{{short description|Italian cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Ivan Quaranta | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Ivan Quaranta | nickname = The Cheetah ({{langx|it|il Ghepardo}}) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Crema, Italy | height = | weight = | currentteam = {{UCI team code|CPK}} | discipline = Road | role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Directeur sportif}} | ridertype = Sprinter | proyears1 = 1996–1997 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|POL|1996}} | proyears2 = 1998 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PER|1998}} | proyears3 = 1999–2000 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MDN|1999}} | proyears4 = 2001–2002 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|INA|2001}} | proyears5 = 2003 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|SAE|2003}} | proyears6 = 2004 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|MDN|2004}} | proyears7 = 2005 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|DVE|2005}} | proyears8 = 2006 | proteam8 = CB Immobiliare–Universal Caffè | proyears9 = 2007–2008 | proteam9 = {{UCI team code|AMO|2007}} | manageyears1 = 2017– | manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|CPK|2017}} | majorwins = Giro d'Italia, 6 stages | medaltemplates = | show-medals = no }} '''Ivan Quaranta''' (born 14 December 1974) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|CPK}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15333/2003307/276|title=Team Colpack Ballan|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=26 February 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210226224147/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15333/2003307/276|archivedate=26 February 2021}}</ref> During his career, he won six stages at the Giro d'Italia, between 1999 and 2001.
==Career== Born in Crema, Lombardy, Quaranta's most successful year was 1999, when he was riding for the {{UCI team code|MDN|1999}} team; he already had five wins to his credit leading up to the Giro d'Italia. He then won the first stage in a sprint finish, ahead of Mario Cipollini, significantly boosting his profile.
In 2003, Quaranta was hired by {{UCI team code|SAE|2003}} to replace Cipollini as the team's protected sprinter; he won sprints in lesser races such as the Brixia Tour and the Tour of Qatar. Saeco dropped Quaranta after a single season, subsequent to which he had negligible success. His final win was in the 2007 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda.
Quaranta retired from professional cycling after the 2008 season.
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1997 : 3rd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 10th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1998 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Normandie : 1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour : Tour de Serbie ::1st Stages 1 & 7 ;1999 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 1 & 11 : 1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne : 1st Stage 1 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda : 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Abruzzo : 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2000 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 1 & 10 : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Stages 7, 8 & 11 : 1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda : 2nd Memorial Fabio Casartelli ;2001 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 5 & 16 : 1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi : 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Netherlands ;2002 : 1st Dwars door Gendringen : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Sweden : 1st Stage 2a Regio-Tour : 2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie ;2003 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar : 1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour : 1st Stage 1 Brixia Tour ;2004 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi : 1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda : 9th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ;2007 : 1st Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 1999 ! scope="col" | 2000 ! scope="col" | 2001 ! scope="col" | 2002 ! scope="col" | 2003 ! scope="col" | 2004 ! scope="col" | 2005 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | DNF | DNF | 129 | DNF |— | DNF | DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |colspan=7 {{N/A|Did not contest during career}} |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |— |— |— | DNF | DNF |— |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Procyclingstats}} *{{cycling archives|4290}}
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