Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè (UCI team code: NIP) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Italy. The team was founded as Centri della Calzatura–Partizan in 2008.
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | NIP | |
| Registered | Serbia (2008) Italy (2009–2011) Japan (2012–2014) Italy (2015–2019 ) | |
| Founded | 2008 | |
| Disbanded | 2019 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Continental (2008–2014) UCI Professional Continental (2015–2019)[1] | |
| Bicycles | De Rosa | |
| Website | Team home page | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Francesco Pelosi | |
| Team manager(s) | Hiroshi Daimon | |
| Team name history | ||
2008–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015–2017 2018 2019 | 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] | |
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The team folded after the 2019 season, due to financial reasons following restructuring of the UCI World Tour.[3]
Doping
editOn December 21, 2017, Pierpaolo De Negri tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids.[4]
Final roster
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Major wins
edit- 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
Japan 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
Romania 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
- Romania Time Trial Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu
- Romania 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
References
edit- ^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini – Season 2015", ProCyclingStats, 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Moreno Moser: Going to races became a nightmare". 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini set to fold at end of 2019". cyclingnews.com. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Moreno Moser retires aged 28". Cyclingnews.com. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.