Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional
racing cyclist
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, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the , , Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, , and teams.
In the
2009 Tour de France
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, his first participation in the race, he became leader in the General Classification after participating in a stage-long breakaway on
stage 7
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to take the yellow jersey from
Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss people, Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is known for being a qual ...
with an overall time six seconds ahead of the second-place rider in the General Classification,
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vuelta ...
. He wore the
yellow jersey
The general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification has worn the yellow jersey ( ).
History
For the first t ...
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
The Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Un ...
;1999
:
Tour de Langkawi
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::1st Stages 9 & 10
;2002
: 5th
Giro di Toscana
The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...
;2003
: 1st
Giro della Toscana
: 6th Overall
Tour of Austria
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::1st

Mountains classification
: 6th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
: 6th
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany
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;2004
: 1st Stage 5
Tour de Pologne
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: 3rd
Giro dell'Appennino
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: 3rd
Giro dell'Emilia
: 4th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
: 5th
Giro del Lazio
The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
: 6th
Giro del Veneto
The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. Since 2023, the race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar, having previously been a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits ...
: 10th
Gran Premio di Chiasso
The Gran Premio di Chiasso () was an annual road bicycle race held in Chiasso, Switzerland. It was a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by ...
: 10th
Gran Premio di Lugano
The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...
: 10th
Giro di Toscana
The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...
;2005
: 1st
Subida al Naranco
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: 2nd
Coppa Sabatini
: 3rd
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital cit ...
: 5th
Tre Valli Varesine
The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021 it joined the UCI ProSeries calendar after being cancelled in 2020. A ...
: 6th Overall
Regio-Tour
The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich, ...
: 6th
Giro del Veneto
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The UCI Continental Circuits ...
: 6th
Trofeo Melinda
Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
: 7th
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
: 9th Overall
Tour of Austria
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: 9th
Giro del Lazio
The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
;2006
: 1st
Giro dell'Appennino
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* GiroBank, a Danish ba ...
: 1st
Giro del Veneto
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The UCI Continental Circuits ...
: 1st
Coppa Placci
The Coppa Placci is a semi-classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.
The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola ...
: 2nd
Gran Premio Fred Mengoni
: 2nd
Tre Valli Varesine
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: 3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...
: 4th
Giro d'Oro
The Giro d'Oro was an early season road bicycle race held annually in Trentino, Italy. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...
: 4th
Giro di Toscana
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: 5th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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* Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus
* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
: 6th
Coppa Sabatini
: 8th
Trofeo Matteotti
Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...
: 9th
Trofeo Melinda
Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
;2007
: 1st
GP Miguel Induráin
The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race.
History
The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...
: 1st Stage 4
Tour Méditerranéen
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Travel
* Tourism, travel for pleasure
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* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
: 6th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
: 7th
GP Ouest–France
;2008
: 1st
Gran Premio di Lugano
The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...
: 2nd Overall
Paris–Nice
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: 2nd
Tour du Haut Var
: 4th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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Travel
* Tourism, travel for pleasure
* Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service
* Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus
* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
: 7th
Milan–San Remo
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: 10th
Giro dell'Emilia
;2009
: 1st Stage 7
Tour of California
: 7th
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being p ...
: 9th Overall
Critérium International
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: 10th
La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
:
Tour de France
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::Held

from Stages 7–14
;2010
: 1st Stage 1
Tour du Haut Var
: 2nd Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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Travel
* Tourism, travel for pleasure
* Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service
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* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
;2011
: 3rd Overall
Tour du Haut Var
: 3rd
Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano was a single day race in the historic region of Insubria, Switzerland. The race was established in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race replaced the former Gran Premio di Chiasso
The Gran Premio ...
: 6th Overall
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
: 7th
Gran Premio di Lugano
The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...
: 9th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
: 10th
GP Miguel Induráin
The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race.
History
The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...
;2012
: 4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
: 5th Overall
Critérium International
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: 6th Overall
Tour de Pologne
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: 6th Overall
Tour of Beijing
: 9th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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Travel
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* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
: 9th
Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to:
* Amstel Gold Race (men's race)
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;2013
: 3rd
Strade Bianche
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: 3rd
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital cit ...
: 4th
Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
: 5th Overall
Tour of Oman
: 10th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
;2014
: 2nd
Milano–Torino
Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...
: 8th Overall
Tour of Beijing
: 10th
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
;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
The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2010, it has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...
::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
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* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
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;2018
: 6th Overall
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
::1st Stages 3 & 6
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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Italian male cyclists
1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Arezzo
Cyclists from Tuscany