# Alberto Bettiol

Alberto Bettiol (born 29 October 1993) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. Bettiol turned professional in 2014, with his first professional win coming at the 2019 Tour of Flanders. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race, and time trial.

## Biography

Born on 29 October 1993, in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Bettiol resides in Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy.
Bettiol signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.
He signed with Cannondale–Garmin, another UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, also finishing second in the Bretagne Classic that season. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.

### 2019

After spending the 2018 season in BMC Racing Team, he returned to his previous team (now called EF Education First Pro Cycling).
After a strong performance at the Tirreno–Adriatico, most notably finishing 3rd on the second stage and 2nd on the final stage (an individual time trial), he won his first professional race at the Tour of Flanders, one of cycling's five monuments. Following a successful solo attack on the second to last climb of the race, Oude Kwaremont, he managed to keep the gap to the chasing group which included several of the pre-race favorites, including previous winners Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan, for the remaining 17 km.

### 2021–Present

In 2021, Bettiol won his first Grand Tour stage on day 18 of the Giro d'Italia in a solo fashion seventeen seconds ahead of the chase group. In 2022, Bettiol took no victories but did place eighth in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He also won the combativity award for stage ten of the Tour de France, after attacking from the breakaway before being caught with nine kilometers remaining.
The following season, he took a very early season win, capturing the 5.5 kilometer prologue of the Tour Down Under by eight seconds. In March 2024, he won Milano–Torino from a 30 kilometer solo ride, followed by taking fifth at Milan–San Remo three days later.

## Major results
### 2011

    1st Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3

### 2013

    National Under-23 Road Championships
       3rd Road race
       5th Time trial
    3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
    3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
    4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
    7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

### 2015

    10th Gran Piemonte

### 2016

    2nd Bretagne Classic
    3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Points classification
    4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    10th Gran Piemonte

### 2017

    4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    6th Clásica de San Sebastián
    10th E3 Harelbeke

### 2018

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2019 (1 pro win)

    1st Tour of Flanders
    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       3rd Road race
    4th E3 Binckbank Classic
    6th Brabantse Pijl

### 2020 (1)

    2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    4th Strade Bianche
    4th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2021 (1)

    1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia

### 2022

    2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    5th Gran Piemonte
    8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France

### 2023 (1)

    1st Prologue Tour Down Under
    10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

### 2024 (4)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
       1st Stage 2
    1st Milano–Torino
    2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    5th Milan–San Remo
    5th Trofeo Calvià
    9th Tour of Flanders
    10th Overall Renewi Tour
    10th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx

### 2025

    7th Trofeo Laigueglia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 86 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 48 | — |
| Tour de France | — | 90 | — | 69 | 62 | — | 41 | 83 | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Classics results timeline

| Monuments | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 37 | 95 | 36 | 18 | 109 | 131 | 54 | 5 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | DNF | 24 | DNF | 1 | 16 | 28 | DNF | — | 9 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 69 | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 89 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | 97 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | 78 | 4 | 23 | — | DNF | 24 |
| Milano–Torino | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 39 | 61 | 1 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | DNF | 10 | DNF | 4 | NH | 44 | — | 15 | DNF |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | DNF | 32 | 121 | DNF | 4 | DNF | — | DNF | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | DNF | 53 | 16 | — | 6 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | DNF | — | — | 6 | — | — | NH | — | DNF | 12 | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 32 | 2 | 49 | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec | — | — | 4 | 15 | — | 12 | Not held | Not held | 8 | DNF | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 7 | 54 | — | 51 | Not held | Not held | 47 | DNF | |
| Gran Piemonte | NH | 10 | 10 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 5 | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In Progress |
| NH | Not held |