Team Polti

Team Polti was an Italian professional cycling team. It became an independent team in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team used Fausto Coppi bikes.[1] Other directeur sportifs included Giosuè Zenoni, Antonio Bevilacqua and Giovanni Fidanza. Team Polti gave Richard Virenque a chance after he was ejected from the 1998 Tour de France and while maintaining his innocence, his former teammates at Festina admitted taking EPO. Virenque joined Team Polti for the 1999 and 2000 seasons where he won the Mountains classification at the 1999 and 2000 Tour de France. In July 2007, Former Team Polti rider Jörg Jaksche admitted use of performance-enhancing products and alleged that this began when he was competing with Team Polti in 1997. Jaksche alleged that directeur sportif Gianluigi Stanga introduced him to EPO during the Tour de Suisse in 1997. Stanga immediately denied the accusations.[2] Throughout its seven-year history, the team rode Fausto Coppi branded bikes and Santini provided the team with their striking cycling kit.

Team Polti
Axel Merckx in 1997
Team information
RegisteredItaly
Founded1994 (1994)
Disbanded2000
Discipline(s)Road
Team name history
1994
1995
1996–2000
Polti–Granarolo
Polti–Granarolo–Santini
Polti

Major wins
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References
  1. "Team Polti 1994". the cycling website. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  2. "Jaksche admits taking banned substances & blood doping". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-31.

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