Giulio Ciccone

Giulio Ciccone (born 20 December 1994) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. Ciccone's career highlights include several stage wins at the Giro d'Italia and the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France.

Bardiani–CSF (2016–18)
Ciccone was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, where he won stage 10. At the 2018 Giro d'Italia, Ciccone finished second in the mountains classification, behind overall race winner Chris Froome. Also in 2018, Ciccone won the Giro dell'Appennino and finished second in the inaugural Adriatica Ionica Race.

Trek–Segafredo (2019–present)
After three years with, Ciccone joined on an initial two-year contract from the 2019 season. At the 2019 Giro d'Italia Ciccone won the mountains classification jersey, accumulating more than twice as many points as the runner-up Fausto Masnada. He finished 16th overall, with a victory on stage sixteen, a finish at Ponte di Legno. After this, Ciccone was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. During the sixth stage to La Planche des Belles Filles, he was part of a breakaway which survived to the finish line. Ciccone managed to take over the race leader's yellow jersey from Julian Alaphilippe despite fading in the final metres of the climb. He held the lead for two days, before Alaphilippe retook the jersey after gaining twenty seconds on the run-in to the finish in Saint-Étienne. Ciccone also held the lead of the young rider classification for four days, ultimately finishing just outside the top thirty placings overall and sixth in the young rider standings.

In summer 2019, Ciccone signed a 12-month extension to his contract, until the end of the 2021 season.

In 2020, his top result was winning the Trofeo Laigueglia.

He competed in the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Ciccone had his third Giro d'Italia stage win on stage 15 of the 2022 edition. He also earned the combativity award for the day.

He won the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France with a 14-point lead over Felix Gall, in addition to a second place finish on stage 5. A month prior, he won the mountains classification and the eighth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Major results

 * 2014
 * 1st Trofeo Rigoberto Lamonica
 * 5th GP Capodarco
 * 6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
 * 1st Jersey greendots.svg Mountains classification
 * 9th Gran Premio di Poggiana


 * 2015
 * 1st Bassano-Monte Grappa
 * 1st Jersey greendots.svg Mountains classification, Giro della Valle d'Aosta
 * 2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
 * 4th Coppa Collecchio
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir


 * 2016 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
 * 5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
 * 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali


 * 2017 (1)
 * 3rd Pro Ötztaler 5500
 * 6th Overall Tour of Utah
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 6th Overall Tour of Austria


 * 2018 (1)
 * 1st Giro dell'Appennino
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Okolo Slovenska
 * 2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
 * 7th Gran Premio di Lugano
 * 9th Overall Tour of the Alps
 * 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali


 * 2019 (2)
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st MaillotAzul.PNG Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 16
 * 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 7th Coppa Agostoni
 * 8th Overall Tour du Haut Var
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 * Tour de France
 * Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 6–7
 * Held Jersey white.svg after Stages 6–9


 * 2020 (1)
 * 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 5th Giro di Lombardia
 * 8th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 9th Gran Piemonte


 * 2021
 * 5th Overall Route d'Occitanie
 * 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 6th Circuito de Getxo


 * 2022 (1)
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 15
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 15
 * 7th Japan Cup
 * 8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico


 * 2023 (3)
 * Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 8
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * Jersey beige number.svg Combativity award Stage 14
 * 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 5th La Flèche Wallonne
 * 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 8th Giro dell'Emilia


 * 2024
 * 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné