Przemysław Niemiec (born 11 April 1980) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the , and squads.

Career

He made his professional debut in 2002 for the team . Born in

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; ; ; ) is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rivers. Oświęcim dates back to the 12th century, when it was an im ...

, Niemiec won the 2005 Tour of Slovenia and the 2006 edition of the Tour of Tuscany. He has also won a number of stages of the Route du Sud and finished sixteenth alongside the leading competitors at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. In 2013, Niemiec had top ten finishes in many stage races including the Giro Del Trentino, the Volta a Catalunya, and in the Tirreno Adriactico. After finishing 3rd in the 2013 Giro del Trentino, Niemiec was selected to Team Lampre squad at the Giro d'Italia and he rode in support of Michele Scarponi, where he had a very solid 6th-place finish. He won the biggest victory of his career at that point at the

2014 Vuelta a España The 2014 Vuelta a España took place between 23 August and 14 September 2014 and was the 69th edition of the race. It featured eight mountain stages, five hill stages, five flat stages, and three time trials (one team and two individual), two of ...

. He was part of an early breakaway and won solo on the final climb to Lagos de Covedonga.

Major results

;2003 : 1st Giro del Medio Brenta ;2004 : 1st GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio : 1st Jersey green

Mountains classification

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 5th Overall Brixia Tour : 5th Coppa Placci : 6th

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

: 8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda : 8th Giro del Medio Brenta : 10th

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital cit ...

;2005 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Slovenia ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Mountains classification Tour Méditerranéen : 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino : 2nd Overall Route du Sud : 3rd Giro dell'Appennino : 10th Milano–Torino : 10th Giro d'Oro : 10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano ;2006 : 1st Giro di Toscana : 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia : 4th Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Giro d'Oro : 6th Overall Brixia Tour : 7th Overall Giro del Trentino ;2008 : 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud : 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia : 6th Giro del Medio Brenta : 10th Memorial Cimurri ;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto : 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato : 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano ;2010 : 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ::1st Jersey green

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification : 5th Overall Route du Sud : 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna : 6th Subida al Naranco : 10th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;2011 : 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 5th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

: 6th Gran Piemonte ;2012 : 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli : 9th Giro dell'Appennino : 10th Trofeo Melinda ;2013 : 6th Overall

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 6th Overall Giro del Trentino : 6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 7th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico ;2014 : 1st Stage 15

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

: 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino : 5th Overall

;2015 : 9th Strade Bianche ;2016 : Presidential Tour of Turkey ::1st Jersey red

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan ;2017 : 8th Overall Tour of Turkey : Jersey green number

Combativity award Stage 8

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niemiec, Przemyslaw Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Polish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Poland 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Oświęcim Cyclists from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 2014 Vuelta a España stage winners Polish Vuelta a España stage winners 21st-century Polish sportsmen