Rinaldo Nocentini
Rinaldo Nocentini is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the,, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé,, and 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
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| General [classification in the Giro d'Italia|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 |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |