Nickolas Zukowsky

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| name = Nickolas Zukowsky

| image = Nickolas Zukowsky at Tour of Norway 2023.JPG

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| caption = Zukowsky at the 2023 Tour of Norway

| fullname = Nickolas Zukowsky{{cite web|url=https://humanpoweredhealth.com/team/nickolas-zukowsky/|title=Nickolas Zukowsky – Human Powered Health|publisher={{UCI team code|HPM|2022}}|access-date=21 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321041106/https://humanpoweredhealth.com/team/nickolas-zukowsky/|archive-date=21 March 2022}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, Quebec, Canada

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}

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| currentteam = {{UCI team code|Q36}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder

| amateuryears1 =

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| proyears1 = 2017–2018

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SPC|2017}}

| proyears2 = 2019

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FPC|2019}}

| proyears3 = 2020–2022

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RLY|2020}}

| proyears4 = 2023–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Q36|2023}}

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Nickolas Zukowsky (born 3 June 1998) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|Q36}}.{{cite web |title=Transfer for Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2023 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/q365-pro-cycing-team/transfers |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=4 November 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/160945|title=Nickolas Zukowsky|publisher=UCI|access-date=21 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321041403/https://www.uci.org/rider-details/160945|archive-date=21 March 2022}}

Career

In 2016, Zukowsky began his professional cycling career independently despite not owning a road bike the year prior.{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Steve |date=14 October 2016 |title=Things happen fast, when you're fast |page=S1 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator/136359551/ |access-date=6 December 2023}} {{Open access}} He placed fourth overall in the Tour de l'Abitibi, won a stage of the Ronde des Vallées, and finished fifth in the Killington Stage Race's first stage. He also competed in the National Junior Road Race Championships, placing third.{{Cite web |last=Tremblay |first=Philippe |date=26 June 2016 |title=Full results from the 2016 men's elite and under-23 Canadian championships road race |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/full-results-mens-elite-23-canadian-national-road-championships/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}} {{UCI team code|SPC|2017}} signed Zukowsky following the 2016 cycling season, making him the first 18-year-old to be on the team.{{Cite web |last=Tremblay |first=Philippe |date=23 August 2016 |title=Silber Pro Cycling sign 18-year-old Nick Zukowsky for 2017 |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/silber-pro-cycling-adds-nick-zukowsky-2017/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}}

In 2017, Zukowsky gained his first win in his cycling career, winning first overall in the Tucson Bicycle Classic. After Silber Pro Cycling went defunct, he signed with {{UCI team code|FPC|2019}}.{{Cite web |last=Tremblay |first=Philippe |date=11 December 2018 |title=Floyd Landis' cycling team announces first signings, new team name and bike sponsor |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/floyd-landis-cycling-team-announces-first-signings-new-team-name-and-bike-sponsor/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}}

2019 was a breakout year for Zukowsky, winning first in road race for the National Under-23 Road Championships, first overall for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay,{{Cite web |last=Boivin |first=William |date=16 June 2019 |title=Nickolas Zukowsky tient bon et remporte le Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/06/16/nickolas-zukowsky-tient-bon-et-remporte-le-grand-prix-de-saguenay |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=journaldemontreal.com |language=fr}} along with other significant finishes such as third overall in the Tour de Beauce and the Tour of the Gila.{{Cite web |last=Tremblay |first=Philippe |date=6 May 2019 |title=James Piccoli wins the 2019 Tour of the Gila |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/james-piccoli-wins-the-2019-tour-of-the-gila/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}}{{Cite web |date=23 June 2019 |title=Hectic final stage of Tour de Beauce rattles the Canadians |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/brendan-rhim-bests-canadians-piccoli-and-zukowsky-to-win-tour-de-beauce/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}}

In 2020, Zukowsky signed with {{UCI team code|RLY|2020}} but did not have any significant results that year.{{cite news|url=http://www.floydscycling.com/blog/nick-zukowsky-signs-with-rally-uhc-for-2020/|title=Nick Zukowsky Signs with Rally UHC for 2020|publisher={{UCI team code|FPC|2019}}|first=Scott|last=McFarlane|date=4 September 2019|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929204331/http://www.floydscycling.com/blog/nick-zukowsky-signs-with-rally-uhc-for-2020/|archive-date=29 September 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rally-uhc-adds-bassett-and-zukowsky/|title=Rally UHC adds Bassett and Zukowsky|website=CyclingNews|publisher=Future plc|date=3 September 2019|access-date=25 February 2020}} In 2021, he placed fourth overall in the Vuelta a Castilla y León.{{Cite web |last=Mateus Rosas |first=Diego |date=29 July 2021 |title=Matis Louvel vence en solitario en la Vuelta a Castilla y León |url=https://www.revistamundociclistico.com/2021/matis-louvel-vence-en-solitario-en-la-vuelta-a-castilla-y-leon/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=revistamundociclistico.com}}

In 2022, Zukowsky almost won his first UCI ProSeries race, the Maryland Cycling Classic, but was edged out by Belgian racer Sep Vanmarcke by less than a second to earn his first UCI ProSeries win.{{Cite web |last=Weislo |first=Laura |date=5 September 2022 |title=Sep Vanmarcke wins breakaway sprint to claim victory at Maryland Cycling Classic |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/maryland-cycling-classic-2022/elite-men/results/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingnews.com}} He also placed fourth in the Grand Prix Criquielion.{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Matt |date=21 March 2022 |title=Pier-André Côté wins GP Criquielion |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/pier-andre-cote-wins-gp-criquielion/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}} After the 2022 cycling season, Zukowsky signed with the {{UCI team code|Q36|2023}}.{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Matt |date=4 November 2022 |title=Nickolas Zukowsky to ride with new Q36.5 ProTeam in 2023 |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/nickolas-zukowsky-to-ride-with-new-q36-5-proteam-in-2023/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingmagazine.ca}}

In 2023, Zukowsky gained his first major national win by winning the road race in the National Road Championships.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Rob |date=26 June 2023 |title=Nick Zukowsky wins elite men's Canadian Road National Championship |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/canadian-road-championships-2023/road-race-elite-men/results/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=cyclingnews.com}}

Major results

;2016

: 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

: 4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

;2017

: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 4th Time trial, Canada Summer Games

: 5th Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic

;2018

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic

: 2nd Boise Twilight Criterium

: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 8th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

;2019

: 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st 20px Young rider classification

: 2nd Boise Twilight Criterium

: 2nd Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic

: 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce

::1st 20px Young rider classification

: 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

::1st 20px Young rider classification

: 9th Chrono Kristin Armstrong

;2021

: 4th Vuelta a Castilla y León

;2022

: 2nd Maryland Cycling Classic

: 4th Grand Prix Criquielion

;2023

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

: 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

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