Luciano Pagliarini

Luciano Pagliarini
	Pagliarini at the 2008 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name	Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonça
Born	April 18, 1978 (age 46); Arapongas, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Discipline	Road/Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
1999	Cadore Carla Travel
2000	Ima Carla Travel–Mazzonetto
Professional teams
2001–2004	Lampre–Daikin
2005	Liquigas–Bianchi
2006–2008	Saunier Duval–Prodir
2009	Memorial-Santos
2010	Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos
Major wins
	2007 Eneco Tour of Benelux, 1 stage (2007)
Medal record
Representing Brazil
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games

Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonça (born April 18, 1978, in Arapongas, state of Paraná) is a retired Brazilian cyclist. A renowned sprinter, he has been regarded as one of Brazil's finest cyclists. Pagliarini has taken part in the road cycling race at 2004 Summer Olympics (from which he withdrew due to mechanical trouble) and the 2005 Tour de France (best position: 5th on stage 2, withdrawal on stage 9).

Career

2007

Due to health problems, Pagliarini had a bad start in the 2007 season, until the Pan American Games in July, where he won the bronze medal. Ten days after the birth of his first daughter, he won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour, being the first Brazilian to acquire a victory in the UCI ProTour, with this victory he rebuilt his morale and later won a stage in the Tour of Missouri. This excellent end of the season convinced his team, Saunier Duval to renew his contract.

2008

Pagliarini had a good season start placing third in the last stage of Tour of Qatar and finishing 15th overall. He also won the 6th Stage of the Tour of California, ahead of Juan Jose Haedo and the world champion Paolo Bettini, two days before the Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race he was diagnosed with kidney stones and due to this fact he was the last rider to finish the course.

2009

This year was a dark year for the Brazilian sprinter after the team whose he had signed a contract, TelTech H2O, did not get a license from UCI and thereafter was disbanded. Luciano stayed out of contact for some months and gained some weight. In July he announced the comeback to his home country to race the Tour of Brazil with team Memorial-Santos and also his preparation on track cycling for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

2010

Following economic problems in the team Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos, including a lack of payment to Pagliarini, he withdrew from cycling to become a trainer for the Brazilian track team.^[1]

Major results

1998: 1st Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho; 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile; 1st Stages 4 & 10 Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay
2000: 1st Circuito del Porto; 1st Vicenza-Bionde [ca]
2001: 1st Clásica de Almería; 1st Stages 2, 3 &4 Tour de Langkawi
2004: 1st Stages 7 & 8 Tour de Langkawi; 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia
2005: 2nd GP Costa degli Etruschi; 6th Trofeo Luis Puig
2007: 1st Stage 5 Eneco Tour of Benelux; 1st Stage 4 Tour of Missouri; 3rd Road Race, Pan American Games
2008: 1st Stage 6 Tour of California
2010: 1st Stages 1, 5 & 6 Rutas de América

References

^ Stokes, S. (2010). Luciano Pagliarini quits cycling two years after winning stage of Tour of California. velonation.com. Accessed November 26, 2010

External links

Official website
Luciano Pagliarini at trap-friis.dk
Luciano Pagliarini at UCI
Luciano Pagliarini at Cycling Archives (archived)
Luciano Pagliarini at Cycling Quotient
Luciano Pagliarini at CycleBase
Luciano Pagliarini at Olympedia

[1] Stokes, S. (2010). Luciano Pagliarini quits cycling two years after winning stage of Tour of California. velonation.com. Accessed November 26, 2010

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