Rinaldo Nocentini (born 25 September 1977) is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI ProTour team AG2R La Mondiale.In the 2009 Tour de France, his first participation in the race, he became leader in the General Classification after participating in a stage-long breakaway on stage 7 to take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara with an overall time six seconds ahead of the second-place rider in the General Classification, Alberto Contador.