77 Facts About Vincenzo Nibali

Vincenzo Nibali is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2022.

However, experts such as Michele Bartoli have said Nibali is most suited to competing in multi-stage races.

Vincenzo Nibali is a highly capable descender and bike handler, very good climber and good time trialist.

Vincenzo Nibali was born on 14 November 1984 in Messina, Sicily, the son of Salvatore and Giovanna.

Vincenzo Nibali finished third at the UCI World Junior Time Trial Championships in 2002 and third at the UCI World Under-23 Time Trial Championships in 2004.

Vincenzo Nibali finished in second position overall of the 2.1 rated Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, taking the win on the first stage.

In 2007, Vincenzo Nibali rode the Giro d'Italia for the first time and finished 19th overall.

Vincenzo Nibali finished sixth overall in the Tour of California and ninth overall in Tour of the Basque Country, before sharing leadership of Liquigas at the Tour de France with Roman Kreuziger.

Vincenzo Nibali proved the stronger of the two and finished in seventh place overall, then his best placing in a grand tour.

Vincenzo Nibali began 2010 in great form by finishing first overall in the Tour de San Luis.

Vincenzo Nibali was a last-minute addition to Liquigas' Giro d'Italia squad following Franco Pellizotti's last minute withdrawal over Blood Passport irregularities.

Vincenzo Nibali won the Vuelta a Espana without winning a stage, thanks to consistent high placings on summit stage finishes and the race's two time trials.

Vincenzo Nibali had inherited the race lead after Igor Anton was forced to abandon after crashing on stage 14.

Vincenzo Nibali was one of the favourites for the Giro d'Italia, with Ivan Basso not riding, giving him sole leadership of Liquigas.

Vincenzo Nibali still managed to stay in the top three throughout much of the race.

Vincenzo Nibali finished third overall behind Alberto Contador and Michele Scarponi, with Nibali and Scarponi fighting over second in the final week when it became apparent the gap to Contador was too large.

Vincenzo Nibali was leader of Liquigas at the Vuelta a Espana.

On stage six, Liquigas orchestrated an escape on the descent into Cordoba, but a miscommunication saw Vincenzo Nibali finishing fourth, failing to take any bonus seconds.

Vincenzo Nibali moved to third overall on stage 11, behind Sky duo Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome.

However, stage 14 saw Vincenzo Nibali crack on the final climb, putting him out of contention for a podium placing.

Vincenzo Nibali began the 2012 campaign with second overall in the Tour of Oman, one second behind Peter Velits, winning the queen stage.

Vincenzo Nibali chose to focus his attention on the Tour de France, skipping the Giro d'Italia in order to prepare.

However, Vincenzo Nibali conceded over two minutes to Wiggins in the time trial on stage nine, where he placed eighth, and slipped to fourth on the GC, behind Team Sky's Froome.

On stage ten, Vincenzo Nibali attacked on the descent of the Col du Grand Colombier and linked up with teammate Peter Sagan, but the pair were caught by the Team Sky led peloton.

Vincenzo Nibali went on the attack again on the following stage, which finished with a climb to La Toussuire, and put time into Wiggins and Froome, only for the pair to drag themselves back to Vincenzo Nibali, although he did move up to third overall after Evans lost time.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked again on stage 16 on the Col de Peyresourde with only Wiggins and Froome able to chase.

Vincenzo Nibali lost time to Wiggins and Froome the following stage, another mountain stage, this time with a summit finish and two stages later in the final individual time trial which Wiggins won.

Vincenzo Nibali finished third, the only rider to finish within ten minutes of Wiggins and Froome.

Vincenzo Nibali held off Froome in the final time trial.

Vincenzo Nibali took the lead from Maxime Bouet, who had been the overall leader since the second stage.

Vincenzo Nibali powered away on the last Hors Category climb, distancing rivals Mauro Santambrogio and Wiggins, who suffered a mechanical issue, and winning the stage in solo fashion.

Vincenzo Nibali took the leader's pink jersey on stage eight after finishing fourth in the time trial won by Alex Dowsett, conceding only 11 seconds to Wiggins.

On stage ten, the first mountain top finish, Vincenzo Nibali finished third behind Rigoberto Uran to extend his lead over second placed Evans to 41 seconds.

Vincenzo Nibali won stage 18, a mountain time trial, by 58 seconds from Samuel Sanchez, to extend his lead over Evans and Uran to over four minutes.

Stage 20, the final mountain stage, saw heavy snow, as Vincenzo Nibali attacked on the final climb to Tre Cime di Lavaredo to win the stage by 17 seconds from Fabio Duarte, with Uran a further two seconds back.

Vincenzo Nibali safely negotiated the final stage to Brescia to win the Giro by four minutes 43 seconds over Uran, his second Grand tour overall victory.

However, as Mark Cavendish collected all the intermediate sprints before winning the final stage, Vincenzo Nibali finished second to Cavendish in the points classification.

