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that participates in

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events on the

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. Prior to 2023, the team was based in Italy and held

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status.

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manages the team, with assistance from

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Giovanni Ellena, Antonio Castano, Didier Paindaveine and Marco Bellini. In 2022, with the arrival of a new sponsor — Drone Hopper (an aeronautical engineering company based in Spain) — the team has received a new name Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli.

Doping

On 5 June 2014 Patrick Facchini gave an adverse analytical finding for

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and was consequently banned for 10 months. On 30 June 2015

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gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO and was provisionally suspended. On 27 July 2015 Fabio Taborre gave a positive test result for the banned blood-booster FG-4592 in an out-of-competition control on 16 June. The team were automatically suspended by the UCI under new rules. FG-4592 (

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) is in phase 3 clinical trials and has not yet been commercialised. The drug was developed jointly by FibroGen and

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. Unlike EPO, which directly stimulates the production of red blood cells, FG-4592 is taken orally, and stimulates natural production of EPO in a manner similar to altitude training. This class of compounds has been outlawed by WADA. The UCI subsequently suspended the team for 30 days. Androni_Route_du_Sud_2012_Etape3

Team roster

Major wins

National champions

;2000 :

Colombia Time Trial,

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;2001 :

Australia Time Trial, Kristjan Snorrasson ;2002 : MaillotColombia

Colombia Road Race, Jhon García ;2005 : MaillotColombia

Colombia Time Trial,

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;2009 :

Switzerland Time Trial,

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;2010 :

Switzerland Time Trial,

;2012 :

Italy Road Race,

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Venezuela Road Race,

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Venezuela Time Trial,

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;2014 :

Venezuela U23 Time Trial,

Yonder Godoy Yonder Eduardo Godoy (born 19 April 1993) is a Venezuelan racing cyclist, who rides for Venezuelan amateur team Gobernación de Trujillo. He rode in the 2014 Giro d'Italia. Major results Source: ;2013 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1s ...

;2015 :

Venezuela Time Trial,

Romania Time Trial,

Serghei Țvetcov Serghei Țvetcov (born 29 December 1988) is a Moldovan-born Romanian racing cyclist, who rides for the Denver Disruptors. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, where he competed in both the road race and the individual time trial. I ...

Romania Road Race,

;2019 :

Croatia Time Trial,

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;2020 :

;2021 :

Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz (born 16 June 1998) is an Ecuadorian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . One of his cousins, also named Jefferson Cepeda, is also a cyclist, on the team. Career In October 2020, he was named in th ...

Ukraine Road Race, Andrii Ponomar ;2023 : MaillotColombia

U23 Colombia Time Trial, Germán Dario Gómez ;2024 : MaillotColombia

U23 Colombia Road Race, Brandon Rojas : MaillotColombia

Colombia Road Race, Alejandro Osorio

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli UCI Professional Continental teams Cycling teams established in 1996 Cycling teams based in Italy UCI Continental Teams (America)