Team information | ||
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UCI code | VBF | |
Registered | Italy | |
Founded | 1982 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI ProTeam | |
Bicycles | MCipollini | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Roberto Reverberi | |
Team name history | ||
1982â1983 1984â1986 1987â1989 1990â1992 1993â1995 1996 1997â1998 1999 2000 2001â2003 2004 2005â2007 2008â2009 2010â2011 2012 2013 2014â2019 2020â2022 2023 2024â | Termolan Santini Selca ItalbonificaâNavigare NavigareâBlue Storm ScrignoâBlue Storm ScrignoâGaerne NavigareâGaerne Ceramica PanariaâGaerne Ceramiche PanariaâFiordo Ceramiche PanariaâMargres Ceramica PanariaâNavigare CSF GroupâNavigare ColnagoâCSF Inox ColnagoâCSF Bardiani Bardiani ValvoleâCSF Inox BardianiâCSF [1] BardianiâCSFâFaizanè Green ProjectâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè VF GroupâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè | |
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VF GroupâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè [2] ( UCI team code: VBF) is a UCI ProTeam cycling team registered in Italy that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI World Tour events. The team is managed by Bruno Reverberi with assistance from directeurs sportifs Fabiano Fontanelli and Roberto Reverberi. Reverberi has managed the team since 1982, when it started as Termolan. Navigare was an on-and-off title sponsor since 1990, when the team was called Italbonifica-Navigare. The current main sponsor, Bardiani Valvole, became associated with the team in 2013, prior to which CSF Group (2008â12) and Ceramica Panaria (2000â2007) were main sponsors.
On the eve of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that both Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni had given adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for growth hormone-releasing peptides (GHRPs) in samples collected during out-of-competition doping tests conducted on 25 and 26 April 2017. With the team incurring first and second AAFs within a twelve-month period, the UCI aimed to enforce article 7.12.1 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, allowing for suspension of the team from 15 to 45 days â casting doubt on their Giro appearance. [3] [4]
In October 2017, the team announced that Michael Bresciani had tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide in his first race as a professional. Diuretics can be used as masking agents for other illegal doping products. The team could now face a 12-month ban due to a third doping case in a given year. [5] Bresciani was hired by the team in order to fill the vacant spots left by Pirazzi and Ruffoni's dismissals. [6]
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Team information | ||
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UCI code | VBF | |
Registered | Italy | |
Founded | 1982 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI ProTeam | |
Bicycles | MCipollini | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Roberto Reverberi | |
Team name history | ||
1982â1983 1984â1986 1987â1989 1990â1992 1993â1995 1996 1997â1998 1999 2000 2001â2003 2004 2005â2007 2008â2009 2010â2011 2012 2013 2014â2019 2020â2022 2023 2024â | Termolan Santini Selca ItalbonificaâNavigare NavigareâBlue Storm ScrignoâBlue Storm ScrignoâGaerne NavigareâGaerne Ceramica PanariaâGaerne Ceramiche PanariaâFiordo Ceramiche PanariaâMargres Ceramica PanariaâNavigare CSF GroupâNavigare ColnagoâCSF Inox ColnagoâCSF Bardiani Bardiani ValvoleâCSF Inox BardianiâCSF [1] BardianiâCSFâFaizanè Green ProjectâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè VF GroupâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè | |
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VF GroupâBardianiâCSFâFaizanè [2] ( UCI team code: VBF) is a UCI ProTeam cycling team registered in Italy that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI World Tour events. The team is managed by Bruno Reverberi with assistance from directeurs sportifs Fabiano Fontanelli and Roberto Reverberi. Reverberi has managed the team since 1982, when it started as Termolan. Navigare was an on-and-off title sponsor since 1990, when the team was called Italbonifica-Navigare. The current main sponsor, Bardiani Valvole, became associated with the team in 2013, prior to which CSF Group (2008â12) and Ceramica Panaria (2000â2007) were main sponsors.
On the eve of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that both Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni had given adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for growth hormone-releasing peptides (GHRPs) in samples collected during out-of-competition doping tests conducted on 25 and 26 April 2017. With the team incurring first and second AAFs within a twelve-month period, the UCI aimed to enforce article 7.12.1 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, allowing for suspension of the team from 15 to 45 days â casting doubt on their Giro appearance. [3] [4]
In October 2017, the team announced that Michael Bresciani had tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide in his first race as a professional. Diuretics can be used as masking agents for other illegal doping products. The team could now face a 12-month ban due to a third doping case in a given year. [5] Bresciani was hired by the team in order to fill the vacant spots left by Pirazzi and Ruffoni's dismissals. [6]
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