Fassa Bortolo

Fassa Bortolo (2000–2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and led by Giancarlo Ferretti. Dubbed the 'Silver Team', it managed to be one of the most successful teams of the era, not in the least due to top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. In its six competitive years, Fassa Bortolo won over 200 races, including stages in all three Grand Tours. It was one of the inaugural 20 UCI ProTour teams in 2005.

Fassa Bortolo stopped the sponsorship of the team after 2005. Efforts to find a new co-sponsor for 2006 proved unsuccessful. On October 14, 2005, a man claiming to represent proposed new sponsor Sony Ericsson turned out to be an imposter, leaving all staff and riders unemployed.

Petacchi and some of his helpers moved to the new Team Milram, a continuation of the Domina Vacanze Team. The other Fassa Bortolo riders all moved to different teams.

Team 2005

The main part of the riders signed early contracts with new teams for 2006, and eventually all riders found new teams.

Major wins

2000

Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Petacchi

GP Città´ di Camaiore, Wladimir Belli

Paris–Nice Stage 3, Fabio Baldato

Paris–Nice Stage 5, Matteo Tosatto

Giro d'Italia Points classification, Dimitri Konyshev

:Stage 6, Dimitri Konyshev

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Nicola Loda

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3 and 5, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de Suisse Stage 3, Wladimir Belli

Tour de Suisse Stage 7, Marco Fincato

Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Dimitri Konyshev

Vuelta a España, Stage 8, 12 – Alessandro Petacchi

Giro di Lombardia, Raimondas Rumšas

2001

GP Città´ di Camaiore, Michele Bartoli

Route du Sud Overall, Francesco Casagrande

Giro del Trentino, Francesco Casagrande

Tour Mediterranean Stage 1, Ivan Basso

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Michele Bartoli

Paris–Nice Overall, Dario Frigo

:Stage 6, Dario Frigo

Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Overall, Raimondas Rumšas

:Stage 5b, Raimondas Rumšas

Tour de Romandie Overall, Dario Frigo

Giro d'Italia Stage 12, Matteo Tosatto

Giro d'Italia Stage 15, Dario Frigo

Euskal Bizikleta Stage 4a, Alessandro Petacchi

Euskal Bizikleta Stage 5, Ivan Basso

National Road Championship, Raimondas Rumšas

National Road Championship, Dimitri Konyshev

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3, Kim Kirchen

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Fabio Baldato

Tour de Suisse Stage 5, Dimitri Konyshev

Tour de Suisse Stage 6, Serguei Ivanov

Tour de France, Stage 9 – Serguei Ivanov

Coppa Ugo Agostoni, Francesco Casagrande

Trofeo Melinda, Francesco Casagrande

Tour de Pologne Stage 4, Alessandro Petacchi

Ster Elektrotoer Stage 3, Luca Mazzanti

Coppa Sabatini, Dimitri Konyshev

2002

Giro del Trentino, Francesco Casagrande

Coppa Placci, Matteo Tosatto

Trofeo dell´Etna, Fabio Baldato

Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Tadej Valjavec

Tour Mediterranean Overall, Michele Bartoli

:Stage 4, Michele Bartoli

:Stage 5, Alessandro Petacchi

Trofeo Luis Puig, Sergei Ivanov

Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Stage 1, 2 & 3, Alessandro Petacchi

Paris–Nice Stage 1 & 5, Alessandro Petacchi

Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale, Francesco Casagrande

KBC Driedaagse van De Panne – Koksijde Stage 3a, Fabio Baldato

Amstel Gold Race, Michele Bartoli

Tour de Berne, Kim Kirchen

Tour de Suisse Stage 5, Francesco Casagrande

National Road Championship, Serhiy Honchar

Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Alessandro Petacchi

Ronde van Nederland Overall, Kim Kirchen

:Stage 3, Alessandro Petacchi

:Stage 5, Sergei Ivanov

Vuelta a España Stage 12, Alessandro Petacchi

Giro dell'Emilia, Michele Bartoli

Milano–Torino, Michele Bartoli

Giro di Lombardia, Michele Bartoli

2003

Profronde van Oostvoorne, Alessandro Petacchi

Spektakel van Steenwijk, Alessandro Petacchi

Dwars door Gendringen, Alessandro Petacchi

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Aitor González Jiménez

Criterium Aalst, Alessandro Petacchi

Ronde van Pijnacker, Alessandro Petacchi

Trofeo dell´Etna, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de Berne, Filippo Pozzato

