Przemysław Niemiec

Przemysław Niemiec (born 11 April 1980) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the , and squads.

Career He made his professional debut in 2002 for the team . Born in Oświęcim, Niemiec won the 2005 Tour of Slovenia and the 2006 edition of the Tour of Tuscany. He has also won a number of stages of the Route du Sud and finished sixteenth alongside the leading competitors at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 2013, Niemiec had top ten finishes in many stage races including the Giro Del Trentino, the Volta a Catalunya, and in the Tirreno Adriactico. After finishing 3rd in the 2013 Giro del Trentino, Niemiec was selected to Team Lampre squad at the Giro d'Italia and he rode in support of Michele Scarponi, where he had a very solid 6th-place finish.

He won the biggest victory of his career at that point at the 2014 Vuelta a España. He was part of an early breakaway and won solo on the final climb to Lagos de Covedonga.

Major results

2003 1st Giro del Medio Brenta 2004 1st GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio

5th Overall Brixia Tour 5th Coppa Placci 6th Gran Premio di Lugano 8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 8th Giro del Medio Brenta 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 2005

1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 3 1st Mountains classification Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino 2nd Overall Route du Sud 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 10th Milano–Torino 10th Giro d'Oro 10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2006 1st Giro di Toscana 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia 4th Overall Route du Sud 1st Stage 3 5th Giro d'Oro 6th Overall Brixia Tour 7th Overall Giro del Trentino 2008 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia 6th Giro del Medio Brenta 10th Memorial Cimurri 2009

1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 2 5th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2010 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées 1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

5th Overall Route du Sud 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna 6th Subida al Naranco 10th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 2011 5th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Giro di Lombardia 6th Gran Piemonte 2012 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 9th Giro dell'Appennino 10th Trofeo Melinda 2013 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 6th Overall Giro del Trentino 6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 2014 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino 5th Overall Tour de Pologne 2015 9th Strade Bianche 2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey

1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan 2017 8th Overall Tour of Turkey

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish