Saeco (cycling team)
Team information | |
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Registered | Italy |
Founded | 1996 |
Disbanded | Merged 2005 |
Discipline | Road |
Bicycles | Cannondale |
Team name history | |
2003–2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 |
Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Longoni Sport Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Valli & Vall Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Cannondale Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco Saeco-AS Juvenes San Marino |
Saeco was the name of an Italian road bicycle racing team, sponsored by the company with the same name, and rode on Cannondale bicycles.
The company did not prolong the sponsorship for 2005, and the team was merged with the Lampre team, forming Lampre–Caffita, sponsored by Caffita.
Team History
In the 1990s the team was famous for Mario Cipollini's sprint train and his antics. One of their most memorable moments was Cipollini's 4 consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour de France. The image of Mario Cipollini approaching the TV camera right after a win to say, "Cannondale makes the best bikes!" propelled Cannondale's popularity among road racers.
The Saeco team is known for their pranks and antics. Cipollini's antics are legendary, including showing up to the stage start at the Tour de France dressed in a Julius Caesar-inspired toga complete with an olive wreath, riding on a carriage pulled by his teammates on bicycles. More recently, the entire Saeco team raced a stage of the 2003 Tour de France wearing a Legalize my Cannondale chaingang cycling kit to protest the UCI's lower bound on bike weight which means that their six13 prototype team bikes were underweight and required the installation of additional weight.
Major Results
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- 1996
- 1st
Italy Road Race Championships, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale, Carlo Marino Bianchi
- 1st Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta, Massimiliano Lelli
- 1st Overall
Tirreno - Adriatico, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Stage 4, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Stage 2, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Stage 5b, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5a Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Poinst Classification
Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 1, Silvio Martinello
- 1st Stage 4, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 8, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 11, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 18, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1997
- 1st Overall
Giro d'Italia, Ivan Gotti
- 1st Stage 1, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 4, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 10, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 14, Ivan Gotti
- 1st Stage 22, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Overall
Tirreno - Adriatico, Roberto Petito
- 1st Overall Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Francesco Casagrande
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Gianmatteo Fagnini
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1998
- 1st Overall
Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Stage 2, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st GP Costa degli Etruschi Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia Gianmatteo Fagnini
- 1st Stage 22 Giro d'Italia Gianmatteo Fagnini
- 1st Stage 1a Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de France Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France Mario Cipollini
- 1999
- 1st
Switzerland Road Race Championships, Armin Meier
- 1st
Italy Road Race Championships, Salvatore Commesso
- 1st Peperbus Profspektakel Zwolle, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Trofeo Manacor Mario Cipollini
- 1st La Poly Normande, Laurent Dufaux
- 1st Overall
Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Stage 1, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Trofeo Luis Puig, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 13 Tour de France, Salvatore Commesso
- 2000
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli
1st Stage 18 Tour de France, Salvatore Commesso
- 2001
- 1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Mario Cipollini
- 1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Fabio Sacchi
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Mirko Celestino
- 1st Points Classification, Volta a Portugal, Salvatore Commesso
- 1st Rund um die Hainleite, Christian Wegmann
- 1st Tour of Austria, Cadel Evans
- 1st Brixia Tour, Cadel Evans
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine, Mirko Celestino
- 1st Milano-Torino, Mirko Celestino
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under, Fabio Sacchi
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under, Alessio Galletti
- 1st Stage 1 Tirreno - Adriatico, Biagio Conte
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Jörg Ludewig
- 1st Giro d'Italia Azzurri d'Italia classification Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 6, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 9, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 19, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 21, Mario Cipollini
- 1st Stage 2a Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Biagio Conte
- 1st Stage 5 Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Biagio Conte
- 2002
- 1st
Italy Road Race Championships, Salvatore Commesso
- 1st Giro d'Oro, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro del Medio Brenta, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro del Veneto, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Trophy City 'Castelfidardo, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st GP Ind.Com.Art of Castelfidardo, Fabio Bags
- 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo, Salvatore Commesso
- 1st Stage 11, Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Trophy Laigueglia, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Overall Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser
- 1st Stage 4, Gerrit Glomser
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti, Salvatore Commesso
- 1st Overall Brixia Tour, Igor Astarloa
- 1st Stage 2a, Igor Astarloa
- 1st Stage 2b, Mirko Celestine
- 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Stage 4 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Christian Wegmann
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a España, Danilo Di Luca
- 2003
- 1st ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.›
World Road Championship, Igor Astarloa
- 1st Overall
Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Points Classification
, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage 12,Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage 14, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage19, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st Overall
Giro del Trentino, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage 2, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st : Giro dell'Appennino, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st
Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st US Pro Championship, Stefano Zanini
- 1st Milano-Torino, Mirko Celestino
- 1st Coppa Placci, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Trofeo Città´ di Castelfidardom, Alessio Galletti
- 1st Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale, Mirko Celestino
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne, Igor Astarloa
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato- Larciano, Juan Manuel Fuentes
- 1st Overall Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser
- 1st Stage 2, Gerrit Glomser
- 1st Stage 3, Gerrit Glomser
- 1st GP Llodio, Juan Manuel Fuentes
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Fabio Sacchi
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under, Fabio Sacchi
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Ivan Quaranta
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Igor Astarloa
- 1st Stage 6 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour, Ivan Quaranta
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage 1 Brixia Tour, Ivan Quaranta
- 1st Stage 1 Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Nicola Gavazzi
- 2004
- 1st Overall
Giro d'Italia, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 2, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 3, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Stage 7, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 16, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 18, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st
Overall, Giro del Trentino, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 1, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 2, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro del Trentino, Damiano Cunego
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Giro del Veneto, Gilberto Simoni
- 1st Raiffeisen GP, Andreas Matzbacher
- 1st Cup Placci, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- 1st Trophy Etna, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- 1st GP Ind.Com.Art of Castelfidardo, Damiano Cunego
- 1st GP Industria & Crafts-Larciano, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Overall Brixia Tour, Danilo Di Luca
- 1st Coppa Agostoni, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- 1st GP Nobili Rubinetterie, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Overall Tour of Lombardy, Damiano Cunego
- 1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Antonio Bucciero
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser
National & World Champions
- 1996
Road Race Mario Cipollini
- 1999
Road Race Salvatore Commesso
Road Race Armin Meier
- 2002
Road Race Salvatore Commesso
- 2003
World Road Race Igor Astarloa