 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]
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]
Overall Tour de Wallonie
Young rider classification
Points classification
Points classification
Points classification, Volta ao Algarve Points classification, Giro d'Italia
Road race, National Championships Points classification, Giro d'Italia
Points classification
Road race, UEC European Championships Road race, National Championships
after Stages 5–6 Points classification| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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130 | 130 | 141 | 137 | 110 | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | |
| Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships
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Road race | — | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| European Championships
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Road race | DNE | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| National Championships
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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 |
Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
