Ivan Quaranta
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Ivan Quaranta (born 14 December 1974) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort. During his career, he won six stages at the Giro d'Italia, between 1999 and 2001.
Career
Born in Crema, Lombardy, Quaranta's most successful year was 1999, when he was riding for the Mobilvetta Design–Northwave team; he already had five wins to his credit leading up to the Giro d'Italia. He then won the first stage in a sprint finish, ahead of Mario Cipollini, significantly boosting his profile.
In 2003, Quaranta was hired by Saeco to replace Cipollini as the team's protected sprinter; he won sprints in lesser races such as the Brixia Tour and the Tour of Qatar. Saeco dropped Quaranta after a single season, subsequent to which he had negligible success. His final win was in the 2007 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda.
Quaranta retired from professional cycling after the 2008 season.
Major results
1997
3rd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
10th Overall Giro di Puglia
1998
1st Stage 1 Tour de Normandie
1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour
Tour de Serbie 1st Stages 1 & 7
1999
Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1 & 11
1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 1 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
1st Stage 3 Giro d'Abruzzo
2000
Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1 & 10
Tour de Langkawi 1st Stages 7, 8 & 11
1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
2nd Memorial Fabio Casartelli
2001
Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 5 & 16
1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 3 Tour of the Netherlands
2002
1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 5 Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 2a Regio-Tour
2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2003
1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 1 Brixia Tour
2004
1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
9th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
2007
1st Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | DNF | 129 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tour de France | Did not contest during career | ||||||
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
External links
- at ProCyclingStats
- at Cycling Archives ()