Luca Paolini
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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.
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Full name | Luca Paolini | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Il Gerva | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1977-01-17) 17 January 1977 (age 47) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
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2000–2002 | Mapei–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Quick-Step–Davitamon | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Liquigas | ||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo | ||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Team Katusha | ||||||||||||||
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