Davide Villella

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

Davide Villella

Villella at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name	Davide Villella
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) Magenta, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2010–2013	De Nardi–Colpack–Bergamasca
2013	Cannondale (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2014	Cannondale
2015–2017	Cannondale–Garmin[1][2]
2018–2019	Astana[3][4]
2020–2021	Movistar Team[5][6]
2022	Cofidis[7]
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España Mountains classification (2017) One-day races and Classics Japan Cup (2016)

Biography

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

2012

2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione

3rd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

6th Trofeo Edil C

7th Ruota d'Oro

8th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

1st Points classification

1st Stages 4 & 5

9th Trofeo Franco Balestra

2013

1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 4

1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Trofeo Edil C

2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana

3rd Coppa Sabatini

3rd Giro dell'Emilia

4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

6th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

6th Giro del Belvedere

8th Coppa della Pace

10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2014

1st Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country

4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway

1st Young rider classification

6th Coppa Sabatini

6th Trofeo Laigueglia

2015

10th Milano–Torino

2016

1st Japan Cup

5th Giro di Lombardia

9th Giro dell'Emilia

10th Overall Critérium International

10th Overall Tour de Pologne

2017

1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a España

5th Tre Valli Varesine

2018

1st Overall Tour of Almaty

1st Points classification

1st Stage 1

2019

2nd Overall CRO Race

5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

7th Gran Piemonte

9th Overall Tour of Guangxi

2020

3rd Pollença–Andratx

2021

4th Trofeo Matteotti

5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana

5th Giro della Toscana

7th Memorial Marco Pantani

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	DNF	78	—	72	70	60	40	55	63
Tour de France	Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España	—	94	56	97	48	—	—	—	53

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish