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Andrea Guardini

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Andrea Guardini
Guardini at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Guardini
NicknameMr. Langkawi
Born (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35)
Tregnago, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2008–2009Lucchini Neri Comauto Cocif
2010Casati NGC Perrel
Professional teams
2010ISD–NERI (stagiaire)
2011–2012Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
2013–2016Astana[1]
2017UAE Abu Dhabi
2018–2019Bardiani–CSF[2][3]
2020–2021Giotti Victoria[4][5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012)

Andrea Guardini (born 12 June 1989) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2021 for the Farnese Vini–Selle Italia, Astana,[1] UAE Team Emirates,[6] Bardiani–CSF and Giotti Victoria–Savini Due teams.[7]

A sprinter, Guardini currently holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi[8] with twenty-four stage victories; recording five at the 2011 race, six in 2012,[9] one in 2013, two in 2014 and 2018, and four in 2015 and 2016. With 43 career wins, the majority of his victories came in the Tour de Langkawi.[10]

Major results

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2007
4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2009
3rd Road race, Mediterranean Games
3rd Circuito del Porto
2010
1st Stage 3 Girobio
2011
Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10
Tour of Turkey
1st Stages 1 & 7
1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 5 Giro di Padania
2012
1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 & 10
Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stages 9, 10 & 12
3rd Grand Prix de Denain
2013
1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
4th Scheldeprijs
2014
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 3 & 10
Danmark Rundt
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
8th Scheldeprijs
2015
Tour of Oman
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8
1st Stage 1 Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Stage 1 World Ports Classic
2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 2
2016
Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 5, 7 & 8
9th Overall Tour de Picardie
2018
Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 8
1st Stage 4 Tour of Hainan
8th Giro del Piemonte
2019
1st Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Stage 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake
2nd Trofej Umag
2020
Tour of Romania
1st Stages 1 & 5
2021
3rd Overall Tour of Szeklerland
1st Stages 1 & 3
4th Grand Prix Gazipaşa
4th GP Manavgat

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France Did not contest during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España 159
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b "Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Guardini signs with Bardiani-CSF – News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Team". Bardiani–CSF. GM Sport SRL. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "La carriera di Andrea Guardini prosegue alla Giotti Victoria" [Andrea Guardini's career continues at Giotti Victoria]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Giotti Victoria Savini Due". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Marcato, Guardini sign with new Chinese WorldTour team Project TJ Sport". cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Guardini brings curtain down on cycling career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (3 March 2012). "Guardini sets new record of stage wins at Le Tour de Langkawi". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  9. ^ Stokes, Shane (4 March 2012). "Serpa wins Tour de Langkawi, Guardini grabs sixth sprint victory". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Andrea Guardini". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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