Carrera was an Italian-based

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 ...

team active from 1984 to 1996, named after sponsoring Italian

jeans Jeans are a type of pants or trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans", with copper-riveted pockets which were invented by Jacob W. Davis in 1871 and paten ...

manufacturer Carrera. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

with three overall wins and several wins in 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 ...

and Mountain Classifications.

History

Inoxpran

The Inoxpran cycling team began in 1979. The Inoxpran team achieved success with Italian

Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin (born 22 July 1951) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1981 Vuelta a España. Early years Battaglin was born in Marosti ...

who won in the period of a month and a half in 1981 two

Grand Tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...

in with the 1981 Giro d'Italia and the

1981 Vuelta a España The 36th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 21 April to 10 May 1981. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by Giovanni Battaglin of ...

. Battaglin was the second rider in history to achieve this Giro-Vuelta double after

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...

who achieved the double in 1973.

Roberto Visentini Roberto Visentini (born 2 June 1957) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who won the White Jersey in the 1978 Giro, finished in the top 10 of the 1979, 1980, and 1981 Giro's, made the podium in 1983, wore the Maglia Rosa for ...

had been the Inoxpran team leader in 1983 when he finished second overall in the

1983 Giro d'Italia The 1983 Giro d'Italia was the 66th running of the Giro. It started in Brescia, on 12 May, with an prologue and concluded in Udine, on 5 June, with a individual time trial. A total of 162 riders from eighteen teams entered the 22-stage rac ...

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 Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de Fr ...

to perform for the team at the

. Roche had a poor season in 1986 but bounced back in 1987. When Roche won the

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

just ahead of the

1987 Giro d'Italia The 1987 Giro d'Italia was the 70th edition of the bicycle race. It began on 21 May with a prologue in San Remo, and concluded on 13 June with a individual time trial in Saint-Vincent. A total of 180 riders from 20 teams entered the 22- ...

, he became the number one favourite for the

maglia rosa The general classification in the Giro d'Italia is the most important classification of the Giro d'Italia, which determines who is the overall winner. It is therefore considered more important than secondary classifications as the points classif ...

and wanted to be the team leader during the race, something that Visentini, an Italian with an Italian team and the defending champion of the event expected to be alone. This inter team rivalry came to a head during the race when Roche attacked Visentini. Roche went on to win the race and then the

1987 Tour de France The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 26 July. It consisted of 25 stages over . It was the closest three-way finish in the Tour until the 2007 Tour de France, among the closest overall races i ...

. This was the only time that the Carrera team would win the Tour and it would be the last time the team won the Giro d'Italia. Roche left the team at the end of 1987 but returned to the team in 1992 for his last two seasons. In 1989, Carrera manager Davide Boifava together with Luciano Bracchi, Francesco Boifava, Tacchella's family and Valentino Compagnoni founded ''Carrera Podium'', a manufacturer of cycles. From 1990 on, the team rode on these Carrera bikes. During this time,

Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci (born 28 February 1963 in Uboldo, Varese, Lombardy) is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification: second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 19 ...

rose from being the domestique of Visentini and Roche during the 1987 Giro to the team leader. Chiappucci wore the yellow jersey as leader of the

general classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...

during the

1990 Tour de France The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July 1990. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue. American Greg LeMond () repeated his 1989 victory ...

finishing the race second overall and famously battled

Miguel Indurain --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disam ...

in the

1992 Tour de France The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 26 July. The total race distance was 21 stages and a prologue over . In honor of the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union, the Tour visited ...

. Chiappucci won the Great Italian Classic

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 ...

for the team in 1991. During the latter years of the team, a young

Marco Pantani Marco Pantani (; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as the greatest climbing specialist in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and records. He rec ...

emerged as a contender for the

during the 1994 season finishing on the podium in both the 1994 Giro d'Italia and the

1994 Tour de France The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began on 2 July with a prologue around the French city Lille. After 21 more days of racing, the Tour came to a close on the street of the ...

