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Encyclopedia > Fassa Bortolo
Fassa Bortolo
Team information
UCI code FAS
Based  Italy
Founded 2000
Disbanded 2005
Discipline(s) Road
Key personnel
General Manager Giancarlo Ferretti
Previous team name(s)
2005 - ProTour
2000-2004
Div. I
Fassa Bortolo (FAS)
Fassa Bortolo
(FAS)
Team kit

Fassa Bortolo (2000-2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and lead by Giancarlo Ferretti. It was one of the inaugural 20 UCI ProTour teams in 2005. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... soccer jersey left arm with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... soccer jersey with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... soccer jersey right arm with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 1861 KB) Description: Germany Frankfurt am Main Rund um den Henninger-Turm FASSA BORTOLO Sportdirektor: Bruno Cenghiallta 71 AUG Andrus 72 CODOL Massimo 73 CORIONI Claudio 74 HAUPTMAN Andrej 75 KIRCHEN Kim 76 ONGARATO Alberto 77 PETITO Roberto 78 GUSTOV... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 1861 KB) Description: Germany Frankfurt am Main Rund um den Henninger-Turm FASSA BORTOLO Sportdirektor: Bruno Cenghiallta 71 AUG Andrus 72 CODOL Massimo 73 CORIONI Claudio 74 HAUPTMAN Andrej 75 KIRCHEN Kim 76 ONGARATO Alberto 77 PETITO Roberto 78 GUSTOV... Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) leads team mate Marcus Zberg into the final sprint of the 2005 race. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on roads (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... Giancarlo Ferretti wearing team Fassa Bortolo attire. ... The UCI ProTour logo The UCI ProTour is a competition under the International Cycling Union (UCI). ...


The team participated in the 2005 Tour de France, but without their supersprinter Alessandro Petacchi. Instead they had Fabian Cancellara, who is much weaker in the sprints, but made a good figure in the individual time trial. The 92nd Tour de France was held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a 22 day long, 20 stage road race that is usually run over a distance of more than 3000km. ... Alessandro Petacchi is a professional road cyclist born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Italy. ... Fabian Cancellara (born March 18, 1981) is a Swiss Italian professional road bicycle racer. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ...


The full Tour de France team was: Bernucci, Bossoni, Cancellara, Corioni, Flecha, Frigo, Giunti, Gustov, Kirchen.


Fassa Bortolo stopped the sponsorship of the team after 2005, and on October 14 2005, a man claiming to represent proposed new sponsor Sony Ericsson turned out to be an imposter, leaving all staff and riders unemployed.[1] is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ...


Team 2005

The main part of the riders signed early contracts with new teams for 2006, and eventually all riders found new teams.

Name Birthday Nationality 2006 team
Andrus Aug 22.05.1972  Estonia Acqua & Sapone
Fabio Baldato 13.06.1968  Italy Tenax
Lorenzo Bernucci 15.09.1979  Italy T-Mobile
Paolo Bossoni 02.07.1976  Italy Tenax
Marzio Bruseghin 15.06.1974  Italy Lampre
Fabian Cancellara 18.03.1981  Switzerland Team CSC
Francesco Chicchi 27.11.1981  Italy Quick-Step
Massimo Codol 27.02.1973  Italy Tenax
Claudio Corioni 26.12.1982  Italy Lampre
Mauro Facci 11.05.1982  Italy Barloworld
Juan Antonio Flecha 17.09.1977  Spain Rabobank
Dario Frigo 18.09.1973  Italy Fired for doping[2]
Massimo Giunti 29.07.1974  Italy Naturino
Volodymyr Hustov 15.02.1977  Ukraine Team CSC
Andrej Hauptman 05.05.1975  Slovenia Radenska
Kim Kirchen 03.07.1978  Luxembourg T-Mobile
Gustav Erik Larsson 20.09.1980  Sweden La Française des Jeux
Vincenzo Nibali 14.11.1984  Italy Liquigas
Alberto Ongarato 24.07.1975  Italy Milram
Alessandro Petacchi 03.01.1974  Italy Milram
Roberto Petito 01.02.1971  Italy Tenax
Fabio Sacchi 22.05.1974  Italy Milram
Julian Sanchez Pimienta 26.02.1980  Spain Comunidad Valenciana
Konstantin Sivtsov 09.08.1982  Belarus Acqua & Sapone
Matteo Tosatto 14.05.1974  Italy Quick-Step
Marco Velo 09.03.1974  Italy Milram

Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil in 2005. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Tenax is the brandname of Toho Tenax owned by Teijin for a carbon fiber. ... Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in Sarzana) is am Italian road cyclist with Fassa Bortolo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Presentation of the 2006 team in Mallorca. ... Paolo Bossoni (born July 2, 1976 in San Secondo Parmense) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Fondital. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Marzio Bruseghin (born June 15, 1974 in Conegliano, Treviso) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Fondital. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Lampre-Caffita in an Italian road bicycle racing team created from a fussion of the already existing Saeco and Lampre teams for the 2005 UCI ProTour. ... Fabian Cancellara (born March 18, 1981) is a Swiss Italian professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Riders from Team CSC in Danmark Rundt, August 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Quick Step-Innergetic is a Belgian UCI ProTour team led by team manager Patrick Lefevre. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Claudio Corioni (born December 26, 1982 in Chiari) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Fondital. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Mauro Facci (May 11, 1982, Vicenza) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Barloworld (UCI Team Code: BAR) is a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in the United Kingdom and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. ... Juan Antonio Flecha is an Argentine cyclist who was born in the town of Junin, in the province of Buenos Aires. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... The Rabobank team during the 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm race. ... Dario Frigo (born September 18, 1973 in Saronno, Italy) is a professional road bicycle racer, and is currently inactive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Volodymyr Hustov (Ukrainian: , sometimes transliterated to Volodymir Gustov; born 15 February 1977) is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team CSC. He began his career in 2000 with Italian team Fassa Bortolo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Kim Kirchen (born July 3, 1978 in Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Gustav Larsson (born September 20, 1980 in Gemla) is a Swedish pro cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... La Française des Jeux is a French cycling team, sponsored by the French national lottery. ... Vincenzo Nibali (born November 14, 1984 in Messine) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for Liquigas cycling team on the UCI ProTour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Pro Cycling Team Liquigas-Bianchi (short form: Liquigas-Bianchi) in an Italian road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. ... Alberto Ongarato (born July 24, 1975 in Padova) is an Italian road racing cyclist who rides for Team Milram. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Team Milram is a professional cycling team participating in the 2006 edition of the UCI ProTour race series, taking over the ProTour licens of the Domina Vacanze team. ... Alessandro Petacchi is a professional road cyclist born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Roberto Petito (born February 1, 1971 in Civitavecchia) is an Italian road bicycle racer currently racing for Liquigas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Comunitat Valenciana (UCI Team Code: ECV) is a professional continental cycling team based in Spain and participates in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. ... Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarusian: Канстанцін Сіўцоў; born August 9, 1982 in Gomel) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Matteo Tosatto (born May 14, 1974 in Castelfranco Veneto) is a Italian cyclist who rides for Quick Step-Innergetic in the UCI ProTour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

References

  1. ^ Les Clarke, "Ferretti falls flat; no Sony-Ericsson squad for 2006?", CyclingNews.com, October 14, 2005
  2. ^ "Frigo handed sentence for doping", BBC Sport, October 24, 2005

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Fassa Bortolo's steamrollering start to the season continues as their riders take wins and the race lead in both Italy and Spain.
Fassa sprinter Francesco Chicchi was second, but a winning performance by his team in the afternoon’s team time trial soon lifted the young galloper to the top of the overall standings.
1 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 168km in 4.05.02 (41.14kph)
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