Simone Velasco

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Simone Velasco
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Velasco at the 2024 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Born (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29)
Bologna, Italy
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team XDS Astana Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2015 Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior
Professional teams
2016–2017 Bardiani–CSF
2018–2019 Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia [1] [2]
2020–2021 Gazprom–RusVelo [3] [4]
2022– Astana Qazaqstan Team [5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2023)
Trofeo Laigueglia (2019)

Simone Velasco (born 2 December 1995 in Bologna) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. [6]

Contents

Major results

Gravel

7th UCI World Championships

Road

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 26 32
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 31
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

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