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| code = MER
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| registered = San Marino 1992-1995<br>Italy 1997-2003
| registered = San Marino 1992–1995<br>Italy 1997–2003
| founded = {{start date|1992}}
| founded = {{start date|1992}}
| disbanded = 2003
| disbanded = 2003
| generalmanager = Franco Gini (1992-1995)<br> Luciano Pezzi (1997-1998) <br> Franco Cornacchia (1995-2001) <br> Manuela Ronchi (2000-2002)
| generalmanager = Franco Gini (1992–1995)<br> Luciano Pezzi (1997–1998) <br> Franco Cornacchia (1995–2001) <br> Manuela Ronchi (2000–2002)
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
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| season = 1992-1993<br/>1994<br/>1995<br/>1997<br/>1998-1999<br/>2000<br/>2001<br/>2002<br/>2003
| season = 1992–1993<br/>1994<br/>1995<br/>1997<br/>1998–1999<br/>2000<br/>2001<br/>2002<br/>2003
| oldname = Mercatone Uno-Zucchini<br/>Mercatone Uno-Medeghini<br/>Mercatone Uno-Saeco<br/>Mercatone Uno<br/>Mercatone Uno-Bianchi<br/>Mercatone Uno-Albacom<br/>Mercatone Uno-[[Stream TV]]<br/>Mercatone Uno<br/>Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
| oldname = Mercatone Uno-Zucchini<br/>Mercatone Uno-Medeghini<br/>Mercatone Uno-Saeco<br/>Mercatone Uno<br/>Mercatone Uno-Bianchi<br/>Mercatone Uno-Albacom<br/>Mercatone Uno-[[Stream TV]]<br/>Mercatone Uno<br/>Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
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'''Mercatone Uno–Scanavino''' is a former professional [[cycling team]] which was based in [[San Marino]] and then in [[Italy]]. Throughout the 1990s it was one of the strongest Italian cycling teams in the [[peloton]]. The team was sponsored by a chain of supermarkets in Italy.
'''Mercatone Uno–Scanavino''' is a former professional [[cycling team]] which was based in [[San Marino]] and then in Italy. Throughout the 1990s it was one of the strongest Italian cycling teams in the [[peloton]]. The team was sponsored by a chain of supermarkets in Italy.


== History ==
== History ==


=== San Marino Team ===
=== San Marino Team ===
The team began as ''Mercatone Uno-Zucchini'' in 1992 and was based in [[San Marino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8582|title=Mercatone Uno-Zucchini 1992|publisher=de wielersite|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> Riding with the team [[Adriano Baffi]] won the [[Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|points classification]] in the [[1993 Giro d'Italia]]. During the 1995 season the General Manager of the team was Franco Gini and the directeur sportifs were Antonio Salutini, Franco Chioccioli, Olivano Locatelli and Bruno Vicino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ploegfiche.php?id=9414|title=Mercatone Uno 1995|publisher=de wielersite.nl|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> This team closed at the end of 1995 season with the withdrawal of the sponsor: the new team had the same sponsor but was a totally different team.
The team began as ''Mercatone Uno-Zucchini'' in 1992 and was based in [[San Marino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8582|title=Mercatone Uno-Zucchini 1992|publisher=de wielersite|access-date=2007-12-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729041141/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8582|archive-date=2009-07-29}}</ref> Riding with the team [[Adriano Baffi]] won the [[Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|points classification]] in the [[1993 Giro d'Italia]]. During the 1995 season the General Manager of the team was Franco Gini and the directeur sportifs were Antonio Salutini, Franco Chioccioli, Olivano Locatelli and Bruno Vicino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ploegfiche.php?id=9414|title=Mercatone Uno 1995|publisher=de wielersite.nl|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> This team closed at the end of 1995 season with the withdrawal of the sponsor: the new team had the same sponsor but was a totally different team.


=== Team built around Pantani ===
=== Team built around Pantani ===
When Carrera Jeans manufacturers stopped sponsoring the famous [[Italy|Italian]] cycling team {{ct|CAR|1996}} at the end of 1996, it was reported that manager Davide Boifava would be building a team around [[Marco Pantani]] with Mercatone Uno as the main sponsor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jul96/19_7.html|title=News for July 19|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-09-07}}</ref> However Luciano Pezzi became the President of that new team, taking with him as [[directeur sportif]]s Giuseppe Martinelli, Davide Cassani and Alessandro Giannelli and ten of the riders from Carrera including [[Marco Pantani|Pantani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/teams197.html#mercatone|title=Mercatone Uno|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-09-07}}</ref> In this way a new team based in Italy was formed with [[Marco Pantani]] as the team leader and which rode [[Bianchi Bicycles|Bianchi]] bikes. According to former cycling champion [[Felice Gimondi]] the team was built exclusively around Pantani with directeur sportif Martinelli refusing to sign a sprinter as this could have created other objectives of the team. According to Gimondi, in this way the team was conceived similarly to the way the [[Bianchi cycling team]] was conceived in the mid-1940s as a team built around [[Fausto Coppi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/aug98/aug3.shtml|title=News Aug 3 1998, Interview with Felice Gimondi|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref>
When Carrera Jeans manufacturers stopped sponsoring the famous Italian cycling team {{UCI team code|CAR|1996}} at the end of 1996, it was reported that manager Davide Boifava would be building a team around [[Marco Pantani]] with Mercatone Uno as the main sponsor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jul96/19_7.html|title=News for July 19|publisher=cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-09-07}}</ref> However Luciano Pezzi became the President of that new team, taking with him as [[directeur sportif]]s Giuseppe Martinelli, Davide Cassani and Alessandro Giannelli and ten of the riders from Carrera including [[Marco Pantani|Pantani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/teams197.html#mercatone|title=Mercatone Uno|publisher=cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-09-07}}</ref> In this way a new team based in Italy was formed with [[Marco Pantani]] as the team leader and which rode [[Bianchi (company)|Bianchi]] bikes. According to former cycling champion [[Felice Gimondi]] the team was built exclusively around Pantani with directeur sportif Martinelli refusing to sign a sprinter as this could have created other objectives of the team. According to Gimondi, in this way the team was conceived similarly to the way the [[Bianchi cycling team]] was conceived in the mid-1940s as a team built around [[Fausto Coppi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/aug98/aug3.shtml|title=News Aug 3 1998, Interview with Felice Gimondi|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref>
In the 1997 season, Pantani finished third overall at the [[1997 Tour de France]] and won several stages including the stage to the [[Alpe d'Huez]]. The following year Pantani won the [[1998 Giro d'Italia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html|title=1998 Giro d'Italia stage 22 brief|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and then won the [[1998 Tour de France]] - becoming only the seventh rider in history to achieve the [[Giro d'Italia|Giro]]-[[Tour de France|Tour]] double. Pantani dedicated his win to the recently deceased General manager of Mercatone Uno Luciano Pezzi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage21.html|title=Tour de France stage 21 brief|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> After achieving this great success, the head of the branch of the Mercatone Uno supermarkets, Romano Cenni, said that the sponsor would remain in cycling as long as Pantani was still cycling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/nov98/nov30.shtml|title=A visit to Marco Pantani's house finds him back at work|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> In the [[1999 Giro d'Italia]], Pantani dominated the race until he was suspended from the race due to a high haematocrit level. As a result, the entire Mercatone Uno team withdrew from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/giro99/stage21.html|title=Pantani Report|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> The following year the team won the [[2000 Giro d'Italia]] with [[Stefano Garzelli]] to which he thanked Pantani for help.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jun00/jun5news.shtml|title=83rd Giro d'Italia what the winners said|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> Although Garzelli had a contract that run until the end of the 2001 season, he left the team at the end of 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/dec00/dec05news.shtml|title=Garzelli confirms with Mapei|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> When Pantani abandoned the [[2002 Giro d'Italia]], there was immediate talk of Mercatone Uno stopping its sponsorship after the 2002 season as the team had not been invited to the [[2001 Tour de France|2001]] and [[2002 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/may02/may31news|title=A new team for Pantani?|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> However the team continued during the 2003 season where Pantani rode to 14th overall in the [[2003 Giro d'Italia]]. The team was disbanded at the end of 2003 due to the probable retirement of Pantani<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/nov03/nov17news|title=Pantani closer to retirement?|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> with several riders going to the South African team [[Barloworld (cycling team)|Barloworld]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/nov03/nov25news|title=Mercatone Uno riders to Barloworld|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref>
In the 1997 season, Pantani finished third overall at the [[1997 Tour de France]] and won several stages including the stage to the [[Alpe d'Huez]]. The following year Pantani won the [[1998 Giro d'Italia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html|title=1998 Giro d'Italia stage 22 brief|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> and then won the [[1998 Tour de France]] – becoming only the seventh rider in history to achieve the [[Giro d'Italia|Giro]]–[[Tour de France|Tour]] double. Pantani dedicated his win to the recently deceased General manager of Mercatone Uno Luciano Pezzi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage21.html|title=Tour de France stage 21 brief|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> After achieving this great success, the head of the branch of the Mercatone Uno supermarkets, Romano Cenni, said that the sponsor would remain in cycling as long as Pantani was still cycling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/nov98/nov30.shtml|title=A visit to Marco Pantani's house finds him back at work|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> In the [[1999 Giro d'Italia]], Pantani dominated the race until he was suspended from the race due to a high haematocrit level. As a result, the entire Mercatone Uno team withdrew from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/giro99/stage21.html|title=Pantani Report|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> The following year the team won the [[2000 Giro d'Italia]] with [[Stefano Garzelli]] to which he thanked Pantani for help.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jun00/jun5news.shtml|title=83rd Giro d'Italia what the winners said|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref> Although Garzelli had a contract that run until the end of the 2001 season, he left the team at the end of 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/dec00/dec05news.shtml|title=Garzelli confirms with Mapei|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-11-16}}</ref> When Pantani abandoned the [[2002 Giro d'Italia]], there was immediate talk of Mercatone Uno stopping its sponsorship after the 2002 season as the team had not been invited to the [[2001 Tour de France|2001]] and [[2002 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/may02/may31news|title=A new team for Pantani?|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-11-16}}</ref> However the team continued during the 2003 season where Pantani rode to 14th overall in the [[2003 Giro d'Italia]]. The team was disbanded at the end of 2003 due to the probable retirement of Pantani<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/nov03/nov17news|title=Pantani closer to retirement?|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-11-16}}</ref> with several riders going to the South African team [[Barloworld (cycling team)|Barloworld]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/nov03/nov25news|title=Mercatone Uno riders to Barloworld|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-11-16}}</ref>


