Davide Villella

Davide Villella
Villella at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full nameDavide Villella
Born (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33)
Magenta, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2010–2013De Nardi–Colpack–Bergamasca
2013Cannondale (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2014Cannondale
2015–2017Cannondale–Garmin[1][2]
2018–2019Astana[3][4]
2020–2021Movistar Team[5][6]
2022Cofidis[7]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2017)

One-day races and Classics

Japan Cup (2016)

Davide Villella (born 27 June 1991) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2014 to 2022.[2]

Biography

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Born on 27 June 1991, in Magenta, Lombardy, Villella resides in Sant'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy.[2][8]

Villella signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[9][10] He started the 2014 Giro d'Italia, but withdrew on Stage 6.[11][12] Villella signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[13][14] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[15]

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 78 72 70 60 40 55 63
A yellow jersey Tour de France Has not contested during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España 94 56 97 48 53
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Team Cannondale – Garmin (TCG) – USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Davide Villella". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Cataldo and Villella join Movistar from Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Davide Villella". Strava. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ^ Stephen Farrand (15 May 2014). "Giro d'Italia: Michael Matthews wins stage 6". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  12. ^ Gregor Brown (15 May 2014). "GC contender Rodriguez abandons Giro after stage 6 crash". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  13. ^ Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  14. ^ Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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