Przemysław Niemiec (born 11 April 1980) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the Amore & Vita–Beretta, Miche and UAE Team Emirates squads.[2]
 Niemiec at the 2010 Vuelta a Asturias | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Przemysław Niemiec |
| Born | 11 April 1980 Oświęcim, Poland |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 2002–2003 | Amore & Vita–Beretta |
| 2004–2010 | Miche |
| 2011–2018 | Lampre–ISD[1] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career
editHe made his professional debut in 2002 for the team Amore & Vita–Beretta. Born in Oświęcim, Niemiec won the 2005 Tour of Slovenia and the 2006 edition of the Tour of Tuscany. He has also won a number of stages of the Route du Sud and finished sixteenth alongside the leading competitors at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2013, Niemiec had top ten finishes in many stage races including the Giro Del Trentino, the Volta a Catalunya, and in the Tirreno Adriactico. After finishing 3rd in the 2013 Giro del Trentino, Niemiec was selected to Team Lampre squad at the Giro d'Italia and he rode in support of Michele Scarponi, where he had a very solid 6th-place finish.
He won the biggest victory of his career at that point at the 2014 Vuelta a España. He was part of an early breakaway and won solo on the final climb to Lagos de Covedonga.[3]
Major results
edit- 2003
- 1st Giro del Medio Brenta
- 2004
- 1st GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Pologne - 5th Overall Brixia Tour
- 5th Coppa Placci
- 6th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 8th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2005
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Mountains classification Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 10th Giro d'Oro
- 10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2006
- 1st Giro di Toscana
- 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Giro d'Oro
- 6th Overall Brixia Tour
- 7th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2008
- 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 6th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 10th Memorial Cimurri
- 2009
- 1st Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
- 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Route du Sud
- 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Subida al Naranco
- 10th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 2011
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Gran Piemonte
- 2012
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 9th Giro dell'Appennino
- 10th Trofeo Melinda
- 2013
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2014
- 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2015
- 9th Strade Bianche
- 2016
- Presidential Tour of Turkey
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 2017
- 8th Overall Tour of Turkey
Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
40 | 39 | 6 | 49 | 40 | DNF | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 57 | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
54 | 15 | — | 26 | DNF | — | 86 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Lampre and Wilier at odds after 10-year run". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
Lampre's Przemyslaw Niemiec...will ride a Merida instead of a Wilier in 2013.
- ^ "Przemysław Niemiec to retire after 17 seasons - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Vuelta a España: Niemiec wins summit finish in Lagos de Covedonga". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
External links
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Media related to Przemysław Niemiec at Wikimedia Commons
- Przemysław Niemiec at Cycling Archives (archived)