Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[4]
 Nizzolo at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Giacomo Nizzolo | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gizz | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1989 Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Leopard Trek | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Team Dimension Data[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Israel–Premier Tech[3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editLeopard Trek (2011–18)
editNizzolo took his first win at UCI World Tour level in August 2012, on stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. He launched his sprint 300 m (980 ft) away from the finish, and was almost passed on the line by Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto–Belisol), who thought he had won, but the photo-finish would prove that Nizzolo was the victor.[5]
He won the Points classification in the Giro d'Italia two years in a row in 2015 and 2016 without a stage win.
In 2018 Nizzolo was named as a rider in the Vuelta a España, he finished on the podium on 3 different stages.
Dimension Data (2019–21)
editNizzolo signed a two-year contract with Team Dimension Data on 21 September 2018; this marked the first time Nizzolo had changed teams in his professional career.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[7] In 2020, Nizzolo won both the Italian National Road Race Championships and the road race at the UEC European Road Championships, in a sprint finish.[8] He extended his contract by a further year, for the 2021 season.[9] He took his first Grand Tour stage victory – after eleven previous second-place Giro d'Italia stage finishes – by winning the thirteenth stage of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, beating Edoardo Affini to the line in Verona.[10]
Israel Start-Up Nation
editWith Team Qhubeka NextHash encountering financial issues, Nizzolo signed a contract with the Israel–Premier Tech team for the 2022 season.[11]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2007
- 2nd GP Dell'Arno
- 2010
- 9th Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 2011 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 5 Bayern Rundfahrt
- 2nd ProRace Berlin
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 5th GP Ouest–France
- 5th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
- 9th Trofeo Cala Millor
- 2012 (4)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Eneco Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 5th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 5th Le Samyn
- 7th GP Ouest–France
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 2013 (2)
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
- 1st
Points classification, Volta ao Algarve - 2nd GP Ouest–France
- 2014 (2)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de San Luis
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
- 2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 3rd Paris–Bourges
- 7th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 9th GP Ouest–France
- 2015 (1)
- 1st Points classification, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Paris–Bourges
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Road race, European Games
- 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Coppa Bernocchi
- 10th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 2016 (7)
- 1st
Road race, National Championships - 1st Points classification, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- Tour of Croatia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Abu Dhabi Tour
- 2nd Overall Dubai Tour
- 3rd EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 5th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 8th Bretagne Classic
- 2018 (1)
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a San Juan
- 3rd London–Surrey Classic
- 6th EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2019 (3)
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
- 3rd EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 6th London–Surrey Classic
- 8th Primus Classic
- 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 9th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 2020 (4)
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Championships - 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2nd Race Torquay
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 6th Le Samyn
- 2021 (3)
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 13
- Held
after Stages 5–6
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 4th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 8th Scheldeprijs
- 9th Primus Classic
- 10th Bretagne Classic
- 10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2022 (1)
- Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2nd Heistse Pijl
- 3rd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia
- 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Egmont Cycling Race
- 6th Elfstedenronde
- 7th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 9th Ronde van Limburg
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Clásica de Almería
- 7th Elfstedenronde
- 8th Antwerp Port Epic
- 10th Scheldeprijs
- 10th Circuit de Wallonie
- 10th Polynormande
- 10th Tour of Leuven
- 10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 4 Sibiu Cycling Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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130 | 130 | 141 | 137 | 110 | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | — |
Classic results timeline
edit| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | DNF | — | 84 | 42 | — | — | 20 | 5 | 18 | 18 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | DNF | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | NH | — | — | DNF | — | 22 | DNF | 2 | — | 5 | 41 | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | 11 | — | — | DNF | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | 6 | — | — | — | NH | 15 | — | — | — |
| Scheldeprijs | 18 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 10 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | DNF | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 6 | 3 | Not held | 65 | 29 | ||
| Bretagne Classic | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 8 | — | — | DNF | — | 10 | 55 | — | |
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships
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Road race | — | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | |
 European Championships
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Road race | DNE | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
 National Championships
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Road race | DNF | DNF | 1 | DNF | 36 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNE | Race did not exist |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
Track
edit- 2007
- 2nd Keirin, National Junior Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
References
edit- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH". UCI. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (10 August 2012). "Eneco Tour: Giacomo Nizzolo takes maiden WorldTour victory in stage five sprint". VeloNation. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Nizzolo signs for Dimension Data". Cyclingnews.com. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (26 August 2020). "Giacomo Nizzolo wins European Championships road race in dramatic sprint finish". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Nizzolo stays with Qhubeka Assos". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Emotional celebrations after Giacomo Nizzolo ends long wait for Giro stage win". The Guardian. PA Media. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (20 October 2021). "Giacomo Nizzolo joins Israel Start-Up Nation for 2022". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
External links
edit
Media related to Giacomo Nizzolo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Giacomo Nizzolo at UCI
- Giacomo Nizzolo at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Giacomo Nizzolo at ProCyclingStats
- Giacomo Nizzolo at CQ Ranking
- Giacomo Nizzolo at CycleBase
