Andrea Piccolo

Andrea Piccolo (born 23 March 2001) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Gazprom–RusVelo.[5][6]

Andrea Piccolo
Piccolo at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Piccolo
Born (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current teamGazprom–RusVelo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Rouleur
  • Climber
Amateur teams
2018–2019Team Lvf
2021Viris Vigevano[1]
Professional teams
2020Team Colpack–Ballan[2]
2021Astana–Premier Tech[3]
2022–Gazprom–RusVelo[4]

In 2019, Piccolo won the Junior time trial at the UEC European Road Championships.[7] Piccolo had originally signed with UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech for the 2021 season[8] but left the team at the end of May, having not raced for the team at all after health issues were detected during an early season training camp.[9]

Major results
2018
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Mountains classification
3rd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
4th Overall GP Général Patton
4th Trofeo Citta di Loano
2019
UEC European Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
6th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
7th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
2020
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2021
1st Ruota d'Oro
2nd GP Capodarco
8th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
9th Veneto Classic

References
  1. "Andrea Piccolo boekt derde zege na stap terug naar beloftenploeg" [Andrea Piccolo records third victory after stepping back to development team] (in Dutch). Wielerflits. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. "Team Colpack Ballan". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. "Six new signings for Astana – Premier Tech with Battistella, de Bod, Piccolo, Perry, Romo and Sobrero joining for 2021 and beyond". official Astana Pro Team website. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. "Russische formatie Gazprom-RusVelo geeft Andrea Piccolo een nieuwe kans" [Russian team Gazprom-RusVelo gives Andrea Piccolo another chance]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "GAZPROM-RUSVELO". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. "Gazprom-RusVelo Team 2022". rusvelo.team. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. (italian) Ciclismo, Europei 2019: Andrea Piccolo fantastica medaglia d’oro nella cronometro juniores!
  8. "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. "Astana – Premier Tech". Twitter. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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