Davide Appollonio

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Davide Appollonio
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Appollonio at the 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Personal information
Full nameDavide Appollonio
NicknameAppo Jet
Born (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 33)
Isernia, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2007–2008Vangi Sparo Caparol
2009Hopplà–Seano–Bellissima
Professional teams
2009→ Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire)
2010 Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2012 Team Sky
2013–2014 Ag2r–La Mondiale
2015 Androni Giocattoli
2019–2021 Amore & Vita–Prodir [1]

Davide Appollonio (born 2 June 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Amore & Vita. [2]

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Career

Born in Isernia, Appollonio first made an impression in the professional ranks riding as a stagiaire for Cervélo TestTeam during the latter part of 2009, before signing for the team as a neo-pro for the 2010 season.

He joined Team Sky for the 2011 season, [3] picking up his first win for the team on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, and then his first overall Sprints competition the following day. Appollonio left Team Sky at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Ag2r–La Mondiale on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. [4] In October 2014 he announced that he would join Androni Giocattoli for 2015, the first time Appollonio had joined an Italian professional cycling team. [5]

On 30 June 2015 Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO, on 14 June – two weeks after completing the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended. [6] He was suspended for four years, and returned to the peloton with Amore & Vita–Prodir at the 2019 Volta a Portugal; he won the opening road stage of the race. [7]

Major results

2009
5th Gran Premio della Liberazione
6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2010
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
2nd Tour de Vendée
5th Clásica de Almería
7th Coppa Sabatini
10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2011
Tour de Luxembourg
1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
2012
4th London Nocturne
2013
5th Paris–Bourges
2014
2nd Roma Maxima
6th Scheldeprijs
2015
1st Jersey red.svg Points classification Tour of Slovenia
3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2019
1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20112012201320142015
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF — 168 DNF 123 [8]
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España —————
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ "Amore e Vita | P". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Amore e Vita". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Simon (27 October 2010). "Hunt signs for Team Sky along with Appollonio". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Appollonio and Betancur sign for Ag2R-La Mondiale". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "News shorts: Andy Schleck to retire?". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Appollonio provisionally suspended for EPO". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Davide Appollonio wins in Portugal on return from four-year EPO ban". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "98th Giro d'Italia General Classification". procyclingstats.com . Retrieved 28 July 2015.

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