Italian road bicycle racer

Paolo Tiralongo (born 8 July 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2017 for the F*a Bortolo, Ceramica Panaria–Navigare, Lampre–NGC and Astana teams.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
  • 2.1 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

In 2009, while riding for Lampre–NGC, Tiralongo registered his best final result on a Grand Tour, finishing the Vuelta a España in eighth position after riding consistently in the mountain stages. He conceded a little over 9 minutes to the victor, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne. He joined Astana for the 2010 season, on a 2-year contract. In 2011, Tiralongo took a notable victory on stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia, a summit finish to Macugnaga. He attacked in the final kilometers and went clear of the lead group, but was joined by Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–SunGard) in the final few meters. He came first on the line, taking his first victory in more than ten years.

In 2012, he won another stage in the Giro d'Italia, stage 7, which was a hilltop finish atop Rocca di Cambio. With 500 meters to go, Tiralongo followed an attack initiated by Michele Scarponi of Lampre–ISD and he p*ed Scarponi inside of the final 100 meters. He lay on the ground afterward, out of breath.

On 24 April 2015, Tiralongo collected his first victory of the season in the final stage of the Giro del Trentino. He p*ed the last climb (P*o Predaia) with a small leading group and won the sprint after the descent. On 17 May, he won Stage 9 of the 2015 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

19981st Gran Premio di Poggiana3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia19991st Overall Triptyque Ardennais3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships20012nd Trofeo dello Scalatore III3rd Overall Tour of Austria6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano10th Trofeo dello Scalatore I20022nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen6th Overall Brixia Tour8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni10th Trofeo Pantalica20038th Overall Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali10th Overall Giro del Trentino10th Giro dell'Appennino20041st Mountains cl*ification Tour Down Under2nd Overall Brixia Tour2nd Trofeo Melinda2nd GP Citta di Rio Saliceto e Correggio5th Giro del Medio Brenta7th Tre Valli Varesine7th Giro della Romagna8th Giro del Veneto20053rd Milano–Torino3rd Trofeo Laigueglia6th Overall Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali6th Gran Premio Fred Mengoni8th Giro d'Oro20086th Klasika Primavera20098th Overall Vuelta a España10th Giro dell'Emilia20111st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia20121st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia20131st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España20149th Overall Vuelta a Burgos20151st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

External links

• Paolo Tiralongo at Cycling Archives
• Paolo Tiralongo's profile on Cycling Base