Rider Profile
Paolo Bettini
Quickstep

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2008 - Quickstep
- 2008 - QUICK STEP
- 2007 - Predictor - Lotto
- 2007 - Quickstep - Innergetic
- 2006 - Quickstep - Innergetic
- 2005 - Quickstep
- 2004 - Quickstep - Davitamon
- 2003 - Quickstep - Davitamon
- 2002 - Quickstep - Davitamon
- 2002 - Mapei - Quick Step
- 2001 - Mapei - Quick Step
- 2000 - Mapei - Quick Step
Biography:
Key Results
1st Tour de France stage 9, 200
1st Giro d'Italia stage 1, 2005; 15, '06
1st Vuelta a España stage 16, 2005; 2, '06; 3, '07; 6 & 12, '08
World Road Champion 2006-07
Olympic road race champion 2004
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2000, '02
1st Milan–San Remo 2003
1st Giro di Lombardia 2005, '06
1st Clásica San Sebastián 2003
1st HEW Cyclassics 2003
1st Züri-Metzgete 2001, '05
1st overall Tirreno–Adriatico 2004
Italian national road race champion 2003, '06
Giro d'Italia points classification 2005-06
UCI Road World Cup 2002-04
Velo d'Or 2006
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