Davide Cimolai

Davide Cimolai

Cimolai at the 2013 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full name	Davide Cimolai
Nickname	Cimo
Born	(1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 (age 36) Pordenone, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter Lead-out man
Amateur team
2008–2009	Marchiol–Liquigas–Site
Professional teams
2010–2011	Liquigas–Doimo
2012–2016	Lampre–ISD
2017–2018	FDJ
2019–2021	Israel Cycling Academy [1] [2] [3]
2022–2023	Cofidis [4]
2024–	Movistar Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Trofeo Laigueglia (2015)

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

Career

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

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

2nd Vuelta a Castilla y León

4th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

6th Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
11. "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links

• Lampre-ISD profile
• Davide Cimolai at UCI
• Davide Cimolai at Cycling Archives
• Davide Cimolai at ProCyclingStats
• Davide Cimolai at Cycling Quotient
• Davide Cimolai at CycleBase