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Matteo Carrara Carrara

    Key Stats

    Nationality: Italian
    Born: March 25, 1979
    Hometown: Alzano, Italy
    Height: 6-foot-1
    Weight: 165 pounds
    Turned Pro: 2001

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    2007
    3rd overall, Brixia Tour
    4th overall, Tour of Switzerland

    2006
    6th, Tour of Lombardy
    10th, Milan-San Remo

    2005
    2nd, stage 2, Tour de Luxembourg
    3rd overall, Tour of Japan

    2003
    1st, points classification, Tour of Qinghai Lake (plus stages 2 and 5)

    Biography

    Carrara started out in 2000 as a stagiaire with Polti. He rode with Colpack (2001-2003), Lampre (2004 and 2006), Barloworld (2005) and Unibet.com (2007) before coming to Quick Step-Innergetic.