. Pantani's success was hindered during the last two years of the Carrera team's existence. When Carrera stopped sponsoring a cycling team at the end of 1996, it was reported that manager Davide Boifava would be building a team around

with Mercatone Uno as the main sponsor. However

Davide Cassani Davide Cassani (born 1 January 1961) is a former road cyclist and cycling commentator on Italian television from Italy. Now he works as manager for Italy national cycling team. He was born in Faenza. In 1982 he made his professional debut with ...

became the manager of that new team, taking with him as

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' ( French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

Giuseppe Martinelli Giuseppe Martinelli (born 11 March 1955) is a retired road bicycle racer from Italy, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1985. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won silver ...

and Alessandro Giannelli and ten of the riders from Carrera including Pantani forming the team with whom Pantani would win the

1998 Tour de France The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race was composed of 21 stages and a prologue. It started on 11 July in Ireland before taking an anti-clockwise route through France to finis ...

and the

1998 Giro d'Italia The 1998 Giro d'Italia was the 81st edition of the Giro. It began on 16 May with a brief prologue that navigated through the streets of the French city Nice. The race came to a close on 7 June with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italia ...

. At the same time, Boifava started a team with Asics as the main sponsor and took with him five riders from Carrera including

Doping

The team doctor of the Carrera cycling team, Dr. Giovanni Grazzi, worked with Professor Francesco Conconi at the

University of Ferrara The University of Ferrara ( it, Università degli Studi di Ferrara) is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 5 ...

in 1993. It was reported in the Rome-based newspaper, La Republica, in January 2000 that Conconi was involved with administering EPO to riders on the Carrera team. In March 2000 the Italian Judge Franca Oliva published a report detailing the conclusions of an investigation into a number of sports doctors including Professor Conconi. This official judicial investigation concluded that the riders of the Carrera team were administered EPO in 1993. The riders included

Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia ...

Rolf Sørensen Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived sin ...

, Mario Chiesa,

Massimo Ghirotto Massimo Ghirotto (born 25 June 1961, in Boara Pisani) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Major results ;1987 :1st, Trofeo Baracchi :1st, Trofeo Matteotti :1st, Coppa Placci :1st, Stage 10, Tour de Suisse ;1988 :1st, GP Industria & A ...

and

Fabio Roscioli Fabio Roscioli (born 18 July 1965 in Grottammare) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. In 1993, he won the 12th stage of the Tour de France. Major results ;1986 : 1st Gran Premio San Giuseppe ;1988 : 4th Milan–San Remo ;1990 ...

. Files seized as part of the judicial investigation allegedly detail a number of aliases for former

, Giro d'Italia winner and World Champion

including Rocchi, Rossi, Rocca, Roncati, Righi and Rossini. In 1997,

told prosecutor Vincenzo Scolastico that he had been using EPO since 1993, but later he recalled that statement.Vrijgesproken Conconi moreel veroordeeld door Italiaanse gerecht

Major wins

;1979 :Stage 7

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

Mountains classification

Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola w ...

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''Gir ...

;1980 : Zambana di Trento,

:Stage 5 Giro d'Italia,

Jørgen Marcussen Jørgen Marcussen (born 15 May 1950) is a former Danish racing cyclist. He competed, as an amateur, in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As an amateur he also became national champion in team time ...

:Stage 18 Giro d'Italia,

Chignolo Po Chignolo Po is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,502 and an area of ...

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

Quistello Quistello ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua. Quistello borders the following municipalities: Concordia s ...

Criterium,

Alfredo Chinetti Alfredo Chinetti (born 11 July 1949) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, nine editions of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour ...

;1981 :Stages 1 & 3

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

:Stage 2

:Stage 8b

Overall Giro d'Italia,

::Stage 1a,

::Stage 19,

;1982 :Stage 6

Settimana Ciclistica Bergamasca The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( en, Lombardic Cycling Week) is an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle ...

Bruno Leali Bruno Leali (born 6 March 1958 in Roe Volciano) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in 14 editions of the Giro d'Italia, six editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España. After retiring from cycl ...

:Stage 15 Giro d'Italia,

;1983 :Stages 2 & 8 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 22 Giro d'Italia,

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI E ...

;1984 :

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

:Prologue

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

:Stage 13 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 18 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 21 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 1

Ruota d'Oro The Ruota d'Oro is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Interna ...

:Stage 2

;1985 :

Mountains classification

Beat Breu Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth ove ...

:Overall Grabs–Voralp,

::Stage 1,

:Stage 9a (TTT)

The riders on the squad were

Urs Zimmermann Urs Zimmermann (born 29 November 1959 in Mühledorf) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand Tour events after finishing third in 1986 Tour de France and 1988 Giro d'Italia. He also ...

, Francesco Rossignoli, Giancarlo Perini,

, Jørgen Pedersen, Fabio Bordonali :Stage 10

, Jørgen Pedersen : Martigny–Mauvoisin,

:Stage 5

Tour of Denmark Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as Pos ...

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

Switzerland National Hill Climb Championships,

: Oreno di Vimercate Cyclo-cross,

;1986 :Stage 6

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

, Jørgen Pedersen : Jersey yellow

Overall

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

::Stage 2,

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria The Province of Reggio Calabria ( it, Provincia di Reggio Calabria) was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the souther ...

::Stage 6 Giro d'Italia,

Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

::Stage 5, Erich Mächler : Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia,

:: Points classification,

::Stages 7, 10, 11, 17 & 20,

:Stage 10

:Stages 6, 22 & 23

:Stage 21

, Erich Mächler :

Gouden Pijl Gouden Pijl ( en, Golden Arrow), is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing criterium held annually in Emmen, Netherlands, Emmen, the Netherlands. The first edition was in 1976 and since 2003 the event also includes a women's ra ...

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

;1987 :

Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

::Stage 4,

:Stage 1 (TTT)

Urs Zimmermann, Claudio Chiappucci, Erich Mächler, Jørgen Pedersen, Walter Magnago, Eddy Schepers, Bruno Leali, Stephen Roche :Stage 7b

, Erich Mächler : Jersey yellow

Overall

::Stages 5a & 5b,

Overall Giro d'Italia,

::Prologue & Stage 13,

::Stages 1b, & 22

::Stage 12,

:Prologue & Stage 3b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Erich Mächler :

Preis Vom Seetal Preis may refer to: * Alfred Preis (1911–1993), Austrian architect * Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer * Mary Louise Preis (b. 1941), US politician * Phil Preis (born 1950) ...

, Erich Mächler : MaillotItalia

Italy National Road Championships,

Overall

::Stage 2 (TTT)Giancarlo Perini, Davide Cassani, Jørgen Pedersen, Guido Bontempi, Eddy Schepers, Stephen Roche, Massimo Ghirotto, Erich Mächler, Urs Zimmermann ::Stage 10,

Kortenhoef Kortenhoef is a village in North Holland, Netherlands with a population of about 6,780. It is an important part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 5 km northwest of Hilversum. Kortenhoef was a separate municipality until 1966 ...

Criterium,

Linne Linne is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw, and lies about 6 km southwest of Roermond. History The village was first mentioned in 943 as Linne. The etymology is unclear. Linne develop ...

Criterium,

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...

Criterium,

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ...

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

Trofeo Baracchi The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Mino Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial, from 1944 it wa ...

(TTT),

Aalsmeer Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (''aal'') and lake (''meer''). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water of ...

Criterium,

Super Prestige Pernod The Super Prestige Pernod was a season-long competition in road bicycle racing between 1958 and 1987. For the first edition it was known as the Prestige Pernod, and for the last four years as the Super Prestige Pernod International. History Disag ...

;1988 :

Overall

, Erich Mächler ::Prologue & Stage 4b, Erich Mächler :Stages 1 & 5 Settimana Siciliana,

:Stages 3 & 6b

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

, Erich Mächler :

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

:Stage 1

Ettore Pastorelli Ettore is a given name, the Italian version of Hector. People *Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867–1942), Italian naturalist *Ettore Bassi (born 1970), Italian actor and television presenter *Ettore Bastianini (1922–1967), Italian opera singer *Et ...

:Stage 4b

:Stages 2 & 5 Giro d'Italia,

: GP Industria & Artigianato,

:Prologue

;1989 :Stage 7

:Stage 2 Giro d'Italia,

Acácio Da Silva Acácio Mora da Silva (born 2 January 1961 in Montalegre, Portugal) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1982 to 1994 during which he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and stages i ...

:Stage 1

:Stage 1b GP de Sintra,

;1990 :Stage 4 Settimana Siciliana,

:Points classification

::Stages 1 & 2,

:Stage 7

: GP Pino Cerami,

Maximilian Sciandri Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road ...

:Overall

Giro di Puglia The Giro di Puglia ( en, Tour of Apulia) was a road bicycle racing stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-da ...

::Stage 1,

:Stages 2, 3a, 4, 5 & 6

Vuelta a Aragón Vuelta a Aragón is a professional bicycle road race held in Spain in May of each year. The event was first run in 1939, and was not held between 2006 and 2017. The future of the race is uncertain; there had been plans to organise it again, but an ...

