Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani
Viviani at the 2018 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989
Isola della Scala, Italy
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider (retired), Directeur sportif
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2008–2010Marchiol–Liquigas–Site
Professional teams
2010–2014Liquigas–Doimo
2015–2017Team Sky
2018–2019Quick-Step Floors
2020–2021Cofidis
2022–2024Ineos Grenadiers
2025Lotto
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (2019)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2018)
5 individual stages (2015, 2018)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2018)

Stage races

Dubai Tour (2018)

One-day races and Classics

European Road Race Championships (2019)
National Road Race Championships (2018)
EuroEyes Cyclassics (2017, 2018, 2019)
Bretagne Classic (2017)
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (2018)
Great Ocean Road Race (2019)
London–Surrey Classic (2019)
GP de Fourmies (2021)
Track
Olympic Games
Omnium (2016)
World Championships
Elimination (2021, 2022, 2025)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Track Championships 3 3 3
European Track Championships 8 1 3
European Road Championships 1 1 0
Total 13 6 7
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Omnium
2024 Paris Madison
2020 Tokyo Omnium
World Championships
2021 Roubaix Elimination
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elimination
2025 Santiago Elimination
2011 Apeldoorn Scratch
2015 Yvelines Madison
2024 Ballerup Elimination
2015 Yvelines Omnium
2021 Roubaix Omnium
2023 Glasgow Elimination
European Championships
2012 Panevėžys Points race
2013 Apeldoorn Points race
2013 Apeldoorn Madison
2014 Guadeloupe Omnium
2015 Grenchen Omnium
2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
2019 Apeldoorn Elimination
2022 Munich Elimination
2018 Glasgow Omnium
2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
2012 Panevėžys Team pursuit
2012 Panevėžys Madison
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
2019 Alkmaar Road race
2017 Herning Road race

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.