{{Short description|South African cyclist (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Nicholas Dlamini | image = 2018 Tour of Britain stage 8 - King of the Mountains Nick Dlamini.JPG | image_size = | caption = Dlamini at the 2018 Tour of Britain, where he won the mountains classification | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | height = 1.77 m | weight = 66 kg | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2016–2017 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|DDC|2016}} | amateuryears2 = 2017 | amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2017}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2018–2021 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2018}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dimension-data-finalise-2019-roster/|title=Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=22 November 2018|accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|title=NTT Pro Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=3 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|archivedate=3 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279|title=Team Qhubeka Assos|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2022 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|T4Q|2022}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Nicholas Dlamini''' (born 12 August 1995) is a South African cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|T4Q}}.
==Career== Growing up in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, Dlamini's first sport was running, which he took up in 2009 along with his twin sister Nikita. In 2011 he took up cycling, initially alongside his running career. He pursued his development at the World Cycling Centre. Dlamini turned professional in 2018: at that year's Tour Down Under, the first UCI World Tour race of his career, he won the King of the Mountains jersey, becoming the first black South African to win a major classification in a World Tour race.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-09-07-nic-dlamini-set-to-be-the-king-of-the-mountains/ |title=Nic Dlamini: Capricorn King of the Mountains |last=Muller |first=Antoinette |date=7 September 2018 |website=Daily Maverick |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2019/gc/startlist |title=2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España |accessdate=23 August 2019 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref>
On 27 December 2019, Dlamini was assaulted by rangers at the Table Mountain National Park where he was training and suffered a broken arm during an altercation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-12-27-watch-top-sa-cyclist-nic-dlamini-assaulted-at-table-mountain-national-park/|title=Top SA cyclist Nic Dlamini suffers broken arm in permit dispute with Table Mountain park rangers|first=Ernest|last=Mabuza|work=The Times|publisher=Tiso Blackstar Group|date=27 December 2019|accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref>
He was selected to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyclist Nic Dlamini makes SA Olympic team|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2021-05-27-cyclist-nic-dlamini-makes-sa-olympic-team/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=SowetanLIVE|language=en-ZA}}</ref> He rode in the 2021 Tour de France, becoming the first black South African cyclist to ride the Tour, but was eliminated after finishing outside the time limit on the ninth stage.<ref name=tour>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210627-from-gangs-and-guns-to-tour-de-france-for-south-africa-s-dlamini |title=From gangs and guns to Tour de France for South Africa's Dlamini|date=27 June 2021 |website=france24.com |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is an ambassador for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.<ref name=elton>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2016-11-28-nic-likely-to-score-historic-tour-de-france-ride/ |title=Nic likely to score historic Tour de France ride |last=Collins |first=Farren |date=28 November 2016 |website=TimesLIVE|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
==Major results== {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} ;2013 : African Junior Road Championships ::1st 15px Team time trial ::10th Road race ;2014 : 1st Cape Rouleur<ref name=elton /> ;2015 : KZN Autumn Series ::1st Mayday Classic ::3rd PMB Road Classic : African Road Championships ::2nd 15px Team time trial ::7th Under-23 road race : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2016 : 9th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;2017 : 1st 20px Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour de Hongrie : 6th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo ;2018 : 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour Down Under : 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour of Britain ;2019 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships ;2021 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships {{colend}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |107 |DNF |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
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==External links== {{commons category|Nicholas Dlamini}} *{{sports links}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dlamini, Nicholas}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:South African male cyclists Category:Cyclists from Cape Town Category:Olympic cyclists for South Africa Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century South African sportsmen