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Rinaldo Nocentini
Key Stats
Team: AG2R-La Mondiale
Nationality: Italian
Born: September 25, 1977
Hometown: Montevarchi, Italy
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 148 pounds
Strengths: attacking
Turned Pro: 1999
Palmares
Career Highlights:
2007
1st, GP Indurain
1st, stage 4 Tour Mediterranean
6th, Flèche Wallone
7th, GP Ouest France
2006
1st, Coppa Placci
1st, Giro del Venete
1st, Giro dell’Appennino
2005
1st, Subida al Naranco
2004
1st, stage 5, Tour of Poland
2003
1st, Giro di Toscana
1999
1st, stages 9 and 10, Tour de Langkawi
Biography
Recruited by mega-team Mapei in the late 1990s, it took Nocentini a while to find his place in the peloton. Since taking the Giro di Toscana in 2003, he’s consistently served up a few wins each season. A puncheur but not a pure sprinter, he can take down opponents in small bunches and escapes. His sixth at Flèche Wallone in 2007 showed new depth which he will hope to build on for 2008.