Amore & Vita (UCI team code: AMO) is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Ukraine and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | AMO |
| Registered | Italy (1990–1998) United Kingdom (1999) Poland (2001–2008) United States (2009, 2022) Ukraine (2010–2016, 2021) Albania (2017–2018) Latvia (2019–2020) |
| 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 Volodymyr Starchyk Reto Winter Alessio Di Basco Maurizio Giorgini Marco Zamparella |
| Team name history | |
1989 1990–1992 1993–1995 1996–1998 1999–2000 2001–2005 2006–2009 2010 2011–2013 2014–2017 2018–2021 2022– | 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 Amore e Vita Amore e Vita-KIBAG-Obor |
Team history
editThe 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
editDuring 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
edit- 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
Denmark road race championships, Nicolaj Bo Larsen
Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto- 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
Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones- 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
- Poreč 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
Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
South Africa time trial championships, James Perry- 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
Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły
Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström- 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
Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski- 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
Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis- 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
Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot- Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 3 Tour de Beauce, Miguel Martinez
- 2009
Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk- 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
Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak- Stages 4 & 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
- Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko
- 2011
Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex- 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
- Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
- 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
Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj- 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
- 2020
Latvia road race championships, Viesturs Lukševics
National championships
edit- 1997
Denmark road race championships, Nicolai Bo Larsen
Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto- 1998
Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones- 2002
Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
South Africa time trial championships, James Perry- 2004
Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły
Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström- 2005
Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski- 2006
Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis- 2008
Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot- 2009
Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk- 2010
Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak- 2011
Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex- 2014
- Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
- 2015
Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj- 2020
Latvia road race, Viesturs Lukševics
References
edit- ^ "Team Amore & Vita Prodir – la più antica Squadra Ciclistica al Mondo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Amore&Vita-USA Racing Cycling and Triathlon Club" (PDF). caferacertt.weebly.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Amore & Vita". www.amoreevita.eu. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Chad Gerlach turns down Amore & Vita contract". www.cyclingnews.com. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Daily Peloton – Pro Cycling News". Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "News for June 18, 1999". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Italian team offers Millar lifeline". ABC News. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Riccò may return to racing in June with Amore & Vita". www.cyclingnews.com. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (June 2011). "Riccò to sign for Meridian-Kamen". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)" (PDF). uci.org. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Amore e Vita". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Nieri, Valter (11 February 2021). "Paolo Toto' riparte dalla Amore e Vita: "Con Fanini ho ritrovato la motivazione"" [Paolo Toto' starts with Amore e Vita: "With Fanini I found the motivation"]. TuttoBici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni srl. Retrieved 5 March 2021.