Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed from 2010 to 2025 and last rode for UCI ProTeam Lotto. On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.
In August 2016, Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won bronze in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Viviani's nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint.
After retiring, he re-joined his former team Ineos Grenadiers as a directeur sportif.
Career
Team Sky (2015âÂÂ17)
2015 season
Viviani signed for on 24 October 2014 after considering offers from and the . He chose Team Sky because they were willing to help tailor his road programme to help with his track ambitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. After winning Stage 2 of the Dubai Tour, Viviani headed to the Track World Championships in Yvelines winning two medals including bronze in his focused Olympic event, the omnium. Back on the road Viviani made a big leap forward, consistently winning at World Tour level winning stages at the Tour de Romandie, the Eneco Tour and winning his first Grand Tour stage at the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 into Genoa. He ended the season well, becoming the European Track Champion in the omnium, gaining Olympic qualification points in the process. He also won three stages at the Tour of Britain and finished where he started the season, winning in the Middle East, this time at the Abu Dhabi Tour.
Quick-Step Floors (2018âÂÂ19)
2018 season
Viviani signed for the team before the 2018 season, replacing Marcel Kittel who joined . He got off to a good start winning Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, the 50th victory since his professional début in 2010. He continued the momentum in the Middle East where he won his first major overall title and two stage wins at the Dubai Tour as well as a stage in the Abu Dhabi Tour. He returned to Europe for his first big objective of the season where he came 19th at MilanâÂÂSan Remo. He added another success in Belgium at the Three Days of BrugesâÂÂDe Panne but suffered an emotional defeat at GentâÂÂWevelgem, finishing in second place behind Peter Sagan. He also won the Italian National Road Race Championships.
2019 season
He again got off to a good start in Australia winning the opening stage of the Tour Down Under, and followed it up with the One-day classic Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, going one better than the previous year. Viviani's next win came at the UAE Tour a month later as he had an easier build up to the two Grand Tours he was scheduled to compete in â the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. After winning Stage 3 of TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico, he underperformed at the Giro d'Italia, where he was disqualified after winning a sprint on Stage 3 into Orbetello, after he was adjudged to have illegally blocked 's Matteo Moschetti. After last year's success, he failed to win a single stage in his home tour while wearing the national champion's jersey.
In his build up to the Tour de France he won two sprints in a row at the Tour de Suisse, before going onto win his first stage at the Tour de France into Nancy. Viviani came out of the Tour on top form, winning the LondonâÂÂSurrey Classic. After losing his national champion's jersey in June, he earned the right to wear a non standard team kit again for the following year after he won the European Championships on 11 August in Alkmaar. He won from a three-man break following the attack from trade teammate Yves Lampaert, and beating him and Pascal Ackermann in the sprint.
Cofidis (2020âÂÂ21)
In August 2019, Viviani was announced to be joining for the 2020 season along with his lead-out man Fabio Sabatini.
Ineos Grenadiers (2022âÂÂ2024)
In November 2021, Viviani signed a three-year contract with the team, from the 2022 season.
Retirement
Viviani announced his retirement from professional cycling on 10 October 2025.
Personal life
Viviani is married to fellow cyclist Elena Cecchini. His brother Attilio Viviani is also a professional cyclist.
Major results
Road
2005
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
:1st Road race
:1st Criterium
2nd Road race, National Cadet Championships
2009
4th ZLM Tour
7th La Côte Picarde
2010 <small>(3 pro wins)</small>
1st Memorial Marco Pantani
1st BincheâÂÂTournaiâÂÂBinche
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba
1st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey
3rd Gran Premio Cittàdi Misano â Adriatico
7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
2011 <small>(8)</small>
1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
1st Tour de Mumbai I
1st Coppa CittÃÂ di Stresa
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
:1st Stages 4 & 5
Giro di Padania
:1st Points classification
:1st Sprints classification
:1st Stage 2
1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
2nd Tour de Mumbai II
2012 <small>(7)</small>
1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
1st Stage 2a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
2013 <small>(6)</small>
1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
:1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Dutch Food Valley Classic
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
7th GP OuestâÂÂFrance
7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
2014 <small>(6)</small>
1st Coppa Bernocchi
Tour of Turkey
:1st Stages 5 & 7
1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 4 USA Pro Challenge
2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
9th RideLondonâÂÂSurrey Classic
Giro d'Italia
:Held after Stages 5 & 6
2015 <small>(8)</small>
Giro d'Italia
:1st Stage 2
:Held after Stages 2âÂÂ5, 7âÂÂ9, 13âÂÂ16
Tour of Britain
:1st Stages 1, 3 & 8
Abu Dhabi Tour
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
2nd Trofeo SantanyiâÂÂSes SalinesâÂÂCampos
3rd KuurneâÂÂBrusselsâÂÂKuurne
2016 <small>(2)</small>
1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne
2017 <small>(9)</small>
1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
1st Bretagne Classic
Tour of Austria
:1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