== Major wins ==
== Major wins ==
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;1993
;1993
:[[Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda]], [[Enrico Zaina]]
:[[Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda]], [[Enrico Zaina]]
:[[Profronde van Made]], [[Adri Van der Poel]]
:[[Profronde van Made]], [[Adri van der Poel]]
:[[Profronde van Surhuisterveen]], [[Adri Van der Poel]]
:[[Profronde van Surhuisterveen]], [[Adri van der Poel]]
:Stages 2, 8 & 18 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Adriano Baffi]]
:Stages 2, 8 & 18 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Adriano Baffi]]
;1994
;1994
:[[Giro di Toscana]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Giro di Toscana]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Criterium d´Abruzzo]], [[Michele Bartoli]]
:[[Criterium d'Abruzzo]], [[Michele Bartoli]]
:[[Firenze - Pistoia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Firenze–Pistoia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Trofeo Luis Puig]], [[Adriano Baffi]]
:[[Trofeo Luis Puig]], [[Adriano Baffi]]
:Stages 1 & 6 [[Paris–Nice]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 1 & 6 [[Paris–Nice]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
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:Stages 2 & 3 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Simone Biasci]]
:Stages 2 & 3 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Simone Biasci]]
:Stage 6 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Massimo Donati]]
:Stage 6 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Massimo Donati]]
:[[Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci]], [[Giuseppe Petito]]
:[[Giro della Romagna]], [[Giuseppe Petito]]
:[[Giro dell Emilia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Giro dell'Emilia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Milano–Torino]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Milano–Torino]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
;1995
;1995
:[[Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda]], [[Massimiliano Lelli]]
:[[Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda]], [[Massimiliano Lelli]]
:[[Profronde van Oostvoorne]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:[[Profronde van Oostvoorne]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:{{ITA}} National Time Trial championships, [[Massimiliano Lelli]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} National Time Trial championships, [[Massimiliano Lelli]]
:Overall [[KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde]], [[Michele Bartoli]]
:Overall [[Driedaagse van De Panne]], [[Michele Bartoli]]
:[[Firenze - Pistoia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Firenze–Pistoia]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Coppa Placci]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Coppa Placci]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Trofeo Luis Puig]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:[[Trofeo Luis Puig]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 4 & 5 [[Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 4 & 5 [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 2 & 5 [[Tour de Romandie]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 2 & 5 [[Tour de Romandie]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:[[Giro dell´Appennino]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:[[Giro dell'Appennino]], [[Francesco Casagrande]]
:Stages 1 & 3 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 1 & 3 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 2, 3 & 5 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
:Stages 2, 3 & 5 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Mario Cipollini]]
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:Stages 13 & 15 [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stages 13 & 15 [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stage 19 [[Tour de France]], [[Mario Traversoni]]
:Stage 19 [[Tour de France]], [[Mario Traversoni]]
:[[Urkiola Igoera - Subida Urkiola]], [[Beat Zberg]]
:[[Urkiola Igoera – Subida Urkiola]], [[Beat Zberg]]
:Stage 7 [[Tour de Pologne]], [[Marcus Zberg]]
:Stage 7 [[Tour de Pologne]], [[Markus Zberg]]
;1998
;1998
:[[GP Tell]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[GP Tell]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[De Draai van de Kaai]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[De Draai van de Kaai]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Profronde van Surhuisterveen]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Profronde van Surhuisterveen]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Firenze - Pistoia]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[Firenze–Pistoia]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[Gala Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Gala Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stage 4 [[Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana]], [[Dimitri Konyshev]]
:Stage 4 [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]], [[Dimitri Konyshev]]
: [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Marco Pantani]]
: [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Marco Pantani]]
::[[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]], [[Mountains classification]], [[Marco Pantani]]
::[[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]], [[Mountains classification]], [[Marco Pantani]]
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::Combination classification, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Combination classification, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Stages 5 & 6, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Stages 5 & 6, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:{{ITA}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
::Stages 11 & 15, [[Marco Pantani]]
::Stages 11 & 15, [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Urkiola Igoera - Subida Urkiola]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:[[Urkiola Igoera - Subida Urkiola]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:[[Boucles de l´Aulne]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Boucles de l'Aulne]], [[Marco Pantani]]
;1999
;1999
:[[Firenze - Pistoia]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[Firenze–Pistoia]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[Roma Maxima]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
:[[Roma Maxima]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
:Overall [[Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia - Costa Calida]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Overall [[Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia – Costa Calida]], [[Marco Pantani]]
::Stage 4, [[Marco Pantani]]
::Stage 4, [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stage 2 [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stage 2 [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stage 5a [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
:Stage 5a [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
:[[GP Miguel Indurain]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:[[GP Miguel Induráin]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:Stage 3 [[Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:Stage 3 [[Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:[[Paris-Camembert Lepetit]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
:[[Paris–Camembert Lepetit]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
:[[GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano]], [[Massimo Podenzana]]
:[[GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano]], [[Massimo Podenzana]]
:Stages 8, 15, 19 & 20 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stages 8, 15, 19 & 20 [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Giro dell´Appennino]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:[[Giro dell'Appennino]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:{{ITA}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:Stage 14 [[Tour de France]], [[Dimitryi Konyshev]]
:Stage 14 [[Tour de France]], [[Dimitri Konyshev]]
:[[Tre Valli Varesine]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
:[[Tre Valli Varesine]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
:[[GP Llodio]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[GP Llodio]], [[Marco Velo]]
:[[Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci]], [[Roberto Conti]]
:[[Giro della Romagna]], [[Roberto Conti]]
:[[Grand Prix de Fourmies]], [[Dimitryi Konyshev]]
:[[Grand Prix de Fourmies]], [[Dimitri Konyshev]]
:[[Coppa Sabatini]], [[Dimitryi Konyshev]]
:[[Coppa Sabatini]], [[Dimitri Konyshev]]
:[[Japan Cup]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
:[[Japan Cup]], [[Sergio Barbero]]
;2000
;2000
:[[Acht van Chaam]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Acht van Chaam]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Profronde Stiphout]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:[[Profronde van Stiphout]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Overall [[Giro del Trentino]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:Overall [[Giro del Trentino]], [[Simone Borgheresi]]
:Overall [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:[[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Giro d'Italia]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Stage 18, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Stage 18, [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:Overall [[Tour of Sweden]], [[Michael Andersson (cyclist)|Michael Andersson]]
:Overall [[Tour of Sweden]], [[Michael Andersson (cyclist)|Michael Andersson]]
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:Stage 8 [[Tour de Suisse]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:Stage 8 [[Tour de Suisse]], [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Mountains classification [[Stefano Garzelli]]
::Mountains classification [[Stefano Garzelli]]
:{{SWE}} National Time Trial championship, [[Michael Andersson (cyclist)|Michael Andersson]]
:{{flagu|Sweden}} National Time Trial championship, [[Michael Andersson (cyclist)|Michael Andersson]]
:{{ITA}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:Stages 12 & 15 [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
:Stages 12 & 15 [[Tour de France]], [[Marco Pantani]]
;2001
;2001
:[[Klasika Primavera]], [[Igor Astarloa]]
:[[Klasika Primavera]], [[Igor Astarloa]]
:Stage 7 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Daniele De Paoli]]
:Stage 7 [[Volta Ciclista a Catalunya]], [[Daniele De Paoli]]
:{{ITA}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
:{{flagu|Italy}} National Time Trial championships, [[Marco Velo]]
;2002
;2002
:[[GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
:[[GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio]], [[Fabiano Fontanelli]]
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:{{KAZ}} National Time Trial championships, [[Andrey Mizurov]]
:{{KAZ}} National Time Trial championships, [[Andrey Mizurov]]
;2003
;2003
:[[Giro del Friuli]], [[Joseba Albiizu]]
:[[Giro del Friuli]], [[Joseba Albizu]]
:Stage 2 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Eddy Serri]]
:Stage 2 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Eddy Serri]]
:Stage 4 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Luca Solari]]
:Stage 4 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Luca Solari]]
:Stage 5 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Enrico Degano]]
:Stage 5 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Enrico Degano]]
{{palmares end}}
{{palmares end}}

