Lampre–Merida
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Team information | ||
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UCI code | LAM | |
Registered | Italy | |
Founded | 1991 | |
Discipline | Road | |
Status | UCI WorldTeam | |
Bicycles | Merida | |
Components | Shimano | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Giuseppe Saronni | |
Team manager(s) | Fabrizio Bontempi | |
Team name history | ||
2013– 2011–2012 2010 2009 2008 2006–2007 2005 2003–2004 1999–2002 1994–1995 1993 1992 1991 |
Lampre–Merida Lampre–ISD Lampre–Farnese Vini Lampre–NGC Lampre Lampre–Fondital Lampre–Caffita Lampre Lampre–Daikin Lampre–Panaria Lampre–Polti Lampre–Colnago Colnago–Lampre | |
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Lampre–Merida (UCI team code: LAM) is an Italian road bicycle racing team. Lampre is an Italian manufacturer of prefinished steel sheet materials. Merida is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer. The team is a member of the UCI ProTour, and has been since the tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005. However Lampre was temporarily suspended from the ProTour in 2010, missing one ProTour event.[1]
The team consists mostly of Italian riders, and has a strong presence in the grand tours, especially the Giro d'Italia. The general manager Giuseppe Saronni was himself a famous professional cyclist and winner of 2 editions of the Giro d'Italia.
History
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.[2] During a rest day of the Giro, the team elected to visit the Monza race track for a photo-op and some training sessions.
For the 2013 season the team will no longer be using Wilier bikes, but will now ride Merida bikes. Although Wilier had been contracted through to the end of the 2013 season, they cited that Lampre broke the terms and conditions of the contract, and terminated their technical sponsorship.[3]
In August 2016 the team confirmed that its WorldTeam licence was being transferred from CGS Cycling to Chinese company TJ Sport Consultation, with the team becoming the first Chinese WorldTour team from 2017. Former Saunier Duval–Prodir team manager Mauro Gianetti was announced as the co-ordinator for the project.[4] In an interview with Gazetta dello Sport the following month, Saronni confirmed that he and CGS Cycling would continue to manage the team on TJ Sport's behalf, and that the team's bicycles would be supplied by Colnago. He indicated that the project was being co-ordinated by the Chinese government via TJ Sport with involvement from a number of Chinese companies including Alibaba, and that its aim was to develop Chinese cycling and riders.[5]
Team roster
- As of 29 March 2016.
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Major results
National champions
- 1999
Belgian Road Race, Ludo Dierckxsens
- 2000
South African Time Trial, Robbie Hunter
Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
- 2001
Latvian Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
- 2002
Latvian Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
Latvian Road Race, Raivis Belohvoščiks
- 2005
Austrian Road Race, Gerrit Glomser
- 2006
Italian Time Trial, Marzio Bruseghin
- 2007
Slovenian Road Race, Tadej Valjavec
- 2008
World Road Race, Alessandro Ballan
- 2011
Slovenian Road Race, Grega Bole
Ukrainian Road Race, Oleksandr Kvachuk
Ukrainian Time Trial, Oleksandr Kvachuk
Italian Time Trial, Adriano Malori
- 2014
Portuguese Time Trial, Nelson Oliveira
Portuguese Road Race, Nelson Oliveira
- 2015
Portuguese Time Trial, Nelson Oliveira
Ethiopian Road Race, Tsgabu Grmay
Ethiopian Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
Portuguese Road Race, Rui Costa
Slovenian Road Race, Luka Pibernik
Taiwan Road Race, Feng Chun-kai
Taiwan Time Trial, Feng Chun-kai
References
- ↑ Lampre granted temporary ProTour license
- ↑ "Team Lampre". Zimbio. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ↑ "Team Lampre". Zimbio. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ↑ "TJ Sport Consultation to take over Lampre-Merida's WorldTour licence". cyclingnews.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (3 September 2016). "Saronni reveals details of the new Chinese WorldTour team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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