Personal information | |
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Full name | Carlos Verona Quintanilla |
Nickname | Patikas |
Born | San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain | 4 November 1992
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Lidl–Trek |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur team | |
2010 | Cajamar-Almería |
Professional teams | |
2011–2012 | Burgos 2016–Castilla y León |
2013–2016 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
2016–2018 | Orica–BikeExchange[2] |
2019–2023 | Movistar Team[3][4][5] |
2024– | Lidl–Trek |
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (born 4 November 1992) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 43 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 49 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 105 | 19 | 101 | 27 | |
Vuelta a España | 66 | 29 | — | 73 | — | — | 30 | DNF | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |