{{short description|Italian cyclist (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Simone Ponzi | image = Denain - Grand Prix de Denain, 16 avril 2015 (B105).JPG | caption = Ponzi at the 2015 Grand Prix de Denain. | fullname = Simone Ponzi | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|10|24}} | birth_place = Manerbio, Italy | height = {{convert|1.76|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1=2006–2008 | amateurteam1= {{UCI team code|ZEF|2006}} | proyears1 = 2009–2010 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LAM|2009}} | proyears2 = 2011 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LIQ|2011}} | proyears3 = 2012–2013 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2012}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/transferts-cyclisme-2011-2012/|title=Transferts 2011–2012|language=French|trans-title=Transfers 2011–2012|accessdate=1 January 2012|work=Velochrono.fr|publisher=Velochrono}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2014–2015 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|NRI|2014a}}<ref name="Neri">{{cite news|url=http://road.cc/content/news/101421-chris-horner-join-ex-vini-fantini-team-neri-sottoli|first=Simon|last=MacMichael|title=Chris Horner to join ex-Vini Fantini team, Neri Sottoli?|date=13 December 2013|accessdate=26 December 2013|work=Road.cc|publisher=Farrelly Atkinson Ltd.|quote=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.}}</ref> | proyears5 = 2016–2017 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|CCC|2016}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cccsport.eu/en/ponzi-new-addition-to-ccc-sprandi-polkowice/|title=Ponzi is the new addition to CCC Sprandi Polkowice|work={{UCI team code|CCC|2015}}|publisher=CCC Sport|date=17 October 2015|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref> | proyears6 = 2018 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|NIP|2018}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cicloweb.it/2017/11/22/ponzi-zaccanti-nippo-vini-fantini/|title=Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi e Zaccanti completano la rosa|language=Italian|trans-title=Nippo Vini Fantini Europa Ovini, Ponzi and Zaccanti complete the roster|date=22 November 2017|accessdate=7 January 2018|work=Cicloweb.it|publisher=Cicloweb}}</ref> | majorwins = }} '''Simone Ponzi''' (born 17 January 1987 in Manerbio) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team {{UCI team code|NIP|2018}}. He turned professional in 2009.

Ponzi left {{UCI team code|AST|2013}} at the end of the 2013 season, and joined {{UCI team code|NRI|2014a|nolink=yes}} for the 2014 season.<ref name="Neri"/>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2006 : 5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2007 : 1st 20px 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 15px 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 {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 88 |— | 106 |— |— | 126 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |colspan=6 rowspan=2 {{N/A|Has not contested during career}} |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Simone Ponzi}} *{{cycling Archives|34922}} *{{Procyclingstats}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ponzi, Simone}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Italian male cyclists Category:Cyclists from the Province of Brescia Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen