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Road racing cyclist
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25 September 1977(Montevarchi)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI Continental Tour team Sporting / Tavira.
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.
Career achievements
Major results
- 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 Tour of Austria
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Poland
- 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 2005
- 1st Subida al Naranco
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2006
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Giro del Veneto
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd GP Fred Mengoni
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 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
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2009
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of California
- Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune
for 8 days from stages 7–14 Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 7th GP Plumelec-Morbihan
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Flèche Wallonne
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut Var
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2011
- 3rd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th GP Lugano
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th GP Miguel Indurain
- 2012
- 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 6th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 2013
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 5th Overall Tour of Oman
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2014
- 2nd Milano-Torino
- 8th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 2015
- 5th Stage 4 Tirreno-Adriatico
- 7th Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
- 8th Teamprologue Tour of Austria
- 6th Stage 13 Vuelta
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
World U19 Road Race World Championship
World U23 Road Race ChampionshipGrand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro | 64 | 66 | - | 60 | 34 | - | - | 47 | 56 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - | 73 | - |
 Tour | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Vuelta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | WD | 53 | - | 18 | 53 | 96 | 85 | - |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress