Simone Ponzi

Simone Ponzi
	Ponzi at the 2015 Grand Prix de Denain.
Personal information
Full name	Simone Ponzi
Born	24 October 1986 (age 38); Manerbio, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2006–2008	Zalf–Désirée–Fior
Professional teams
2009–2010	Lampre–NGC
2011	Liquigas–Cannondale
2012–2013	Astana
2014–2015	Yellow Fluo
2016–2017	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018	Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini

Simone Ponzi (born 17 January 1987 in Manerbio) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini. He turned professional in 2009.

Ponzi left Astana at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Yellow Fluo for the 2014 season.^[2]

Major results

2006: 5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
2007: 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 1st Trofeo Zsšdi; 1st Trofeo Franco Balestra; 4th Gran Premio San Giuseppe; 7th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2008: 1st Giro del Casentino; 1st Stage 6 Giro della Valle d'Aosta; 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships; 5th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi; 9th Giro Ciclistico del Cigno
2009: 5th Memorial Marco Pantani; 10th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2010: 6th Giro della Romagna; 9th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
2011: 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie; 1st GP Kranj; 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia; 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni; 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese; 2nd Giro della Romagna; 3rd Road race, National Road Championships; 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics; 5th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano; 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
2012: 1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia; 10th Gran Piemonte
2013: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos; 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni; 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal; 3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie; 5th Roma Maxima; 8th Coppa Bernocchi; 8th Tre Valli Varesine
2014: 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi; 1st Dwars door Drenthe; 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie; 3rd Coppa Bernocchi; 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni; 4th Giro dell'Appennino; 4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato; 6th Memorial Marco Pantani
2015: 2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie; 2nd GP Ouest–France; 4th Tre Valli Varesine; 4th Coppa Sabatini; 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli; 7th Coppa Ugo Agostoni; 9th Trofeo Matteotti; 10th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
2017: 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni; 7th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	88	—	106	—	—	126
Tour de France	Has not contested during career
Vuelta a España	Has not contested during career

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "Transferts 2011–2012" [Transfers 2011–2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b MacMichael, Simon (13 December 2013). "Chris Horner to join ex-Vini Fantini team, Neri Sottoli?". Road.cc. Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. Retrieved 26 December 2013. Matteo Rabottini, winner of a Giro stage in 2012, becomes the team leader, and he will be joined by new signing Simone Ponzi, who arrives from Astana.
^ "Ponzi is the new addition to CCC Sprandi Polkowice". CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice. CCC Sport. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
^ "Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi e Zaccanti completano la rosa" [Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi and Zaccanti complete the roster]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

External links

Media related to Simone Ponzi at Wikimedia Commons

Simone Ponzi at Cycling Archives (archived)
Simone Ponzi at ProCyclingStats

[1] "Transferts 2011–2012" [Transfers 2011–2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[Neri-2] MacMichael, Simon (13 December 2013). "Chris Horner to join ex-Vini Fantini team, Neri Sottoli?". Road.cc. Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. Retrieved 26 December 2013. Matteo Rabottini, winner of a Giro stage in 2012, becomes the team leader, and he will be joined by new signing Simone Ponzi, who arrives from Astana.

[3] "Ponzi is the new addition to CCC Sprandi Polkowice". CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice. CCC Sport. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

[4] "Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi e Zaccanti completano la rosa" [Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi and Zaccanti complete the roster]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

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