=== Supplementary statistics ===
<small>Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com |title=FirstCycling |publisher=firstcycling.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://procyclingstats.com |title=ProCyclingStats |publisher=ProCyclingStats |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref></small>

Note: <small>The team did not exist for the 1996 Season.</small>
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|- style="background:#eee;"
|style="background:#F1DF23;" colspan=22|'''{{font color|#182FE1|Grand Tours by highest finishing position}}'''
|-
!Race
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996{{#tag:ref| The team did not exist in 1996|group="L"}}
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|pink}} '''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Giro d'Italia|14]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Giro d'Italia|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Giro d'Italia|22]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Giro d'Italia|10]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Giro d'Italia|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Giro d'Italia|9]]
| style="background:pink;"| [[1998 Giro d'Italia|'''1''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]{{#tag:ref| The team pulled out after stage 21 after [[Marco Pantani]] who was winning the race was kicked out for having too high a hemacrit level.<ref>{{cite web |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the 82nd Giro d'Italia 1999 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/giro99/stage21.html |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com |access-date=7 April 2022 |date=15 May 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marco Pantani: New court hearing on Camorra's role in 1999 Giro d'Italia exclusion |url=https://road.cc/content/news/pantani-new-court-hearing-camorras-role-1999-giro-277501 |website=road.cc |access-date=7 April 2022 |date=24 September 2020}}</ref>|group="L"}}
| style="background:pink;"| [[2000 Giro d'Italia|'''1''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Giro d'Italia|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Giro d'Italia|37]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Giro d'Italia|14]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}} '''[[Tour de France]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tour de France|42]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Tour de France|43]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tour de France|'''3''']]
| style="background:yellow;"| [[1998 Tour de France|'''1''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour de France|32]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour de France|37]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour de France|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour de France|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}}/{{cjersey|gold}} '''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Vuelta a España|54]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Vuelta a España|39]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Vuelta a España|13]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Vuelta a España|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Vuelta a España|46]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Vuelta a España|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Vuelta a España|–]]
|-
|style="background:#F1DF23;" colspan=22| '''{{font color|#182FE1|Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position}}'''
|-
!Race
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|orange}} '''[[Tour Down Under]]'''
| colspan=7 rowspan=1 {{n/a|Did not Exist}}
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour Down Under|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour Down Under|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour Down Under|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour Down Under|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour Down Under|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|white}}/{{cjersey|yellow}} '''[[Paris–Nice]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Paris–Nice|68]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Paris–Nice|22]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Paris–Nice|6]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Paris–Nice|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Paris–Nice|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|tirreno}} '''[[Tirreno–Adriatico]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tirreno–Adriatico|17]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tirreno–Adriatico|20]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tirreno–Adriatico|15]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Tirreno–Adriatico|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tirreno–Adriatico|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tirreno–Adriatico|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Tirreno–Adriatico|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 Tirreno–Adriatico|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tirreno–Adriatico|22]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tirreno–Adriatico|23]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tirreno–Adriatico|19]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tirreno–Adriatico|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} '''[[Volta a Catalunya]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1994 Volta a Catalunya|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Volta a Catalunya|30]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1998 Volta a Catalunya|4]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Volta a Catalunya|12]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Volta a Catalunya|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}} '''[[Tour of the Basque Country]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour of the Basque Country|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour of the Basque Country|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1994 Tour of the Basque Country|4]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Tour of the Basque Country|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour of the Basque Country|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tour of the Basque Country|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Tour of the Basque Country|15]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 Tour of the Basque Country|8]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour of the Basque Country|28]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour of the Basque Country|26]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour of the Basque Country|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour of the Basque Country|49]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}} '''[[Tour de Romandie]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Tour de Romandie|'''2''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tour de Romandie|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Tour de Romandie|20]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour de Romandie|39]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour de Romandie|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour de Romandie|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|Dauphine}} '''[[Critérium du Dauphiné]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}}'''[[Tour de Suisse]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tour de Suisse|8]]
| style="background:yellow;"| [[1998 Tour de Suisse|'''1''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2000 Tour de Suisse|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour de Suisse|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour de Suisse|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}}'''[[Tour de Pologne]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Tour de Pologne|8]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour de Pologne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour de Pologne|–]]
|- align="center"
| {{cjersey|yellow}}'''[[Ronde van Nederland]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Ronde van Nederland|34]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Ronde van Nederland|15]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Ronde van Nederland|51]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Ronde van Nederland|–]]
|-
