Paolo Savoldelli | Professional cyclist from Italy

Paolo Savoldelli is a professional cyclist from Italy who was born May 7, 1973. Savoldelli finished the 2006 season ranked number 26 on the UCI ProTour.

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Paolo Savoldelli
Country: Italy
Birthdate: 1973-05-07
Height: 1.8m / 5.9 feet
Weight: 70 kg / 154 pounds
Team: Astana
2006 UCI Rank: 26
Recent Victories:
  Giro d'Italia (2005)
  Giro d'Italia (2002)
  Tour de Romandie (2000)

Latest Cycling News, May 14, 2008 (Cyclingnews.com)
Leader of the 91st Giro d'Italia, Italian Franco Pellizotti, is looking strong in the pink colours of the maglia rosa and aims for a stage win in today's 203-kilometre run to Contursi.

Brutt wins fifth stage; Pellizotti retains overall lead (International Herald Tribune)
Pavel Brutt won the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia Wednesday after an early breakaway with four other riders, while Franco Pellizotti retained the overall lead for a fourth day.

For The Record (Winston-Salem Journal)
For The Record

First Edition Cycling News, May 12, 2008 (Cyclingnews.com)
Although just 24 years of age, Italian cyclist Riccardo Riccò has already finished sixth overall in his home tour. He cracked the top ten last year and also won the 15th mountain stage to Auronzo (Tre Cime di Lavaredo).

Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour Astana Team 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 will ride for Astana Team for 2007 to be their leader for the Giro d'Italia.

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