Alessio–Bianchi Explained
Alessio–Bianchi |
Code: | ALB |
Registered: | Italy |
Disbanded: | 2004 |
Generalmanager: | Bruno Cenghialta |
Discipline: | Road |
Bicycles: | Bianchi |
Season: | 1998 1999 2000–2003 2004 |
Oldname: | Ballan Ballan-Alessio Alessio Alessio-Bianchi |
Alessio–Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which existed from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2004 season.
History
The team began in 1998 as Ballan.[1] Flavio Miozzo, the team director said he selected the riders for the team very carefully filling a roster of only fourteen riders and hoping to race in some of the largest races in the world.[2]
2004
The final year of the team started with a team presentation in Italy with Bianchi coming across from the now defunct to sponsor the team.[3] In early February news surfaced of the team being unable to pay some of their Scandinavian riders.[4] On 13 February 2004 Memory Corp came in as a new sponsor to cover the wages of the riders who missed theirs.[5] The team's first win came in Stage 3 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca by Alessandro Bertolini which led to Bertolini taking the leaders jersey by 1:51. Bertolini was one of eighteen who finished inside the time limit of the stage after the peloton allowed the break to get an advantage of over thirty minutes.[6] Bertolini held onto the jersey to take the overall finishing 9 seconds down on the stage 4 winner Florent Brard.[7] One of the Team's goals was the 2004 Tour de France with Pietro Caucchioli being their man in contention for the overall.[8] The team had two riders finish in the top 10 of Stage 3.[9]
Major wins
Sources:[10]
- 1998
Stage 1 Giro di Calabria, Endrio Leoni
Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Gabriele Colombo
Stage 3a Four Days of Dunkirk, Alexandre Gontchenkov
Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Gabriele Colombo
Luk-Cup Bühl, Piotr Ugrumov
- 1999
Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Fabio Baldato
Trofeo Pantalica, Andrea Ferrigato
Berner Rundfahrt, Andrea Ferrigato
Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, Alexandre Gontchenkov
Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Andrea Ferrigato
Stage 1 OBV Classic, Carlo Finco
Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Fabio Baldato
Stage 3 Danmark Rundt, Nicola Loda
Stage 4 Tour de Suisse, Gilberto Simoni
- 2001
Stage 2 & 8 Tirreno–Adriatico, Endrio Leoni
Stages 8 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Pietro Caucchioli
- 2002
Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Franco Pellizotti
Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country, Franco Pellizotti
Stages 17 & 20 Vuelta a España, Angelo Furlan
- 2003
Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico, Ruggero Marzoli
Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Laurent Dufaux
Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Fabio Baldato
- 2004
Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Bertolini
Stage 3, Alessandro Bertolini
Gran Premio di Chiasso, Franco Pellizotti
Paris-Roubaix, Magnus Bäckstedt
Stage 5 Course de la Paix, Martin Hvastija
Stage 1 Route du Sud, Cristian Moreni
Road Race Championships, Cristian Moreni
Scandinavian Open Road Race, Marcus Ljungqvist
Coppa Bernocchi, Angelo Furlan
Stages 1 & 4 Tour de Pologne, Fabio BaldatoNotes and References
- Web site: Ballan 1998 . www.procyclingstats.com . 22 August 2022 . en.
- Web site: News for January 16, 1998 . Cycling News . 22 August 2022 . en . 16 January 1998.
- Web site: Alessio-Bianchi team presentation . Cycling News . 23 August 2022 . en . 24 January 2004.
- Web site: Alessio-Bianchi problems being resolved . CyclingNews . 23 August 2022 . en . 11 February 2004.
- Web site: Memory Corp comes good for Alessio-Bianchi . CyclingNews . 23 August 2022 . en . 13 February 2004.
- Web site: Bertolini best of what's left . CyclingNews . 23 August 2022 . 26 February 2004.
- Web site: Brard takes final stage . CyclingNews . 23 August 2022 . en . 27 February 2004.
- Web site: Alessio-Bianchi names Tour team . cyclingnews.com . 23 August 2022 . en . 28 June 2004.
- Web site: Mayo's Wasquehal Waterloo . cyclingnews.com . 23 August 2022 . en . 6 July 2004.
- Web site: Alessio - Bianchi 2004 . cyclingarchives.com . 22 August 2022 . en.