Giampaolo Cheula

Giampaolo Cheula
Personal information
Full name	Giampaolo Cheula
Born	23 May 1979 (age 45); Premosello-Chiovenda, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2012	Team KTM–Stihl Torrevilla
Professional teams
2001–2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2004	Vini Caldirola–So.di
2005–2009	Barloworld
2010–2011	Footon–Servetto–Fuji
Major wins
	Peace Race (2006)

Giampaolo Cheula (born 23 May 1979 in Premosello-Chiovenda) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. After retiring from road cycling in 2011, Cheula raced as a mountain biker for a year.^[1] Cheula was professional from 2001 until 2011, for teams Mapei–Quick-Step, Vini Caldirola–Nobili Rubinetterie, Barloworld and Geox–TMC.

Major results

2000

1st

1st Stage 2

2002

1st

1st Stage 1

2004

3rd Giro d'Oro

1st

Mountains classification

2005: 2nd Tour de Berne; 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
2006: 1st Overall Peace Race; 4th GP Llodio; 4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano; 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
2007: 5th Subida al Naranco
2008: 1st GP Nobili Rubinetterie; 9th Ronde van Drenthe
2009: 8th Tre Valli Varesine
2010: 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano; 4th Overall Tour of Turkey; 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2011: 6th Overall Tour of Elk Grove

Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Giro d'Italia	62	—	—	—	—	—	101	DNF	97
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	111	88	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	107	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

^ "Cheula passa in MTB: "Ricominciare quasi da zero mi piace"" [Cheula goes to mountain bikes: "I like to start again almost from scratch"]. Spazio Ciclismo (in Italian). The Daily Network. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.