# Niccolò Bonifazio

Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian retired cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini.

## Career
### Early career

Bonifazio was born in Cuneo.
Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Lampre–Merida. He joined the Lampre–Merida team the following year as a regular rider. In September 2014, Bonifazio took the biggest victory of his career so far by winning the Coppa Agostoni in a bunch sprint. In addition to this, he won a stage of the Tour of Japan and three stages and 2nd place of the Tour of Hainan.
In 2015, he booked another victory, the Gran Premio di Lugano, also in a sprint. Bonifazio placed 3rd in the Coppa Ugo Agostoni, which he won the preceding year. Bonifazio placed fifth in Milan–San Remo.
In August 2015 it was announced that Bonifazio would join Trek–Segafredo for the 2016 season. Bonifazio took multiple top 10 finishes, including 5th place in the Scheldeprijs, 3rd in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and 6th in Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España, but he abandoned on stage 7.

### 2018 onwards: Grand Tours

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.

## Major results
### 2010

    7th Trofeo San Rocco
    10th Piccola Tre Valli Varesine

### 2011

    1st GP dell'Arno
    1st Stage 3 Tour d'Istrie

### 2012

    9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2013

    1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

### 2014

    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
    2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 6 & 8
    6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    8th Coppa Sabatini

### 2015

    1st Gran Premio di Lugano
    1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
    3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    5th Milan–San Remo
    8th Coppa Bernocchi
    9th Vattenfall Cyclassics

### 2016

    1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
    3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    5th Scheldeprijs
    6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

### 2017

    3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    4th Down Under Classic

### 2018

    1st Stage 1 Tour of Croatia
    9th EuroEyes Cyclassics

### 2019

    1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
    1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
    Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    10th Münsterland Giro

### 2020

    1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
    1st Stage 2 Saudi Tour
    2nd Scheldeprijs

### 2021

    1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    2nd Egmont Cycling Race
    3rd Paris–Bourges
    5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
    9th Coppa Bernocchi

### 2022

    1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie
    4th Circuit de Wallonie
    9th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

### 2023

    1st Stage 2 Giro di Sicilia
    6th Grand Prix de Fourmies

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 137 | 141 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |