Giampaolo Caruso

Giampaolo Caruso
Personal information
Full name Giampaolo Caruso
Born 15 August 1980
Avola, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Katusha
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Professional team(s)
2002–2006 ONCE-Eroski
2007 Lampre-Fondital
2009 LPR Brakes-Ballan
2009–2010 Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce
2010– Team Katusha
Major wins

One-Day Races and Classics

Milano–Torino (2014)
Infobox last updated on
2 June 2014

Giampaolo Caruso (born 15 August 1980 in Avola) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Team Katusha.[1]

Caruso was accused in the Operación Puerto doping case, but his case was soon dropped by the Spanish federation.[2] The Italian Olympic Committee wanted him suspended for two years, but he was acquitted of involvement by the Court for Arbitration for Sport.[3] In 2009 he signed a contract until the end of 2011 for LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini,[4] but moved to Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce midseason. He had a contract with them through 2011,[5] but on 6 April 2010, after the Giro d'Italia organizers had announced that Ceramica Flaminia was not invited to the race, he was allowed to break his contract and to sign with Team Katusha, who assumed the contract through its duration.[6] The Team Katusha signed him mainly in order to put him at the head of the team in the Giro d'Italia 2010. In late 2011 he prolonged his contract for the upcoming season.

Palmares

2001
1st European Under-23 Road Race Championships
2nd World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2003
4th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 5[7]
2004
10th Amstel Gold Race
2005
4th Giro di Lombardia
2006
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
2008
5th Overall Tour of Austria
5th Giro dell'Emilia
6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
8th Coppa Placci
10th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal
10th Giro dell'Appennino
2009
1st Overall Brixia Tour
1st Stages 2 & 5
3rd Overall Route du Sud
4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
5th Trofeo Melinda
7th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Overall Giro del Trentino
7th Giro dell'Appennino
9th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2010
7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 3
10th Giro di Lombardia
2012
3rd Trofeo Melinda
2013
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
5th GP Miguel Indurain
7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
9th Strade Bianche
2014
1st Milano-Torino
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2015
6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race[8]
10th Strade Bianche[9]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Pink jersey Giro — 19 12 — — — 46 42 — 41 WD
Yellow jersey Tour — — — — — — — — 37 — —
red jersey Vuelta 72 59 — — — — 36 — — 49 137

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Kenny, John (1 August 2006). "Caruso case dropped by Spanish federation". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Zalewski, Mark (23 January 2009). "Caruso acquitted of Puerto involvement". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Brown, Gregor (1 July 2009). "LPR Brakes welcomes Caruso". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Brown, Gregor (10 November 2009). "Giampaolo Caruso renews with Ceramica Flaminia for two years". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Stephen Farrand (6 April 2010). "Katusha signs Giampaolo Caruso". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Val Migliaccio (11 October 2012). "Cycling body in disgrace after Tour Down Under stage winner exposed as drug cheat". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Woodpower, Zeb (1 February 2015). "Meersman wins Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Stybar wins 2015 Strade Bianche". cyclingnews.com. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

External links

Media related to Giampaolo Caruso at Wikimedia Commons