|style="background:#F1DF23;" colspan=22| '''{{font color|#182FE1|Monument races by highest finishing position}}'''
|-
!Monument
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
|- align="center"
| '''[[Milan–San Remo]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Milan–San Remo|30]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Milan–San Remo|11]]
| style="background:silver;"| [[1994 Milan–San Remo|'''2''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Milan–San Remo|5]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Milan–San Remo|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Milan–San Remo|12]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Milan–San Remo|38]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 Milan–San Remo|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[2000 Milan–San Remo|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Milan–San Remo|24]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Milan–San Remo|68]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Milan–San Remo|–]]
|- align="center"
| '''[[Tour of Flanders]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Tour of Flanders|35]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Tour of Flanders|33]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Tour of Flanders|36]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Tour of Flanders|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Tour of Flanders|31]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Tour of Flanders|55]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Tour of Flanders|DNF]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Tour of Flanders|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Tour of Flanders|–]]
|- align="center"
| '''[[Paris–Roubaix]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 Paris–Roubaix|5]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Paris–Roubaix|32]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Paris–Roubaix|–]]
|- align="center"
| '''[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|25]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|80]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|17]]
| style="background:#ec9;"| [[1995 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|28]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|13]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|19]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|21]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|–]]
|- align="center"
| '''[[Giro di Lombardia]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Giro di Lombardia|39]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Giro di Lombardia|36]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Giro di Lombardia|11]]
| style="background:#ec9;"| [[1995 Giro di Lombardia|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Giro di Lombardia|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Giro di Lombardia|21]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Giro di Lombardia|11]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 Giro di Lombardia|5]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Giro di Lombardia|35]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Giro di Lombardia|38]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Giro di Lombardia|24]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Giro di Lombardia|65]]
|-
|style="background:#F1DF23;" colspan=22| '''{{font color|#182FE1|Classics by highest finishing position}}'''
|-
!Classic
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
|- align="center"
|'''[[Omloop Het Volk]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Omloop Het Volk|26]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Omloop Het Volk|69]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Omloop Het Volk|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|26]]
| {{N/A|NH}}
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|25]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[E3 Harelbeke]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 E3 Harelbeke|21]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 E3 Harelbeke|6]]
| style="background:#ec9;"| [[1994 E3 Harelbeke|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 E3 Harelbeke|21]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 E3 Harelbeke|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Gent–Wevelgem]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Gent–Wevelgem|27]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 Gent–Wevelgem|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Gent–Wevelgem|19]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Gent–Wevelgem|4]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Gent–Wevelgem|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Amstel Gold Race]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Amstel Gold Race|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 Amstel Gold Race|6]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Amstel Gold Race|34]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Amstel Gold Race|10]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Amstel Gold Race|–]]
| style="background:#ec9;"| [[1997 Amstel Gold Race|'''3''']]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Amstel Gold Race|23]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 Amstel Gold Race|10]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Amstel Gold Race|16]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Amstel Gold Race|15]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Amstel Gold Race|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Amstel Gold Race|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[La Flèche Wallonne]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 La Flèche Wallonne|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 La Flèche Wallonne|7]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1994 La Flèche Wallonne|6]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 La Flèche Wallonne|4]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 La Flèche Wallonne|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 La Flèche Wallonne|5]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 La Flèche Wallonne|47]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1999 La Flèche Wallonne|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 La Flèche Wallonne|15]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 La Flèche Wallonne|27]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 La Flèche Wallonne|81]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 La Flèche Wallonne|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Clásica de San Sebastián]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Clásica de San Sebastián|32]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1993 Clásica de San Sebastián|25]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1994 Clásica de San Sebastián|36]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1995 Clásica de San Sebastián|11]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Clásica de San Sebastián|–]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1997 Clásica de San Sebastián|7]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Clásica de San Sebastián|49]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Clásica de San Sebastián|14]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Clásica de San Sebastián|79]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Clásica de San Sebastián|20]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Clásica de San Sebastián|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Clásica de San Sebastián|–]]
|- align="center"
|'''[[Paris–Tours]]'''
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1992 Paris–Tours|27]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1993 Paris–Tours|5]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1994 Paris–Tours|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;"| [[1995 Paris–Tours|9]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1996 Paris–Tours|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1997 Paris–Tours|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1998 Paris–Tours|15]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[1999 Paris–Tours|53]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2000 Paris–Tours|40]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2001 Paris–Tours|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2002 Paris–Tours|–]]
| style="background:#eee;"| [[2003 Paris–Tours|–]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|-
! scope="row" | NH
| Not held
|}

