 Puccio in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Salvatore Puccio |
| Born | 31 August 1989 Menfi, Italy |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Professional team | |
| 2012– | Team Sky [1] [2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Salvatore Puccio (born 31 August 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. [3]
Puccio was born at Menfi, in Sicily. He joined Team Sky ahead of the 2012 season, [4] after a 2011 season which included a solo victory in the under-23 Tour of Flanders race in April. [5] [6]
Puccio made his Grand Tour debut at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. After Team Sky won the team time trial on stage two, Puccio took the race lead and wore the pink jersey on stage three, after being the highest placed Team Sky rider on stage one. [7] Puccio kicked off his season in 2018 with an entry in the Tour Down Under. [8]
after Stage 2
Points classification [lower-alpha 1] | Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 73 | 98 | 68 | — | 86 | 64 | 86 | 56 | 94 | 85 | 72 |
 Tour de France | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | 77 | 121 | 78 | 96 | 89 | — | 98 | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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