Vera Carrara

Vera Carrara (born 6 April 1980) is an Italian professional racing cyclist.

Vera Carrara

Personal information
Full name	Vera Carrara
Born	(1980-04-06) April 6, 1980 (age 44) Alzano Lombardo, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)[1]
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
1987–1996	G.S. Valoti Arredamenti
1997	Selene Rama-Valoti
1998	Equipe
1999	Selene Rama-Valoti
2000	Bata Moser
Professional teams
2001–2002	Team Itera
2003	Road Runner Guerciotti
2004	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
2006	USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
2007	Safi - Pasta Zara - Manhattan
2008–	Cmax Dila
Major wins
Multiple World Champion

Carrara was born in Alzano Lombardo and joined the G.S. Valoti Arredamenti at the age of seven. Since then she has become a multiple world champion in the points race, but despite her track cycling success she also races on the road, winning a stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in 2006 and finishing second in the prologue of the 2008 Giro d'Italia Femminile.

Palmarès

1998

1st Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors

2000

3rd European Road Race Championships, U23, Kielce (POL)

2001

3rd European Track Championships, Omnium

2002

1st Pursuit, European Track Championships, U23

3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kopenhagen

2nd European Time Trial Championships, U23, Grassobbio (ITA)

2003

2nd Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships

1st Points race, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (AUS)

2nd Points race, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cape Town (RSA)

2004

2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne

1st Giro del Lago Maggiore - GP Knorr (SUI)

5th Points race, 2004 Summer Olympics

2005

2nd Points race, 2004–2005 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (GBR)

1st Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Los Angeles

2006

1st Points race, 2005–2006 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (AUS)

1st Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux

1st Stage 5, Holland Ladies Tour, Oirschot (NED)

2007

1st Points race, Italian National Track Championships, Dalmine

2nd Scratch, Italian National Track Championships, Dalmine

1st Italian National Time Trial Championships, Novi Ligure

1st Omnium, European Track Championships, Cottbus (GER)

2008

3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1st GP Rund um Visp (SUI)

2nd Prologue, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Mantova

14th Points race, 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Champions : Vera Carrara". Bianchi.

External links

• Official website
• Vera Carrara at Cycling Archives (archived)