Giuseppe Fonzi

Giuseppe Fonzi
Fonzi in 2015
Personal information
Full nameGiuseppe Fonzi
Born (1991-08-02) 2 August 1991 (age 33)
Pescara, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2008–2009ASD Pol Bevilacqua Sport
2010–2012De Nardi–Colpack–Bergamasca
2013Vini Fantini–D'Angelo & Antenucci–Kyklos
Professional teams
2014Vini Fantini–Nippo
2014–2019Neri Sottoli[1]

Giuseppe Fonzi (born 2 August 1991) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist,[2] who rode professionally between 2014 and 2019 for the Vini Fantini–Nippo and Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM teams. 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.[3][4]

Career

Fonzi competed in his first ever monument race at the 2016 Tour of Flanders, but did not finish the race; he had been riding as a domestique for teammate Filippo Pozzato. He finished 4th overall in the Tour of Taihu Lake. In 2017, Fonzi rode the Tour of Flanders again. At the Giro d'Italia, Fonzi finished 161st overall, last of the riders to complete the race. His best result of the season was 12th overall at the Tour de Korea.

At the 2018 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
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. ^ "Wilier Triestina become Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Giuseppe Fonzi appende la bici al chiodo" [Giuseppe Fonzi hangs up the bike]. TuttoBici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Video: Happy Days as back marker Giuseppe Fonzi rocks up at Giro time trial in black leather jacket". RoadCC. Retrieved 29 May 2017.