Personal information | |
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Full name | Niccolò Bonifazio |
Born | Cuneo, Italy | 9 October 1993
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Corratec–Vini Fantini |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur teams | |
2012–2013 | GSC Viris Maserati A.S.D |
2013 | Lampre–Merida (stagiaire) [1] |
Professional teams | |
2014–2015 | Lampre–Merida |
2016 | Trek–Segafredo |
2017–2018 | Bahrain–Merida [2] |
2019–2022 | Direct Énergie [3] [4] [5] |
2023 | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty [6] |
2024– | Team Corratec–Vini Fantini |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics |
Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini. [7]
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. [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 Trek–Segafredo 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]
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]
Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 137 | 141 | — | — | |
Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |