Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He started his professional career in 2010 with .

Career

Born in

Bellano Orrido di Bellano. Bellano (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina. The town's main attract ...

, Brambilla began his professional career in 2010 with the team, moving to in 2013. He was also a member of the Ormesani Panni and Zalf Desirèe Fior teams as an amateur, winning numerous domestic races. At the

2011 Giro d'Italia The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started on 7 May with a team time trial in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, when the city served as the first capital of t ...

, Brambilla finished fourth in the

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a femal ...

as well as taking a fourth place stage finish during Stage 18 to San Pellegrino Terme. Brambilla took two further top-ten places at the 2012 edition of the race, placing tenth on the seventh stage, and seventh on the eighth stage. In September 2014, Brambilla was ejected from the Vuelta a España during the 16th stage after trading blows with Russian cyclist Ivan Rovny. In 2016, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, which netted him the Pink Jersey. He did so from an early breakaway. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. In February 2021, Brambilla won the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var stage race. He had done well on the first two stages, managing to keep pace with race leaders, and was well-placed going into the third and final stage in 17th place, but only 13 seconds behind then-race leader Michael Woods. He was a part of the day's main breakaway group of 16 riders. As the breakaway began to disintegrate on the slopes of the last categorized climb, the Col de la Madone, Brambilla attacked, with only Valentin Madouas able to follow. With around 11 kilometers left, he attacked again, and this time Madouas was unable to keep up. Brambilla pushed on over the last climb, the uncategorized Col de Nice, and managed to hold on for the stage win. Despite Woods' best efforts to maintain his lead, he and Brambilla's teammate

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finished in a group 18 seconds behind Brambilla, giving the Italian the overall win.

Major results

;2006 : 3rd Overall Giro del Veneto : 3rd Stallavena ;2007 : Giro del Veneto ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4 : 1st Memorial Gerry Gasparotto : 2nd Coppa Fiera Mercatale : 2nd Gran Premio dei Colli Isolani : 2nd Gran Premio Ezio Del Rosso : 3rd Memorial Vittime del Vajont 9 Ottobre 1963 : 5th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia : 9th Giro del Belvedere ;2008 : 1st

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References Cycle races in Italy UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events esta ...

: 1st Memorial Vittime del Vajont 9 Ottobre 1963 : 2nd Piccola Sanremo : 2nd Giro della Provincia di Padova : 2nd Coppa Città di San Daniele : 3rd Trofeo Zsšdi : 3rd GP Bianco di Custoza : 3rd Coppa Lessinia : 3rd Trento–Monte Bondone : 4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin : 5th

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 ...

: 6th Overall Giro delle Regioni : 9th

GP Capodarco The GP Capodarco is a European bicycle race held in Capodarco, a city ward of Fermo, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing ...

: 10th

Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano The Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References

Cycle races in Italy UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events es ...

;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia : 1st Medaglia d'Oro Frare De Nardi : 1st Coppa Città di San Daniele : 2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin : 2nd Coppa Fiera di Mercatale : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Trofeo Zsšdi : 3rd Giro della Valli Aretine : 3rd Ruota d'Oro : 3rd Trofeo Sportivi di Briga : 7th

: 10th

Giro del Medio Brenta The Giro del Medio Brenta is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Veneto, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

;2010 : 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie : 6th

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano ( en, Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe ...

;2011 : 4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese : 4th Giro della Romagna : 6th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano ;2012 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

Giro di Padania The Giro di Padania was a multi-stage cycling race which forms part of the UCI Europe Tour. It was held at the beginning of September in Northern Italy, in the region known as the Po Valley or Padania. The first edition, won by Ivan Basso,

: 2nd Giro dell'Appennino : 4th Trofeo Laigueglia : 4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 7th

: 7th Memorial Marco Pantani : 8th

Trofeo Melinda Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was created after the disappearance of Giro dell'Umbria, held b ...

: 10th Giro dell'Emilia ;2014 : 3rd GP Briek Schotte : 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana ;2015 : 6th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour : 10th Giro di Lombardia : 10th La Drôme Classic ;2016 : 1st Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 8 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 8–9 : 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Strade Bianche : 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 6th Clásica de San Sebastián : 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 8th Tre Valli Varesine : 10th Overall Tour of Oman ;2017 : 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 8th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

;2018 : 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 5th Memorial Marco Pantani : 8th Overall Tour of Croatia : 10th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race : 10th Tre Valli Varesine ;2019 : 6th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta : 10th Giro dell'Emilia : Giro d'Italia ::Held MaillotAzul

after Stage 12 ;2020 : 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 10th Giro dell'Emilia ;2021 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var ::1st Stage 3 : 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano ;2022 : 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brambilla, Gianluca Italian male cyclists 1987 births Living people Cyclists from the Province of Lecco Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian Vuelta a España stage winners