# Rinaldo Nocentini

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.
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

    3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 1998

    2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    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
       1st Mountains classification
    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
       Held from Stages 7–14

### 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

    1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
    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

| 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 |