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Stefano Viezzi

Stefano Viezzi (born 5 February 2006) is an Italian cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team . In 2024, he became the Junior Cyclo-Cross World Champion.

Early life

He started bike racing at seven years-old. He studies agriculture at the Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Il Tagliamento in Spilimbergo.

Career

A keen road racer, cyclocross rider and also mountain biking rider, he has described his road racing skills as best suited to one-day classics riding. He raced for in 2023 and finished in the top 10 at the Italian junior time trial championship. He won seven of the first eight cyclo cross races he took part in 2023, and finished fourth in the junior event at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Pontchâteau.

He won the Junior race at the 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor. The win came despite the fact he suffered a puncture in the closing stages. He became the first Italian winner in the race since Davide Malacarne in 2005. Prior to that win, he had also become the Italian junior champion.

Personal life

From Majano, his parents are called Luigi and Michela. His father runs a marble company. He has two sisters, Elisa and Alice.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2022–2023
2nd National Junior Championships
2023–2024
1st UCI World Junior Championships
1st National Junior Championships
1st UCI Junior World Cup
:1st Troyes
:1st Dublin
:1st Hoogerheide
:2nd Antwerpen
:4th Namur
Superprestige
:3rd Diegem
3rd Junior Oostmalle
4th UEC European Junior Championships
2024–2025
1st National Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 World Cup
:3rd Hoogerheide
:5th Benidorm
4th UCI World Under-23 Championships
2025–2026
Under-23 X²O Badkamers Trophy
:2nd Koppenberg
:3rd Lille
UCI Under-23 World Cup
:3rd Tábor
:3rd Flamanville
:4th Hoogerheide
:5th Benidorm

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