Rinaldo Nocentini
 Nocentini at the 2012 Tour de Pologne | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rinaldo Nocentini |
| Born | 25 September 1977 |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Cycling career | |
| Sport | Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Professional teams | |
| 1999–2001 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
| 2002 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2003 | Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé |
| 2004–2006 | Acqua & Sapone |
| 2007–2015 | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2016–2019 | Sporting / Tavira |
Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the Mapei–Quick-Step, Fassa Bortolo, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, Acqua & Sapone, AG2R La Mondiale and Sporting / Tavira teams.
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.
Major results
- 1995
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 1998
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 2nd Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 1999
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stages 9 & 10
- 2002
- 5th Giro di Toscana
- 2003
- 1st Giro della Toscana
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 6th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
- 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 5th Giro del Lazio
- 6th Giro del Veneto
- 10th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 10th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 10th Giro di Toscana
- 2005
- 1st Subida al Naranco
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 6th Overall Regio-Tour
- 6th Giro del Veneto
- 6th Trofeo Melinda
- 7th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 9th Overall Tour of Austria
- 9th Giro del Lazio
- 2006
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Giro del Veneto
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd Gran Premio Fred Mengoni
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 4th Giro d'Oro
- 4th Giro di Toscana
- 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Trofeo Matteotti
- 9th Trofeo Melinda
- 2007
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th GP Ouest–France
- 2008
- 1st Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 2nd Tour du Haut Var
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2009
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of California
- 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- Tour de France
- Held
from Stages 7–14
- Held
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut Var
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th GP Miguel Induráin
- 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
- 2016
- 1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2nd Clássica Aldeias do Xisto
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2018
- 6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
64 | 66 | — | 60 | 34 | — | — | 47 | 56 | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | 73 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | DNF | 53 | — | 18 | 53 | 96 | 85 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Nocentini confirms retirement". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
External links
Media related to Rinaldo Nocentini at Wikimedia Commons
- Rinaldo Nocentini at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Rinaldo Nocentini at ProCyclingStats
