th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt 6th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
  • 8th Memorial Henryka Łasaka
    2024
  • 1st Overall International Tour of Hellas
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 3rd GP Slovenian Istria
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th GP Vorarlberg
  • 10th Overall Tour of Austria

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour201420152016
    Giro d'Italia4039
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España5458
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Great News! Riccardo Zoidl changes with big ambitions to Team Vorarlberg!. . Pro Event cycling Sports GmbH. 18 October 2021. 4 January 2022.
    2. News: Riccardo Zoidl courra en 2014 pour Trek. fr. 26 August 2013. 28 August 2013. Riccardo Zoidl will race in 2014 for Trek. Cyclism'Actu. Swar Agency SPRLS. Renaud. Breban.
    3. News: CCC Team, Riccardo Zoidl prende il posto di Denifl e completa il roster. Marco. Ferri. it. CCC Team, Riccardo Zoidl takes the place of Denifl and completes the roster. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 24 December 2018. 2 January 2019.
    4. Web site: Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511194752/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14139/1000912/257. 11 May 2020.
    5. Web site: Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210227003422/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15282/1000912/276. 27 February 2021.
    6. Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men) . 30 June 2016 . Cycling Archives.
    7. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-austria-2013/stage-8/results Zoidl wraps up overall victory
    8. Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
    9. Web site: Zoidl in, Denifl out in late-hour moves at CCC . Hood . Andrew . 24 December 2018 . VeloNews. 26 December 2018.
    10. News: Francesco. Mitola. CicloMercato 2023: Del Pino, Dina, Heming, Rudyk, Swirbul, Zoidl. Italian. Cycling Market 2023: Del Pino, Dina, Heming, Rudyk, Swirbul, Zoidl. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. APSARL. 15 November 2022. 17 November 2022. Riccardo Zoidl, 34 anni e un passato nel World Tour fra Trek-Segafredo e CCC, torna infatti al Team Felbermayr-Simplon Wels, dopo averlo lasciato a fine 2021 per passare alla Vorarlberg. [Riccardo Zoidl, 34 years old and past in the World Tour between Trek-Segafredo and CCC, in fact returns to Team Felbermayr-Simplon Wels, after leaving it at the end of 2021 to move to Vorarlberg.].
    11. Web site: Riccardo Zoidl. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 17 November 2022.