Davide Formolo

Davide Formolo
	Formolo in 2026
Personal information
Full name	Davide Formolo
Nicknames	Roccia; English: Rock
Born	25 October 1992 (age 34); Negrar, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Cycling career
Sport	Cycling
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team
2011–2013	Petroli–Firenze
Professional teams
2014	Cannondale
2015–2017	Cannondale–Garmin
2018–2019	Bora–Hansgrohe
2020–2023	UAE Team Emirates
2024–	Movistar Team
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2015) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2019) Veneto Classic (2023)

Davide Formolo (born 25 October 1992) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. Formolo turned professional in 2014.

Biography

Born on 25 October 1992, in Negrar, Italy, Formolo resides in Marano di Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy.

He signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.

Formolo signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI WorldTeam, for the 2015 season.

On 12 May 2015, at the Giro d'Italia, Formolo escaped with twenty riders, and successfully soloed, 14 kilometres (8.7 miles), to the finish. He finished twenty-two seconds ahead of the peloton. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.

After two seasons with Bora–Hansgrohe, it was announced that Formolo would join UAE Team Emirates on a two-year contract from 2020. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He withdrew from the race following stage 10, after he was diagnosed with a fractured collarbone following a crash.

Major results

2012: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships; 2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto; 4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta; 8th Overall Girobio
2013: 2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta; 2nd Trofeo Matteotti Under-23; 3rd Coppa della Pace; 4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships; 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir; 6th GP Capodarco; 8th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto; 9th Trofeo Edil C; 10th Gran Premio di Poggiana
2014: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships; 2nd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano; 4th Overall Tour of Turkey; 6th Giro dell'Emilia; 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan; 7th Overall Tour de Suisse; 7th Japan Cup; 9th Gran Premio di Lugano
2015 (1 pro win): 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia; 1st Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve; 3rd Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'Es Colomer; 9th Overall Tour de Pologne; 9th Overall Tour of Alberta
2016: 4th Overall Tour de Pologne; 9th Overall Vuelta a España
2017: 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
2018: 6th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour; 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico; 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 8th Overall Tour de Pologne; 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
2019 (2): 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya; 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 2nd Tokyo 2020 Test Event; 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
2020 (1): 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné; 2nd Strade Bianche; 8th Overall UAE Tour
2021: 2nd Tre Valli Varesine; 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2022: 2nd Veneto Classic; 4th Coppa Agostoni; 9th Giro dell'Emilia; 10th Overall Deutschland Tour
2023 (2): 1st Veneto Classic; 1st Coppa Agostoni; 2nd Overall Saudi Tour; 5th Memorial Marco Pantani; 6th Giro della Toscana; 9th Overall Tour of Austria; 9th Strade Bianche
2024: 5th Road race, National Road Championships; 6th Overall AlUla Tour; 7th Strade Bianche
2025: 7th Gran Premio Castellón; 7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia; 8th Clásica Terres de l'Ebre; 10th Giro della Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Giro d'Italia	31	31	10	10	15	—	15	36	30	—	45
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	44	—	—	72
Vuelta a España	—	9	—	22	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress

References

↑ "La favola di Formolo. Una piccola "Roccia" che fa sognare l'Italia". La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
↑ "Team Cannondale - Garmin (TCG) - USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Davide Formolo". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Formolo signs with Bora-Hansgrohe to target Grand Tours". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
↑ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
1 2 Ballinger, Alex (12 August 2019). "UAE Team Emirates make big moves to bolster squad, signing Davide Formolo and rising stars for 2020". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
↑ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
↑ "Davide Formolo". Liquigas. Sesto al Reghena, Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Brixia Sports SPA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
↑ Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
↑ "Giro d'Italia: Davide Formolo claims stunning stage four victory". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian Media Group plc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ Spencer Powlison (12 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia stage 4 is Formolo's first pro win". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ "Giro d'Italia: Formolo takes solo win on stage 4 in La Spezia". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
↑ "Davide Formolo wins on dramatic day as Simon Clarke takes pink". Eurosport. Silver Spring, Maryland: Discovery Communications, Inc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
↑ "Broken bones for Formolo and Bewley – Tour de France news shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links

Davide Formolo at Cycling Archives (archive)
Davide Formolo at CQ Ranking
Davide Formolo at ProCyclingStats
Davide Formolo at CyclingBase.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 November 2015)
Davide Formolo at Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 May 2015)

[1] "La favola di Formolo. Una piccola "Roccia" che fa sognare l'Italia". La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[2] "Team Cannondale - Garmin (TCG) - USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[profile-3] 1 2 3 "Davide Formolo". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[4] "Formolo signs with Bora-Hansgrohe to target Grand Tours". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[5] "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[UAE-6] 1 2 Ballinger, Alex (12 August 2019). "UAE Team Emirates make big moves to bolster squad, signing Davide Formolo and rising stars for 2020". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[7] "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[8] "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[oldprofile-9] "Davide Formolo". Liquigas. Sesto al Reghena, Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Brixia Sports SPA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[10] "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[11] "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[12] Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

[13] Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[14] "Giro d'Italia: Davide Formolo claims stunning stage four victory". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian Media Group plc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[15] Spencer Powlison (12 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia stage 4 is Formolo's first pro win". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[16] "Giro d'Italia: Formolo takes solo win on stage 4 in La Spezia". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[17] "Davide Formolo wins on dramatic day as Simon Clarke takes pink". Eurosport. Silver Spring, Maryland: Discovery Communications, Inc. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[Vuelta-18] "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[19] "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[20] "Broken bones for Formolo and Bewley – Tour de France news shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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