Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè Explained

Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè
Code:	NIP
Registered:	Serbia (2008) Italy (2009–2011) Japan (2012–2014) Italy (2015–2019)
Disbanded:	2019
Generalmanager:	Francesco Pelosi
Teammanager:	Hiroshi Daimon
Bicycles:	De Rosa
Website:	http://www.nippovinifantini.com/
Discipline:	Road
Status:	UCI Continental (2008–2014) UCI Professional Continental (2015–2019)^[1]
Season:	2008–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015–2017 2018 2019
Oldname:	Centri della Calzatura–Partizan Centri della Calzatura–Cavaliere D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo Team Nippo Team Nippo–De Rosa Vini Fantini–Nippo Nippo–Vini Fantini Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè^[2]
Kitimage:	Nippo–Vini Fantini jersey.png
Current:	2019 Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè season

Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Italy. The team was founded as Centri della Calzatura–Partizan in 2008.

The team folded after the 2019 season, due to financial reasons following restructuring of the UCI World Tour.^[3]

Doping

On December 21, 2017, Pierpaolo De Negri tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids.^[4]

Major wins

2008

Overall Cinturó de L'Empordà, Luca Zanasca Stage 1, Luca Zanasca

2009

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Daniele Callegarin

Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Daniele Callegarin

Overall Tour de Serbie, Davide Torosantucci

Stage 2, Yahuen Sobal

Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques, Artur Krol

Stage 3, Artur Krol

Overall Gp Cycliste de Gemenc, Zsolt Dér

Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a León, Luca Zanasca

2010

Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Muraglia

Overall Tour de Serbie, Luca Ascani

Stage 6, Davide D'Angelo

2011

Stage 6 Tour de San Luis, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Stage 4 Tour of South Africa, Davide Torosantucci

Stages 5 & 7 Tour of South Africa, Bernardo Riccio

Overall Tour de Kumano, Fortunato Baliani

Prologue, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 2, Fortunato Baliani

Stages 1, 6 & 7 Okolo Slovenska, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Overall Brixia Tour, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Junya Sano

Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido, Miguel Ángel Rubiano 2012

Pan American Road Race Championship, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Mauro Richeze

Overall Tour of Japan, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 2, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 3, Julián Arredondo

Stage 4, Fortunato Baliani Overall Tour de Kumano, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 1, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 2, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 3, Mauro Richeze

Stages 1, 5 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 4 Tour de Serbie, Fortunato Baliani

Stages 1, 7, 8 & 10 Vuelta a Venezuela, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 4 Tour de la Guadelupe, Simone Campagnaro

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Maximiliano Richeze

Stages 2 & 3, Maximiliano Richeze 2013

Overall Tour de Langkawi, Julián Arredondo

Stage 5, Julián Arredondo

Stage 3 Boucle de l'Artois, Leonardo Pinizzotto

Stages 3 & 4 Mzansi Tour, Mauro Richeze

Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Mauro Richeze

Stage 4 Flèche du Sud, Alberto Cecchin

Overall Tour of Japan, Fortunato Baliani

Overall Tour de Kumano, Julián Arredondo

Stage 2, Julián Arredondo

Stages 2 & 5 Tour de Serbie, Mauro Richeze

Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido, Leonardo Pinizzotto

2014

Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Pierpaolo De Negri

Stage 3 Circuit des Ardennes, Grega Bole

Stages 5 & 6 Carpathian Couriers Race, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Grega Bole

Stage 3 Tour of Japan, Pierpaolo De Negri

Overall Tour of Estonia, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Grega Bole

Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Manabu Ishibashi

Stages 6 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Grega Bole

Stage 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido, Alessandro Malaguti

2015

Stage 3 Tour of Japan, Nicolas Marini

Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Pierpaolo De Negri

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Riccardo Stacchiotti

Stages 1 & 3, Riccardo Stacchiotti

Stage 2, Daniele Colli

Overall, Tour of China I, Daniele Colli

Stage 4, Daniele Colli

Stages 2, 3 & 6 Tour of China II, Nicolas Marini

2016

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Grega Bole

Overall Tour de Korea, Grega Bole

Stage 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Nicolas Marini

Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Pierpaolo De Negri

Stage 5 Tour of China I, Nicolas Marini

Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Nicolas Marini

Stage 5 Tour of Taihu Lake, Eduard-Michael Grosu

2017

Volta Limburg Classic, Marco Canola

Stages 2, 3 & 5 Tour of Japan, Marco Canola

Time Trial Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Damiano Cunego

Stage 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Nicolas Marini

Stage 7 Tour of Utah, Marco Canola

Stage 1 Tour of Taihu Lake, Nicolas Marini

2018

Stage 2 Tour of Croatia, Eduard Grosu

Time Trial Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Road Race Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stages 3, 7 & 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Eduard Grosu

Overall Tour of Xingtai, Damiano Cima

Stage 1, Damiano Cima

Stage 6 Tour of China I, Damiano Cima

Coppa Sabatini, Juan José Lobato

Tour de Okinawa, Alan Marangoni

2019

Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Giovanni Lonardi

Stage 1 The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup, Giovanni Lonardi

Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Damiano Cima

Overall Tour de Korea, Filippo Zaccanti

Stage 4 Tour of Utah, Marco Canola

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Filippo Zaccanti

Stage 1, Filippo Zaccanti

Notes and References

http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Vini_Fantini_nippo_2015 "Nippo-Vini Fantini – Season 2015"
Web site: Moreno Moser: Going to races became a nightmare. 22 November 2018.
Web site: Nippo-Vini Fantini set to fold at end of 2019 . cyclingnews.com . 16 July 2019 . 16 July 2019.
Web site: Archived copy . 2018-02-08 . 2018-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219135932/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/63/88/20180208ProvisionalsuspensionsEN_English.PDF . dead .