Lampre-Fondital

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Yevgeni Petrov wearing the blue and pink colors of Lampre in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.

Lampre-Fondital (UCI Team Code: LAM) is an Italian road bicycle racing team competing in the UCI ProTour in 2006. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and Saeco teams.

The team consists mostly of Italian riders, and has a strong presence in the grand tours, especially the Giro d'Italia. The manager Giuseppe Saronni was himself a famous professional cyclist and former winner of the Giro d'Italia. The two directeur sportifs are Claudio Corti and Giuseppe Martinelli.

Following the tradition at Saeco, the team is well-known for its publicity stunts. In the 2005 Giro d'Italia the team engaged in a press campaign Battaile d'Italia featuring their co-captains Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego. During a rest day of the Giro, the team elected to visit the Monza race track for a photo-op and some training sessions. Simoni left for the 2006 season to join the Saunier Duval-Prodir team

[edit] 2006 team

Name	Birthday	Nationality	2005 team
Alessandro Ballan	06.11.1979	Italy
Daniele Bennati	24.09.1980	Italy
Matteo Bono	11.11.1983	Italy	neo-pro
Marzio Bruseghin	15.06.1974	Italy	Fassa Bortolo
Matteo Carrara	25.03.1979	Italy	Barloworld
Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega	29.10.1986	Colombia	neo-pro
Salvatore Commesso	28.03.1975	Italy
Claudio Corioni	26.12.1982	Italy	Fassa Bortolo
Damiano Cunego	19.09.1981	Italy
Giuliano Figueras	24.01.1976	Italy
Paolo Fornaciari	02.02.1971	Italy
Enrico Franzoi	08.08.1982	Italy
David Loosli	08.05.1980	Switzerland
Marco Marzano	10.06.1980	Italy
Ruggero Marzoli	02.05.1976	Italy	Acqua & Sapone
Danilo Napolitano	31.01.1981	Italy	Team L.P.R.
Jewgeni Petrow	25.05.1978	Russia
Morris Possoni	01.07.1984	Italy	neo-pro
Daniele Righi	28.03.1976	Italy
Marius Sabaliauskas	15.11.1978	Lithuania
Mauro Santambrogio	07.10.1984	Italy	Team L.P.R.
Gorazd Stangelj	27.01.1973	Slovenia
Sylvester Szmyd	02.03.1978	Poland
Tadej Valjavec	14-03-1977	Slovenia	Phonak
Paulo Tiralongo	08.07.1977	Italy	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea	11.10.1975	Spain