Paolo Savoldelli

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Paolo Savoldelli

Personal information
Full name	Paolo Savoldelli
Nickname	Il Falco ("the falcon")
Date of birth	May 7, 1973 (1973-05-07) (age 35)
Country	Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb/11 st)
Team information
Current team	L.P.R. Brales
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1996–1997 1998–2001 2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008–	Rosslotto Saeco Index-Alexia Alluminio T-Mobile Team Discovery Channel Astana Team L.P.R. Brakes
Major wins
Giro d'Italia (2002, 2005) Tour de France, 1 stage Tour de Romandie (2001)
Infobox last updated on:
January 2, 2008

Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is an Italian road racing cyclist for L.P.R. Brakes 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 his rival Gilberto Simoni, 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 rode as the leader of Astana Team in the 2007 Giro d'Italia.

[edit] Palmarès

Sporting positions
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

v • d • e Riders on L.P.R. Brakes-Ballan Paolo Bailetti | Gabriele Bosisio | Luca Celli | Riccardo Chiarini | Claudio Cucinotta | Danilo Di Luca | Giairo Ermeti | Raffaele Ferrara | Roberto Ferrari | Jure Golčer | Sergio Lagana | Sergio Marinangeli | Alessandro Maserati | Matteo Montaguti | Daniele Pietropolli | Ruslan Podgornyy | Walter Proch | Cristiano Salerno | Paolo Savoldelli | Alessandro Spezialetti | Manager: Fabio Bordonali

Persondata
NAME	Savoldelli, Paolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1973-05-07
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clusone, Province of Bergamo, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH