Full name Gianluca Brambilla Rider type Climber Weight 57 kg Role Rider Height 1.70 m | Discipline Road Name Gianluca Brambilla Nickname Brambi 2006 Ormesani Panni Current team Team Quick Step | |
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Vuelta a espana 2014 fight gianluca brambilla punches ivan rovny
Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI World Tour team Quick-Step Floors. He started his professional career in 2010 with Colnago–CSF Inox.
Contents
- Vuelta a espana 2014 fight gianluca brambilla punches ivan rovny
- Victory and the maglia rosa for gianluca brambilla
- Career
- References
Victory and the maglia rosa for gianluca brambilla
Career
Born in Bellano, Brambilla began his professional career in 2010 with the Colnago–CSF Inox team, moving to Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2013. He was also a member of the Ormesani Panni and Zalf Desirèe Fior teams as an amateur, winning numerous domestic races. At the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Brambilla finished fourth in the mountains classification as well as taking a fourth place stage finish during Stage 18 to San Pellegrino Terme. Brambilla took two further top-ten places at the 2012 edition of the race, placing tenth on the seventh stage, and seventh on the eighth stage.
In September 2014, Brambilla was ejected from the Vuelta a España during the 16th stage after trading blows with Russian cyclist Ivan Rovny.
In 2016, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, which netted him the Pink Jersey. He did so from an early breakaway. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.
