Samuele Battistella Explained

Samuele Battistella
Full Name:Samuele Battistella
Birth Place:Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2011–2014
Amateurteam1:UC Giorgione
Amateuryears2:2015
Amateurteam2:VC Breganze
Amateuryears3:2016
Amateurteam3:Cyber Breganze Group
Amateuryears4:2017–2018
Amateurteam4:Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior
Proyears1:2019
Proyears2:2020
Proteam2:[1]
Proyears3:2021–

Samuele Battistella (born 14 November 1998) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2] [3] Battistella's first professional win was at the 2021 Veneto Classic.[4] He was initially named to the Astana team for the 2022 Tour de France, but was diagnosed with COVID-19 right before the race.[5] [6] He instead rode at the 2022 Vuelta a España.

Major results

2016
  • 1st Trofeo Buffoni
  • 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana
  • 5th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
  • 5th Montichiari–Roncone
  • 6th Trofeo Guido Dorigo
  • 7th Trofeo Citta di Loano
    2018
  • 2nd Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana
  • 4th Giro del Belvedere
  • 6th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
  • 6th Giro del Medio Brenta
  • 8th Trofeo Edil C
    2019
  • 1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Overall Tour de Limpopo
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Giro del Belvedere
  • 2nd G.P. Palio del Recioto
  • 6th Trofeo Piva
    2021
  • 1st Veneto Classic
  • 4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
  • 4th Coppa Bernocchi
  • 6th Trofeo Matteotti
  • 10th Giro della Toscana
    2022
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
  • 7th Overall Tour de la Provence
  • Combativity award Stage 12 Vuelta a España
    2023
  • 6th Veneto Classic
  • 7th Giro del Veneto
  • 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
    2024
  • 6th GP Miguel Induráin
  • 6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour202120222023
    Giro d'Italia82DNF
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF121
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: NTT Pro Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260. 3 January 2020.
    2. Web site: Astana - Premier Tech. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101032049/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15228/1001249/279. 1 January 2021.
    3. News: Daniel. Ostanek. Battistella, Sobrero, De Bod head up six new Astana-Premier Tech signings. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 November 2020. 20 November 2020.
    4. Web site: Giuliani . Simone . Samuele Battistella says has no memory of Amstel Gold Race crash . cyclingnews.com . 16 September 2022 . en . 12 April 2022.
    5. Web site: Vicennati . Enzo . Il ritorno a casa da Copenhagen per Covid e la ricerca di nuovi stimoli. Parla Battistella . bici.pro . 16 September 2022 . it-IT . 9 July 2022.
    6. Web site: Samuele Battistella and Omer Goldstein late absences at Tour de France . CyclingUpToDate.com . 16 September 2022 . en . 29 June 2022.