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Italian road racing cyclist

Gianluca Brambilla

Brambilla at the 2022 Tour de Romandie.
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Brambilla
Nickname Brambi
Born (1987-08-22) 22 August 1987 (age 37)Bellano, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Team information
Current team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type ClimberDomestique
Amateur teams
2006 Ormesani Panni
2007–2009 Zalf Desirèe Fior
Professional teams
2010–2012 Colnago–CSF Inox
2013–2017 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1]
2018–2022 Trek–Segafredo[2][3][4]
2023– Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2016) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2016)

Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[5] He started his professional career in 2010 with Colnago–CSF Inox.[6]

Born in Bellano, Brambilla began his professional career in 2010 with the Colnago–CSF Inox team,[7] 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.[8] Brambilla took two further top-ten places at the 2012 edition of the race, placing tenth on the seventh stage,[9] and seventh on the eighth stage.[10]

In September 2014, Brambilla was ejected from the Vuelta a España during the 16th stage after trading blows with Russian cyclist Ivan Rovny.[11]

In 2016, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, which netted him the Pink Jersey. He did so from an early breakaway.[12] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[13]

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.[14]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Legend

— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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  5. ^ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Colnago-CSF Inox (COG) – IRL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Colnago-CSF Inox presented in Italy". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  8. ^ Ryan, Barry (26 May 2011). "Capecchi gets one for Liquigas". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  9. ^ Wynn, Nigel (12 May 2012). "Hesjedal moves into Giro lead after mountain-top finish". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  10. ^ Atkins, Ben (13 May 2012). "Domenico Pozzovivo attacks to win at Lago Laceno". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Vuelta a España: Brambilla, Rovny disqualified as Contador wins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Reactions from stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  13. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  14. ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (21 February 2021). "Tour du Var: Brambilla secures stage 3 win". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 February 2021.