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Full name | Carlos Torrent Tarres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sarrià de Ter, Spain | 29 August 1974||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Costa de Almería-Paternina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Torrent Tarres [lower-alpha 1] (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [1] [2]
In road racing, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja in 2002, as well as one stage at Portuguese Grand Prix (2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004), Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005) and Vuelta a Burgos (2006). [2]
b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.
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