Amore & Vita–Prodir
Amore & Vita–Prodir (UCI team code: AMO) is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Latvia and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | AMO |
| Registered | Italy (1990–1998) United Kingdom (1999) Poland (2001–2008) United States (2009) Ukraine (2010–2016) Albania (2017–2018) Latvia (2019–) |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | Div. II: 1998–1999 Non-UCI: 2000 Div. II: 2001–2002 Div. III: 2003–2004 Continental: 2005– |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager(s) | Cristian Fanini |
| Team name history | |
1989 1990–1992 1993–1995 1996–1998 1999–2000 2001–2005 2006–2009 2010 2011–2013 2014–2017 2018– | Polli-Mobiexport Amore & Vita–Fanini Amore & Vita–Galatron Amore & Vita–ForzArcore Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000-Beretta Amore & Vita–Beretta Amore & Vita–McDonald's Amore & Vita–Conard Amore & Vita Amore & Vita–Selle SMP Amore & Vita–Prodir |
Team history
The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world." [1]
In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini-Wührer.[2]
In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion".
Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life".[3]
Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career.[4]
In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars.[5]
Doping violations
During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests.[6]
Fanini offered David Millar and Jesús Manzano team spots in 2004 after they confessed to doping.[7]
After Riccardo Riccò was fired by Vacansoleil for doping violations in 2011, Fanini offered him a spot on the team if he accepted "penitential confinement". The conditions included removing his earrings, piercings and the diamond embedded in his tooth.[8] Both sides could not agree on the deal and Ricco joined Meridiana–Kamen.[9]
On 6 June 2014, Luca Benedetti gave an adverse analytical finding for Darbepoetin (dEPO), was suspended from competing and later banned for life.[10]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 1989
- GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Edward Salas
- Trofeo Matteotti, Roberto Pelliconi
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Pierino Gavazzi
- Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Pierino Gavazzi
- 1990
- Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Fabrizio Convalle
- 1992
- Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Alessio Di Basco
- 1993
- Giro dell'Appennino, Giuseppe Calcaterra
- 1994
- Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Gianluca Pierobon
- Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Rodolfo Massi
- Stage 15 Vuelta a España, Alessio Di Basco
- Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Giuseppe Calcaterra
- 1996
- Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
- Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Nicolaj Bo Larsen
- 1997
- Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Filippo Meloni
- Overall Tour de Normandie, Glenn Magnusson
- Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
- Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Dario Andriotto
- 1998
- Overall Tour de l'Ain, Cristian Gasperoni
- Stage 3, Alessio Galletti
- Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
- 1999
- Stage 9 Vodacom Rapport Toer, Gilberto Zattoni
- Overall Tour of Slovenia, Timothy Jones
- Stage 5, Timothy Jones
- Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Maurizio De Pasquale
- Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Mirko Puglioli
- Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain, Artur Krzeszowiec
- Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Mirko Puglioli
- Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Marco Cannone
- 2000
- Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia, Seweryn Kohut
- 2001
- Porec Trophy III, Andrus Aug
- Overall Tour of Slovenia, Faat Zakirov
- Stage 2b & 5, Faat Zakirov
- Stage 4, Seweryn Kohut
- Stage 1 & 5 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Andrus Aug
- Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Andrus Aug
- Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Sławomir Kohut
- 2002
- Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria, Stefano Ciuffi
- Stage 2b Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad
- 2003
- Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Timothy Jones
- Stage 1a Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Mauro Zinetti
- Stage 4b Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Marek Wesoły
- Giro del Medio Brenta, Przemysław Niemiec
- 2004
- Overall Giro d'Abruzzo, Aleksandr Kuschynski
- Stage 1, Ivan Fanelli
- Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Aleksandr Kuschynski
- Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Jonas Ljungblad
- Châteauroux Classic, Aleksandr Kuschynski
- Overall Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad
- Stage 7, Jonas Ljungblad
- Overall Tour of Queensland, Jonas Ljungblad
- Stage 5 & 7, Jonas Ljungblad
- 2005
- Tour du Lac Léman, Jonas Ljungblad
- Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Artur Krzeszowiec
- Tour de Vendée, Jonas Ljungblad
- Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Aleksandr Kuschynski
- Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Dainius Kairelis
- Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Jonas Ljungblad
- 2006
- Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Graziano Gasparre
- Stage 1 Vuelta a Extremadura, Ivan Fanelli
- 2007
- Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Ivan Quaranta
- Giro d'Oro, Dainius Kairelis
- 2008
- Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 3 Tour de Beauce, Miguel Martinez
- 2009
- Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Overall Univest GP, Volodymyr Starchyk
- Stage 1, Team time trial
- Stage 2, Volodymyr Starchyk
- Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2010
- Stages 4 & 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2011
- Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Volodymyr Bileka
- Trophée de la Maison Royale, Vladislav Borisov
- Stage 6 Vuelta Chiapas, Bernardo Colex
- 2012
- Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Yovcho Yovchev
- 2013
- Stage 5 Baltic Chain Tour, Mihkel Räim
- 2014
- Stage 4 Tour de Beauce, Leonardo Pinizzotto
- Stages 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stage 2 Tour of China I, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stage 1 Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi
- 2015
- Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
- Overall Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stages 1, 4 & 5, Mattia Gavazzi
- Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi
- 2016
- Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira, Eugenio Bani
- Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta al Táchira, Marco Zamparella
- 2017
- Giro dell'Appennino, Danilo Celano
- Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge, Pierpaolo Ficara
- Stage 4 Tour of Eritrea, Redi Halilaj
- Stage 1 Tour of Albania, Pierpaolo Ficara
- Stage 2 Tour du Jura, Pierpaolo Ficara
- Memorial Marco Pantani, Marco Zamparella
- 2019
- Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Tizza
- Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Davide Appollonio
- Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Marco Tizza
- Stage 2 Tour of Almaty, Danilo Celano
National championships
- 1997
- 1998
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2014
- 2015
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gollark: I am HIGHLY* intelligent and capable of reading APL books.
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gollark: Ugh, fiiine.
gollark: In the sense of "always cooperate" or "any which doesn't unconditionally betray"?
References
- "Team Amore & Vita Prodir – la più antica Squadra Ciclistica al Mondo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- http://caferacertt.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/9/3/10934735/aev_usa_theclub_2016.pdf
- "Amore & Vita". www.amoreevita.eu. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- "Chad Gerlach turns down Amore & Vita contract". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=5165
- "News for June 18, 1999". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- "Italian team offers Millar lifeline". ABC News. 2004-07-22. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- "Riccò may return to racing in June with Amore & Vita". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- Ryan, Barry. "Riccò to sign for Meridian-Kamen". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/clean-sport-documents/sanction-adrv-eng-2-0.pdf
- "Amore e Vita | P". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- "Miguel Martinez retrouve, à 44 ans, une équipe professionnelle sur route" [Miguel Martinez finds, at 44, a professional team on the road]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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