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Team Polti was an Italian professional
cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
. It became an independent team in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with
Gianluigi Stanga Gianluigi is an Italian masculine given name meaning "John Louis". It is often an abbreviation of "Giovanni Luigi". Famous people with this given name include: *Gianluigi Braschi, Italian film producer *Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer *Gianlu ...
as
directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is s ...
and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team used Fausto Coppi bikes. Other directeur sportifs included Giosuè Zenoni, Antonio Bevilacqua and Giovanni Fidanza. Team Polti gave Richard Virenque a chance after he was ejected from the 1998 Tour de France and while maintaining his innocence, his former teammates at Festina admitted taking EPO. Virenque joined Team Polti for the 1999 and 2000 seasons where he won the Mountains classification at the
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and
2000 Tour de France The 2000 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 1 to 23 July, and the 87th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- ...
. In July 2007, Former Team Polti rider Jörg Jaksche admitted use of performance-enhancing products and alleged that this began when he was competing with Team Polti in 1997. Jaksche alleged that directeur sportif Gianluigi Stanga introduced him to EPO during the Tour de Suisse in 1997. Stanga immediately denied the accusations. Throughout its seven-year history, the team rode Fausto Coppi branded bikes and
Santini Santini is an Italians, Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Santini (born 1940), French politician * Bob Santini (born 1932), American former professional basketball player * Brandon Santini (born 1982), American blue ...
provided the team with their striking cycling kit.


Major wins

*Stage 1, 20 and Points classification 1994 Tour de France Abdoujaparov *Stage 9 1995 Tour de France Outschakov * Stage 16
2000 Tour de France The 2000 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 1 to 23 July, and the 87th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- ...
Richard Virenque *Stage 10, Points and sprint classification
1994 Giro d'Italia The 1994 Giro d'Italia was the 77th edition of Giro d'Italia, the race. The Giro started off in Bologna on 22 May with a short stage. The race came to a close on 12 June with a flat stage that stretched from Turin to Milan. Seventeen teams ...
Abdoujaparov * Stage 13 1999 Giro d'Italia Richard Virenque * Stage 12
2000 Giro d'Italia The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty te ...
Enrico Cassani Enrico Cassani (born 15 February 1972) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Giro d'Italia and three editions of the Tour de France. Major results ;1997 :10th Classic Haribo ;1998 :4th Grand Prix de ...
* 1994 road race champion
Dirk Baldinger Dirk Baldinger (born 27 August 1971) is a German former professional racing cyclist, who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team . He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, two editions of the Giro d'Italia and tw ...
* 1996 Time trial champion Georg Totschnig * 1997 Military road race champion Jörg Jaksche * 1997 Military Time trial champion Romāns Vainšteins * 1994
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Gianni Bugno * 1995
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Rossano Brasi * 1995 Amstel Gold Race Mauro Gianetti * 1995
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
Mauro Gianetti * HEW Cyclassics 1996 and 1999 Rossano Brasi and
Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino (born 19 March 1974 in Albenga) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the ''monumental classic''— Giro di Lomba ...
* 1999 Giro di Lombardia Mirko Celestino


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Defunct cycling teams based in Italy Cycling teams based in Italy Cycling teams established in 1994 Cycling teams disestablished in 2000 {{cycling-team-stub