:Mountains classification Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 1a

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

:Stage 3

, Bruno Bonnet :Stage 4

, Erich Mächler :

Giro dell'Appennino The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice Gimond ...

Flavio Giupponi Flavio Giupponi (born 9 May 1964 in Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Professional career Giupponi was as professional cyclist from 1985 to 1994. His best Grand Tour result was at the 1989 Giro d'Italia where he ...

:Stage 9 1990 Tour de France, Tour de France,

:Stage 19 1990 Tour de France, Tour de France,

:Geraardsbergen Criterium,

:Critérium cycliste international de Quillan,

;1991 :Stages 2 & 4b Vuelta a Murcia, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov :1991 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo,

:Stage 1a Driedaagse van De Panne,

:1991 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov :Stages 10 & 15 1991 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España,

: Points classification 1991 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia,

::Stage 6, Vladimir Pulnikov ::Stage 9,

::Stage 11,

:Stage 2

Points classification 1991 Tour de France, Tour de France, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov :: Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

::Stages 1 & 4, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov ::Stage 13,

:Draai van de Kaai,

:Circuito delle Mura - Città di Marostica,

:Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov :

, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov ;1992 :Stages 5a & 6

, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov :Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco, Vladimir Pulnikov :

Points classification 1992 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov ::Stages 2a, 4, 11 & 21, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov : Jersey blue

Mountains classification 1992 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia,

::Stages 6 & 8,

Mountains classification 1992 Tour de France, Tour de France,

::Stages 5,

::Stages 13,

::Stages 16,

:Boxmeer, Criterium,

:Castillon-la-Bataille, Criterium,

:Wincanton Classic,

:La Louvière,

:Overall CronostaffettaGiancarlo Perini, Vladimir Pulnikov, Andrea Tafi, Fabio Roscioli, Alessandro Giannelli ::Stage 1bGiancarlo Perini, Vladimir Pulnikov, Andrea Tafi, Fabio Roscioli, Alessandro Giannelli :Sprint classification Clásico RCN : Fabio Roscioli ::Stage 1,

::Stage 4, Alessandro Giannelli ::Stage 5, Vladimir Pulnikov ;1993 :Stage 3

:Stage 3a Driedaagse van De Panne,

:Liège–Bastogne–Liège,

:Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop,

:Prologue & Stages 1 & 4b 1993 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie,

:Amsterdam Rai Derny Race,

Mountains classification 1993 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia,

::Stage 6 ,

::Stage 14,

:Stage 9 1993 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse,

:Stage 12 1993 Tour de France, Tour de France,

:Stage 17 1993 Tour de France, Tour de France,

:Chateau-Chinon-Ville Criterium,

:GP de la Ville de Lourdes,

:Clasica San Sebastian,

:Lamballe Criterium,

:Coppa Sabatini,

, Beat Zberg :Japan Cup,

;1994 :Stage 8 Vuelta y Ruta de Mexico, Samuele Schiavina :Stage 14 Vuelta y Ruta de Mexico, Marco Artunghi :Stages 14 & 15 1994 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 20 1994 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Vladimir Pulnikov : Jersey white

Young rider classification 1994 Tour de France, Tour de France,

:Quillan,

Overall Volta a Catalunya,

::Stage 4,

:Circuito Alzanese, Mario Traversoni :

, Nicola Miceli :Japan Cup,

;1995 :Stage 1

, Beat Zberg : Jersey red

Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Beat Zberg ::Stage 4, Samuele Schiavina ::Stage 6, Beat Zberg :Stage 11 1995 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Enrico Zaina : Jersey white

Young rider classification 1995 Tour de France, Tour de France,

::Stages 9, 10 & 14,

:Klagenfurt Criterium,

:Overall Escalada a Montjuich,

::Stage 1a,

:Japan Cup,

;1996 :Berner Rundfahrt, Beat Zberg :Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, Beat Zberg :Stages 9 & 20 1996 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Enrico Zaina : Jersey yellow

Overall

, Peter Luttenberger ::Stage 6, Peter Luttenberger :Stage 15 1996 Tour de France, Tour de France, Massimo Podenzana :Stage 5 GP Guillaume Tell, Markus Zberg

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{{Giro d'Italia team classification winners Defunct cycling teams based in Italy Cycling teams established in 1984 Cycling teams disestablished in 1996