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.

Team name

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

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

Notable riders

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File:Francesco CASAGRANDE.jpg
Francesco Casagrande was one of Vini Caldirola's best riders.
File:Stefano Garzelli - Giro d'Italia 2004 - Presolana.jpg
Stefano Garzelli won several stages of the Giro d'Italia while riding for Vini Caldirola.
Name Nationality Years
Francesco Casagrande File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1999-2000, 2004
Romāns Vainšteins  Latvia 1999–2000, 2003
Stefano Garzelli File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2003-2004
Pavel Tonkov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2004
Serhiy Honchar File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1999
Guido Trentin File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1998–2000
Eddy Mazzoleni File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2001–2003
Matthew White File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1999–2000
Andrej Hauptman File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1999–2003
Gabriele Balducci File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2001–2003
David George File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2001
Nicola Minali File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2001-2002
Dario Frigo File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2002
Sylwester Szmyd File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2001–2002
David de la Fuente File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2003
Fred Rodriguez File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2003
Marco Zanotti File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2004
Dario Andriotto File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2003–2004
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