Alessio–Bianchi
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | ALB |
| Registered | Italy |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Disbanded | 2004 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Bicycles | Bianchi |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Bruno Cenghialta |
| Team name history | |
1998 1999 2000–2003 2004 | Ballan Ballan-Alessio Alessio Alessio-Bianchi |
Alessio–Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which existed from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2004 season.
Major results
1998
- 1st Stage 1 Giro di Calabria, Endrio Leoni
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Gabriele Colombo
- 1st Stage 3a Four Days of Dunkirk, Alexandre Gontchenkov
- 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Gabriele Colombo
- 1st Luk-Cup Bühl, Piotr Ugrumov
1999
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Fabio Baldato
- 1st Trofeo Pantalica, Andrea Ferrigato
- 1st Berner Rundfahrt, Andrea Ferrigato
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, Alexandre Gontchenkov
- 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Andrea Ferrigato
- 1st Stage 1 OBV Classic, Carlo Finco
- 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Fabio Baldato
- 1st Stage 3 Danmark Rundt, Nicola Loda
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse, Gilberto Simoni
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse, Gilberto Simoni
2001
- 1st, Stage 2 & 8, Tirreno–Adriatico (Endrio Leoni)
- 1st, Stage 8 & 17, Giro d'Italia (Pietro Caucchioli)
2002
- 1st, Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico (Franco Pellizotti)
- 1st Stage 4, Tour of the Basque Country (Franco Pellizotti)
- 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia (Pietro Caucchioli)
- Stage 17 & 20, Vuelta a España, (Angelo Furlan)
2003
- 1st, Stage 5, Tirreno–Adriatico (Ruggero Marzoli)
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour de Romandie (Laurent Dufaux)
- 1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Italia (Fabio Baldato)
2004
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Bertolini
- 1st Stage 3, Alessandro Bertolini
- 1st Gran Premio di Chiasso, Franco Pellizotti
- 1st Paris-Roubaix, Magnus Bäckstedt
- 1st Stage 5 Course de la Paix, Martin Hvastija
- 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud, Cristian Moreni
- 1st
Italy Road Race Championships, Cristian Moreni - 1st Scandinavian Open Road Race, Marcus Ljungqvist
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi, Angelo Furlan
- 1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour de Pologne, Fabio Baldato
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem, Magnus Bäckstedt
