Antonio Nibali

Antonio Nibali
Nibali at the 2015 Grand Prix de Fourmies
Personal information
NicknameBaby shark, Il Pesciolino (The little fish)[1]
Born (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 32)
Messina, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamXDS Astana Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist[2]
Amateur team
2011–2013Mastromarco Chianti Sensi Benedetti[2]
Professional teams
2014Marchiol-Emisfero
2015–2016Nippo–Vini Fantini
2017–2019Bahrain–Merida[3]
2020–2021Trek–Segafredo[4][5]
2022–Astana Qazaqstan Team[6]

Antonio Nibali (born 23 September 1992) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.[7]

He is the younger brother of fellow racing cyclist Vincenzo Nibali.[2] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[8] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[9] He also rode in the Giro d'Italia in 2019 and 2020; he placed 37th overall in the latter while riding in support of his brother. In August 2021, he was named to the start list for the Vuelta a España.

Major results

2009
7th Trofeo Guido Dorigo
2010
9th Trofeo Città di Loano
10th Memorial Davide Fardelli
2013
3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico Pesca e Nettarina di Romagna Igp
2014
8th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2018
1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria
8th Gran Premio di Lugano
2022
10th Overall Giro di Sicilia
2023
2nd Overall Tour de Kyushu

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 100 76 37 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 102 — — — 108
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ Cotton, Jim (18 August 2021). "Vuelta a España unsung heroes: Antonio Nibali talks brotherhood, fatherhood, and keeping the Sicilian spirit strong". VeloNews. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Antonio Nibali to join continental team Marchiol". cyclingnews.com. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Valerio Conti and Antonio Nibali set to join Astana Qazaqstan Team will for 2 years - News from Kazakhstan". ANSA.it (in Italian). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  9. ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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