# Giulio Ciccone

Giulio Ciccone (born 20 December 1994) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. Ciccone's career highlights include several stage wins at the Giro d'Italia and the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France.

## Career
### Bardiani–CSF (2016–18)

Ciccone was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, where he won stage 10. At the 2018 Giro d'Italia, Ciccone finished second in the mountains classification, behind overall race winner Chris Froome. Also in 2018, Ciccone won the Giro dell'Appennino and finished second in the inaugural Adriatica Ionica Race.

### Trek–Segafredo (2019–present)

After three years with Bardiani–CSF, Ciccone joined Trek–Segafredo on an initial two-year contract from the 2019 season. At the 2019 Giro d'Italia Ciccone won the mountains classification jersey, accumulating more than twice as many points as the runner-up Fausto Masnada. He finished 16th overall, with a victory on stage sixteen, a finish at Ponte di Legno. After this, Ciccone was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. During the sixth stage to La Planche des Belles Filles, he was part of a breakaway which survived to the finish line. Ciccone managed to take over the race leader's yellow jersey from Julian Alaphilippe despite fading in the final metres of the climb. He held the lead for two days, before Alaphilippe retook the jersey after gaining twenty seconds on the run-in to the finish in Saint-Étienne. Ciccone also held the lead of the young rider classification for four days, ultimately finishing just outside the top thirty placings overall and sixth in the young rider standings.
In summer 2019, Ciccone signed a 12-month extension to his contract, until the end of the 2021 season.
In 2020, his top result was winning the Trofeo Laigueglia.
He competed in the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ciccone had his third Giro d'Italia stage win on stage 15 of the 2022 edition. He also earned the combativity award for the day.
He won the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France with a 14-point lead over Felix Gall, in addition to a second place finish on stage 5. A month prior, he won the mountains classification and the eighth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

## Major results
### 2014

    1st Trofeo Rigoberto Lamonica
    5th GP Capodarco
    6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
       1st Mountains classification
    9th Gran Premio di Poggiana

### 2015

    1st Bassano-Monte Grappa
    1st Mountains classification, Giro della Valle d'Aosta
    1st Coppa Città di San Daniele
    2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    4th Coppa Collecchio
    6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

### 2016 (1 pro win)

    1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
    5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2017 (1)

    3rd Pro Ötztaler 5500
    6th Overall Tour of Utah
       1st Stage 6
    6th Overall Tour of Austria

### 2018 (1)

    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Mountains classification, Okolo Slovenska
    2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
    7th Gran Premio di Lugano
    9th Overall Tour of the Alps
    10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2019 (2)

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 16
    6th Trofeo Laigueglia
    7th Coppa Agostoni
    8th Overall Tour du Haut Var
       1st Stage 2
    10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    Tour de France
       Held after Stages 6–7
       Held after Stages 6–9

### 2020 (1)

    1st Trofeo Laigueglia
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Giro dell'Emilia
    9th Gran Piemonte

### 2021

    5th Overall Route d'Occitanie
    5th Trofeo Laigueglia
    6th Circuito de Getxo

### 2022 (1)

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 15
       Combativity award Stage 15
    7th Japan Cup
    8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2023 (3)

    Critérium du Dauphiné
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 8
    Tour de France
       1st Mountains classification
       Combativity award Stage 14
    2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    5th La Flèche Wallonne
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stage 2
    8th Giro dell'Emilia

### 2024

    3rd Giro di Lombardia
    8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

### 2025

    2nd Overall UAE Tour

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | 95 | 40 | 16 | DNF | DNF | 25 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | 59 | 32 | 11 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 10 | 5 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | 29 | NH | DNF | 21 | 7 | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 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 |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 8 |
| Tour de Suisse | 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 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In Progress |