Samuele Battistella

Samuele Battistella
Battistella at the 2020 La Flèche Wallonne
Personal information
Full nameSamuele Battistella
Born (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26)
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Team information
Current teamAstana Qazaqstan Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2011–2014UC Giorgione
2015VC Breganze
2016Cyber Breganze Group
2017–2018Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior
Professional teams
2019Dimension Data for Qhubeka
2020NTT Pro Cycling[1]
2021–Astana–Premier Tech
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Under-23 road race

Samuele Battistella (born 14 November 1998) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[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.

  1. ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (20 November 2020). "Battistella, Sobrero, De Bod head up six new Astana-Premier Tech signings". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ Giuliani, Simone (12 April 2022). "Samuele Battistella says has no memory of Amstel Gold Race crash". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ Vicennati, Enzo (9 July 2022). "Il ritorno a casa da Copenhagen per Covid e la ricerca di nuovi stimoli. Parla Battistella". bici.pro (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Samuele Battistella and Omer Goldstein late absences at Tour de France". CyclingUpToDate.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.