Salvatore Puccio

Salvatore Puccio (born 31 August 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.^[3]

Salvatore Puccio

Puccio in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Salvatore Puccio
Born	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35) Menfi, Italy
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur Domestique
Professional team
2012–	Team Sky[1][2]
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 TTT stage (2013) Vuelta a España 1 TTT stage (2016)

Career

Salvatore Puccio in first (time trial) stage Tour of Slovenia 2015.

Puccio was born at Menfi, in Sicily. He joined Team Sky ahead of the 2012 season,^[4] after a 2011 season which included a solo victory in the under-23 Tour of Flanders race in April.^[5][6]

Puccio made his Grand Tour debut at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. After Team Sky won the team time trial on stage two, Puccio took the race lead and wore the pink jersey on stage three, after being the highest placed Team Sky rider on stage one.^[7] Puccio kicked off his season in 2018 with an entry in the Tour Down Under.^[8]

Major results

2007

5th Overall Giro della Toscana Junior

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2

5th Overall Giro della Lunigiana

2010

5th GP Pretola

5th Gran Premio San Giuseppe

6th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo

9th Trofeo Edil C

2011

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

2nd GP Pretola

2nd Giro del Belvedere

2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

4th Overall Giro della Toscana

1st Stage 3

4th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

5th GP Capodarco

2012

6th Trofeo Deià

2013

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 2 (TTT)

Held after Stage 2

2014

8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

2015

7th Overall Tour of Slovenia

1st Points classification^{[lower-alpha 1]}

2016

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	73	98	68	—	86	64	86	56	94	85	72
Tour de France	Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España	DNF	—	77	121	78	96	89	—	98	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Notes

1. In October 2015, Davide Appollonio was stripped of his race results, following his suspension after a positive doping test for erythropoietin (EPO). As a consequence, Puccio was retroactively promoted one position in the standings.^[9]

References

1. "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
2. "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
4. Cycling Weekly (2 January 2012). "Puccio signs for Sky". Cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
5. "Puccio wins U23 Flanders". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
6. "Salvatore Puccio remporte le Tour des Flandres Espoirs 2011" [Salvatore Puccio won the Tour of Flanders 2011 Espoirs]. Tour of Flanders (in French). Flanders Classics NV. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
7. "Team Sky win team time trial". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
8. "Bernal and Halvorsen lead Team Sky at Tour Down Under". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
9. "2015 Tour de Slovénie - Points Classification". UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

External links

• Salvatore Puccio profile at Team Ineos
• Salvatore Puccio on Twitter
• Salvatore Puccio at ProCyclingStats