Simone Velasco

{{short description|Italian bicycle racer}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Simone Velasco

| image = GIRO8103 Velasco (53750575930).jpg

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| caption = Velasco at the 2024 Giro d'Italia

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bologna, Italy

| height = 1.7 m

| weight = 59 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|AST}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 = 2014–2015

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|ZEF|2014}}

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| amateurteam2 =

| proyears1 = 2016–2017

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BRD|2016}}

| proyears2 = 2018–2019

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WIL|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cicloweb.it/2017/09/20/ciclomercato-simone-velasco-wilier-triestina-selle-italia/|title=Simone Velasco cambia casacca e firma con la Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia|language=Italian|trans-title=Simone Velasco changes kit and signs with Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia|work=Cicloweb.it|publisher=Cicloweb|date=20 September 2017|accessdate=6 January 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wilier-triestina-become-neri-sottoli-selle-italia-ktm-for-2019/|title=Wilier Triestina become Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM for 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=6 January 2019|accessdate=21 January 2019}}

| proyears3 = 2020–2021

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GAZ|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14014/1001716/266|title=Gazprom - RusVelo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=7 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107222340/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14014/1001716/266|archivedate=7 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15258/1001716/280|title=Gazprom-RusVelo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=6 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210106015945/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15258/1001716/280|archivedate=6 January 2021}}

| proyears4 = 2022–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|AST|2022}}{{cite web |title=Astana continue overhaul by signing Riabushenko, Velasco and Gazzoli |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-continue-overhaul-by-signing-riabushenko-velasco-and-gazzoli/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en |date=22 October 2021}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2023)}}

:Trofeo Laigueglia (2019)

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Simone Velasco (born 2 December 1995 in Bologna) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|AST}}.{{cite web |title=ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17172 |website=UCI |access-date=3 January 2022}}