Giampaolo Caruso

Giampaolo Caruso
Caruso at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Giampaolo Caruso
Born (1980-08-15) 15 August 1980
Avola, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
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
2010–2015 Team Katusha
Major wins

One-Day Races and Classics

Milano–Torino (2014)

Giampaolo Caruso (born 15 August 1980 in Avola) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode most recently 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.

In August 2015, it was announced that Caruso had returned a positive test for EPO in March, 2012.[7]

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 19 12 — — — 46 42 — 41 DNF —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — — — 37 — — 90
A red jersey Vuelta a España 72 59 — — — — 36 — — 49 137 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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. ↑ "Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. ↑ 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.

See also

Media related to Giampaolo Caruso at Wikimedia Commons

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