Davide Appollonio

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Davide Appollonio

| image = APPOLLONIO Davide (cropped).jpg

| caption = Appollonio at the 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

| fullname = Davide Appollonio

| nickname = Appo Jet

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|6|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Isernia, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2007–2008

| amateurteam1 = Vangi Sparo Caparol

| amateuryears2 = 2009

| amateurteam2 = Hopplà–Seano–Bellissima

| proyears1 = 2009

| proteam1 = → {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}} (stagiaire)

| proyears2 = 2010

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}

| proyears3 = 2011–2012

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}

| proyears4 = 2013–2014

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2013}}

| proyears5 = 2015

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AND|2015a}}

| proyears6 = 2019–2021

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|AMO|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14056/1000462/257|title=Amore e Vita | P|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225223621/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14056/1000462/257|archive-date=25 February 2020}}

| majorwins =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Davide Appollonio (born 2 June 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|AMO|2021}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15378/1000462/276|title=Amore e Vita|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210130195015/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15378/1000462/276|archive-date=30 January 2021}}

Career

Born in Isernia, Appollonio first made an impression in the professional ranks riding as a stagiaire for {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}} during the latter part of 2009, before signing for the team as a neo-pro for the 2010 season.

He joined {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} for the 2011 season,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/504788/hunt-signs-for-team-sky-along-with-appollonio.html|title=Hunt signs for Team Sky along with Appollonio|first=Simon|last=Richardson|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Limited|date=27 October 2010|access-date=6 January 2012}} picking up his first win for the team on the 3rd stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, and then his first overall Sprints competition the following day. Appollonio left {{UCI team code|SKY|2012|nolink=yes}} at the end of the 2012 season, and joined {{UCI team code|ALM|2013}} on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/appollonio-and-betancur-sign-for-ag2r-la-mondiale|title=Appollonio and Betancur sign for Ag2R-La Mondiale|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=2 August 2012|access-date=2 August 2012}} In October 2014 he announced that he would join {{UCI team code|AND|2015a}} for 2015, the first time Appollonio had joined an Italian professional cycling team.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-andy-schleck-to-retire |title=News shorts: Andy Schleck to retire?|date=7 October 2014 |work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=18 October 2014}}

On 30 June 2015 Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO, on 14 June – two weeks after completing the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/appollonio-provisionally-suspended-for-epo|title=Appollonio provisionally suspended for EPO|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=30 June 2015|access-date=30 June 2015}} He was suspended for four years, and returned to the peloton with {{UCI team code|AMO|2019}} at the 2019 Volta a Portugal; he won the opening road stage of the race.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/davide-appollonio-wins-in-portugal-on-return-from-four-year-epo-ban/|title=Davide Appollonio wins in Portugal on return from four-year EPO ban|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=2 August 2019|accessdate=28 December 2021}}

Major results

;2009

: 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione

: 6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

;2010

: 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin

: 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

: 2nd Tour de Vendée

: 5th Clásica de Almería

: 7th Coppa Sabatini

: 10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

;2011

: Tour de Luxembourg

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

: 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

;2012

: 4th London Nocturne

;2013

: 5th Paris–Bourges

;2014

: 2nd Roma Maxima

: 6th Scheldeprijs

;2015

:~~1st 20px Points classification Tour of Slovenia~~

: 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

;2019

: 1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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