Guido Trentin (born 24 November 1975) is an Italian former professional
road bicycle racer
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. His greatest achievement was winning stage 5 of the
2002 Vuelta a España
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.
Career
Trentin turned professional in 1999 with the Italian team and won the
Tour Trans Canada stage race in his first year as a professional. In 2000 Trentin, riding his first
Tour de France
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, placed second in the
young rider classification Young rider classification (french: classement général des jeunes) is a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, which awards the current leader by overall time for ride ...
behind
Francisco Mancebo
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Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and indiv ...
. Trentin moved onto the
Cofidis
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team in 2001, and spent five years with the French squad. Trentin recorded three wins beyond his stage victory in the
2002 Vuelta a España
The 57th edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 2002. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Aito ...
: overall victory in the 2003
Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
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and stage wins in the 2005
Tour de Wallonie
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and 2005
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
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The UCI Cont ...
.
After the 2007 season, Trentin left the Saunier team and retired at the end of the year.
Major results
''Source'':
;1993
: 2nd Overall
Giro della Lunigiana
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;1997
: 1st Overall
Triptyque Ardennais
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No cyclist has won the race more than once.
Winners
References
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;1999
: 1st Overall Tour Trans Canada
: 6th
Trofeo dello Scalatore
The Trofeo dello Scalatore was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Marche
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: 8th
Trofeo Pantalica
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;2001
: 7th Overall
Euskal Bizikleta
Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organ ...
;2002
: 1st Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
: 1st Stage 5
Vuelta a España
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: 2nd Overall
Tour du Limousin
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: 6th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...
;2003
: 3rd
Japan Cup
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: 7th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
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It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
: 9th
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cy ...
;2004
: 2nd
Polynormande
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The UCI Continental ...
: 3rd
GP Ouest-France
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...
;2005
: 1st Stage 5
Trofeú Joaquim Agostinho
: 3rd Overall
Tour de Wallonie
The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
::1st Stage 4
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and references
External links
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Italian male cyclists
1975 births
Living people
Cyclists from the Province of Como
Italian Vuelta a España stage winners
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