Luca Paolini
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Full name | Luca Paolini | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Il Gerva | ||||||||||||||
Born | Milan, Italy | 17 January 1977||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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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
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Medal record
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Luca Paolini (born 17 January 1977) is an Italian former
Career
Paolini was born in
In 2011, he was signed by Russian
In 2015, Paolini won a very windy and difficult edition of Gent–Wevelgem, as only 39 riders out of 160 finished the race. Paolini attacked his breakaway companions with five kilometers to go and benefited from a disorganized chase to win solo.[7] In May, it was announced that Paolini's contract with Katusha had been extended by a year, finishing at the end of 2016.[8]
Doping case
In the 2015 Tour de France, Paolini tested positive for cocaine and was thrown out of the race after Stage 7.[9] His contract with Katusha was nullified. He revealed that he had been suffering from an addiction to the sleeping drug benzodiazepine and claimed to have taken cocaine "at a low point in his life".
In April 2016, he was banned from competition for 18 months, with the UCI judging that he had not intended to breach the anti-doping rules, as they do not prohibit the use of cocaine outside competition. Katusha confirmed that he would not be able to return to the team.[10]
Paolini's ban expired in January 2017, however in an interview that month he said that he had retired from racing after being unable to find a team, and had invested in a coffee bar in Como. He also stated that he had overcome his addiction to benzodiazepine.[11]
Major results
- 1999
- 1st Trofeo Città di Brescia
- 1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2nd Giro del Mendrisiotto
- 2000
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie
- 1st Mountains classification, Danmark Rundt
- 5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2001
- 1st Gran Premio di Lugano
- 4th Giro del Piemonte
- 5th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2002
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 2nd Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne
- 4th Japan Cup
- 8th Coppa Bernocchi
- 8th Coppa Placci
- 9th Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 10th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2003
- 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 7th Paris–Brussels
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2004
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2005
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de la Région Wallonne
- 2nd HEW Cyclassics
- 8th GP Ouest–France
- 2006
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Coppa Bernocchi
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 4th Trofeo Matteotti
- Vuelta a Mallorca
- 6th Trofeo Cala Millor
- 10th Trofeo Mallorca
- 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 3rd Giro della Romagna
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 1
- 2008
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd Giro del Piemonte
- 3rd Paris–Brussels
- 4th Giro della Romagna
- 5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 7th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
- 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2009
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Stage 6 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 2nd Memorial Cimurri
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 4th Giro del Piemonte
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2010
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 4th Giro del Veneto
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 6th Giro del Friuli
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2011
- 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Giro del Piemonte
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2012
- 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Road race, Olympic Games
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th GP Ouest–France
- 2013
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- Giro d'Italia
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 8th E3 Harelbeke
- 2015
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 111 | 111 |
Tour de France | — | — | 69 | — | — | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | — | 136 | DNF |
Vuelta a España | 106 | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 135 | — | 107 | — | — |
Classics results timeline
Monument | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | — | 64 | 3 | 83 | — | 3 | 12 | — | 9 | 10 | 122 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 30 |
Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 39 | 26 | — | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | 57 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 52 |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | 11 | 21 | 74 | 44 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | DNF | 68 | DNF | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Giro di Lombardia | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 44 | — | — | DNF | 4 | DNF | 11 | DNF | — | — | |
Classic | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | DNF | — |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | 12 | 113 | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | 24 | 19 | NH | 46 | — |
Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | 28 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
Gent–Wevelgem | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | DNF | 19 | 6 | — | 10 | 116 | 24 | 54 | DNF | 1 |
Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | DNF | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hamburg Cyclassics | — | 33 | 135 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
GP Ouest–France | — | — | 12
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— | — | 8
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 10
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— | 126
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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Race did not exist | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||||
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Paris–Tours | 43 | 11 | 120 | 8 | 152 | DNF | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Major championship results timeline
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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Olympic Games | — | Not held | 39 | Not held | — | Not held | 9 | Not held | ||||||||
World Championships | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 72 | 38 | — | DNF | 65 | 38 | 106 | 75 | DNF | — | — |
National Championships | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 10 | — | — | DNF | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
DNS | Did not start |
See also
References
- ^ "T-Mobile: "Do it right or don't do it at all"". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Operazione Athena not over for Paolini". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ^ "Liquigas backs Paolini after house searched". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ^ "97th Giro del Piemonte — Gran Piemonte". Dailypeloton.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Edward Pickering (23 February 2013). "Het Nieuwsblad analysis: Two against eight – how Omega Pharma won, then lost the race". Cycle Sports. IPC Media. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (17 March 2013). "Sagan rues missed opportunity at Milan-San Remo". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- IPC MediaSports & Leisure network. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ Emil Axelgaard (25 May 2015). "Paolini re-signs with Katusha for another season". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Paolini informed of cocaine positive at Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Luca Paolini handed 18-month doping ban". Cyclingnews.com. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (18 January 2017). "Paolini abandons hope of a comeback after serving ban for cocaine". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
External links
- Palmares at Cycling Base
- Luca Paolini at Cycling Archives
- Luca Paolini at ProCyclingStats