Matteo Carrara
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
    
- 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
    
Source:[6]
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 81 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 96 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 37 | — | 146 | — | 
| — | Did not compete | 
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish | 
References
    
- "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
    
- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
 - Matteo Carrara at UCI
 - Matteo Carrara at Cycling Archives
 - Matteo Carrara at ProCyclingStats
 - Matteo Carrara at Cycling Quotient
 - Matteo Carrara at CycleBase
 
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