Giampaolo Caruso

Giampaolo Caruso
	Caruso at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Giampaolo Caruso
Born	15 August 1980; Avola, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
2002–2006	ONCE–Eroski
2007	Lampre–Fondital
2008–2010	Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce
2010–2015	Team Katusha[1]
Major wins
	One-day races and Classics Milano–Torino (2014)

Giampaolo Caruso (born 15 August 1980) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Würth, Lampre–Fondital, LPR Brakes–Ballan, Ceramica Flaminia and Team Katusha squads.

Career

Born in Avola, 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]

He had a contract with Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce through 2011,[4] 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.[5] The Team Katusha signed him mainly in order to put him at the head of the team in the Giro d'Italia. In late 2011 he prolonged his contract for the upcoming season.

In August 2015, it was announced that Caruso had returned a positive test for EPO in March, 2012.[6] He was given a two-year ban.

Major results

2000

1st Giro del Belvedere

3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana

2001

1st

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2nd

Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

3rd Giro del Belvedere

4th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

5th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

2002

8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

9th Overall Paris–Corrèze

2003

~~4th Overall Tour Down Under~~

~~1st Stage 5~~[7]

~~4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía~~

2004

10th Amstel Gold Race

10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2005

4th Giro di Lombardia

2006

8th Overall Tour de Suisse

2007

5th Overall Tour of Slovenia

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 (TTT)

10th Giro di Lombardia

2012

~~3rd Trofeo Melinda~~

2013

4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

5th GP Miguel Induráin

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

10th Strade Bianche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Giro d'Italia	—	19	12	—	—	—	46	42	—	41	DNF	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	—	—	90
Vuelta a España	72	59	—	—	—	—	36	—	—	49	15	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

"Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
Kenny, John (1 August 2006). "Caruso case dropped by Spanish federation". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
Zalewski, Mark (23 January 2009). "Caruso acquitted of Puerto involvement". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
Brown, Gregor (10 November 2009). "Giampaolo Caruso renews with Ceramica Flaminia for two years". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
Stephen Farrand (6 April 2010). "Katusha signs Giampaolo Caruso". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
"Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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.

External links

Media related to Giampaolo Caruso at Wikimedia Commons

Giampaolo Caruso at Cycling Archives
Official website
Official website
Giampaolo Caruso at Trap-Friis.dk
Giampaolo Caruso at ProCyclingStats

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[1] "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. 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 (10 November 2009). "Giampaolo Caruso renews with Ceramica Flaminia for two years". Cycling news. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

[5] Stephen Farrand (6 April 2010). "Katusha signs Giampaolo Caruso". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

[6] "Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[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.