![]() Nizzolo at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Giacomo Nizzolo | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Gizz | ||||||||||||||
Born | Milan, Italy | 30 January 1989||||||||||||||
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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Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [4]
Nizzolo 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.
Nizzolo 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]
With Team Qhubeka NextHash encountering financial issues, Nizzolo signed a contract with the Israel–Premier Tech team for the 2022 season. [11]
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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![]() | 130 | 130 | 141 | 137 | 110 | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF |
![]() | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — |
![]() | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | — |
Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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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 | 73 | |
Bretagne Classic | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 8 | — | — | DNF | — | 10 | 55 | — | — |
Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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![]() | Road race | — | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — |
![]() | Road race | DNE | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
![]() | 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 |
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