Ivan Quaranta

Ivan Quaranta
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Quaranta
Nickname	The Cheetah (Italian: il Ghepardo)
Born	14 December 1974 (age 49); Crema, Italy
Team information
Current team	Team MBH Bank Colpack Ballan
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1996–1997	Team Polti
1998	KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
1999–2000	Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
2001–2002	Alexia Alluminio
2003	Saeco
2004	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavè
2005	Domina Vacanze
2006	CB Immobiliare–Universal Caffè
2007–2008	Amore & Vita–McDonald's
Managerial team
2017–	Team Colpack
Major wins
	Giro d'Italia, 6 stages

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 Team MBH Bank Colpack Ballan.^[1] During his career, he won six stages at the Giro d'Italia, between 1999 and 2001.

Career edit

Born in Crema, Lombardy, Quaranta's most successful year was 1999, when he was riding for the Mobilvetta Design–Northwave 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 Saeco 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.