Guido Trentin is a former Italian

Italy

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 professional road bicycle racer. His greatest achievement was winning stage 5 of the 2003 Vuelta a España

2003 Vuelta a España

The 58th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 6 to September 28, 2003...

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Career

Trentin turned professional in 1999 with the Italian 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

Tour de France

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, came second in the youth classification

Maillot blanc

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, behind Francisco Mancebo

Francisco Mancebo

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. Trentin moved onto the Cofidis

Cofidis (cycling team)

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 team in 2001, and spent five years with the French

France

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 squad. Trentin recorded three wins beyond his stage victory in the 2003 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

Tour de Wallonie

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 and 2005 Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras - Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarès:...

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After the 2007 season, Trentin left the Saunier team and stopped his professional career as cyclist.

Palmares

Trentin won 3 stages in his career, and three general classifications:

• Tour de Wallonie
  Tour de Wallonie
  The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour- Winners...
  
   - 1 stage (2005)
• Trofeú Joaquim Agostinho
  Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
  The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras - Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarès:...
  
   - 1 stage (2005)
• Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne - Overall (2002)
• Vuelta a España
  2002 Vuelta a España
  The 57th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 7 to September 29, 2002...
  
   - 1 stage (2002)
• Trans Canada - Overall (1999)
• Triptyque Ardennais - Overall (1997)

External links

• Profile at the Saunier Duval-Prodir official website