Guido Trentin

Guido Trentin (born 24 November 1975) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. His greatest achievement was winning stage 5 of the 2002 Vuelta a España.

Guido Trentin
Trentin at the 2007 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameGuido Trentin
Born (1975-11-24) 24 November 1975
Grandate, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1999–2000Vini Caldirola
2001–2005Cofidis
2006–2007Saunier Duval–Prodir
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2002)

Career

Trentin turned professional in 1999 with the Italian Vini Caldirola team and won the Tour Trans Canada stage race in his first year as a professional. In 2000 Trentin, riding his first Tour de France, placed second in the young rider classification behind Francisco Mancebo. Trentin moved onto the Cofidis team in 2001, and spent five years with the French squad. Trentin recorded three wins beyond his stage victory in the 2002 Vuelta a España: overall victory in the 2003 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne and stage wins in the 2005 Tour de Wallonie and 2005 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho.[1]

After the 2007 season, Trentin left the Saunier team and retired at the end of the year.[2]

Major results

Source:[3]

1993
2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1997
1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais
1999
1st Overall Tour Trans Canada
6th Trofeo dello Scalatore
8th Trofeo Pantalica
2001
7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2002
1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
2003
3rd Japan Cup
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Giro di Lombardia
2004
2nd Polynormande
3rd GP Ouest-France
2005
1st Stage 5 Trofeú Joaquim Agostinho
3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 4

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Giro d'Italia 40 30
Tour de France 18 45 63
Vuelta a España 74 15 19 76
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes and references

  1. "Guido Trentin wint laatste rit Troféu Joaquim Agostinho" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  2. Saunier Duval fills squad with Jufre
  3. Guido Trentin at Cycling Archives


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