Ivan Quaranta (born 14 December 1974) is an Italian former professional
road bicycle racer
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, who currently works as a
directeur sportif
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for
UCI Continental team +Men
Teams
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.
During his career, he won six stages at the
Giro d'Italia
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, between
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
and
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
.
Career
Born in
Crema,
Lombardy
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, Quaranta's most successful year was 1999, when he was riding for the team; he already had five wins to his credit leading up to the
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 ...
. He then won the first stage in a sprint finish, ahead of
Mario Cipollini
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, significantly boosting his profile.
In 2003, Quaranta was hired by to replace Cipollini as the team's protected sprinter; he won sprints in lesser races such as the
Brixia Tour
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and the
Tour of Qatar
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. Saeco dropped Quaranta after a single season, subsequent to which he had negligible success. His final win was in the 2007
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda () was an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
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.
Quaranta retired from professional cycling after the 2008 season.
Major results
;1997
: 3rd
Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
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* R ...
: 10th Overall
Giro di Puglia
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;1998
: 1st Stage 1
Tour de Normandie
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: 1st Stage 4
Olympia's Tour
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History
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:
Tour de Serbie
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::1st Stages 1 & 7
;1999
:
Giro d'Italia
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::1st Stages 1 & 11
: 1st Stage 2
Three Days of De Panne
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: 1st Stage 1
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
: 1st Stage 3
Giro d'Abruzzo
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The race returned in 2024 under RCS Sport RCS Sport is a sports & media ...
: 7th
Grand Prix Pino Cerami
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;2000
:
Giro d'Italia
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::1st Stages 1 & 10
:
Tour de Langkawi
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::1st Stages 7, 8 & 11
: 1st Stage 3
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
: 2nd Memorial Fabio Casartelli
;2001
:
Giro d'Italia
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::1st Stages 5 & 16
: 1st Stage 7
Tour de Langkawi
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: 1st Stage 1
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
History
Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...
: 1st Stage 3
Tour of the Netherlands
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It was an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the En ...
;2002
: 1st
Dwars door Gendringen
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: 1st Stage 1
Tour of Qatar
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: 1st Stage 5
Tour of Sweden
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: 1st Stage 2a
Regio-Tour
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: 2nd
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...
;2003
: 1st Stage 4
Tour of Qatar
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: 1st Stage 3
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
History
Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...
: 1st Stage 4
Deutschland Tour
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: 1st Stage 1
Brixia Tour
The Brixia Tour was an Italian cycle road race held annually in the province of Brescia, Lombardy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
;2004
: 1st Stage 6
Tour de Langkawi
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: 1st Stage 3
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda () was an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
: 9th
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, currently known as the Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria
The province of Reggio Calabria () was a province in th ...
;2007
: 1st Stage 4
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda () was an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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Living people
1974 births
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Italian male cyclists
Cyclists from the Province of Cremona
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