{{short description|Italian road racing cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Rinaldo Nocentini | image = Rinaldo Nocentini 2012.jpg | caption = Nocentini at the 2012 Tour de Pologne | fullname = Rinaldo Nocentini | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|9|25}} | birth_place = Montevarchi, Italy | height = {{height|m=1.73}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Puncheur | proyears1 = 1999–2001 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MAP|1999}} | proyears2 = 2002 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FAS|2002}} | proyears3 = 2003 | proteam3 = Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé | proyears4 = 2004–2006 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ASA|2004}} | proyears5 = 2007–2015 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2007}} | proyears6 = 2016–2019 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|ATM|2016}} | majorwins = }} '''Rinaldo Nocentini''' (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the {{UCI team code|MAP|2001}}, {{UCI team code|FAS|2002}}, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, {{UCI team code|ASA|2006}}, {{UCI team code|ALM|2015}} and {{UCI team code|ATM|2019}} teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nocentini-confirms-retirement/|title=Nocentini confirms retirement|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=2 November 2019|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
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== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1995 : 3rd 15px Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;1998 : 2nd 15px 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 20px 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 20px 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 20px 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 {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2000 ! scope="col" | 2001 ! scope="col" | 2002 ! scope="col" | 2003 ! scope="col" | 2004 ! scope="col" | 2005 ! scope="col" | 2006 ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 64 | 66 |— | 60 | 34 |— |— | 47 | 56 |— |— | 70 |— |— |— | 73 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | 12 | 98 |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | 23 | DNF | 53 |— | 18 | 53 | 96 | 85 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Rinaldo Nocentini}} * {{cycling archives|9643}} * {{Procyclingstats}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nocentini, Rinaldo}} Category:Italian male cyclists Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Arezzo Category:Cyclists from Tuscany