Lampre–Merida
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | LAM | |
| Registered | Switzerland | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| 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. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and Saeco Macchine per Caffè teams. 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]
Team roster
- As of 1 January 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.
External links
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