Rinaldo Nocentini

Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) 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

 * 1995
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships


 * 1998
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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 Jersey polkadot.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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