Casa Vini Caldirola (or the Caldirola Wine House) sponsored an

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professional

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team between 1998 and 2004, with a gap in 2002, where the main sponsor was Tacconi Sport. In 2005 the team was formally disbanded, but many riders continued in the new

Liquigas-Bianchi Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (), previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. History The team was formed at the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005. the team was co-title sponsored by Itali ...

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team.

Team name

As professional racing teams change name with their sponsors, the name of the team has varied in its lifetime.

Notable riders

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Francesco Casagrande Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major o ...

, , 1999-2000, 2004 , - ,

Romāns Vainšteins Romāns Vainšteins (born 3 March 1973, in Talsi) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia. He won the road race at the 2000 World Cycling Championship in Plouay, France. At the end of the race, he won the sprint for the line ahe ...

, , 1999–2000, 2003 , - ,

Stefano Garzelli Stefano Garzelli (born 16 July 1973) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013. The high point of his career was his overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-wa ...

, , 2003-2004 , - ,

Pavel Tonkov Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov (russian: Павел Сергеевич Тонков; born 9 February 1969 in Izhevsk) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part ...

, , 2004 , - ,

Serhiy Honchar Serhiy Gonchar ( uk, Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He won the World Time Trial Championship in 2000. Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrect ...

, , 1999 , - , Guido Trentin , , 1998–2000 , - ,

Eddy Mazzoleni Eddy Mazzoleni (born 29 July 1973) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team. Biography He currently lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy. Mazzoleni is a talented climber and was a h ...

, , 2001–2003 , - , Matthew White , , 1999–2000 , - ,

Andrej Hauptman Andrej Hauptman (born 5 May 1975) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. In 2001 he became the first Slovenian rider to take a world championship medal in cycling when he won the bronze in the road race at the Road World Cham ...

, , 1999–2003 , - ,

Gabriele Balducci Gabriele Balducci (born 3 November 1975 in Pontedera, Province of Pisa) is an Italian racing cyclist who rode for Acqua & Sapone. Professional career His major victory is the 1st stage in the 1998 Tirreno–Adriatico in Sorrento. Palmares ...

, , 2001–2003 , - , David George , , 2001 , - ,

Nicola Minali Nicola Minali (born 10 November 1969 in Isola della Scala, Veneto) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He won a total of twelve stages in Grand Tours, including the prestigious Champs-Élysées stage in 1997 Tour de France. He also won the ...

, , 2001-2002 , - ,

Dario Frigo Dario Frigo (born 18 September 1973) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Career Frigo's transition to professional began at the 1995 Giro del Veneto, riding as a stagiaire for . In 1996, he was officially signed to Saeco on ...

, , 2002 , - ,

Sylwester Szmyd Sylwester Szmyd (born 2 March 1978) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016. Born in Bydgoszcz, Szmyd competed as a climber who served as a leader in smaller stage races, and as a strong m ...

, , 2001–2002 , - ,

David de la Fuente David de la Fuente Rasilla (born 4 May 1981 in Reinosa, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France for a numbe ...

, , 2003 , - ,

Fred Rodriguez Fred "Freddie" Rodriguez (born September 3, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. His nickname, ''Fast Freddie'', is due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. Rodriguez won the United States National Road Race Champi ...

, , 2003 , - , Marco Zanotti , , 2004 , - ,

Dario Andriotto Dario Andriotto (born 25 October 1972) is a former Italian cyclist. He rode in one Tour de France, 4 editions of the Vuelta a España cyclists and 12 editions of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1995 :1st Grand Prix d'Europe (with Vitali Kokor ...

, {{ITA , 2003–2004

External links

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