Davide Cimolai (born 13 August 1989) is an Italian professional road and track bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[5]

Davide Cimolai
Cimolai at the 2013 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full nameDavide Cimolai
NicknameCimo
Born (1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 (age 35)
Pordenone, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Lead-out man
Amateur team
2008–2009Marchiol–Liquigas–Site
Professional teams
2010–2011Liquigas–Doimo
2012–2016Lampre–ISD
2017–2018FDJ
2019–2021Israel Cycling Academy[1][2][3]
2022–2023Cofidis[4]
2024–Movistar Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Trofeo Laigueglia (2015)

Career

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Born in Pordenone, Cimolai has competed as a professional since the 2010 season, competing for the Liquigas–Doimo team until the end of 2011, when he joined the Lampre–ISD squad for the 2012 season.[6] Cimolai made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Vuelta a España, where he was the Lampre–ISD 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.[7][8]

Cimolai's first two professional wins came in 2015. He won the Italian Trofeo Laigueglia classic, then, a month later, won the fifth stage of Paris–Nice.[9][10] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[11]

Major results

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2005
2nd Time trial, 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   Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2009
1st Coppa San Geo
1st Trofeo Franco Balestra
1st Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
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
4th Giro Nazionale del Valdarno
5th Circuito Internazionale di Caneva
5th GP De Nardi
7th Trofeo Edil C
2010
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
4th Circuito de Getxo
9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2011
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st   Scratch
2nd   Madison
National Track Championships
1st   Scratch
1st   Madison
2nd Team pursuit
6th GP Kranj
2012
9th Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
2013
3rd Trofeo Platja de Muro
4th Grand Prix de Fourmies
5th Brussels Cycling Classic
2014
7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
2015
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
8th Milan–San Remo
2016
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan
2017
1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
5th La Roue Tourangelle
2018
5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
6th Paris–Camembert
2019
1st   Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st   Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
4th Eschborn–Frankfurt
6th Coppa Sabatini
10th Trofeo Laigueglia
2023
9th Paris–Bourges
2024
4th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
6th Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Giro d'Italia 130 118 127 135 DNF 134
  Tour de France 137 163 155 168 152
  Vuelta a España 163 DNF 146
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ van Eyck, Xylon (5 November 2011). "Davide Cimolai bolsters Lampre-ISD sprint train". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  7. ^ Atkins, Ben (19 August 2012). "John Degenkolb takes stage two in tight, uphill sprint". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  8. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (19 August 2012). "Degenkolb sprints to Vuelta a Espana stage 2 win". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Trofeo Laigueglia 2015 - Classic". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Paris - Nice 2015 - Stage 5". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  11. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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