# Przemysław Niemiec

Przemysław Niemiec (born 11 April 1980) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the Amore & Vita–Beretta, Miche and UAE Team Emirates squads.

## Career

He made his professional debut in 2002 for the team Amore & Vita–Beretta. Born in Oświęcim, Niemiec won the 2005 Tour of Slovenia and the 2006 edition of the Tour of Tuscany. He has also won a number of stages of the Route du Sud and finished sixteenth alongside the leading competitors at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2013, Niemiec had top ten finishes in many stage races including the Giro Del Trentino, the Volta a Catalunya, and in the Tirreno Adriactico. After finishing 3rd in the 2013 Giro del Trentino, Niemiec was selected to Team Lampre squad at the Giro d'Italia and he rode in support of Michele Scarponi, where he had a very solid 6th-place finish.
He won the biggest victory of his career at that point at the 2014 Vuelta a España. He was part of an early breakaway and won solo on the final climb to Lagos de Covedonga.

## Major results
### 2003

    1st Giro del Medio Brenta

### 2004

    1st GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio
    1st Mountains classification Tour de Pologne
    5th Overall Brixia Tour
    5th Coppa Placci
    6th Gran Premio di Lugano
    8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    8th Giro del Medio Brenta
    10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

### 2005

    1st Overall Tour of Slovenia
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 3
    1st Mountains classification Tour Méditerranéen
    1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
    2nd Overall Route du Sud
    3rd Giro dell'Appennino
    10th Milano–Torino
    10th Giro d'Oro
    10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 2006

    1st Giro di Toscana
    3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
    4th Overall Route du Sud
       1st Stage 3
    5th Giro d'Oro
    6th Overall Brixia Tour
    7th Overall Giro del Trentino

### 2008

    1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
    6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
    6th Giro del Medio Brenta
    10th Memorial Cimurri

### 2009

    1st Overall Route du Sud
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 2
    5th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
    8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 2010

    2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
       1st Mountains classification
    5th Overall Route du Sud
    6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    6th Subida al Naranco
    10th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

### 2011

    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    6th Gran Piemonte

### 2012

    4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    9th Giro dell'Appennino
    10th Trofeo Melinda

### 2013

    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
    6th Overall Giro del Trentino
    6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2014

    1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
    3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
    5th Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2015

    9th Strade Bianche

### 2016

    Presidential Tour of Turkey
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Overall Tour of Hainan

### 2017

    8th Overall Tour of Turkey
    Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Giro d'Italia | 40 | 39 | 6 | 49 | 40 | DNF | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 54 | 15 | — | 26 | DNF | — | 86 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |