Matteo Carrara (born 25 March 1979 in Alzano Lombardo) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2001 and 2012.[1] Carrara's greatest victory came at the 2019 Tour de Luxembourg where he won the Overall.[2] In 2010 Carrara won stage 4 of Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda however, he was relegated due to irregular sprinting and the win was given to José Serpa.[3]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matteo Carrara |
| Born | 25 March 1979 Alzano Lombardo, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2002 | Team Colpack–Astro |
| 2003 | De Nardi-Colpack |
| 2004 | Lampre |
| 2005 | Barloworld |
| 2006 | Lampre–Fondital |
| 2007 | Unibet.com |
| 2008 | Quick-Step |
| 2009–2012 | Vacansoleil |
Major results
edit- 2000
- 1st Giro del Medio Brenta
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 4th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 2001
- 5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2002
- 7th Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 2003
- 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 4th Overall UNIQA Classic
- 5th Trofeo Matteotti
- 10th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
Points classification
- Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Points classification
- 2004
- 2nd Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 3rd Gran Premio de Llodio
- 4th Giro della Toscana
- 5th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2005
- 3rd Overall Tour of Japan
- 3rd Urkiola Igoera
- 6th Ronde van Drenthe
- 8th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2006
- 2nd Memorial Cimurri
- 5th Grand Prix Chiasso
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 9th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 2007
- 3rd Overall Brixia Tour
- 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 5th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2008
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Circuit de Lorraine - 5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 5th Cholet-Pays De Loire
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 6th Paris–Camembert
- 7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Overall Brixia Tour
- 2012
- 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
editSource:[6]
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
111 | 81 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 96 |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — |
 / Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 37 | — | 146 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "MatteoCARRARA". uci.org. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (7 June 2010). "Carrara wins the Tour de Luxembourg". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Serpa awarded win after relegation of Carrara". cyclingnews.com. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Matteo Carrara". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Matteo Carrara". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
External links
edit- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
- Matteo Carrara at UCI
- Matteo Carrara at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Matteo Carrara at ProCyclingStats
- Matteo Carrara at Cycling Quotient
- Matteo Carrara at CycleBase
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