====Notes====
{{reflist|group=L}}


== Famous Mercatone Uno cyclists ==
== Famous Mercatone Uno cyclists ==
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Commons category|Mercatone Uno cycling team}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercatone Uno-Scanavino}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercatone Uno-Scanavino}}
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[[Category:Defunct cycling teams based in Italy]]
[[Category:Defunct cycling teams based in Italy]]
[[Category:Cycling teams established in 1992]]
[[Category:Cycling teams established in 1992]]
[[Category:Sports clubs disestablished in 2003]]
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Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
Team information
UCI codeMER
RegisteredSan Marino 1992–1995
Italy 1997–2003
Founded1992 (1992)
Disbanded2003
Discipline(s)Road
Key personnel
General managerFranco Gini (1992–1995)
Luciano Pezzi (1997–1998)
Franco Cornacchia (1995–2001)
Manuela Ronchi (2000–2002)
Team name history
1992–1993
1994
1995
1997
1998–1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Mercatone Uno-Zucchini
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini
Mercatone Uno-Saeco
Mercatone Uno
Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
Mercatone Uno-Albacom
Mercatone Uno-Stream TV
Mercatone Uno
Mercatone Uno-Scanavino

Mercatone Uno–Scanavino is a former professional cycling team which was based in San Marino and then in Italy. Throughout the 1990s it was one of the strongest Italian cycling teams in the peloton. The team was sponsored by a chain of supermarkets in Italy.

History

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San Marino Team

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The team began as Mercatone Uno-Zucchini in 1992 and was based in San Marino.[1] Riding with the team Adriano Baffi won the points classification in the 1993 Giro d'Italia. During the 1995 season the General Manager of the team was Franco Gini and the directeur sportifs were Antonio Salutini, Franco Chioccioli, Olivano Locatelli and Bruno Vicino.[2] This team closed at the end of 1995 season with the withdrawal of the sponsor: the new team had the same sponsor but was a totally different team.

