Giulio Ciccone

Giulio Ciccone (born 20 December 1994) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . 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 , Ciccone joined 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.

In the 2026 edition of the Giro d'Italia, he wore the maglia rosa for the first time in his career after finishing 3rd on stage 4.

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

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 (3) 1st Clásica de San Sebastián 2nd Overall UAE Tour 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 4th Overall Tour of the Alps 1st Stage 1 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2026 Giro d'Italia 1st Mountains classification Held after Stage 4 1st Mountains classification, Volta a Catalunya 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 6th Clásica de San Sebastián 6th Circuito de Getxo

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia DNF 95 40 16 DNF DNF 25 — — DNF 20 Tour de France — — — 31 — — 59 32 11 — — Vuelta a España — — — — — DNF — — DNF 18 —Major stage race general classification results Race 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Paris–Nice — — — 37 — — — — — — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — 26105 — 136 Volta a Catalunya — — — 29NH DNF 217 — — 33 Tour of the Basque CountryHas not contested during his career Tour de Romandie — — — — — — — — 34 — — Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — — — — 118 — — Tour de SuisseHas not contested during his career

Classics results timeline Monument 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — 66 — 29 — — — — 47 38 Tour of FlandersHas not contested during his career Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — 34 — — — 13 —2 20 Giro di Lombardia 49 41 225 — 15 —3 — Classic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 La Flèche Wallonne — — 25 — — —5 — — — Clásica de San Sebastián — — 11NH 14 — — 3516 Giro dell'Emilia 34 16 128 — DNF8 43 — Gran Piemonte — — —9 — 100 — 30 —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In Progress