Niccolò Bonifazio

Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini.^[7]

Niccolò Bonifazio

Bonifazio in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Niccolò Bonifazio
Born	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 31) Cuneo, Italy
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 Gran Premio di Lugano (2015)

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.^[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]

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 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

References

1. "Niccolo Bonifazio » Lampre-Merida". Retrieved 12 July 2014.
2. "Bonifazio leaves Trek-Segafredo for Bahrain Merida".
3. "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
5. "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
6. "Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
7. "Team Corratec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
8. "Bonifazio wins Coppa Agostoni". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
9. Clarke, Stuart (19 August 2015). "Trek Factory Racing sign young talents Theuns and Bonifazio for 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
10. "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
11. "71st Vuelta a España: Stage 7 » Maceda › Puebla de Sanabria". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
12. "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
13. "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

External links

• Niccolò Bonifazio at UCI
• Niccolò Bonifazio at Cycling Archives
• Niccolò Bonifazio at ProCyclingStats
• Niccolò Bonifazio at Cycling Quotient
• Niccolò Bonifazio at CycleBase