Niccolò Bonifazio Explained

Niccolò Bonifazio
Fullname:Niccolò Bonifazio
Birth Date:9 October 1993
Birth Place:Cuneo, Italy
Height:1.720NaN0
Weight:68kg (150lb)
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Amateuryears1:2012–2013
Amateurteam1:GSC Viris Maserati A.S.D
Amateuryears2:2013
Amateurteam2: (stagiaire)[1]
Proyears1:2014–2015
Proyears2:2016
Proyears3:2017–2018
Proteam3:[2]
Proyears4:2019–2022
Proteam4:[3] [4] [5]
Proyears5:2023
Proteam5:[6]
Proyears6:2024–
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

Gran Premio di Lugano (2015)

Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[7]

Career

Early career

Bonifazio was born in Cuneo.

Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam . He joined the 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.[8] 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 for the 2016 season.[9] 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,[10] but he abandoned on stage 7.[11]

2018 onwards: Grand Tours

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.[12] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[13]

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 Tour20162017201820192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia——113————DNF
    Tour de France———137141——
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF——————
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Niccolo Bonifazio » Lampre-Merida . 12 July 2014.
    2. Web site: Bonifazio leaves Trek-Segafredo for Bahrain Merida.
    3. Web site: Direct Énergie. fr. 13 January 2019. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton.
    4. Web site: Total Direct Énergie. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112014526/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266. 12 January 2020.
    5. Web site: Total Direct Energie. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210107141554/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280. 7 January 2021.
    6. Web site: Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 January 2023.
    7. Web site: Team Corratec. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 January 2024.
    8. News: Bonifazio wins Coppa Agostoni. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 September 2014. 17 September 2014.
    9. Web site: Trek Factory Racing sign young talents Theuns and Bonifazio for 2016 . Clarke . Stuart. 19 August 2015 . Cycling Weekly. 19 August 2015.
    10. Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
    11. Web site: 71st Vuelta a España: Stage 7 » Maceda › Puebla de Sanabria . 26 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
    12. Web site: 2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List . 3 May 2018 . ProCyclingStats.
    13. Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . 1 July 2019. ProCyclingStats.

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