Vini Caldirola


Casa Vini Caldirola 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

As professional racing teams change name with their sponsors, the name of the team has varied in its lifetime.
YearName
2004Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie
2003Vini Caldirola - So.di
2002Tacconi Sport-Emmegi
2001Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola
2000Vini Caldirola - Sidermec
1999Vini Caldirola
1998Vini Caldirola

Notable riders

NameNationalityYears
Francesco Casagrande1999-2000, 2004
Romāns Vainšteins1999–2000, 2003
Stefano Garzelli2003-2004
Pavel Tonkov2004
Serhiy Honchar1999
Guido Trentin1998–2000
Eddy Mazzoleni2001–2003
Matthew White1999–2000
Andrej Hauptman1999–2003
Gabriele Balducci2001–2003
David George2001
Nicola Minali2001-2002
Dario Frigo2002
Sylwester Szmyd2001–2002
David de la Fuente2003
Fred Rodriguez2003
Marco Zanotti2004
Dario Andriotto2003–2004