(1977-01-17) 17 January 1977 (age 47) Milan, Italy
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Classics specialist
Professional teams
2000–2002
Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2005
Quick-Step–Davitamon
2006–2007
Liquigas
2008–2010
Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
2011–2015
Team Katusha
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2013)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2006)
One-day races and Classics
Gent–Wevelgem (2015)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2013)
Brabantse Pijl (2004)
Giro del Piemonte (2002)
Medal record
Representing Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
2004 Verona
Elite Men's Road Race
Luca Paolini (born 17 January 1977) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2015. He started his sports career in the early 2000s by joining Mapei–Quick-Step (2000–2002), UCI ProTeam directed by Patrick Lefevere. Within Mapei-Quick Step and then its successor team Quick-Step–Innergetic (2003–2005), Luca Paolini achieved several victories. Among them were first places at Gran Premio di Lugano, Giro del Piemonte and Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli. He has also won stages at Tour of Britain and Tour de Wallonie.
LucaPaolini (born 17 January 1977) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2015. He started his sports career...
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Gent–Wevelgem, as he won the two-man sprint for second position after LucaPaolini had crossed the line solo. In his next race, the Tour of Flanders, he...
leader. Notable road captains in recent years include Bernhard Eisel, LucaPaolini, Mick Rogers and David Millar. Road race A race on pavement. Longer in...
triumph. Two days later Thomas finished third in Gent–Wevelgem behind LucaPaolini (Team Katusha) and Niki Terpstra (Etixx–Quick-Step), despite being blown...
part of a generation of young cyclists that included Fabian Cancellara, LucaPaolini, Dario Cioni, Rinaldo Nocentini, Filippo Pozzato, Leif Hoste, Bernhard...
2004 UCI Road World Championships in Verona, helping fellow Italian LucaPaolini get a bronze medal. In the off-season, Team CSC was in a financial struggle...
edition of the international classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Team Katusha's LucaPaolini of Italy beat Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Stijn Vandenbergh of Belgium...
Bonnier Corporation – via Google Books. Garzotto, Franca; Mainetti, Luca; Paolini, Paolo (1998). "Hypermedia, Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Issues"...
Biella. The race was won by Rigoberto Urán, Colombian rider of Team Sky. LucaPaolini of Team Katusha was runner-up (he was third in the 2011 edition) and...
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