Paolo Longo Borghini

Paolo Longo Borghini
Longo Borghini at the 2007 Euskal Bizikleta
Personal information
Full namePaolo Longo Borghini
NicknameCaterpillar[1]
Born (1980-12-10) 10 December 1980 (age 44)
Asiago, Italy
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2004Vini Caldirola–Nobili Rubinetterie
2005Barloworld
2006Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce
2007–2009Barloworld
2010ISD–NERI
2011–2014Liquigas–Cannondale
Major wins
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie (2006)

Paolo Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1980 in Asiago) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.

Longo Borghini is the son of three-time cross-country skiing Olympian Guidina Dal Sasso.[1] His younger sister Elisa Longo Borghini is also a racing cyclist.[2]

Major results

2001
3rd Trophée des Alpes de la Mer
2002
3rd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2003
7th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
2006
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
7th Giro del Veneto
2007
8th Overall Tour Down Under
9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2008
5th Grand Prix de Denain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 111 — — 108 67 99
A yellow jersey Tour de France 123 DNF — — 125 — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — 89 101
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ a b "Bravo Longo Borghini nel giorno dei francesi". La Republica. 8 July 2008.
  2. ^ Atkins, Ben (4 October 2011). "Annemiek van Vleuten confirms with Rabobank; Elisa Longo Borghini to Hitec Products-UCK". velonation.com.

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