Author of two Technical books on sailing, began his career in Mini 6.50 in 2008 together with Prysmian, sponsor that will continue to follow him year after year. In 2014 he won all the races of the Mini circuit in the Atlantic: 5 races won in 5 played. In 2015 he joined Erwan Le Roux for a season in Multi 50, and won 6 out of 6 races including the Transat Jaques Vabre on the route France (Le Havre) – Brazil (Itajai).
In 2017 he joined the Imoca project by Fabrice AMEDEO and then worked hard to launch their own Vendée Globe project.
Today, Giancarlo Pedote launches the Vendée Globe 2020 project with Prysmian Groupand Electriciens sans frontières,NGO also present in Italy.