Vini Caldirola
Casa Vini Caldirola (or the Caldirola Wine House) sponsored an Italian professional road bicycle racing team between 1998 and 2004, with a gap in 2002, where the main sponsor was Tacconi Sport. In 2005 the team was formally disbanded, but many riders continued in the new Liquigas-Bianchi UCI ProTour team.
Team Name
As professional racing teams change name with their sponsors, the name of the team has varied in its lifetime.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie |
| 2003 | Vini Caldirola - So.di |
| 2002 | Tacconi Sport |
| 2001 | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola |
| 2000 | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec |
| 1999 | Vini Caldirola |
| 1998 | Vini Caldirola |
Notable riders
Francesco Casagrande was one of Vini Caldirola's best riders.
Stefano Garzelli won several stages of the Giro d'Italia while riding for Vini Caldirola.
| Name | Nationality | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco Casagrande |  Italy |
1999-2000 |
| Romāns Vainšteins |  Latvia |
1999–2000, 2003 |
| Stefano Garzelli | Italy |
2003-2004 |
| Pavel Tonkov |  Russia |
2004 |
| Serhiy Honchar |  Ukraine |
1999 |
| Guido Trentin | Italy |
1998–2000 |
| Eddy Mazzoleni | Italy |
2001–2003 |
| Matthew White |  Australia |
1999–2000 |
| Andrej Hauptman |  Slovenia |
1999–2003 |
| Gabriele Balducci | Italy |
2001–2003 |
| David George |  South Africa |
2001 |
| Nicola Minali | Italy |
2001-2002 |
| Dario Frigo | Italy |
2002 |
| Sylwester Szmyd |  Poland |
2001–2002 |
| David de la Fuente |  Spain |
2003 |
| Fred Rodriguez |  United States |
2003 |
| Marco Zanotti | Italy |
2004 |
| Dario Andriotto | Italy |
2003–2004 |