Damiano Caruso

      Damiano Caruso
      Damiano Caruso.jpg
      Caruso prior to starting the final stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia.
      Personal information
      Full name Damiano Caruso
      Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 25)
      Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
      Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
      Weight 65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
      Team information
      Current team Cannondale
      Discipline Road
      Role Rider
      Rider type Climber
      Amateur team(s)
      2005
      2007–2009      		 G.S. Berti Arredamenti (junior)
      GS Mastromarco
      Professional team(s)
      2009
      2010
      2011–      		 LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini
      De Rosa-Stac Plastic
      Liquigas-Cannondale
      Major wins
      National Under-23 Road Race Champion (2008)

      Infobox last updated on
      24 March 2013

      Damiano Caruso (born 12 October 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Cannondale.[1][2] Caruso was also the 2008 under-23 Italian national champion for the road race.[3]

      Born in Ragusa, Sicily, Caruso has competed as a professional since the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini,[4] and De Rosa-Stac Plastic teams,[5] before joining Liquigas-Cannondale for the 2011 season.[6] In October 2011, the Italian National Olympic Committee requested for Caruso to be suspended from competition for two years, although backdated from December 2010, in relation to a doping offence in 2007.[7] He was given a backdated one-year ban in February 2012, allowing for him to return to competition without being banned, but all his 2011 results were voided.[8] Caruso held the lead of the young rider classification at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, after Garmin-Barracuda's Peter Stetina lost time on the eighth stage.[9]

      Palmarès

      2005
      1st Overall, Tre Ciclistica Bresciana (junior)
      1st, Stage 2
      2007
      4th Overall, Giro della Toscana
      4th, Gran Premio Madonna delle Grazie
      5th, G.P. Chianti Castello Guicciardini di Poppiano
      5th, Trofeo Tempestini Ledo
      8th, Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
      9th, Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
      2008
      1st MaillotItalia.PNG National Under-23 Road Race Championships
      2nd Overall, Giro delle Valli Cuneesi nelle Alpi del Mare
      2nd, Giro del Montalbano
      3rd, Gran Premio Chianti Colline D'Elsa
      3rd, Gran Premio Industria Commercio e Artigianato – Casini
      3rd, Gran Premio Città di Saltino
      4th, Parma–La Spezia
      4th, La Ciociarissima
      5th, Bassano–Montegrappa
      5th, G.P. Chianti Castello Guicciardini di Poppiano
      6th, Giro Del Canavese – Trofeo Sportivi Valperghesi
      9th Overall, Tour de l'Avenir
      9th, Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
      2009
      1st Overall, Giro Delle Pesche Nettarine Di Romagna
      1st, Stage 5
      1st, Trofeo Comune di Cafasse
      1st, Stage 2, Girobio
      3rd, G.P. Chianti Castello Guicciardini di Poppiano
      4th, Parma–La Spezia
      4th, Trofeo Banca Popolare Piva
      4th, Milano–Rapallo
      5th, Coppa Cicogna – G.P.Ristorante Pin-Rose
      7th, Gran Premio Pretola
      8th, Piccola Sanremo
      9th, Trofeo Mario Zanchi
      9th, Firenze–Empoli
      2010
      5th Overall, Giro di Sardegna
      5th, Giro dell'Appennino
      7th Overall, Brixia Tour
      7th Overall, Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
      10th Overall, Giro del Trentino
      2011
      4th Overall, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
      6th, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
      7th, Japan Cup
      2012
      3rd Overall, Tour of Britain
      8th, GP Miguel Indurain
      9th, Giro di Toscana
      2013
      1st, Stage 5, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
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      References

      1. ^ "Liquigas-Cannondale finalises roster, six new signings on board for 2012". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      2. ^ "Introducing 2012 Team Liquigas Cannondale". Cannondale Bicycle Corporation (Dorel Industries). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      3. ^ "Il Siciliano Damiano Caruso è il nuovo campione Italiano della categoria under 23" [The Sicilian Damiano Caruso is the new Italian champion of the Under 23 category]. Settimana Tricolore (in Italian) (GS Domus). 27 June 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      4. ^ Brown, Gregor (1 July 2009). "LPR Brakes welcomes Caruso". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      5. ^ Brown, Gregor (28 October 2009). "De Rosa-Stac Plastic names team roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      6. ^ "Basso and Nibali to remain with Liquigas". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2012. "Joining the team for 2011 will be Paolo Borghini Longho (ISD – Neri), Eros Capecchi (Footon-Servetto), Cristiano Salerno (De Rosa – Stac Plastic) and Damiano Caruso (De Rosa – Stac Plastic)." 
      7. ^ "CONI requests ban for Damiano Caruso". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      8. ^ "Caruso given back-dated suspension by CONI". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
      9. ^ Moore, Kyle (13 May 2012). "Liquigas-Cannondale team flexes muscles on stage 8". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 14 May 2012. 
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