Vini Caldirola

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Casa Vini Caldirola (or the Caldirola Wine House) sponsored an Italian professional road bicycle racing 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 UCI ProTour team.

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Team name

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

YearName
2004Vini Caldirola–Nobili Rubinetterie
2003Vini Caldirola–So.di
2002Tacconi Sport–Emmegi
2001Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola
2000Vini Caldirola–Sidermec
1999Vini Caldirola
1998Vini Caldirola

Notable riders

Francesco Casagrande was one of Vini Caldirola's best riders. Francesco CASAGRANDE.jpg
Francesco Casagrande was one of Vini Caldirola's best riders.
Stefano Garzelli won several stages of the Giro d'Italia while riding for Vini Caldirola. Stefano Garzelli - Giro d'Italia 2004 - Presolana.jpg
Stefano Garzelli won several stages of the Giro d'Italia while riding for Vini Caldirola.
NameNationalityYears
Francesco Casagrande Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1999-2000, 2004
Romāns Vainšteins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1999–2000, 2003
Stefano Garzelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2003-2004
Pavel Tonkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2004
Serhiy Honchar Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1999
Guido Trentin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1998–2000
Eddy Mazzoleni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2001–2003
Matthew White Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1999–2000
Andrej Hauptman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1999–2003
Gabriele Balducci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2001–2003
David George Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2001
Nicola Minali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2001-2002
Dario Frigo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2002
Sylwester Szmyd Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2001–2002
David de la Fuente Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2003
Fred Rodriguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2003
Marco Zanotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2004
Dario Andriotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2003–2004

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