Giacomo Nizzolo

Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.^[4]

Giacomo Nizzolo

Nizzolo at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name	Giacomo Nizzolo
Nickname	Gizz
Born	(1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 36) 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 Giro d'Italia Points classification (2015, 2016) 1 individual stage (2021) Stage races Tour de Wallonie (2012) Single-day races and Classics European Road Race Championships (2020) National Road Race Championships (2016, 2020) Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2016) Gran Piemonte (2016) Clásica de Almería (2021) Tro-Bro Léon (2023)
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's road bicycle racing European Championships 2020 Plouay Road race

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 Gran Premio 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

Eneco Tour

1st Points classification

1st Stage 5

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 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 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

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 Tour of Leuven

10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

2024 (1)

1st Stage 4 Sibiu Cycling Tour

7th Vuelta a Castilla y León

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	130	130	141	137	110	DNF	—	DNF	—	DNF	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	DNF	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	140	—	—	—	—

Classic results timeline

Monument	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
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	—	—

Major championships timeline

Event		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World Championships	Road race	—	18	5	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—
European Championships	Road race	DNE		—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
National Championships	Road race	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	36	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	—	DNF

Legend

—	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