Giacomo Nizzolo

Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career Leopard Trek (2011–18) Nizzolo took his first win at UCI World Tour level in August 2012, on stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. He launched his sprint away from the finish, and was almost passed on the line by Jürgen Roelandts , who thought he had won, but the photo-finish would prove that Nizzolo was the victor.

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) Nizzolo signed a two-year contract with on 21 September 2018; this marked the first time Nizzolo had changed teams in his professional career. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. 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. He extended his contract by a further year, for the 2021 season. 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.

Israel Start-Up Nation With encountering financial issues, Nizzolo signed a contract with the team for the 2022 season.

Major results Road

2007 2nd Gran Premio 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 Eneco Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 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 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 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 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 7th Vuelta a Castilla y León 2025 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion 8th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia 130 130 141 137 110 DNF — DNF — DNF DNF Tour de France — — — — — — — DNF DNF — — Vuelta a España — — — — — — 140 — — — —

Classic results timeline

Major championships timeline Event 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 World Championships Road race — 185 — — — — 15 — — — European Championships Road raceDNE — — — —1 — — — — National Championships Road race DNF DNF1 DNF 36 DNF1 DNF DNF — DNF

+ Legend — Did not compete DNE Race did not exist DNF Did not finish IP In progress NH Not held

Track 2007 2nd Keirin, National Junior Championships