Davide Appollonio

Davide Appollonio (born 2 June 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Amore & Vita.^[2]

Davide Appollonio

Appollonio at the 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Personal information
Full name	Davide Appollonio
Nickname	Appo Jet
Born	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 36) Isernia, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2007–2008	Vangi Sparo Caparol
2009	Hopplà–Seano–Bellissima
Professional teams
2009	→ Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire)
2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2012	Team Sky
2013–2014	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2015	Androni Giocattoli
2019–2021	Amore & Vita–Prodir[1]

Career

Born in Isernia, Appollonio first made an impression in the professional ranks riding as a stagiaire for Cervélo TestTeam during the latter part of 2009, before signing for the team as a neo-pro for the 2010 season.

He joined Team Sky for the 2011 season,^[3] picking up his first win for the team on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, and then his first overall Sprints competition the following day. Appollonio left Team Sky at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Ag2r–La Mondiale on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.^[4] In October 2014 he announced that he would join Androni Giocattoli for 2015, the first time Appollonio had joined an Italian professional cycling team.^[5]

On 30 June 2015 Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO, on 14 June – two weeks after completing the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended.^[6] He was suspended for four years, and returned to the peloton with Amore & Vita–Prodir at the 2019 Volta a Portugal; he won the opening road stage of the race.^[7]

Major results

2009

5th Gran Premio della Liberazione

6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

2010

1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

2nd Tour de Vendée

5th Clásica de Almería

7th Coppa Sabatini

10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

2011

Tour de Luxembourg

1st Points classification

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

2012

4th London Nocturne

2013

5th Paris–Bourges

2014

2nd Roma Maxima

6th Scheldeprijs

2015

1st Points classification Tour of Slovenia

3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

2019

1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Giro d'Italia	DNF	—	168	DNF	123[8]
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish