Rinaldo Nocentini

Rinaldo Nocentini

Nocentini in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Rinaldo Nocentini
Born	September 25, 1977 (1977-09-25) Italy
Team information
Current team	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
1999–2001 2002 2003 2004–2006 2007–	Mapei-Quick Step Fassa Bortolo Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé Acqua & Sapone AG2R Prévoyance
Major wins
GP Miguel Indurain (2007)
Infobox last updated on April 23, 2009

Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977 in Montevarchi) is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI ProTour team Ag2r-La Mondiale.

In the 2009 Tour de France, his first participation in the race, he became leader in the General Classification after participating in a stage-long breakaway on stage 7 to take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara with an overall time six seconds ahead of the second-place rider in the General Classification, Alberto Contador. He wore the yellow jersey for eight stages before relinquishing it to Contador at the end of stage 15.

Palmarès

1995

3rd World U19 Road Race World Championship

1998

2nd World U23 Road Race Championship

1999

1st Stage 9 Tour de Langkawi

1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi

2003

1st Giro della Toscana

1st Mountains Classification Österreich Rundfahrt

2004

1st Stage 5 Tour of Poland

2006

1st Giro dell'Appennino

1st Giro del Veneto

1st Coppa Placci

2007

1st GP Miguel Indurain

1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen

2008

1st Gran Premio di Lugano

2nd Overall Paris–Nice

2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var

4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

2009

1st Stage 7 Tour of California

14th Overall Tour de France

Held Maillot Jaune for 8 days from stages 7-14 Tour de France

2010

1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut Var

2011

3rd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano

3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var

External links

Rinaldo Nocentini at Trap-Friis.dk