- Giuseppe Guerini
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ridername = Giuseppe Guerini
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image_caption = Guerini atRund um den Henninger-Turm 2003
fullname = Giuseppe Guerini
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|2|14
country = ITA
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currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climber
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majorwins = 2 stages Tour de France
updated =July 30 ,2008 Giuseppe Guerini (born
February 14 ,1970 ) is an Italian professionalroad bicycle racer .A native of
Gazzaniga ,Lombardy , he currently rides with theT-Mobile Team and has done so since 1999. He has, however, been a professional cyclist since 1993 - being a member of two other teams:Navigare andPolti . In this time he has moved to theVertova - as well as completing 6 Tours de France, 4Giro d'Italia , and 5 Vueltas a España. He is particularly adept in climbing mountains.His career highlights include third place in the
1997 Giro d'Italia , third place1998 Giro d'Italia , a stage win in the 1998Route du Sud , a stage win in the 1998Volta a Portugal , a stage win in the1999 Tour de France and again in the2005 Tour de France , a stage win in the 2002Catalonian Week , and second place in the 2003Tour de Suisse . He became famous after his stage win in the 1999 Tour de France. He won the stage onAlpe d'Huez one of the hardest and most famous climbs of the Tour de France. When he was in the leading position, a Germanphotographer jumped before him only a few hundred metres before the finish line. He hit the photographer and fell, however he managed to stand up again and won the stage, barely beatingPavel Tonkov .Palmares
;1998: stage at Route du sud: stage at Tour of Pourtugal;1999: 10th stage at Tour de France;2002: Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme stage 3;2005: Tour de France stage 19
External links
*cyclingwebsite|9490
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/233.html Official Tour de France results for Giuseppe Guerini]Persondata
NAME= Guerini, Giuseppe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1970-02-14
PLACE OF BIRTH=Gazzaniga ,Lombardy ,Italy
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