Rinaldo Nocentini

Nocentini at the 2012 Tour de Pologne
Personal information
Full name	Rinaldo Nocentini
Born	(1977-09-25) 25 September 1977 (age 48) Montevarchi, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
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.^[1]

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

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

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

External links

Media related to Rinaldo Nocentini at Wikimedia Commons

• Rinaldo Nocentini at Cycling Archives (archive)
• Rinaldo Nocentini at ProCyclingStats