Valerio Agnoli (born 6 January 1985) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida.[2]
 Agnoli at the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Valerio Agnoli |
| Born | 6 January 1985 Alatri, Italy |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Domestique |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004 | → Domina Vacanze (stagiaire) |
| 2005–2006 | Naturino-Sapore di Mare |
| 2007 | Aurum Hotels |
| 2008–2012 | Liquigas |
| 2013–2016 | Astana[1] |
| 2017–2019 | Bahrain–Merida |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editAgnoli was one of the key domestiques for the Liquigas cycling team, where he was often instrumental in victories for Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali during the Giro d'Italia. Agnoli had a very successful junior and amateur career, taking victories in many prestigious Italian races, including the famous Giro della Lunigiana.
Agnoli wore the white jersey for the best young rider during the 2010 Giro d'Italia, before a crash including his team-mates Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali caused him to lose it.
Agnoli left Liquigas–Cannondale at the end of the 2012 season, to follow Nibali and join Astana on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
Major results
edit- 2003
- 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 2004
- 9th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
- 10th Giro della Romagna
- 2005
- 3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 8
- 2006
- 5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 4th Japan Cup
- 2009
- 3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
- 7th Japan Cup
- 7th Giro del Veneto
- 2010
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 10th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2011
- 4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2012
- 3rd Giro della Toscana
- 2014
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 4th Clásica de Almería
- 9th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 61 | 32 | 83 | 57 | 39 | 71 | — | DNF | 110 | — | 93 |
 Tour de France
|
Has not contested during career | |||||||||||
 Vuelta a España
|
110 | — | — | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "Nibali signs two-year contract with Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
Nibali will take two of his Liquigas Cannondale teammates with him, Valerio Agnoli and Alessandro Vanotti.
- ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
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Media related to Valerio Agnoli at Wikimedia Commons
- Valerio Agnoli at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Valerio Agnoli at ProCyclingStats