2nd Road race, UEC European Championships
2nd Scheldeprijs
3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
5th Overall Dubai Tour
5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 1 & 3
5th Coppa Bernocchi
6th Memorial Marco Pantani
6th Coppa Sabatini
9th MilanâÂÂSan Remo
2018 <small>(18)</small>
1st Road race, National Championships
1st Overall Dubai Tour
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 2 & 5
1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
1st Three Days of BrugesâÂÂDe Panne
Giro d'Italia
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 2, 3, 13 & 17
Vuelta a España
:1st Stages 3, 10 & 21
Adriatica Ionica Race
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 4 & 5
Abu Dhabi Tour
:1st Points classification
:1st Stage 2
1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
2nd GentâÂÂWevelgem
2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2nd LondonâÂÂSurrey Classic
2nd Dwars door het Hageland
6th UCI World Tour
2019 <small>(11)</small>
1st Road race, UEC European Championships
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
1st LondonâÂÂSurrey Classic
1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
UAE Tour
:1st Points classification
:1st Stage 5
Tour de Suisse
:1st Stages 4 & 5
1st Stage 4 Tour de France
1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3 TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska
2nd Tacx Pro Classic
3rd Three Days of BrugesâÂÂDe Panne
2020
3rd Clásica de AlmerÃÂa
9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
10th Race Torquay
2021 <small>(7)</small>
1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Adriatica Ionica Race
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 1 & 3
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
:1st Stages 1 & 3
3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan
9th Classic BruggeâÂÂDe Panne
10th Coppa Bernocchi
2022 <small>(2)</small>
1st Stage 1 Tour de la Provence
1st Stage 6 CRO Race
6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
7th Road race, UEC European Championships
2023 <small>(2)</small>
1st Stage 1 Tour of Guangxi
1st Stage 1 CRO Race
3rd Hamburg Cyclassics
9th Bretagne Classic
2024
2nd Surf Coast Classic
2025 <small>(1)</small>
1st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championships timeline
Track
2006
1st Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships
National Junior Championships
:1st Madison
:1st Team sprint
3rd Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Fabrizio Braggion)
2007
UEC European Junior Championships
:1st Points race
:3rd Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
1st Madison, National Championships
National Junior Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:1st Team sprint
:3rd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2008
UEC European Under-23 Championships
:1st Scratch
:1st Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
:3rd Omnium
:3rd Team pursuit
National Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:2nd Points race
:2nd Scratch
2009
1st Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
National Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:1st Omnium
:2nd Madison
2010
National Championships
:1st Omnium
:3rd Madison
2011
UEC European Under-23 Championships
:1st Omnium
:1st Points race
:2nd Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
National Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:1st Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
:1st Points race
:2nd Scratch
:2nd Team pursuit
:2nd Kilo
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Jacopo Guarnieri)
2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships
3rd Omnium, UEC European Championships
3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Astana
2012
UEC European Championships
:1st Points race
:3rd Madison (with Angelo Ciccone)
:3rd Team pursuit
National Championships
:1st Derny
:1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
:1st Team pursuit
1st 3 Sere di Bassano del Grappa (with Franco Marvulli)
2013
UEC European Championships
:1st Points race
:1st Madison (with Liam Bertazzo)
National Championships
:1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
:1st Points race
:1st Team pursuit
:2nd Individual pursuit
:2nd Kilo
:2nd Team sprint
:3rd Derny
:3rd Scratch
2014
1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
National Championships
:1st Omnium
:2nd Individual pursuit
2015
1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Alex Buttazzoni)
UCI World Championships
:2nd Madison (with Marco Coledan)
:3rd Omnium
2016
1st Omnium, Olympic Games
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
2017
1st Six Days of Turin (with Francesco Lamon)
2018
UEC European Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:2nd Omnium
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
2019
1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
1st Omnium, National Championships
1st Six Days of London (with Simone Consonni)
2021
UCI World Championships
:1st Elimination
:3rd Omnium
National Championships
:1st Points race
:2nd Elimination
:3rd Madison (with Attilio Viviani)
3rd Omnium, Olympic Games
2022
1st Elimination, UCI World Championships
1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
1st Elimination, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
National Championships
:1st Omnium
:1st Points race
:2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Vincent Hoppezak)
2023
National Championships
:1st Scratch
:1st Individual pursuit
:1st Points race
:2nd Elimination
:3rd Madison (with Matteo DonegÃÂ)
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
3rd Elimination, UCI World Championships
2024
1st Three Days of London (with Simone Consonni)
2nd Madison, Olympic Games (with Simone Consonni)
2nd Elimination, UCI World Championships
UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide
:2nd Omnium
:3rd Team pursuit
2025
1st Elimination, UCI World Championships
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Simone Consonni)
3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Michele Scartezzini)
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