Rinaldo Nocentini

Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the , , Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, , and 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

1998

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

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

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

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish