Valerio Agnoli

Valerio Agnoli
	Agnoli at the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Personal information
Full name	Valerio Agnoli
Born	6 January 1985 (age 37); 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
2017–2019	Bahrain–Merida
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 TTT stage (2010) Vuelta a España 1 TTT stage (2008)

Valerio Agnoli (born 6 January 1985) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida.^[2]

Career[]

Agnoli 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[]

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[]

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	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References[]

^ ^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[]

Media related to Valerio Agnoli at Wikimedia Commons

Valerio Agnoli at Cycling Archives
Valerio Agnoli at ProCyclingStats

[Astana-1] "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.

[2] "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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