Luciano Pagliarini

We will have the presence of the professional cyclist who represented Brazil for years in the ProTour pelotons of the world's biggest competitions. Imagine the stories and tips you'll hear throughout the week while cycling with Pagliarini!

• Tour de France (5th place in a stage)
• Giro d'Italia
• Vuelta a España
• Paris-Roubaix
• Milano-Sanremo
• Tour of Flanders
• World Championships (4 editions)
• Olympics (Sydney and Athens)
• Paris-Nice
• Tour of Qatar
• Tour of Poland

Cyclist Career

Luciano Pagliarini competed between 1994 and 2010 with much national and international success.

Besides participating in the three grand tours, monument classics, and achieving victories and titles, he defeated the world's top sprinters in important races, including the greatest green jersey winners and Tour de France stage victors, Erik Zabel and Mark Cavendish, as well as the then world champion, Italian Paolo Bettini!

Main Achievements

• Multiple Brazilian Champion titles (track and road)
• Junior Pan American: 2 silvers and 2 bronzes
• Winner of 4 stages of the Volta do Paraná (1998)
• Winner of 6 stages of the Volta de Santa Catarina (1998)
• Winner of the 3rd stage of the Volta do Chile (1998)
• Winner of 2 stages of the Volta do Uruguai (1998)
• Champion of the 9 de Julho (1998)
• Champion of the Summer Tournament (2000)
• 2nd place in the sprint of the Tour of Qatar (2002)
• Champion of the Clásica de Almería (2003)
• 5th place in the sprint of the Tour de France (2005)
• 2nd place in the sprint of Paris-Nice (2005)
• Bronze in the Pan American (2007)
• Winner of 5 stages: Tour de Langkawi (2003 and 2004)
• Winner of the 5th stage of the Eneco Tour (2007)
• Winner of the 4th stage of the Tour of Missouri (2007)
• Winner of the 6th stage of the Tour of California (2008)
• 2nd place in the sprint of the Tour of Poland (2005)
• Winner of 3 stages of the Rutas de America (2010)
• Champion of the Vuelta a Murcia (2004)

Bike Entrepreneur

After his success on the bike, Pagliarini returned to the city of Londrina, where he opened his own specialized store in 2016, Pagliarini Bikes. He was also the creator and organizer of a major mountain bike event in Brazil: the Pagliarini Marathon Bike.

Opportunity!

We had the honor of having Luciano Pagliarini on our trips in 2018 and 2023, when he also raced the L'Étape du Tour. Take this opportunity to spend the week cycling with him, learning more, and satisfying all your curiosity about professional cycling with a very friendly and approachable guy. But don't be fooled: he still rides very well and will leave you behind during the race!