# Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.
In August 2016, Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won bronze in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Viviani's nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint.

## Career
### Team Sky (2015–17)
#### 2015 season

Viviani signed for Team Sky on 24 October 2014 after considering offers from Orica–GreenEDGE and the BMC Racing Team. He chose Team Sky because they were willing to help tailor his road programme to help with his track ambitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. After winning Stage 2 of the Dubai Tour, Viviani headed to the Track World Championships in Yvelines winning two medals including bronze in his focused Olympic event, the omnium. Back on the road Viviani made a big leap forward, consistently winning at World Tour level winning stages at the Tour de Romandie, the Eneco Tour and winning his first Grand Tour stage at the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 into Genoa. He ended the season well, becoming the European Track Champion in the omnium, gaining Olympic qualification points in the process. He also won three stages at the Tour of Britain and finished where he started the season, winning in the Middle East, this time at the Abu Dhabi Tour.

### Quick-Step Floors (2018–19)
#### 2018 season

Viviani signed for the Quick-Step Floors team before the 2018 season, replacing Marcel Kittel who joined Team Katusha–Alpecin. He got off to a good start winning Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, the 50th victory since his professional début in 2010. He continued the momentum in the Middle East where he won his first major overall title and two stage wins at the Dubai Tour as well as a stage in the Abu Dhabi Tour. He returned to Europe for his first big objective of the season where he came 19th at Milan–San Remo. He added another success in Belgium at the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne but suffered an emotional defeat at Gent–Wevelgem, finishing in second place behind Peter Sagan. He also won the Italian National Road Race Championships.

#### 2019 season

He again got off to a good start in Australia winning the opening stage of the Tour Down Under, and followed it up with the One-day classic Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, going one better than the previous year. Viviani's next win came at the UAE Tour a month later as he had an easier build up to the two Grand Tours he was scheduled to compete in – the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. After winning Stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico, he underperformed at the Giro d'Italia, where he was disqualified after winning a sprint on Stage 3 into Orbetello, after he was adjudged to have illegally blocked Trek–Segafredo's Matteo Moschetti. After last year's success, he failed to win a single stage in his home tour while wearing the national champion's jersey.
In his build up to the Tour de France he won two sprints in a row at the Tour de Suisse, before going onto win his first stage at the Tour de France into Nancy. Viviani came out of the Tour on top form, winning the London–Surrey Classic. After losing his national champion's jersey in June, he earned the right to wear a non standard team kit again for the following year after he won the European Championships on 11 August in Alkmaar. He won from a three-man break following the attack from trade teammate Yves Lampaert, and beating him and Pascal Ackermann in the sprint.

### Cofidis (2020–21)

In August 2019, Viviani was announced to be joining Cofidis for the 2020 season along with his lead-out man Fabio Sabatini.

### Ineos Grenadiers (2022–)

In November 2021, Viviani signed a three-year contract with the Ineos Grenadiers team, from the 2022 season.

## Personal life

Viviani is married to fellow cyclist Elena Cecchini. His brother Attilio Viviani is also a professional cyclist.

## Major results
### Road
#### 2005

    European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
       1st Road race
       1st Criterium
    2nd Road race, National Cadet Championships

#### 2009

    4th ZLM Tour
    7th La Côte Picarde

#### 2010 (3 pro wins)

    1st Memorial Marco Pantani
    1st Binche–Tournai–Binche
    1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba
    1st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey
    3rd Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
    7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

#### 2011 (8)

    1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    1st Tour de Mumbai I
    1st Coppa Città di Stresa
    USA Pro Cycling Challenge
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    Giro di Padania
       1st Points classification
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 2
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
    2nd Tour de Mumbai II

#### 2012 (7)

    1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
    1st Stage 2a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
    2nd Memorial Marco Pantani

#### 2013 (6)

    1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Dutch Food Valley Classic
    1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
    5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
    7th GP Ouest–France
    7th Grand Prix de Fourmies

#### 2014 (6)

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    Tour of Turkey
       1st Stages 5 & 7
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia
    1st Stage 4 USA Pro Challenge
    2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
    3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
    9th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
    Giro d'Italia
       Held after Stages 5 & 6

#### 2015 (8)

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 2
       Held after Stages 2–5, 7–9, 13–16
    Tour of Britain
       1st Stages 1, 3 & 8
    Abu Dhabi Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
    1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
    2nd Trofeo Santanyi–Ses Salines–Campos
    3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

#### 2016 (2)

    1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
    1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne

#### 2017 (9)

    1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
    1st Bretagne Classic
    Tour of Austria
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie
    1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
    2nd Road race, UEC European Championships
    2nd Scheldeprijs
    3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    5th Overall Dubai Tour
    5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    5th Coppa Bernocchi
    6th Memorial Marco Pantani
    6th Coppa Sabatini
    9th Milan–San Remo

