Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec

Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec

Team information
UCI code	AND
Registered	Italy
Founded	1996 (1996)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	Bottecchia Bicycles
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Gianni Savio
Team name history
1996 1997–1998 1999 2000 2001 2002–2005 2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012–2014 2015 2016–	Gaseosas Glacial–Selle Italia Kross–Selle Italia Selle Italia Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia Selle Italia–Pacific Colombia–Selle Italia Selle Italia–Serramenti Diquigiovanni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni–Androni Giocattoli Androni Giocattoli Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Androni–Sidermec Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
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Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec (UCI team code: AND) is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. Antonio Castano manages the team, with assistance from directeurs sportifs Ellena Giovanni, Gianni Savio, Didier Paindaveine and Marco Bellini. The main sponsors, Androni Giocattoli S.A., are an Italian toy manufacturer.

Doping

On June 5, 2014, Patrick Facchini gave an adverse analytical finding for Tuaminoheptane and was consequently banned for 10 months.^[1]

On June 30, 2015, Davide Appollonio gave an adverse analytical finding for EPO and was provisionally suspended.^[2] On July 27, 2015, Fabio Taborre gave a positive test result for the banned blood-booster FG-4592 in an out-of-competition control on June 16. The team were automatically suspended by the UCI under new rules.^[3] FG-4592 (Roxadustat) is in phase 3 clinical trials and has not yet been commercialised. The drug was developed jointly by FibroGen and AstraZeneca. Unlike EPO, which directly stimulates the production of red blood cells, FG-4592 is taken orally, and stimulates natural production of EPO in a manner similar to altitude training.^[4] This class of compounds has been outlawed by WADA. The UCI subsequently suspended the team for 30 days.^[5]

Team roster

Rider Date of birth  Davide Ballerini (ITA) (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994  Marco Benfatto (ITA) (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988  Egan Bernal (COL) (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997  Raffaello Bonusi (ITA) (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990  Marco Frapporti (ITA) (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993

Rider Date of birth  Fausto Masnada (ITA) (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993  Luca Pacioni (ITA) (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993  Andrea Palini (ITA) (1989-06-16) 16 June 1989  Kevin Rivera (CRC) (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998  Iván Sosa (COL) (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997  Matteo Spreafico (ITA) (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993  Alessio Taliani (ITA) (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990  Rodolfo Torres (COL) (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) (1994-07-30) 30 July 1994

Major results

National Champions

References

External links

• Official Site (Italian)

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