At the Vuelta Vincenzo Nibali was vexed as to whether he should chase the red jersey to record his second grand tour in 2013 or reserve his energy for the World Championships to be held just weeks later in his adopted Tuscany.

Vincenzo Nibali captured the race lead on stage 4 though losing it on stage 8, he managed to regain it on stage 11, a time trial.

Vincenzo Nibali rode well throughout wearing the red jersey for several stages maintaining his race lead through much of the race.

Vincenzo Nibali has now worn the leader's jersey more than any other Italian in the history of the Vuelta.

Vincenzo Nibali lost his race lead though on stage 19 to Chris Horner.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked Horner many times during the final mountain stage on the steep Angliru but he cracked in the end finishing 4th on that stage.

Vincenzo Nibali was criticized by the Italian press after a disappointing Criterium du Dauphine.

On 28 June Vincenzo Nibali became the 2014 Italian Champion with his first win of the year at the national road race championships, based on the route of the Trofeo Melinda.

Vincenzo Nibali continued to lead the race from stage two through eight, losing it to Frenchman Tony Gallopin in the ninth stage.

Vincenzo Nibali won the stage uncontested and re-donned the yellow jersey on Bastille Day in France.

Vincenzo Nibali would continue to show his dominance through the rest of the Tour and on stage 18 into Hautacam he attacked from the early slopes of the climb and he would win the stage finishing over a minute ahead of second place rider Thibaut Pinot.

Vincenzo Nibali finished with an excellent 4th-place finish in the final time trial.

Vincenzo Nibali went on to win the general classification by 7 minutes and 52 seconds, the largest margin of victory in the Tour in 17 years.

Vincenzo Nibali finished in the lead group after attacking several times during the event.

In 2015, Vincenzo Nibali made the defense of his 2014 Tour de France title his priority.

Vincenzo Nibali then participated to the Amstel Gold Race and escaped thanks to a late attack, but was reabsorbed by the peloton and finished 65th.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked during the last ascent and got the better of Francesco Reda and Diego Ulissi.

Vincenzo Nibali entered the Tour de France, but lost two and a half minutes to Chris Froome in the first week.

Vincenzo Nibali lost a further 4:25 on the first mountain stage to La Pierre-Saint-Martin after he was dropped early in the stage; and was ninth overall after the three Pyrenean stages, trailing Froome by almost eight minutes.

Vincenzo Nibali started the Vuelta a Espana, where he shared leadership of Astana with Fabio Aru, the eventual winner of the Vuelta.

Vincenzo Nibali later issued a statement via Facebook where he apologised for his actions.

Vincenzo Nibali's attack distanced the Movistar Team's Andrey Amador and Alejandro Valverde, who both lost three minutes on the stage.

However, Steven Kruijswijk attacked close to the summit, with Esteban Chaves, and the pair dropped Vincenzo Nibali, who lost more than half a minute after the stage.

Kruijswijk extended his lead to more than two minutes over second-placed Chaves as Vincenzo Nibali suffered a mechanical on the climb, losing more than two minutes in the process.

Kruijswijk extended his lead in the general classification to three minutes as Chaves lost 42 seconds while Vincenzo Nibali cracked on the last climb.

Vincenzo Nibali lost almost two minutes to drop to fourth overall, almost five minutes down.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked on the penultimate climb, distancing Chaves and the other GC contenders, and made up the deficit to Chaves to claim his second Giro d'Italia ahead of the final stage in Turin.

Vincenzo Nibali finished his season by taking victory in the Taiwan KOM Challenge, setting a new course record in the process.

In March 2018, Vincenzo Nibali won Milan-San Remo, his third cycling monument, becoming the first Italian winner of La Classicissima since Filippo Pozzato in 2006.

Vincenzo Nibali had attacked on the Poggio di San Remo, and managed to hold off the sprinters in the closing kilometers to seal victory.

Vincenzo Nibali withdrew from the 2018 Tour de France after stage 12, having suffered a crash on the ascent of the Alpe d'Huez after spectator interference.

Vincenzo Nibali entered the Giro d'Italia and finished the race in second place overall, behind Richard Carapaz.

Vincenzo Nibali won the shortened Stage 20 of the Tour de France.

In September 2021, Vincenzo Nibali announced that he was rejoining the Astana Qazaqstan Team for the 2022 season.

Vincenzo Nibali cited his desire to spend more time with friends and family.

Vincenzo Nibali ultimately finished the race in fourth place overall, his joint-best result of the season, along with the Giro di Sicilia.

In November 2022, it was announced that Vincenzo Nibali would act as a technical advisor for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, a team that is due to start competing from 2023.

Vincenzo Nibali moved to Lugano in the spring of 2012 with his girlfriend Rachele Perinelli.

Vincenzo Nibali is a six-time winner of the Giglio d'Oro, an award given to the best Italian professional cyclist of the year.

Vincenzo Nibali won the award in 2010, consecutively between 2012 and 2015, and 2017.