Full Name: | Carlos Torrent Tarres |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1974 |
Birth Place: | Sarrià de Ter, Spain |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Sport: | Cycling |
Club: | Costa de Almería-Paternina |
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Carlos Torrent Tarres (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
In road racing, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja in 2002, as well as one stage at Portuguese Grand Prix (2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004), Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005) and Vuelta a Burgos (2006).
b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.