Ariostea () was an Italian professional

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team from 1984 to 1993. Its first team manager was Giorgio Vannucci; he was replaced in 1986 by Giancarlo Ferretti, who remained manager until the team was disbanded in 1993.

History

The first major victories were the two stage wins at the

1986 Giro d'Italia The 1986 Giro d'Italia was the 69th running of the Giro d'Italia. The race started in Palermo, on 12 May, with a prologue and concluded in Merano, on 2 June, with a mass-start stage. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 2 ...

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(1st stage, ''maglia rosa'' for one day) and Norwegian rider Dag Erik Pedersen (15th stage). The highest placed Ariostea rider in the general classification was Alfio Vandi, who finished 11th, 12 minutes and 40 seconds behind the winner. In the late 1980s the team became a more prominent presence in the peloton. One of its successful riders was Rolf Sørensen who won

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in 1990 and the

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of 1992. Moreno Argentin won the team its first "monument", the 1990

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, followed by a victory at the

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. 1990 also saw the team's first

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stage win (Argentin) and two more

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stages ( Adriano Baffi). In 1991, Argentin scored another double in Belgium, with wins in

and

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won three major classics in Italy (

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and

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), while

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won two

stages - finishing third overall. More success followed at the

as stage wins for

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, Argentin and

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registered a Tour triple triumph on consecutive days. That followed a team time trial win on Stage 2 into

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that put Rolf Sørensen in the yellow jersey as leader of the

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for four days. Ariostea dominated the 1992

with five stage wins and the general classification (Sørensen). Giorgio Furlan won the

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the

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. There was another stage win in the

, this time for Marco Saligari.

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finished 9th in the general classification. In its final year, Ariostea was victorious in the

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( Rolf Järmann).

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won a

stage, as did Saligari, who was also the winner that year of the

. By far the most successful rider of the team this year was Pascal Richard of Switzerland. He won the

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, the

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and a handful of stages and one day races throughout the year. In the team's final race, the 1993 Giro di Lombardia, Ariostea riders Pascal Richard and Giorgio Furlan finished first and second, breaking away for the final 6 miles of the race. Team manager Ferretti and a number of riders went to the next year.

Major results

;1985 :

Overall Giro di Puglia, Silvano Contini : Jersey yellow

Overall

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, Silvano Contini ::Stage 1, Silvano Contini :

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, Silvano Contini ;1986 :Stage 1 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Dag Erik Pedersen ;1987 :Stage 8

, Alessandro Paganessi ;1988 :Stage 6 Settimana Siciliana, Rolf Sørensen :Stage 3 Giro d'Italia,

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:Stages 1 & 9

:Stage 7

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:Stage 1b Zürich,

:Stage 4 Tour of Denmark, Rolf Sørensen :Overall Schwanenbrau Cup,

::Stage 2, Rolf Sørensen ;1989 : Giro di Campania, Luciano Rabottini :Stage 7a

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, Adriano Baffi :Stages 2 & 3 Driedaagse van De Panne, Adriano Baffi :

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:Stage 6 Giro d'Italia,

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Criterium,

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, Rolf Sørensen :

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, Rolf Sørensen :

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, Adriano Baffi ;1990 :Overall Settimana Siciliana, Rolf Sørensen ::Stage 1, Rolf Sørensen ::Stage 5, Adriano Baffi :

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, Rolf Sørensen :Stage 5

, Adriano Baffi :

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, Moreno Argentin :

, Moreno Argentin :Stage 2

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, Adriano Baffi :Stages 11 & 18 Giro d'Italia, Adriano Baffi :Stage 9

, Moreno Argentin :Stage 3

, Moreno Argentin :Stage 2

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, Adriano Baffi :Stage 5b

:Stage 6

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:Overall Schwanenbrau Cup,

::Stage 3,

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, Moreno Argentin :

, Rolf Sørensen ;1991 :

, Moreno Argentin :

, Moreno Argentin : Jersey white

Young rider classification Giro d'Italia,

::Stage 8,

::Stages 12 & 16,

:Stage 9

, Rolf Sørensen :Stage 2 (TTT)

:Stage 14

:Stage 15

, Moreno Argentin :Stage 16

, Giorgio Furlan :

;1992 :

Overall

::Stages 1 & 5,

: Giro di Campania,

:Stage 8

, Adriano Baffi :Stage 2

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, Giorgio Furlan :

, Giorgio Furlan :Overall

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, Marco Saligari :Overall Hofbrau Cup, Alberto Elli ::Stage 2, Alberto Elli ::Stage 3a, Rolf Sørensen :Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Furlan :Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Marco Saligari :Stage 4

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, Alberto Elli : Jersey yellow

Overall

, Giorgio Furlan ::Stage 2, Giorgio Furlan :Stage 12

, Rolf Järmann : Paris–Brussel, Rolf Sørensen :

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Criterium, Adriano Baffi ;1993 :Stage 1

, Pascal Richard :Stage 9 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Fabio Casartelli :

, Rolf Järmann :

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, Marco Saligari : Jersey yellow

Overall

, Pascal Richard ::Stage 3, Pascal Richard :Stage 7 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Furlan :Stage 15 Giro d'Italia,

:Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Marco Saligari : Jersey yellow

Overall

, Marco Saligari ::Stage 2, Giorgio Furlan ::Stage 7 , Rolf Järmann ::Stage 8, Pascal Richard :Stage 7

, Pascal Richard

References

External links

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