Samuele Battistella (born 14 November 1998) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[2][3] Battistella's first professional win was at the 2021 Veneto Classic.[4] He was initially named to the Astana team for the 2022 Tour de France, but was diagnosed with COVID-19 right before the race.[5][6] He instead rode at the 2022 Vuelta a España.
 Battistella at the 2020 La Flèche Wallonne | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Samuele Battistella | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1998 Castelfranco Veneto, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | UC Giorgione | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | VC Breganze | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Cyber Breganze Group | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | NTT Pro Cycling[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Astana–Premier Tech | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 2016
- 1st Trofeo Buffoni
- 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 5th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 5th Montichiari–Roncone
- 6th Trofeo Guido Dorigo
- 7th Trofeo Citta di Loano
- 2018
- 1st Coppa Città di San Daniele
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana
- 4th Giro del Belvedere
- 6th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 6th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 8th Trofeo Edil C
- 2019
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships - 1st
Overall Tour de Limpopo
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Giro del Belvedere
- 2nd G.P. Palio del Recioto
- 6th Trofeo Piva
- 2021
- 1st Veneto Classic
- 4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Trofeo Matteotti
- 10th Giro della Toscana
- 2022
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th Overall Tour de la Provence
Combativity award Stage 12 Vuelta a España- 2023
- 6th Veneto Classic
- 7th Giro del Veneto
- 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2024
- 6th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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82 | — | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | DNF | 121 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (20 November 2020). "Battistella, Sobrero, De Bod head up six new Astana-Premier Tech signings". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (12 April 2022). "Samuele Battistella says has no memory of Amstel Gold Race crash". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Vicennati, Enzo (9 July 2022). "Il ritorno a casa da Copenhagen per Covid e la ricerca di nuovi stimoli. Parla Battistella". bici.pro (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Samuele Battistella and Omer Goldstein late absences at Tour de France". CyclingUpToDate.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
External links
edit- Samuele Battistella at ProCyclingStats
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