The bicyclist Paolo Savoldelli (Lpr Brakes team) at the international cycling event Giro d'Italia. The photo is takes at the start of the 17een lap a Sondrio - Lombardy - Italy - 28 may 2008 - Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is an Italian road racing cyclist for L.P.R. Brakes and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d 'Italia. Savoldelli is a good climber, but he is especially well known for his fast downhilling. Because of that, he is often nicknamed Il Falco ( the falcon ). His downhill skills were particularly vital to his 2005 Giro win, when his descent down the last mountain of the penultimate stage managed to close a gap between him and his rival Gilberto Simoni, preserving his lead in the overall classification, and eventually giving him the Giro win. On July 20, 2005, Savoldelli won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, becoming only the second teammate of Lance Armstrong to win an individual stage during Armstrong's seven Tour de France wins. He rode as the leader of Astana Team in the 2007 Giro d 'Italia.
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