Trofeo Laigueglia, Filippo Pozzato

Trofeo Luis Puig, Alessandro Petacchi

Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Overall, Dario Frigo

:Stage 1, Dario Frigo

:Stage 5, Alessandro Petacchi

Paris–Nice Stage 1, Alessandro Petacchi

Paris–Nice Stage 4, Dario Frigo

Tirreno–Adriatico Overall, Filippo Pozzato

:Stage 2, Filippo Pozzato

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme Overall, Dario Frigo

:Stage 3, Marco Zanotti

:Stage 4, Dario Frigo

Tour de Romandie Prologue, Fabian Cancellara

Giro d'Italia, Stage 1, 5, 6, 13, 16, 17, Alessandro Petacchi

Giro d'Italia, Stage 15, Aitor González Jiménez

Giro d'Italia, Stage 18, Dario Frigo

Tour de Belgium Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Nicola Loda

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Serguei Ivanov

Tour de Suisse Prologue, Fabian Cancellara

National Road Championship, Tadej Valjavec

Trofeo Matteotti, Filippo Pozzato

Tour de France, Stage 1, 3, 5, 6, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de la Wallonne Stage 3, Michele Bartoli

Rothaus Regio-Tour International Overall, Volodymir Gustov

:Stage 2a, Marco Zanotti

Ronde van Nederland Stage 1 & 2, Alessandro Petacchi

Vuelta a España, Stage 3, 5, 12, 14, 21, Alessandro Petacchi

Paris – Bruxelles, Kim Kirchen

Giro del Lazio, Michele Bartoli

Giro di Lombardia, Michele Bartoli

2004

Tour of Qatar Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

Trofeo Laigueglia, Filippo Pozzato

Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 1, 2, 7, Alessandro Petacchi

Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 5, Roberto Petito

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara

Giro di Toscana, Matteo Tosatto

Giro d'Italia Points Classification, Alessandro Petacchi

:Most Combative classification, Alessandro Petacchi

:Winner Azzurri d'Italia classification, Alessandro Petacchi

:Stages 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 21, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Kim Kirchen

National Road Championship, Kim Kirchen

National Time Trial Championship, Fabian Cancellara

Tour de France, Prologue – Fabian Cancellara

Tour de France, Stage 7 – Filippo Pozzato

Tour de France, Stage 14 – Aitor González Jiménez

Züri-Metzgete, Juan Antonio Flecha

Ronde van Nederland Stage 3, Alessandro Petacchi

GP Kanton Aargau, Matteo Tosatto

Vuelta a España, Stage 2, 4, 7, 13, Alessandro Petacchi

Giro del Lazio, Juan Antonio Flecha

2005

GP Etruscan Coast, Alessandro Petacchi

Trophy Laigueglia, Kim Kirchen

Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 4, 5, Alessandro Petacchi

Trofeo Luis Puig, Alessandro Petacchi

Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Overall, Alessandro Petacchi

: Stage 1, 2, 5, Alessandro Petacchi

: Stage 4, Juan Antonio Flecha

Milano–Torino, Fabio Sacchi

Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 1, 6, 7, Alessandro Petacchi

Paris–Nice Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

2005 Milan–San Remo, Alessandro Petacchi

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 2, Claudio Corioni

International Cycling Week Stage 4, Kim Kirchen

Giro del Trentino Stage 4, Andrus Aug

Tour de Romandie Stage 1, 2, Alessandro Petacchi

Giro d'Italia, Stage 9, 12, 15, 20, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Alberto Ongarato

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3, Dario Frigo

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

Tour de France Stage 6, Lorenzo Bernucci

Tour de la Wallonne, Alberto Ongarato

Vuelta a España, Points Classification, Alessandro Petacchi

:Stage 3, 4, 8, 12, 21, Alessandro Petacchi

Tour de Pologne Overall, Kim Kirchen

:Stage 7, Kim Kirchen

National champions

2001

1st Lithuanian National Road Championship, Raimondas Rumšas

1st Russian National Road Championship, Dimitri Konyshev

2002

1st Ukrainian National Road Championship, Serhiy Honchar

2003

1st Slovenian National Road Championship, Tadej Valjavec

2004

1st Luxembourg National Road Championship, Kim Kirchen

1st Swiss National Time Trial Championship, Fabian Cancellara

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