Giampaolo Caruso

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.

Giampaolo Caruso
Caruso at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameGiampaolo Caruso
Born (1980-08-15) 15 August 1980
Avola, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2002–2006ONCE–Eroski
2007Lampre–Fondital
2008–2010Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce
2010–2015Team Katusha[1]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Milano–Torino (2014)

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]

Ceramica Flaminia

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]

Team Katusha

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. During Stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France many riders were involved in a crash this led to Caruso having scrapes from another riders chainring on his chest, he continued in the tour all the way to Paris.[6] Caruso rounded the final corner of the 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège in first position only to be overtaken by winner Simon Gerrans, Alejandro Valverde and Michał Kwiatkowski to finish fourth in the monument.[7] On stage two of the 2014 Giro d'Italia Caruso crashed heavily in a feedzone which he went to hospital for but didn't pull out of the race until stage 6.[8] In August 2014 Team Katusha announced they had extended Caruso's contract through to the end of 2016.[9] Caruso's only one-day race win came at the 2014 Milano–Torino where he beat Rinaldo Nocentini to the finish line by three seconds.[10]

In August 2015, it was announced that Caruso had returned a positive test for EPO in March, 2012.[11] 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[12]
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 1b, 2 & 4
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[13]
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

See also

References
  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. "Tjallingii, Rojas out after crash-filled Tour de France stage". cyclingnews.com. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. "Caruso the almost man for Katusha at Liège-Bastogne-Liege". cyclingnews.com. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. "Giampaolo Caruso in doubt for Italian stages after Giro crash". cyclingnews.com. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  9. "Transfers: Caruso, Vermote extend for two years". cyclingnews.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. Wynn, Nigel (1 October 2014). "Giampaolo Caruso wins Milan-Turin". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. "Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  12. 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.
  13. "Giampaolo Caruso handed two-year ban for 2012 EPO positive test". cyclingnews.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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