Tinkoff Credit Systems (cycling team)
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | TCS | |
| Registered | Italy | |
| Founded | 2007 | |
| Disbanded | 2008 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | Professional Continental | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Stefano Feltrin | |
| Team manager(s) | Omar Piscina | |
| ||
Tinkoff Credit Systems (UCI team code: TCS) was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy that had UCI Professional Continental status, raced in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was financed by Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov.
Tinkoff Credit Systems emerged from the 2006 Continental team Tinkoff Restaurants, which was based in Russia and employed Russian cyclists. Of the eleven cyclists employed by the team, eight moved on to Tinkoff Credit Systems: Pavel Brutt, Ilya Chernetskiy, Mikhail Ignatiev, Serguei Klimov, Anton Mindlin, Ivan Rovny, Alexander Serov and Nikolai Trusov.
Stefano Feltrin was the general manager of Tinkoff, while Omar Piscina was team manager, assisted by Orlando Manini, Dmitri Konychev and Claudio Cozzi. Owner Oleg Tinkoff had worked hard to build links with the Italian cycling community, which garnered wildcard invites to the major RCS races, including the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
The team was disbanded in 2008, with the new Team Katusha formed as a UCI ProTour team in its place, and using its structure.[1]
Tinkoff used Colnago bicycles with Campagnolo components.
After the 2013 Tour de France, Oleg Tinkov announced he was ending his sponsorship of You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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Major wins
- 2008
- Stage 19 Giro d'Italia, Vasil Kiryienka
- Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Pavel Brutt
- 2007
- Team classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
- Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico, Salvatore Commesso
- Gran Premio di Chiasso, Pavel Brutt
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Mikhail Ignatiev
- Young rider classification, Tour Méditerranéen, Ivan Rovny
- Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen: Mikhail Ignatiev
- Stage 9 Le Tour de Langkawi, Pavel Brutt
- Stage 1 Tour de Georgia: Daniele Contrini
References
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hamilton-on-tinkov-his-return-is-a-setback-for-cycling
- ^ Weir, Keith; O'Connor, Philip (25 July 2013). Palmer, Justin (ed.). "UPDATE 1-Cycling-Tinkoff ends sponsor deal, to launch own team". Reuters.
- ^ "Oleg Tinkov buys Saxo-Tinkoff team, becomes Tinkoff-Saxo for 2014". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- "Tinkoff presented amongst cycling dignitaries". Cyclingnews.com. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- McGrath, Andy (1 March 2007). "Spotlight on Tinkoff Credit Systems 2007". Daily Peloton. Retrieved 28 December 2018.