Alessandro Fancellu
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 Fancellu (left) in the junior men's road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 2000 Como, Italy |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Ukyo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2019 | Kometa U23 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020–2023 | Kometa Xstra Cycling Team[2][3] |
| 2020 | Trek–Segafredo (stagiaire)[4] |
| 2024 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| 2025 | JCL Team Ukyo |
| 2026 | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort |
Alessandro Fancellu (born 24 April 2000) is an Italian cyclist who currently rides for UCI Pro Team MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort.[5] Fancellu previously rode for Kometa Xstra Cycling Team, where he was promoted to the senior team in 2020 after a year with their under-23 development side.[2]
In the junior men's road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Fancellu finished over a minute and a half behind runaway winner Remco Evenepoel but managed to outsprint Alexandre Balmer to take the bronze medal.[6] In 2020, from 1 August until the end of the year, Fancellu joined UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo as a stagiaire.[4]
Fancellu started his sport career in association football, playing for local amateur side Oratorio Solbiate as an attacker before taking up cycling at the age of 12.[1]
