Andrea Guardini

Andrea Guardini

Andrea Guardini at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke
Personal information
Full name Andrea Guardini
Nickname Mr. Langkawi
Born (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989
Tregnago, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2010ISD–NERI (stagiaire)
2011–2012 Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
2013– Astana
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012)

Stage races

Tour de Langkawi
18 individual stages
Infobox last updated on
11 April 2014

Andrea Guardini (born 12 June 1989) is an Italian cyclist, who rides for the Kazakh team, Astana.[1] A sprinter, Guardini currently holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi[2] with eighteen stage victories; recording five at the 2011 race, six in 2012,[3] one in 2013 and two in 2014, and four in 2015. As of March 2015, the majority of his race wins had come in the Tour de Langkawi.[4]

Guardini left Farnese Vini–Selle Italia at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Astana on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]

Palmarès

2011
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10
1st Points classification
1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar
Tour of Turkey
1st Stages 1 & 7
1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 5 Giro di Padania
2012
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 & 10
1st Points classification
Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stages 9, 10 & 12
1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
3rd Grand Prix de Denain
2013
1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
4th Scheldeprijs
2014
1st Stages 3 & 10 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 2 & 4 Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
8th Scheldeprijs
2015
Tour of Oman
1st Stage 1
1st Points classification[5]
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8
1st Stage 1 World Ports Classic
1st Stage 1 Abu Dhabi Tour[6]
2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014
Pink jersey Giro WD - -
Yellow jersey Tour - -
red jersey Vuelta - -

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. 1 2 "Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. Quénet, Jean-François (3 March 2012). "Guardini sets new record of stage wins at Le Tour de Langkawi". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. Stokes, Shane (4 March 2012). "Serpa wins Tour de Langkawi, Guardini grabs sixth sprint victory". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. "Andrea Guardini". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. O'Shea, Sadhbh (22 February 2015). "Brändle wins final stage of Tour of Oman". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. O'Shea, Sadhbh (9 October 2015). "Guardini wins heat-shortened opening stage of Abu Dhabi Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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