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Trofeo Matteotti
Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the .... Winners External links * {{in lang, it UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Recurring sporting events established in 1945 1945 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvarani
Salvarani was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1972. The team was sponsored by the Italian kitchen components maker Salvarani. Major wins ;1965 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Vittorio Adorni :Overall Tour de Romandie, Vittorio Adorni : Overall Tour de France, Felice Gimondi ;1966 :Paris–Roubaix, Felice Gimondi :Overall Tour de l'Avenir, Mino Denti :Giro di Lombardia, Felice Gimondi ;1967 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Felice Gimondi :: Points classification, Dino Zandegù :Grand Prix des Nations, Felice Gimondi ;1968 :Milan–San Remo, Rudi Altig : Overall Vuelta a España, Felice Gimondi :Critérium des As, Felice Gimondi :Grand Prix des Nations, Felice Gimondi ;1969 : Overall Giro d'Italia, Felice Gimondi ;1970 : Points classification Tour de France, Walter Godefroot :Overall Tour de Suisse, Roberto Poggiali Roberto Poggiali (born 16 April 1941) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. As an amateur he won the national road championship and one s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polli-Mobiexport
Amore & Vita () is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Ukraine and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. Team history The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world." In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini–Wührer. In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion". Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life". Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career. In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars. Doping violations During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests. Fanini offered David M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Lum
Alfa Lum was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1982 to 1990. The team is best remembered for introducing many successful riders from the former Soviet Union in 1989 and 1990. The team rode in a riding kit of distinctive red and white horizontal stripes. The team sponsored Italian company of Alfa Lum, an aluminium door and windows manufacturer. History The team was formed in 1982 with Alfa Lum as the main sponsor, it was a modest team which consisted of mainly Italian riders along with the Australian Micheal Wilson and the Swede Anders Adamsson. In 1983 the team was strengthened considerably as Italian bicycle manufacturers Olmo were brought on board as co-sponsors and Spanish rider Marino Lejarreta who had won the 1982 edition of the Vuelta a España was introduced to the squad as team leader. Marino brought along his brother Ismael to the team. In 1983 Marino Lejarreta finished second in the Vuelta a España for the Alfa Lum-Olmo team, in 1984 the team we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gis Gelati-Campagnolo
Gis Gelati was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1991. It was headquartered in Giulianova, Abruzzo. History The team had a multitude of team managers, but the first was Piero Pieroni, who stayed for a total of three straight years and then came back for another season in 1984. In the team's first season, 1978, they won two events with Marino Basso. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Francesco Moser. The team was very successful in the Giro d'Italia, they won many Points classifications, a General classification, and 23 stages. The team won a few classics due to the help of Roger De Vlaeminck and Francesco Moser. The team folded in 1991. Notable riders * Giuseppe Saronni * Roger De Vlaeminck * Francesco Moser * Johan van der Velde * Adriano Baffi * Dave Akam Major wins Major one-day races * Milan–San Remo **1979 Roger De Vlaeminck **1984 Francesco Moser * Omloop Het Volk **1979 Roger De Vlaeminck Grand Tours Giro d'Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gewiss–Bianchi
Gewiss–Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1989. The team was selected to race in eleven consecutive editions of the Giro d'Italia from 1979 to 1989, where they achieved 19 stage wins. Major wins ;1979 :Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Martinelli ;1980 : Giro d'Italia :: Mountains classification, Claudio Bortolotto ::Stage 16, Giuseppe Martinelli : Vuelta a España ::Prologue & Stage 16b, Roberto Visentini ::Stage 3, Giuseppe Martinelli ;1981 :Stages 8 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin ;1982 :Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin ;1983 :Giro del Veneto, Alfio Vandi :Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin ;1984 :Giro del Veneto, Jesper Worre :Stages 3 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin ;1985 : Giro d'Italia :: Young rider classification, Alberto Volpi ::Stages 9 & 18, Paolo Rosola ;1987 :Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía, Moreno Argentin :Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Moreno Argentin :Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Moreno Arge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inoxpran
Carrera was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1984 to 1996, named after sponsoring Italian jeans manufacturer Carrera. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with three overall wins and several wins in the Points classification and Mountain Classifications. History Inoxpran The Inoxpran cycling team began in 1979. The Inoxpran team achieved success with Italian Giovanni Battaglin who won in the period of a month and a half in 1981 two Grand Tours in with the 1981 Giro d'Italia and the 1981 Vuelta a España. Battaglin was the second rider in history to achieve this Giro-Vuelta double after Eddy Merckx who achieved the double in 1973. Roberto Visentini had been the Inoxpran team leader in 1983 when he finished second overall in the 1983 Giro d'Italia. Carrera Carrera Jeans became the title sponsor in 1984 and Visentini finally won the Giro d'Italia in 1986. At the end of 1985 the team had signed Stephen Roche to perform for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magniflex–Torpado
Magniflex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1973 to 1981, and in 1986 and 1987. Its main sponsor was Italian mattress manufacturer Magniflex. The team's major victory was Pierino Gavazzi's win of the 1980 Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t .... References External links Cycling teams based in Italy Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1973 establishments in Italy 1987 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1973 Cycling teams disestablished in 1987 {{Italy-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filotex (cycling Team)
Filotex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1980. The team's main sponsor from 1976 to 1980 was Italian food producer Sanson. History Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Filotex riders such as Italo Zilioli, Ugo Colombo, and Franco Bitossi consistently placed in the top 10 at the Giro d'Italia. At the 1969 Giro, Zilioli, Colombo, and Bitossi placed in the top 10 of the general classification, with Bitossi winning the points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl .... References External links Cycling teams based in Italy Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1963 establishments in Italy 1980 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1963 Cycling teams disestablished in 1980 {{italy-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filotex
Filotex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1980. The team's main sponsor from 1976 to 1980 was Italian food producer Sanson. History Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Filotex riders such as Italo Zilioli, Ugo Colombo, and Franco Bitossi consistently placed in the top 10 at the Giro d'Italia. At the 1969 Giro, Zilioli, Colombo, and Bitossi placed in the top 10 of the general classification, with Bitossi winning the points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl .... References External links Cycling teams based in Italy Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1963 establishments in Italy 1980 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1963 Cycling teams disestablished in 1980 {{italy-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scic
Scic was an Italian professional cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ... that existed from 1969 to 1979. References Further reading * External links Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1969 establishments in Italy 1979 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1969 Cycling teams disestablished in 1979 {{Italy-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
