Saeco (cycling team)

Saeco was the Italian - sanmarinesisches professional cycling team of San Marino sports club AS Juvenes San Marino.

Main sponsor of the team was from 1990 Eisherstelller Gis Gelati and from 1992 to 1995, the hypermarket chain Mercatone Uno, the 1997 to 2003 under their name another team sponsored (→ Mercatone Uno ( cycling team ) ).

Since 1996, the team took the name of the new main sponsor, the coffee machine manufacturer Saeco, participated in all the major bike races. During this time, among other things, drove cyclist as Salvatore commesso, Mario Cipollini, Damiano Cunego, Danilo di Luca, Gilberto Simoni and German Jörg Ludewig for this team. One of the hallmarks of the team were the bright red jerseys and Cannondale bikes.

One of the greatest successes include two overall victories in the Giro d' Italia in 2004 ( Damiano Cunego ) and 2003 ( Gilberto Simoni ) and the sprint victories of Mario Cipollini. Characteristic for the Sprint design to Cipollini was a so-called train in which the Anfahrer harnessed the captain and drove it at high speed near the target and thus guaranteed him the ideal starting position for the bunch sprint and because of the red team jerseys as " treno rosso" ( " red train ) was known. "

In 2005, Saeco has been fused with the team Lampre under the new name Lampre- Caffita.

Known drivers

• Spain Igor Astarloa (2002-2003)
• Italy Michele Bartoli (1992-1995)
• Italy Francesco Casagrande (1992-1997)
• Italy Mirko Celestino (2001-2004)
• Italy Mario Cipollini (1994-2001)
• Damiano Cunego Italy (2002-2004)
• Italy Salvatore commesso (1998-2004)
• Italy Danilo Di Luca (2002-2004)
• Switzerland Laurent Dufaux (1999-2001)
• Switzerland Martin Elmiger (2000)
• Australia Cadel Evans (1999, 2001)
• Italy Gian Matteo Fagnini (1994-1999)

• Italy Dario Frigo (1995-1999)
• Italy Ivan Gotti (1997-1998)
• Italy Massimiliano Lelli (1996-1997)
• Germany Jörg Ludewig (2000-2004)
• Italy Silvio Martinello (1992-1997)
• Eddy Mazzoleni Italy (1995-1999, 2004)
• Italy Mariano Piccoli (1992-1994)
• Italy Leonardo Piepoli (1998)
• Germany Michael Rich (1997-1998)
• Italy Paolo Savoldelli (1998-2001)
• Italy Gilberto Simoni (2002-2004)
• Netherlands Adrie van der Poel (1993 )

Best Merits

Classic

• Championship of Zurich 2000 ( Dufaux )

• 2004 ( Cunego )

• 2001 ( Celestino )
• 2003 ( Celestino )

• 2003 ( Astarloa )

• 2003 ( Astarloa )

Tours

• Tour de France 1997: 1st & 2nd stage ( Cipollini )
• 1998: 6th & 7th stage ( Cipollini )
• 1999: 4th - Stage 7 ( Cipollini ), stage 13 ( commesso )
• 2000: Stage 18 ( commesso )
• 2003: Stage 14 ( Simoni )

• 2000: Stage 9 (Francesco Secchiari )

• 2003: Stage 4 ( Ivan Quaranta )