![]() Nizzolo at the 2016 Tour of Britain.  | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Giacomo Nizzolo | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gizz | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1989 Milan, Italy  | ||||||||||||||
| 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]
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 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.
Dimension Data (2019–21)
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]
Israel Start-Up Nation
With Team Qhubeka NextHash encountering financial issues, Nizzolo signed a contract with the Israel–Premier Tech team for the 2022 season.[11]
Major results
Road
- 2007
 - 2nd GP 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
 
 - 1st 
 - Eneco Tour
- 1st 
 Points classification - 1st Stage 5
 
 - 1st 
 - 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 
 - 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 
 - 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
 
 - 1st 
 - 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 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
 - 10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
 
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 130 | 141 | 137 | 110 | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | — | 
Classic results timeline
| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
| 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 | ||
| Bretagne Classic | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 8 | — | — | DNF | — | 10 | 55 | |
Major championships timeline
| Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | — | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | |
| Road race | DNE | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Road race | DNF | DNF | 1 | DNF | 36 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | |
| — | 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
 - 3rd 
 Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships 
References
- ↑ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
 - ↑ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
 - ↑ "ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH". UCI. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
 - ↑ "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
 - ↑ Atkins, Ben (10 August 2012). "Eneco Tour: Giacomo Nizzolo takes maiden WorldTour victory in stage five sprint". VeloNation. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
 - ↑ "Nizzolo signs for Dimension Data". Cyclingnews.com. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
 - ↑ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
 - ↑ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (26 August 2020). "Giacomo Nizzolo wins European Championships road race in dramatic sprint finish". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
 - ↑ "Nizzolo stays with Qhubeka Assos". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
 - ↑ "Emotional celebrations after Giacomo Nizzolo ends long wait for Giro stage win". The Guardian. PA Media. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
 - ↑ Ostanek, Daniel (20 October 2021). "Giacomo Nizzolo joins Israel Start-Up Nation for 2022". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
 
External links
 Media related to Giacomo Nizzolo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website 

 - Giacomo Nizzolo at UCI
 - Giacomo Nizzolo at Cycling Archives
 - Giacomo Nizzolo at ProCyclingStats
 - Giacomo Nizzolo at CQ Ranking
 - Giacomo Nizzolo at CycleBase
 
