Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988 in Genoa) is a former Italian professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa.

Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines.

He was given three World Superbike wild card rides in the second half of the 2008 season,[3] qualifying on the second row for his debut at Brno, on his first experience of the one-shot "Superpole" system.

He raced in MotoGP full-time for Pramac Ducati in 2009 with little success, and made an uncompetitive start in Moto2.

He is also coaching Alex Lowes and Michael Van Der Mark during the Superbike World Championship.