Alessandro Fancellu (born 24 April 2000) is an Italian cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[5] Fancellu previously rode for Kometa Xstra Cycling Team, where he was promoted to the senior team in 2020 after a year with their under-23 development side.[2]
 Fancellu (left) in the junior men's road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 2000 Como, Italy |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2019 | Kometa U23 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020–2023 | Kometa Xstra Cycling Team[2][3] |
| 2020 | Trek–Segafredo (stagiaire)[4] |
| 2024– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
In the junior men's road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Fancellu finished over a minute and a half behind runaway winner Remco Evenepoel but managed to outsprint Alexandre Balmer to take the bronze medal.[6] In 2020, from 1 August until the end of the year, Fancellu joined UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo as a stagiaire.[4]
Early life edit
Fancellu started his sport career in association football, playing for local amateur side Oratorio Solbiate as an attacker before taking up cycling at the age of 12.[1]
Major results edit
- 2017
- 6th Trofeo Città di Loano
- 2018
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 5th Trofeo Città di Loano
- 6th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León - 2020
- 3rd Overall Tour of Antalya
- 2022
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2024
- 10th Overall Tour of Antalya
References edit
- ^ a b c "Alessandro Fancellu". Eolo–Kometa. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b "The Kometa Cycling Team is reinforced with the Italian Alessandro Fancellu, the second signing for next season". Kometa Cycling Team. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Eolo–Kometa". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Trek-Segafredo adds four stagiaires". Trek–Segafredo. Trek. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (27 September 2018). "UCI Road World Championships: Evenepoel wins Junior Men's road race". CyclingNews. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
External links edit
- Alessandro Fancellu at UCI
- Alessandro Fancellu at Cycling Archives
- Alessandro Fancellu at ProCyclingStats
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