Carlos Verona Quintanilla (born 4 November 1992) is a Spanish cyclist who currently rides for

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. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Giro d'Italia The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both ...

Career

Verona was born in

San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Moun ...

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. On 30 July 2016, announced the signing of Verona who would join the team for the remainder of the 2016 season as well as the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Tour de France The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 race stage, stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before movi ...

. Verona claimed his first stage win as a professional in the

2022 Critérium du Dauphiné The 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 74th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a road cycling stage race in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. The race took place between 5 and 12 June 2022. Teams All eighteen UCI WorldTeams a ...

; on the seventh stage, after being a part of a breakaway initially containing 29 riders, he attacked the group and rode to victory. He was the only rider to finish ahead of General Classification leader

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on the stage.

Major results

;2009 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd

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, National Junior Road Championships : 5th Overall Vuelta Al Besaya ;2011 : 6th Overall

Tour des Pays de Savoie The Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc was a multi-day cycling race held annually in the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France between 1999 and 2021. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

: 7th Overall

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in and around Madrid, Spain. Between 2005 and 2012, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 the event was organised as a single-day race, for ...

Under-23 : 7th Overall

Cinturó de l'Empordà The Cinturó de l'Empordà was a road bicycle race held annually in Spain. It was organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the U ...

;2012 : 1st Mountains classification,

Vuelta Ciclista a León Vuelta Ciclista a León, also known as La Vuelta León, is a former road bicycle race held annually in the province of Province of León, León in Spain. From 2005 until 2013 it was organised as a 2.2 event on the professional UCI Europe Tour. The ...

: 9th Overall

Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo is a cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour, as a category 2.ncup race, in 2011 and 2012, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, sea ...

;2013 : 8th

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

;2015 : Combativity award Stage 10

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

;2017 : 4th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

: 8th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

;2018 : 1st Mountains classification,

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: 1st Mountains classification,

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: 2nd

: 5th Overall

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

;2019 : 5th

: 10th

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

;2021 : 9th

Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge The Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race first held in 2019, which takes place between Vaison-la-Romaine and Mont Ventoux. The event was classified by the UCI as category 1.1 event on the UCI Eu ...

;2022 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 7

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

: 6th Overall

UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was ...

: 7th

;2023 : 10th Overall Tour of Oman : 10th

Muscat Classic The Muscat Classic is a cycling race held annually in and around the capital city of Oman, Muscat. It was created in 2023 and is part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

;2024 : 9th Overall

;2025 (1) : 1st Stage 15

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners People from San Lorenzo de El Escorial Cyclists from the Community of Madrid 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1990s-stub