Nickolas Zukowsky

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Nickolas Zukowsky
Nickolas Zukowsky at Tour of Norway 2023.JPG
Zukowsky at the 2023 Tour of Norway
Personal information
Full nameNickolas Zukowsky [1]
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 25)
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Team information
Current team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder [1]
Professional teams
2017–2018 Silber Pro Cycling Team
2019 Floyd's Pro Cycling
2020–2022 Rally Cycling
2023– Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

Nickolas Zukowsky (born 3 June 1998) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [2] [3]

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Career

In 2016, Zukowsky began his professional cycling career independently despite not owning a road bike the year prior. [4] He placed fourth overall in the Tour de l'Abitibi, won a stage of the Ronde des Vallées, and finished fifth in the Killington Stage Race's first stage. He also competed in the National Junior Road Race Championships, placing third. [5] Silber Pro Cycling Team signed Zukowsky following the 2016 cycling season, making him the first 18-year-old to be on the team. [6]

In 2017, Zukowsky gained his first win in his cycling career, winning first overall in the Tucson Bicycle Classic. After Silber Pro Cycling went defunct, he signed with Floyd's Pro Cycling. [7]

2019 was a breakout year for Zukowsky, winning first in road race for the National Under-23 Road Championships, first overall for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, [8] along with other significant finishes such as third overall in the Tour de Beauce and the Tour of the Gila. [9] [10]

In 2020, Zukowsky signed with Rally Cycling but did not have any significant results that year. [11] [12] In 2021, he placed fourth overall in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. [13]

In 2022, Zukowsky almost won his first UCI ProSeries race, the Maryland Cycling Classic, but was edged out by Belgian racer Sep Vanmarcke by less than a second to earn his first UCI ProSeries win. [14] He also placed fourth in the Grand Prix Criquielion. [15] After the 2022 cycling season, Zukowsky signed with the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [16]

In 2023, Zukowsky gained his first major national win by winning the road race in the National Road Championships. [17]

Major results

2016
3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
2017
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Time trial, Canada Summer Games
5th Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
2018
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
2nd Boise Twilight Criterium
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
8th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
2019
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2nd Boise Twilight Criterium
2nd Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Jersey red.svg Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
9th Chrono Kristin Armstrong
2021
4th Vuelta a Castilla y León
2022
2nd Maryland Cycling Classic
4th Grand Prix Criquielion
2023
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

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