Matteo Carrara

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Matteo Carrara
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Personal information
Full nameMatteo Carrara
Born (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 44)
Alzano Lombardo, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
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

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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Major results

Sources: [4] [5]

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 Jersey green.svg Points classification
Tour of Austria
1st Stage 5
1st Jersey green.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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

Source: [6]

Grand Tour 200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 111 81 DNF 16 96
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 34
Jersey gold.svg/Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España DNF 37 146
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

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