Luca Paolini (Milan, 17 January 1977) is a professional road bicycle racer from Italy. Since 2011 he rides for Team Katyusha. His nickname is Gada. Paolini is mostly known as the (former) super servant of Paolo Bettini, but has itself also a nice built. He has among other things the semi classics Round of Piedmont, theBrabant arrow and the Omloop Het nieuwsblad . On 2004 's the World Championships in Verona , he was third in the road race.