#### 2018 (18)

    1st Road race, National Championships
    1st Overall Dubai Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
    1st Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 3, 13 & 17
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 3, 10 & 21
    Adriatica Ionica Race
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 4 & 5
    Abu Dhabi Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
    2nd Gent–Wevelgem
    2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    2nd London–Surrey Classic
    2nd Dwars door het Hageland
    6th UCI World Tour

#### 2019 (11)

    1st Road race, UEC European Championships
    1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    1st London–Surrey Classic
    1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
    UAE Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 5
    Tour de Suisse
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    1st Stage 4 Tour de France
    1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
    1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska
    2nd Tacx Pro Classic
    3rd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

#### 2020

    3rd Clásica de Almería
    9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    10th Race Torquay

#### 2021 (7)

    1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire
    1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
    1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    Adriatica Ionica Race
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan
    9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
    10th Coppa Bernocchi

#### 2022 (2)

    1st Stage 1 Tour de la Provence
    1st Stage 6 CRO Race
    6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
    7th Road race, UEC European Championships

#### 2023 (2)

    1st Stage 1 Tour of Guangxi
    1st Stage 1 CRO Race
    3rd Hamburg Cyclassics
    9th Bretagne Classic

#### 2024

    2nd Surf Coast Classic

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 119 | 145 | 125 | DNF | — | 132 | DNF | 112 | 135 | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 162 | — | — | — | — | 130 | 135 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 145 | — | — | — | — |

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 108 | 108 | — | — | 84 | 9 | 19 | 65 | 39 | 69 | 116 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | NH | — | — | — | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Classic | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brugge–De Panne | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | Previously a stage race | 1 | 3 | — | 9 | — | — | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | 15 | — | DNF | DNF | — | 2 | 19 | — | — | 69 | — | DNF |
| Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | 42 | DNF | 46 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — |
| London–Surrey Classic | — | — | — | — | 9 | 28 | — | 11 | 2 | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 78 | — | — | 5 | — | 14 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | Not held | Not held | 25 | 3 | 52 |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | — | 7 | 31 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 69 | — | — | 52 | 9 | — |

#### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Olympic Games | Road race | Not held | Not held | 38 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | DNF |
| World Championships | Road race | — | 80 | — | — | — | 89 | 20 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Road race | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | 2 | 20 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 44 | — |
| National Championships | Road race | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 33 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | 14 | DNF | DNF |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |

### Track
#### 2006

    1st Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships
    National Junior Championships
       1st Madison
       1st Team sprint
    3rd Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Fabrizio Braggion)

#### 2007

    UEC European Junior Championships
       1st Points race
       3rd Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
    1st Madison, National Championships
    National Junior Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Team sprint
       3rd Scratch
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

#### 2008

    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Scratch
       1st Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
       3rd Omnium
       3rd Team pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Points race
       2nd Scratch

#### 2009

    1st Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    National Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Omnium
       2nd Madison

#### 2010

    National Championships
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison

#### 2011

    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Points race
       2nd Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
       1st Points race
       2nd Scratch
       2nd Team pursuit
       2nd Kilo
    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Jacopo Guarnieri)
    2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships
    3rd Omnium, UEC European Championships
    3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Astana

#### 2012

    UEC European Championships
       1st Points race
       3rd Madison (with Angelo Ciccone)
       3rd Team pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Derny
       1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
       1st Team pursuit
    1st 3 Sere di Bassano del Grappa (with Franco Marvulli)

#### 2013

    UEC European Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Madison (with Liam Bertazzo)
    National Championships
       1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
       1st Points race
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Individual pursuit
       2nd Kilo
       2nd Team sprint
       3rd Derny
       3rd Scratch

#### 2014

    1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
    National Championships
       1st Omnium
       2nd Individual pursuit

#### 2015

    1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Alex Buttazzoni)
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Madison (with Marco Coledan)
       3rd Omnium

#### 2016

    1st Omnium, Olympic Games
    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
    3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)

#### 2017

    1st Six Days of Turin (with Francesco Lamon)

#### 2018

    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Omnium
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
    3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, London

#### 2019

    1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
    1st Omnium, National Championships
    1st Six Days of London (with Simone Consonni)

#### 2021

    UCI World Championships
       1st Elimination
       3rd Omnium
    National Championships
       1st Points race
       2nd Elimination
       3rd Madison (with Attilio Viviani)
    3rd Omnium, Olympic Games

#### 2022

    1st Elimination, UCI World Championships
    1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
    1st Elimination, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
    National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Points race
       2nd Individual pursuit
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Vincent Hoppezak)

#### 2023

    National Championships
       1st Scratch
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Points race
       2nd Elimination
       3rd Madison (with Matteo Donegà)
    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
    3rd Elimination, UCI World Championships

#### 2024

    1st Three Days of London (with Simone Consonni)
    2nd Madison, Olympic Games (with Simone Consonni)
    2nd Elimination, UCI World Championships
    2nd Omnium, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide