Pietro Caucchioli

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**Pietro Caucchioli**
Personal information

Full name	Pietro Caucchioli
Date of birth	August 28, 1975 (1975-08-28) (age 32)
Country	Italy
Team information
Current team	Crédit Agricole
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1999–2000 2001–2004 2005–	Amica Chips Alessio Crédit Agricole
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 2 stages
Infobox last updated on:
February 5, 2008

Pietro Caucchioli (born 28 August 1975) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Caucchioli rides for Crédit Agricole cycling team on the UCI ProTour. He is considered the leader of Credit Agricole. He is a fine climber and wore #111 as leader of Credit Agricole at this year's Tour de France. In 2005, he finished 3rd on stage 15 to the summit of Pla D'Adet.

His two stage wins at the 2001 Giro d'Italia and a podium finish (3rd place) at the 2002 Giro are his finest career accomplishments.

[edit] Major achievements

2001 – Alessio

9th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 8, (Montecatini Terme - Reggio Emilia, 185 km)

1st, Stage 17, (Sanremo - Sanremo, 119 km)

2002 – Alessio: 1st Vuelta Ciclista a Aragón, stage 3; 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
2003 – Alessio: 1st Giro della Provincia di Lucca, stage 3; 26th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
2005 – Crédit Agricole: 8th, Overall, Giro d'Italia; 36th, Overall, Tour de France
2006 – Crédit Agricole: Stages 9-11, Orange Jersey, Mountains Classification leader Vuelta a España; 9th, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré; 16th, Overall, Tour de France

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