Lampre-Fondital

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Image:Giro 2006 - Evgeni Petrov - Passo Gavia.jpg Lampre-Fondital (UCI Team Code: LAM) is an Italian road bicycle racing team competing in the UCI ProTour in 2006. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and Saeco teams.

The team consists mostly of Italian riders, and has a strong presence in the grand tours, especially the Giro d'Italia. The manager Giuseppe Saronni was himself a famous professional cyclist and former winner of the Giro d'Italia. The two directeur sportifs are Claudio Corti and Giuseppe Martinelli.

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. During a rest day of the Giro, the team elected to visit the Monza race track for a photo-op and some training sessions. Simoni left for the 2006 season to join the Saunier Duval-Prodir team

[edit] 2006 team

Name	Birthday	Nationality	2005 team
Alessandro Ballan	06.11.1979	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Daniele Bennati	24.09.1980	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Matteo Bono	11.11.1983	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	neo-pro
Marzio Bruseghin	15.06.1974	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Fassa Bortolo
Matteo Carrara	25.03.1979	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Barloworld
Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega	29.10.1986	Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	neo-pro
Salvatore Commesso	28.03.1975	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Claudio Corioni	26.12.1982	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Fassa Bortolo
Damiano Cunego	19.09.1981	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Giuliano Figueras	24.01.1976	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Paolo Fornaciari	02.02.1971	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Enrico Franzoi	08.08.1982	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
David Loosli	08.05.1980	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Marco Marzano	10.06.1980	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Ruggero Marzoli	02.05.1976	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Acqua & Sapone
Danilo Napolitano	31.01.1981	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Team L.P.R.
Jewgeni Petrow	25.05.1978	Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russia
Morris Possoni	01.07.1984	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	neo-pro
Daniele Righi	28.03.1976	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Marius Sabaliauskas	15.11.1978	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Mauro Santambrogio	07.10.1984	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Team L.P.R.
Gorazd Stangelj	27.01.1973	Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Sylvester Szmyd	02.03.1978	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland
Tadej Valjavec	14-03-1977	Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	Phonak
Paulo Tiralongo	08.07.1977	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea	11.10.1975	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain