Palmares

Olympic road champion 2004
two-time world road champion (2006 and 2007)
1st, Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2000, 2002
1st, Milan-San Remo 2003
three-time World Cup winner (2002-2004)

2007
1st, stage 4, Amgen Tour of California
1st, stage 3, Vuelta a España
2nd, stages 2 and 8, Giro d’Italia

2006
1st, stage 4, Challenge Mallorca
1st, GP Lugano
1st, stages 1 and 2, Tirreno-Adriatico
1st, points classification, Giro d’Italia
1st, stage 15, Giro d’Italia
1st, stage 2, Vuelta a Espana
1st, Tour of Lombardy

2005
1st, stage 1, Giro d’Italia
1st, stage 16, Vuela a Espana
1st, Championship of Zurcih
1st, Tour of Lombardy

2004
1st, stage 2, Etoile de Bresseges
1st overall, Tirreno-Adriatico (plus stage 4 and 6)
1st, stage 8, Tour of Switzerland

2003
1st, Tour of the Mediterranean
1st, Italian road championship
1st, HEW Classics
1st, Classica San Sebastian

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