Giuseppe Fonzi

Giuseppe Fonzi
Giuseppe Fonzi in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-08-02) 2 August 1991
Pescara, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2014 Vini Fantini–Nippo
2014– Neri Sottoli

Giuseppe Fonzi (born 2 August 1991) is an Italian professional racing cyclist.[1] He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia, where he finished last of the 161 riders to complete the race.[2][3]

Cycling career

Neri Sottoli (2014-present)

2016

Giuseppe Fonzi competed in his first ever monument race at the Tour of Flanders. He didn't finish the race but was a domestique for team rider Filippo Pozzato. He finished 4th overall in the Tour of Taihu Lake.

2017

Fonzi rode the Tour of Flanders again, for a second time in his career. At the Giro d'Italia, Fonzi finished 161st overall, which was last place and therefore he won the "Maglia Nera" for the last place rider. His best results at the season was 12th overall at the Tour de Korea.

2018

At the Tour de Langkawi, Fonzi finished 5th overall, after finishing 10th in the breakaway that stayed away on stage 7. He started the Giro d'Italia for a second time in his career, and finished the race in last place once again.

Major results

2009
1st Piccola Tre Valli Varesine
2016
4th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
2018
5th Overall Tour de Langkawi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 161 149
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — —

Monuments results timeline

Monument 2016 2017 2018
Milan–San Remo — — —
Tour of Flanders DNF DNF —
Paris–Roubaix — — —
Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — —
Giro di Lombardia — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Giuseppe Fonzi". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Video: Happy Days as back marker Giuseppe Fonzi rocks up at Giro time trial in black leather jacket". RoadCC. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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