Nicolás "Nico" Terol Peidro (born 27 September 1988) is a Spanish professional

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...

road racer Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface. The races can be held on a closed circuit—generally, a purpose-built racing facility—or on a street circuit that uses temporarily closed public ...

, winner of the 125cc World Championship in . He has previously competed in the

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and the

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Career

125cc World Championship

Born in

Alcoy Alcoy (; ; officially: / ) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 r ...

Province of Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: / ) is a province located in eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province, containing the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Co ...

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

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, Terol began his professional racing career in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. He took his first international victory in the rain-shortened

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as he was leading the race at the time of the final completed lap. He finished third in the 2009 championship, while he finished runner-up to

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in the 2010 championship. In , Terol won eight races during the season, and won the final world championship for the class, before it was replaced by Moto3 for .

Moto2 World Championship

Terol moved up to the intermediate class, Moto2, for the season. Terol endured a testing season, which finished with a third-place finish on home soil in

. In , Terol won three races with the

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, en route to a seventh-place finish in the final championship standings. Terol struggled in the 2014 campaign, taking a solitary points-scoring finish – a 14th-place finish in

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– as he finished in 28th place in the final championship standings.

Superbike World Championship

Terol started 2015 competing in the

with

Althea Racing Althea Racing is a motorcycle racing team based in Civita Castellana, Italy. For 2023, the team operates within the Supersport World Championship, as Ducati Althea Racing Team, using one rider only, Federico Caricasulo. In 2020, the race season ...

, riding a

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but left the team mid-season.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terol, Nicolas 1988 births Living people People from Alcoy Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante Spanish motorcycle racers 125cc World Championship riders Moto2 World Championship riders Superbike World Championship riders Supersport World Championship riders MotoE World Cup riders 125cc World Riders' Champions