NIBALI Vincenzo

Italy
Cycling Road
14 Nov 1984
36
Male
1.80/5'10''
MESSINA
 
Italy
LUGANO
 
Switzerland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 53

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time Trial
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRADNF-
2012London, GBR101-
2008Beijing, CHNDNF14

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time TrialTeam Time Trial
2020Imola, ITA15--
2018Innsbruck, AUT49--
2015Richmond, VA, USA42--
2014Ponferrada, ESP40--
2013Florence, ITA4--
2012Valkenburg, NED29-4
2010Melbourne, VIC, AUS40--
2007Stuttgart, GER-19-
2006Salzburg, AUT-16-

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Individual2014Paris, FRA
3Men's Individual2012Paris, FRA
4Men's Individual2015Paris, FRA
6Men's Individual2009Paris, FRA
18Men's Individual2008Paris, FRA
30Men's Individual2016Paris, FRA
39Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Individual2016Turin, ITA
1Men's Individual2013Brescia, ITA
2Men's Individual2019Verona, ITA
2Men's Individual2011Milan, ITA
3Men's Individual2017Milan, ITA
3Men's Individual2010Verona, ITA
7Men's Individual2020Milan, ITA
11Men's Individual2008Milan, ITA
18Men's Individual2021Milan, ITA
19Men's Individual2007Milan, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Individual2010Madrid, ESP
2Men's Individual2017Madrid, ESP
2Men's Individual2013Madrid, ESP
7Men's Individual2011Madrid, ESP
59Men's Individual2018Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12018Road RaceMilano - SanremoSanremo, ITA
12017Road RaceIl LombardiaComo, ITA
12015Road RaceIl LombardiaComo, ITA
12013Men's IndividualTirreno - AdriaticoSan Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
12012Men's IndividualTirreno - AdriaticoSan Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
12006Road RaceGP Ouest-FrancePlouay, FRA
22018Road RaceIl LombardiaComo, ITA
22012Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeAns, BEL
32012Road RaceMilano - SanremoSanremo, ITA
32006Men's IndividualENECO TourAns, BEL


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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The Shark (velonews.competitor.com, 14 Jul 2015)
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Athlete
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Wife Rachele, daughter Emma Vittoria [2014]
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English, Italian
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Trek - Segafredo [United States of America] since 2020
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His brother Antonio has competed in road cycling as a professional. He raced in the 2018 and 2019 Giro d'Italia on the Bahrain - Merida team. (procyclingstats.com, 01 Jan 2020)
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Turned professional in 2005
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He fractured the T10 vertebra in his back after crashing during the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 2018 Tour de France. He required surgery and spent about three months recovering. (cyclingnews.com, 14 Aug 2018)

He sustained a double fracture in his left collarbone after crashing during the individual road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He underwent surgery to insert a metal plate into his shoulder, which was then removed in a further operation in October 2017. (tokyo2020.org, 16 Jul 2020; blastingnews.com, 27 Oct 2017)

He suffered an Achilles tendon injury in 2014. (velonews.competitor.com, 14 Nov 2015)
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He began cycling at age nine. (vincenzonibali.it, 29 May 2016)
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His father was a fan of the sport and gave Nibali a bike. "I didn't like football or other sports, but cycling gives young children the opportunity to explore their world. It gives you freedom." (cyclist.co.uk, 05 Mar 2019; vincenzonibali.it, 29 May 2016)
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To win gold in the road race at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (insidethegames.biz, 05 Jan 2020)
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Italian cyclists Francesco Moser and Mario Cipollini. (teamliquigas.com, 04 Oct 2007)

General Interest

Type of rider
Climber, Time-trialist (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2016)

General
SAFETY ISSUES
He was critical of roadside fans after fracturing a vertebra in his back at the 2018 Tour de France. He had crashed out of the race during stage 11 on Alpe d'Huez after a spectator's camera strap caught on his bike. "In some circumstances, cycling has become a circus. There must be fans, but like that isn't good. People drink too much, they're doing anything just to appear on TV. With people in the middle of the road, often with flags, we're riding blind, without being able to see where we're going and praying to heaven that the road opens up in front of us." (cyclingnews.com, 14 Aug 2018)

IN GOOD COMPANY
He is one of only seven riders to have stood on top of the podium at all three Grand Tours. He won the Vuelta a Espana in 2010, the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and then claimed victory in the 2014 Tour de France. The other riders to have achieved the feat are Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault, Italian Felice Gimondi, Belgian Eddy Merckz, Spaniard Alberto Contador and British rider Chris Froome. (cyclist.co.uk, 05 Mar 2019; procyclingstats.com, 07 Jul 2016; Facebook page, 06 Jul 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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