Davide Cimolai (born 13 August 1989) is an Italian professional road and track bicycle racer, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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Career
Born in
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'.
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, Cimolai has competed as a professional since the 2010 season, competing for the team until the end of 2011, when he joined the squad for the 2012 season. Cimolai made his
Grand Tour
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début at the
2012 Vuelta a España
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, where he was the team's main sprinter in a climber-stacked squad; he finished inside the top ten of a stage for the first time, when he placed seventh on the
second stage
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.
Cimolai's first two professional wins came in
2015
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. He won the Italian
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gr ...
classic, then, a month later, won the fifth stage of
Paris–Nice
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. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the
2019 Giro d'Italia
The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...
.
Major results
;2005
: 2nd
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, National Novice Road Championships
;2007
: 1st Giro Ciclistico della Bassa Friulana
: 1st Gran Premio Ormesani
: 1st Medaglia d'oro Sportivi Castione
: 1st Giro della Romagna
: 1st GP R.E.M. Crema
: 1st Giro Delle Conche
: 1st Trofeo Orogildo
: National Junior Track Championships
::2nd Individual pursuit
::2nd Points race
;2008
: 1st Piccolo Giro d'Emilia
: 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone
: 2nd UIV CUP Fiorenzuola
: 3rd
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Team pursuit,
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
;2009
: 1st
Coppa San Geo
The Coppa San Geo is a one-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UC ...
: 1st
Trofeo Franco Balestra
Trofeo Franco Balestra is a road bicycle race held annually in Italy. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union ...
: 1st
Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
The Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza (also known as Trofeo PIVA) is a professional cycling race held annually in the Province of Vicenza, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...
: 2nd Trofeo Marco Rusconi
: 2nd Medaglia d'Oro Fiera di Sommacampagna
: 3rd Medaglia d'Oro Frare De Nardi
: 3rd Memorial Danilo Furlan
: 3rd
La Popolarissima
La Popolarissima is a one-day cycling race held annually in Veneto, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internation ...
: 4th Giro Nazionale del Valdarno
: 5th Circuito Internazionale di Caneva
: 5th GP De Nardi
: 7th
Trofeo Edil C
Trofeo Edil C is an annual one-day cycling race held in Italy. It is rated 1.2 and is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Inte ...
;2010
: 1st Stage 1b (
TTT)
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...
: 4th
Circuito de Getxo
The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Established in 1924 as Circuito de Getxo, since 2001 it i ...
: 9th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
The GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...
;2011
:
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
::1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Scratch
::2nd
![Silver medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Silver_medal_europe.svg)
Madison
: National Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotItalia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/MaillotItalia.PNG)
Scratch
::1st
![MaillotItalia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/MaillotItalia.PNG)
Madison
::2nd Team pursuit
: 6th
GP Kranj
GP Kranj is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Kranj, Slovenia. Since 2007, The race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were i ...
;2012
: 9th Overall
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria
The Province of Reggio Calabria ( it, Provincia di Reggio Calabria) was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the souther ...
;2013
: 3rd
Trofeo Platja de Muro
: 4th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...
: 5th
Brussels Cycling Classic
The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar.
History
Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur even ...
;2014
: 7th
Vattenfall Cyclassics
The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250  ...
;2015
: 1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gr ...
: 1st Stage 5
Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
: 8th
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
;2016
: 1st Stage 6
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
: 1st Stage 2
Tour of Japan
The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.
History
Tour of Japan was formed a ...
;2017
: 1st Stage 1
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
: 5th
La Roue Tourangelle
La Roue Tourangelle is a road bicycle race held annually in the Region Centre-Val de Loire, France. The editions 2002–2004 were reserved for amateurs; from 2005 until 2012, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour; in 2013 it be ...
;2018
: 5th Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
: 6th
Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over th ...
;2019
: 1st
![Jersey multicolor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Jersey_multicolor.svg)
Overall
Vuelta a Castilla y León
The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
::1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Wallonie
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: 4th
Eschborn–Frankfurt
Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is held annua ...
: 6th
Coppa Sabatini
The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is t ...
: 10th
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gr ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Lampre-ISD profile*
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Italian male cyclists
1989 births
Living people
People from Pordenone
Cyclists from Friuli Venezia Giulia