Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani
Viviani at the 2018 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 35)
Isola della Scala, Italy
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2008–2010Marchiol–Liquigas–Site
Professional teams
2010–2014Liquigas–Doimo
2015–2017Team Sky
2018–2019Quick-Step Floors[2][3]
2020–2021Cofidis[4][5]
2022–Ineos Grenadiers[6]
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (2019)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2018)
5 individual stages (2015, 2018)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2018)

Stage races

Dubai Tour (2018)

One-day races and Classics

European Road Race Championships (2019)
National Road Race Championships (2018)
EuroEyes Cyclassics (2017, 2018, 2019)
Bretagne Classic (2017)
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (2018)
Great Ocean Road Race (2019)
London–Surrey Classic (2019)
GP de Fourmies (2021)
Track
Omnium, Olympic Games (2016)
Elimination, World Championships (2021, 2022)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Track Championships 2 2 3
European Track Championships 8 1 3
European Road Championships 1 1 0
Total 12 5 7
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2011 Apeldoorn Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yvelines Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yvelines Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Elimination
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Panevėžys Points race
Gold medal – first place 2013 Apeldoorn Points race
Gold medal – first place 2013 Apeldoorn Madison
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadeloupe Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grenchen Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Panevėžys Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Panevėžys Madison
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Road race
Silver medal – second place 2017 Herning Road race

Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[6] On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.[7][8]

In August 2016, Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won bronze in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] Viviani's nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Elia Viviani, Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team". Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Sky's Elia Viviani to leave for Quick-Step Floors at end of season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ Torrego, José María (23 December 2018). "El Deceuninck Quick Step busca no sucumbir del cetro mundial del ciclismo en 2019" [The Deceuninck Quick Step seeks not to succumb from the cycling world title in 2019]. La Guía del Ciclismo (in Spanish). Digipress Ibérica SL. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Viviani signs for Cofidis". Cycling News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (1 November 2021). "Elia Viviani returns to Ineos Grenadiers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Elia Viviani wins stage 2; Michael Matthews takes lead at Giro". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Elia Viviani wins stage two as Michael Matthews takes lead". Sky Sports. 2015 Sky. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Cycling Track - VIVIANI Elia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Tokyo 2020, i portabandiera delle Olimpiadi saranno due: è la prima volta". ilveggente.it (in Italian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.