Paolo Savoldelli
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Paolo Savoldelli |
| Nickname | Il Falco ("the falcon") |
| Date of birth | May 7, 1973 (age 33) |
| Country |  Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Astana |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996-1997 1998-2001 2002 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007 |
Rosslotto Saeco Index-Alexia Aluminio T-Mobile Team Discovery Channel Astana Team |
| Major wins | |
| Giro d'Italia (2002, 2005) and 2 stages Tour de France, 1 stage Tour de Romandie (2001) Giro del Trentino (1998, 1999) |
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| February 3, 2007 | |
Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, Province of Bergamo) is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour Astana Team and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.
Savoldelli is a good climber, but he is especially well known for his fast downhilling. Because of that, he is often nicknamed Il Falco ("the falcon"). His downhill skills were particularly vital to his 2005 Giro win, when his descent down the last mountain of the penultimate stage managed to close a gap between him and the leading group, preserving his lead in the overall classification, and eventually giving him the Giro win.
On July 20, 2005, Savoldelli won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, becoming only the second teammate of Lance Armstrong to win an individual stage during Armstrong's seven Tour de France wins. He will ride for Astana Team for 2007 to be their leader for the Giro d'Italia.
[edit] Palmarès
- 2006 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- Tour de Romandie – Prologue ITT win
- Giro d'Italia – Prologue ITT win; 2 days in maglia rosa 5th overall
- 2005 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- Giro d'Italia – 1st Overall; Stage 11 win; 8 days in maglia rosa
- Tour de France – Stage 17 win
- 2002 – Index-Alexia Aluminio
- Giro d'Italia – 1st Overall; 4 days in maglia rosa
- 2001 – Saeco
- Tour de Romandie – 2 stage wins
- 2000 – Saeco
- Tour de Romandie – 1st Overall; 1 stage win
- Giro del Trentino – 1 stage win
- 1999 – Saeco
- Giro d'Italia – 2nd Overall; 1 stage win
- Giro del Trentino – 1st Overall; 1 stage win
- Trofeo Lagueglia – 1st Overall
- 1998 – Saeco
- Giro del Trentino – 1st Overall; 1 stage win
- 1997 – Rosslotto
- Hofbrau cup
| Preceded by Gilberto Simoni |
Winner of the Giro d'Italia 2002 |
Succeeded by Gilberto Simoni |
| Preceded by Damiano Cunego |
Winner of the Giro d'Italia 2005 |
Succeeded by Ivan Basso |
| Riders on Astana |
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Igor Abakoumov | Assan Bazayev | Antonio Colóm | Koen de Kort | Thomas Frei | Maxim Gourov | Rene Haselbacher | Maxim Iglinsky | Sergei Ivanov | Benoît Joachim | Andrey Kashechkin | Aaron Kemps | Matthias Kessler | Andreas Klöden | Alexey Kolessov | Julien Mazet | Eddy Mazzoleni | Gennady Mikhaylov | Andrey Mizurov | Steve Morabito | Dimitry Murajev | Gregory Rast | José Antonio Redondo | Paolo Savoldelli | Michael Schär | Alexander Vinokourov | Sergey Yakovlev |
| Manager |
| Marc Biver |
