Team information | |
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UCI code | ALB |
Registered | Italy |
Founded | 1998 |
Disbanded | 2004 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Bicycles | Bianchi |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Bruno Cenghialta |
Team name history | |
1998 1999 2000â2003 2004 | Ballan Ballan-Alessio Alessio Alessio-Bianchi |
AlessioâBianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which existed from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2004 season.
The team began in 1998 as Ballan. [1] Flavio Miozzo, the team director said he selected the riders for the team very carefully filling a roster of only fourteen riders and hoping to race in some of the largest races in the world. [2]
The final year of the team started with a team presentation in Italy with Bianchi coming across from the now defunct Team Coast to sponsor the team. [3] In early February news surfaced of the team being unable to pay some of their Scandinavian riders. [4] On 13 February 2004 Memory Corp came in as a new sponsor to cover the wages of the riders who missed theirs. [5] The team's first win came in Stage 3 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca by Alessandro Bertolini which led to Bertolini taking the leaders jersey by 1:51. Bertolini was one of eighteen who finished inside the time limit of the stage after the peloton allowed the break to get an advantage of over thirty minutes. [6] Bertolini held onto the jersey to take the overall finishing 9 seconds down on the stage 4 winner Florent Brard. [7] One of the Team's goals was the 2004 Tour de France with Pietro Caucchioli being their man in contention for the overall. [8] The team had two riders finish in the top 10 of Stage 3. [9]
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Team information | |
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UCI code | ALB |
Registered | Italy |
Founded | 1998 |
Disbanded | 2004 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Bicycles | Bianchi |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Bruno Cenghialta |
Team name history | |
1998 1999 2000â2003 2004 | Ballan Ballan-Alessio Alessio Alessio-Bianchi |
AlessioâBianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which existed from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2004 season.
The team began in 1998 as Ballan. [1] Flavio Miozzo, the team director said he selected the riders for the team very carefully filling a roster of only fourteen riders and hoping to race in some of the largest races in the world. [2]
The final year of the team started with a team presentation in Italy with Bianchi coming across from the now defunct Team Coast to sponsor the team. [3] In early February news surfaced of the team being unable to pay some of their Scandinavian riders. [4] On 13 February 2004 Memory Corp came in as a new sponsor to cover the wages of the riders who missed theirs. [5] The team's first win came in Stage 3 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca by Alessandro Bertolini which led to Bertolini taking the leaders jersey by 1:51. Bertolini was one of eighteen who finished inside the time limit of the stage after the peloton allowed the break to get an advantage of over thirty minutes. [6] Bertolini held onto the jersey to take the overall finishing 9 seconds down on the stage 4 winner Florent Brard. [7] One of the Team's goals was the 2004 Tour de France with Pietro Caucchioli being their man in contention for the overall. [8] The team had two riders finish in the top 10 of Stage 3. [9]
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Sources: [12]