Team built around Pantani

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When Carrera Jeans manufacturers stopped sponsoring the famous Italian cycling team Carrera Jeans–Tassoni at the end of 1996, it was reported that manager Davide Boifava would be building a team around Marco Pantani with Mercatone Uno as the main sponsor.[3] However Luciano Pezzi became the President of that new team, taking with him as directeur sportifs Giuseppe Martinelli, Davide Cassani and Alessandro Giannelli and ten of the riders from Carrera including Pantani.[4] In this way a new team based in Italy was formed with Marco Pantani as the team leader and which rode Bianchi bikes. According to former cycling champion Felice Gimondi the team was built exclusively around Pantani with directeur sportif Martinelli refusing to sign a sprinter as this could have created other objectives of the team. According to Gimondi, in this way the team was conceived similarly to the way the Bianchi cycling team was conceived in the mid-1940s as a team built around Fausto Coppi.[5] In the 1997 season, Pantani finished third overall at the 1997 Tour de France and won several stages including the stage to the Alpe d'Huez. The following year Pantani won the 1998 Giro d'Italia[6] and then won the 1998 Tour de France – becoming only the seventh rider in history to achieve the Giro–Tour double. Pantani dedicated his win to the recently deceased General manager of Mercatone Uno Luciano Pezzi.[7] After achieving this great success, the head of the branch of the Mercatone Uno supermarkets, Romano Cenni, said that the sponsor would remain in cycling as long as Pantani was still cycling.[8] In the 1999 Giro d'Italia, Pantani dominated the race until he was suspended from the race due to a high haematocrit level. As a result, the entire Mercatone Uno team withdrew from the race.[9] The following year the team won the 2000 Giro d'Italia with Stefano Garzelli to which he thanked Pantani for help.[10] Although Garzelli had a contract that run until the end of the 2001 season, he left the team at the end of 2000.[11] When Pantani abandoned the 2002 Giro d'Italia, there was immediate talk of Mercatone Uno stopping its sponsorship after the 2002 season as the team had not been invited to the 2001 and 2002 Tour de France.[12] However the team continued during the 2003 season where Pantani rode to 14th overall in the 2003 Giro d'Italia. The team was disbanded at the end of 2003 due to the probable retirement of Pantani[13] with several riders going to the South African team Barloworld.[14]

Major wins

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1992
Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Enrico Zaina
1993
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Enrico Zaina
Profronde van Made, Adri van der Poel
Profronde van Surhuisterveen, Adri van der Poel
Stages 2, 8 & 18 Giro d'Italia, Adriano Baffi
1994
Giro di Toscana, Francesco Casagrande
Criterium d'Abruzzo, Michele Bartoli
Firenze–Pistoia, Francesco Casagrande
Trofeo Luis Puig, Adriano Baffi
Stages 1 & 6 Paris–Nice, Mario Cipollini
Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico, Adriano Baffi
Brabantse Pijl, Michele Bartoli
Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Michele Bartoli
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Francesco Casagrande
Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Michele Bartoli
Stage 15 Tour de France, Eros Poli
Stages 2 & 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Simone Biasci
Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Massimo Donati
Giro della Romagna, Giuseppe Petito
Giro dell'Emilia, Francesco Casagrande
Milano–Torino, Francesco Casagrande
1995
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Massimiliano Lelli
Profronde van Oostvoorne, Mario Cipollini
 Italy National Time Trial championships, Massimiliano Lelli
Overall Driedaagse van De Panne, Michele Bartoli
Firenze–Pistoia, Francesco Casagrande
Coppa Placci, Francesco Casagrande
Trofeo Luis Puig, Mario Cipollini
Stages 4 & 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Mario Cipollini
Stages 2 & 5 Tour de Romandie, Mario Cipollini
Giro dell'Appennino, Francesco Casagrande
Stages 1 & 3 Giro d'Italia, Mario Cipollini
Stages 2, 3 & 5 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mario Cipollini
Stages 2 & 4 Tour de France, Mario Cipollini
Milano–Vignola, Angelo Canzonieri
1997
Ronde van Pijnacker, Marco Pantani
Giro del Mendrisiotto, Beat Zberg
Overall Giro di Toscana, Sergio Barbero
Coppa Placci, Beat Zberg
Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
Stages 13 & 15 Tour de France, Marco Pantani
Stage 19 Tour de France, Mario Traversoni
Urkiola Igoera – Subida Urkiola, Beat Zberg
Stage 7 Tour de Pologne, Markus Zberg
1998
GP Tell, Marco Velo
De Draai van de Kaai, Marco Pantani
Profronde van Surhuisterveen, Marco Pantani
Firenze–Pistoia, Marco Velo
Gala Tour de France, Marco Pantani
Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Dimitri Konyshev
Overall Giro d'Italia, Marco Pantani
, Mountains classification, Marco Pantani
Stages 14 & 19, Marco Pantani
Stage 16, Fabio Fontanelli
Overall Tour de Suisse, Stefano Garzelli
Points classification, Stefano Garzelli
Combination classification, Stefano Garzelli
Stages 5 & 6, Stefano Garzelli
 Italy National Time Trial championships, Marco Velo
Overall Tour de France, Marco Pantani
Stages 11 & 15, Marco Pantani
Urkiola Igoera - Subida Urkiola, Simone Borgheresi
Boucles de l'Aulne, Marco Pantani
1999
Firenze–Pistoia, Marco Velo
Roma Maxima, Sergio Barbero
Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia – Costa Calida, Marco Pantani
Stage 4, Marco Pantani
Stage 2 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Marco Pantani
Stage 5a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Fabiano Fontanelli
GP Miguel Induráin, Stefano Garzelli
Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Garzelli
Paris–Camembert Lepetit, Fabiano Fontanelli
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Massimo Podenzana
Stages 8, 15, 19 & 20 Giro d'Italia, Marco Pantani
Giro dell'Appennino, Simone Borgheresi
 Italy National Time Trial championships, Marco Velo
Stage 14 Tour de France, Dimitri Konyshev
Tre Valli Varesine, Sergio Barbero
GP Llodio, Marco Velo
Giro della Romagna, Roberto Conti
Grand Prix de Fourmies, Dimitri Konyshev
Coppa Sabatini, Dimitri Konyshev
Japan Cup, Sergio Barbero
2000
Acht van Chaam, Marco Pantani
Profronde van Stiphout, Marco Pantani
Overall Giro del Trentino, Simone Borgheresi
Overall Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli
Stage 18, Stefano Garzelli
Overall Tour of Sweden, Michael Andersson
Stage 2, Michael Andersson
Stage 8 Tour de Suisse, Stefano Garzelli
Mountains classification Stefano Garzelli
 Sweden National Time Trial championship, Michael Andersson
 Italy National Time Trial championships, Marco Velo
Stages 12 & 15 Tour de France, Marco Pantani
2001
Klasika Primavera, Igor Astarloa
Stage 7 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Daniele De Paoli
 Italy National Time Trial championships, Marco Velo
2002
GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio, Fabiano Fontanelli
Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Fabiano Fontanelli
 Kazakhstan National Time Trial championships, Andrey Mizurov
2003
Giro del Friuli, Joseba Albizu
Stage 2 Ster Elektrotoer, Eddy Serri
Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer, Luca Solari
Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer, Enrico Degano

