Ivan Quaranta


Ivan Quaranta, also called "il Ghepardo" is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer.
His most successful year was 1999. That year he already had five wins to his credit leading up to the Giro d'Italia, the premier Italian bike race. He then in impressive fashion ahead of the much better known Mario Cippolini. That win significantly boosted Quaranta's profile. Over time he won 5 Giro stages. Intriguingly Quaranta was hired by Saeco to replace Cippolini as the team's protected sprinter in 2003. However, by that time his prowess was on the wane. While he won sprints in lesser races such as Brixia Tour and Tour of Qatar, he produced no further sprint wins in the Giro. Saeco dropped Quaranta after a single season, subsequent to which he had negligible success. His final win was in the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. Quaranta retired from professional cycling after the 2008 season.

Major results

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;1998
;1999
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;2007

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour1999200020012002200320042005
Giro d'ItaliaDNFDNF129DNF—DNFDNF
Tour de France———————
Vuelta a España———DNFDNF——

—Did not compete
DNFDid not finish