Niccolò Bonifazio

Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian retired cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam .

Career Early career Bonifazio was born in Cuneo.

Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam . He joined the team the following year as a regular rider. In September 2014, Bonifazio took the biggest victory of his career so far by winning the Coppa Agostoni in a bunch sprint. In addition to this, he won a stage of the Tour of Japan and three stages and 2nd place of the Tour of Hainan.

In 2015, he booked another victory, the Gran Premio di Lugano, also in a sprint. Bonifazio placed 3rd in the Coppa Ugo Agostoni, which he won the preceding year. Bonifazio placed fifth in Milan–San Remo.

In August 2015 it was announced that Bonifazio would join for the 2016 season. Bonifazio took multiple top 10 finishes, including 5th place in the Scheldeprijs, 3rd in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and 6th in Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España, but he abandoned on stage 7.

2018 onwards: Grand Tours In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.

Major results

2010 7th Trofeo San Rocco 10th Piccola Tre Valli Varesine 2011 1st GP dell'Arno 1st Stage 3 Tour d'Istrie 2012 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2013 1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay 2014 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan

1st Stages 2, 6 & 8 6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 8th Coppa Sabatini 2015 1st Gran Premio di Lugano 1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 5th Milan–San Remo 8th Coppa Bernocchi 9th Vattenfall Cyclassics 2016 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 5th Scheldeprijs 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 2017 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 4th Down Under Classic 2018 1st Stage 1 Tour of Croatia 9th EuroEyes Cyclassics 2019

1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

1st Stage 1 10th Münsterland Giro 2020 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 2 Saudi Tour 2nd Scheldeprijs 2021 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 2nd Egmont Cycling Race 3rd Paris–Bourges 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 9th Coppa Bernocchi 2022 1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie 4th Circuit de Wallonie 9th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 2023 1st Stage 2 Giro di Sicilia 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish