# Giacomo Nizzolo

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

## 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.
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. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. 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. He extended his contract by a further year, for the 2021 season. 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.

### 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.

## 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 | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | 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 | Not held | 65 | 29 | 73 |
| Bretagne Classic | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 8 | — | — | DNF | — | 10 | 55 | — | — |

#### Major championships timeline

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