Introduction
Alberto Bettiol (born 29 October 1993) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Pro Cycling. Bettiol turned professional in 2014, with his first professional win coming at the 2019 Tour of Flanders.
Biography
Born on 29 October 1993, in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Bettiol resides in Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy.
Bettiol signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.
He signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.
2019
After spending the 2018 season in BMC Racing Team, he returned to his previous team (now called EF Education First Pro Cycling).
After a strong performance at the Tirreno–Adriatico, most notably finishing 3rd on the second stage and 2nd on the final stage (an individual time trial), he won his first professional race at the Tour of Flanders, one of cycling's five monuments. Following a successful solo attack on the second to last climb of the race, Oude Kwaremont, he managed to keep the gap to the chasing group which included several of the pre-race favorites, including previous winners Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan, for the remaining 17 km.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2013
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
- 3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 7th Road race, UEC European Under–23 Road Championships
- 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2015
- 10th Gran Piemonte
- 2016
- 2nd Bretagne Classic
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th Gran Piemonte
- 2017
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 10th E3 Harelbeke
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2019
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 4th E3 Binckbank Classic
- 6th Brabantse Pijl
- 2020
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
Classics results timeline
| Monuments results timeline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 37 | 95 | 36 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | DNF | 24 | DNF | 1 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 89 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — |
| Classics results timeline | ||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | DNF | 10 | DNF | 4 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | DNF | 32 | 121 | DNF |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | DNF | 53 | 16 | — | 6 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | DNF | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 32 | 2 | 49 | DNF | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec | — | — | 4 | 15 | — | 12 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 7 | 54 | — | 51 |
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 86 | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 90 | — | 69 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |