Saeco (cycling team)

Saeco

Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1996
Disbanded	Merged 2005
Discipline	Road
Bicycles	Cannondale
Team name history
2003–2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996	Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco-Longoni Sport Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Valli & Vall Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Cannondale Saeco Macchine per Caffé Saeco Saeco-AS Juvenes San Marino

Saeco was the name of an Italian road bicycle racing team, sponsored by the company with the same name, and rode on Cannondale bicycles.

The company did not prolong the sponsorship for 2005, and the team was merged with the Lampre team, forming Lampre–Caffita, sponsored by Caffita.

Team History

In the 1990s the team was famous for Mario Cipollini's sprint train and his antics. One of their most memorable moments was Cipollini's 4 consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour de France. The image of Mario Cipollini approaching the TV camera right after a win to say, "Cannondale makes the best bikes!" propelled Cannondale's popularity among road racers.

The Saeco team is known for their pranks and antics. Cipollini's antics are legendary, including showing up to the stage start at the Tour de France dressed in a Julius Caesar-inspired toga complete with an olive wreath, riding on a carriage pulled by his teammates on bicycles. More recently, the entire Saeco team raced a stage of the 2003 Tour de France wearing a Legalize my Cannondale chaingang cycling kit to protest the UCI's lower bound on bike weight which means that their six13 prototype team bikes were underweight and required the installation of additional weight.

Major Results

1996

1st  Italy Road Race Championships, Mario Cipollini

1st Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale, Carlo Marino Bianchi

1st Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta, Massimiliano Lelli

1st Overall Tirreno - Adriatico, Francesco Casagrande

1st Stage 4, Francesco Casagrande

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Francesco Casagrande

1st Stage 2, Francesco Casagrande

1st Stage 5b, Francesco Casagrande

1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana

1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5a Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 6 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Poinst Classification Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 1, Silvio Martinello

1st Stage 4, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 8, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 11, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 18, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1997

1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Ivan Gotti

1st Stage 1, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 4, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 10, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 14, Ivan Gotti

1st Stage 22, Mario Cipollini

1st Overall Tirreno - Adriatico, Roberto Petito

1st Overall Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Francesco Casagrande

1st Stage 1 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Gianmatteo Fagnini

1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 1 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1998

1st Overall Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 2, Paolo Salvodelli

1st GP Costa degli Etruschi Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia Gianmatteo Fagnini

1st Stage 22 Giro d'Italia Gianmatteo Fagnini

1st Stage 1a Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Tour de France Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 6 Tour de France Mario Cipollini

1999

1st   Switzerland Road Race Championships, Armin Meier

1st  Italy Road Race Championships, Salvatore Commesso

1st Peperbus Profspektakel Zwolle, Mario Cipollini

1st Trofeo Manacor Mario Cipollini

1st La Poly Normande, Laurent Dufaux

1st Overall Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 1, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Trofeo Luis Puig, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 4 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 5 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 6 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 7 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 13 Tour de France, Salvatore Commesso

2000

1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Prologue

1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 18 Tour de France, Salvatore Commesso

2001

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Mario Cipollini

1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Fabio Sacchi

1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Mirko Celestino

1st Points Classification, Volta a Portugal, Salvatore Commesso

1st Rund um die Hainleite, Christian Wegmann

1st Tour of Austria, Cadel Evans

1st Brixia Tour, Cadel Evans

1st Tre Valli Varesine, Mirko Celestino

1st Milano-Torino, Mirko Celestino

1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under, Fabio Sacchi

1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under, Alessio Galletti

1st Stage 1 Tirreno - Adriatico, Biagio Conte

1st Prologue Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Paolo Salvodelli

1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Jörg Ludewig

1st Giro d'Italia Azzurri d'Italia classification Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 6, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 9, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 19, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 21, Mario Cipollini

1st Stage 2a Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Biagio Conte

1st Stage 5 Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Biagio Conte

2002

1st  Italy Road Race Championships, Salvatore Commesso

1st Giro d'Oro, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro del Medio Brenta, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro del Veneto, Danilo Di Luca

1st Trophy City 'Castelfidardo, Danilo Di Luca

1st GP Ind.Com.Art of Castelfidardo, Fabio Bags

1st Criterium d'Abruzzo, Salvatore Commesso

1st Stage 11, Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni

1st Trophy Laigueglia, Danilo Di Luca

1st Overall Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser

1st Stage 4, Gerrit Glomser

1st Trofeo Matteotti, Salvatore Commesso

1st Overall Brixia Tour, Igor Astarloa

1st Stage 2a, Igor Astarloa

1st Stage 2b, Mirko Celestine

1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Danilo Di Luca

1st Stage 3 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca

1st Stage 5 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca

1st Stage 4 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Christian Wegmann

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a España, Danilo Di Luca

2003

1st World Road Championship, Igor Astarloa

1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni

1st Points Classification , Gilberto Simoni

1st Azzurri d'Italia classification, Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage 12,Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage 14, Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage19, Gilberto Simoni

1st Overall Giro del Trentino, Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage 2, Gilberto Simoni

1st : Giro dell'Appennino, Gilberto Simoni

1st Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 7

1st US Pro Championship, Stefano Zanini

1st Milano-Torino, Mirko Celestino

1st Coppa Placci, Danilo Di Luca

1st Trofeo Città´ di Castelfidardom, Alessio Galletti

1st Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale, Mirko Celestino

1st La Flèche Wallonne, Igor Astarloa

1st GP Industria & Artigianato- Larciano, Juan Manuel Fuentes

1st Overall Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser

1st Stage 2, Gerrit Glomser

1st Stage 3, Gerrit Glomser

1st GP Llodio, Juan Manuel Fuentes

1st Tre Valli Varesine, Danilo Di Luca

1st Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Fabio Sacchi

1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under, Fabio Sacchi

1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Ivan Quaranta

1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Igor Astarloa

1st Stage 6 Tirreno - Adriatico, Danilo Di Luca

1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour, Ivan Quaranta

1st Stage 14 Tour de France, Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage 1 Brixia Tour, Ivan Quaranta

1st Stage 1 Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Nicola Gavazzi

2004

1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 2, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 3, Gilberto Simoni

1st Stage 7, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 16, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 18, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro di Lombardia

1st Overall, Giro del Trentino, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 1, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 2, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro dell'Appennino, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro del Trentino, Damiano Cunego

1st GP Industria & Artigianato, Damiano Cunego

1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Damiano Cunego

1st Memorial Marco Pantani, Damiano Cunego

1st Giro del Veneto, Gilberto Simoni

1st Raiffeisen GP, Andreas Matzbacher

1st Cup Placci, Leonardo Bertagnolli

1st Trophy Etna, Leonardo Bertagnolli

1st GP Ind.Com.Art of Castelfidardo, Damiano Cunego

1st GP Industria & Crafts-Larciano, Damiano Cunego

1st Trofeo Matteotti, Danilo Di Luca

1st Overall Brixia Tour, Danilo Di Luca

1st Coppa Agostoni, Leonardo Bertagnolli

1st GP Nobili Rubinetterie, Damiano Cunego

1st Overall Tour of Lombardy, Damiano Cunego

1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Antonio Bucciero

1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser

National & World Champions

1996

Road Race Mario Cipollini

1999

Road Race Salvatore Commesso

Road Race Armin Meier

2002

Road Race Salvatore Commesso

2003

World Road Race Igor Astarloa