Supplementary statistics

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Sources:[15][16]

Note: The team did not exist for the 1996 Season.

Grand Tours by highest finishing position
Race 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996[L 1] 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Giro d'Italia 14 11 22 10 – 9 1 DNF[L 2] 1 11 37 14
Tour de France – – 42 43 – 3 1 32 37 – – –
/ Vuelta a España 54 39 13 9 – – – – – 46 – –
Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position
Race 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Tour Down Under Did not Exist – – – – –
/ Paris–Nice – 68 22 6 – – – – – – – –
Tirreno–Adriatico 17 20 15 7 – 3 – 3 22 23 19 –
Volta a Catalunya – – 9 30 – – 4 12 – – – –
Tour of the Basque Country – – 4 – – 3 15 8 28 26 – 49
Tour de Romandie – – – 2 – 3 20 39 – – – –
Critérium du Dauphiné – – – – – – – – – – – –
Tour de Suisse – – – – – 8 1 – 9 – – –
Tour de Pologne – – – – – 8 – – – – – –
Ronde van Nederland – 34 15 51 – – – – – – – –
Monument races by highest finishing position
Monument 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Milan–San Remo 30 11 2 5 – 12 38 4 7 24 68 –
Tour of Flanders 35 33 36 7 – – – 31 55 DNF – –
Paris–Roubaix – 5 – 32 – – DNF DNF – – – –
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 25 80 17 3 – 7 28 13 19 11 21 –
Giro di Lombardia 39 36 11 3 – 21 11 5 35 38 24 65
Classics by highest finishing position
Classic 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Omloop Het Volk 26 – 69 – – – – – – – – –
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 26 NH 25 – – – – – – – – –
E3 Harelbeke 21 6 3 21 – – – – – – – –
Gent–Wevelgem 27 9 19 4 – – – – – – – –
Amstel Gold Race – 6 34 10 – 3 23 10 16 15 – –
La Flèche Wallonne – 7 6 4 – 5 47 7 15 27 81 –
Clásica de San Sebastián 32 25 36 11 – 7 49 14 79 20 – –
Paris–Tours 27 5 4 9 – – 15 53 40 – – –
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

Notes

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  1. ^ The team did not exist in 1996
  2. ^ The team pulled out after stage 21 after Marco Pantani who was winning the race was kicked out for having too high a hemacrit level.[17][18]

Famous Mercatone Uno cyclists

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References

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  1. ^ "Mercatone Uno-Zucchini 1992". de wielersite. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  2. ^ "Mercatone Uno 1995". de wielersite.nl. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  3. ^ "News for July 19". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  4. ^ "Mercatone Uno". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  5. ^ "News Aug 3 1998, Interview with Felice Gimondi". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  6. ^ "1998 Giro d'Italia stage 22 brief". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  7. ^ "Tour de France stage 21 brief". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  8. ^ "A visit to Marco Pantani's house finds him back at work". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  9. ^ "Pantani Report". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  10. ^ "83rd Giro d'Italia what the winners said". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  11. ^ "Garzelli confirms with Mapei". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  12. ^ "A new team for Pantani?". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  13. ^ "Pantani closer to retirement?". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  14. ^ "Mercatone Uno riders to Barloworld". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  15. ^ "FirstCycling". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  16. ^ "ProCyclingStats". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  17. ^ "www.cyclingnews.com presents the 82nd Giro d'Italia 1999". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 15 May 1999. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Marco Pantani: New court hearing on Camorra's role in 1999 Giro d'Italia exclusion". road.cc. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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