# Gianluca Brambilla

Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He started his professional career in 2010 with Colnago–CSF Inox.

## Career

Born in Bellano, Brambilla began his professional career in 2010 with the Colnago–CSF Inox team, moving to Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2013. He was also a member of the Ormesani Panni and Zalf Desirèe Fior teams as an amateur, winning numerous domestic races. At the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Brambilla finished fourth in the mountains classification as well as taking a fourth place stage finish during Stage 18 to San Pellegrino Terme. Brambilla took two further top-ten places at the 2012 edition of the race, placing tenth on the seventh stage, and seventh on the eighth stage.
In September 2014, Brambilla was ejected from the Vuelta a España during the 16th stage after trading blows with Russian cyclist Ivan Rovny.
In 2016, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, which netted him the Pink Jersey. He did so from an early breakaway. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
In February 2021, Brambilla won the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var stage race. He had done well on the first two stages, managing to keep pace with race leaders, and was well-placed going into the third and final stage in 17th place, but only 13 seconds behind then-race leader Michael Woods. He was a part of the day's main breakaway group of 16 riders. As the breakaway began to disintegrate on the slopes of the last categorized climb, the Col de la Madone, Brambilla attacked, with only Valentin Madouas able to follow. With around 11 kilometers left, he attacked again, and this time Madouas was unable to keep up. Brambilla pushed on over the last climb, the uncategorized Col de Nice, and managed to hold on for the stage win. Despite Woods' best efforts to maintain his lead, he and Brambilla's teammate Bauke Mollema finished in a group 18 seconds behind Brambilla, giving the Italian the overall win.

## Major results
### 2006

    3rd Overall Giro del Veneto Juniors

### 2007

    Giro del Veneto Juniors
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
    5th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    9th Giro del Belvedere

### 2008

    1st Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
    3rd Trofeo Zsšdi
    4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
    6th Overall Giro delle Regioni
    9th GP Capodarco
    10th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano

### 2009

    1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    1st Coppa Città di San Daniele
    2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Trofeo Zsšdi
    3rd Giro della Valli Aretine
    3rd Ruota d'Oro
    7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
    10th Giro del Medio Brenta

### 2010 (1 pro win)

    1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
    6th Gran Premio di Lugano

### 2011

    4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
    4th Giro della Romagna
    6th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano

### 2012

    1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro di Padania
    2nd Giro dell'Appennino
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    7th Gran Premio di Lugano
    7th Memorial Marco Pantani
    8th Trofeo Melinda
    10th Giro dell'Emilia

### 2014

    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

### 2015

    6th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
    10th Giro di Lombardia
    10th La Drôme Classic

### 2016 (3)

    1st Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 8
       Held after Stages 8–9
    1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Strade Bianche
    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    6th Clásica de San Sebastián
    7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    8th Tre Valli Varesine
    10th Overall Tour of Oman

### 2017

    8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    8th Grand Prix de Wallonie

### 2018

    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    5th Memorial Marco Pantani
    8th Overall Tour of Croatia
    10th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
    10th Tre Valli Varesine

### 2019

    6th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
    10th Giro dell'Emilia
    Giro d'Italia
       Held after Stage 12

### 2020

    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    10th Giro dell'Emilia

### 2021 (2)

    1st Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
       1st Stage 3
    6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 2022

    8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    9th Overall Tour de l'Ain

### 2023

    7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    9th Giro della Toscana
    9th Trofeo Matteotti
    10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    10th Giro del Veneto

### 2024

    5th Overall AlUla Tour
    6th Milano–Torino
    9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    10th Vuelta a Murcia
    10th Memorial Marco Pantani

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Giro d'Italia | 95 | 13 | 105 | 29 | — | 22 | — | 18 | 49 | DNF | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DSQ | 13 | 23 | — | 16 | 42 | — | 22 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |