Niccolò Bonifazio

Niccolò Bonifazio
	Bonifazio in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Niccolò Bonifazio
Born	October 9, 1993 (age 30); Cuneo
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Current team	UAE Team Emirates
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2012–2013	GSC Viris Masserati A.S.D
2013	Lampre–Merida (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2014–2015	Lampre–Merida
2016–	Trek–Segafredo
Major wins
	One-Day Races and Classics Gran Premio di Lugano (2015)
	Infobox last updated on; 1 February 2015

Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993 in Cuneo) is an Italian cyclist currently riding for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo.

Career

Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Lampre–Merida. 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. In addition to this, he won a stage of the Tour of Japan and three stages and 2nd place of the Tour of Hainan.^[2] 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 the Milan–San Remo.

In August 2015 it was announced that Bonifazio would join Trek Factory Racing for the 2016 season.^[3] Bonifazio took multiple top 10 finishes in major races in 2016, including 5th place in Scheldeprijs, 3rd of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and 6th of Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.