Carlos Verona

Carlos Verona Quintanilla (born 4 November 1992) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[5] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[6]

Carlos Verona
Verona at the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Verona Quintanilla
NicknamePatikas
Born (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2010Cajamar-Almería
Professional teams
2011–2012Burgos 2016–Castilla y León
2013–2016Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2016–2018Orica–BikeExchange[2]
2019–Movistar Team[3][4]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Verona and the second or maternal family name is Quintanilla.

Career

Verona was born in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid. On 30 July 2016, Orica–BikeExchange announced the signing of Verona who would join the team for the remainder of the 2016 season as well as the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[2] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7]

Verona claimed his first stage win as a professional in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné; on the seventh stage, after being a part of a breakaway initially containing 29 riders, he attacked the group and rode to victory. He was the only rider to finish ahead of General Classification leader Primož Roglič on the stage.[8]

Major results
2009
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2010
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Vuelta Al Besaya
2011
6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23
7th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
2012
1st Mountains classification, Vuelta Ciclista a León
9th Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
2013
8th Japan Cup
2015
Combativity award Stage 10 Vuelta a España
2017
4th GP Miguel Induráin
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2018
1st Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
1st Mountains classification, Tour des Fjords
2nd GP Miguel Induráin
5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
2019
5th GP Miguel Induráin
10th Gran Piemonte
2021
9th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2022
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné
6th Overall UAE Tour
7th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2023
10th Overall Tour of Oman
10th Muscat Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 43 57 — — — — — 49
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — 105 19 101 27
A red jersey Vuelta a España 66 29 — 73 — — 30 DNF —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Carlos Verona". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. "Verona injects immediate climbing pedigree for ORICA-BikeExchange". Orica BikeExchange Cycling Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. Christian, Nick (12 June 2022). "Carlos Verona keeps Primoz Roglic at bay to win Stage 7, Slovenian takes Criterium du Dauphine lead from Wout van Aert". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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