Lampre–Merida

Lampre–Merida
Team information
UCI code LAM
Registered Italy
Founded 1991 (1991)
Discipline Road
Status UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles Merida
Components Shimano
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Giuseppe Saronni
Team manager(s) Fabrizio Bontempi
Team name history
2013–
2011–2012
2010
2009
2008
2006–2007
2005
2003–2004
1999–2002
1994–1995
1993
1992
1991		 Lampre–Merida
Lampre–ISD
Lampre–Farnese Vini
Lampre–NGC
Lampre
Lampre–Fondital
Lampre–Caffita
Lampre
Lampre–Daikin
Lampre–Panaria
Lampre–Polti
Lampre–Colnago
Colnago–Lampre

Jersey

Lampre–Merida (UCI team code: LAM) is an Italian road bicycle racing team. Lampre is an Italian manufacturer of prefinished steel sheet materials. Merida is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer. The team is a member of the UCI ProTour, and has been since the tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005. However Lampre was temporarily suspended from the ProTour in 2010, missing one ProTour event.[1]

The team consists mostly of Italian riders, and has a strong presence in the grand tours, especially the Giro d'Italia. The general manager Giuseppe Saronni was himself a famous professional cyclist and winner of 2 editions of the Giro d'Italia.

History

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.[2] During a rest day of the Giro, the team elected to visit the Monza race track for a photo-op and some training sessions.

For the 2013 season the team will no longer be using Wilier bikes, but will now ride Merida bikes. Although Wilier had been contracted through to the end of the 2013 season, they cited that Lampre broke the terms and conditions of the contract, and terminated their technical sponsorship.[3]

In August 2016 the team confirmed that its WorldTeam licence was being transferred from CGS Cycling to Chinese company TJ Sport Consultation, with the team becoming the first Chinese WorldTour team from 2017. Former Saunier Duval–Prodir team manager Mauro Gianetti was announced as the co-ordinator for the project.[4] In an interview with Gazetta dello Sport the following month, Saronni confirmed that he and CGS Cycling would continue to manage the team on TJ Sport's behalf, and that the team's bicycles would be supplied by Colnago. He indicated that the project was being co-ordinated by the Chinese government via TJ Sport with involvement from a number of Chinese companies including Alibaba, and that its aim was to develop Chinese cycling and riders.[5]

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016.
Rider Date of birth
 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 31)
 Matteo Bono (ITA) (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 32)
 Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 25)
 Davide Cimolai (ITA) (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 26)
 Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 22)
 Mário Costa (POR) (1985-11-15)15 November 1985 (aged 30)
 Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 29)
 Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 28)
 Chun Kai Feng (TWN) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 27)
 Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 33)
 Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Ilia Koshevoy (BLR) (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Marko Kump (SLO) (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 27)
 Louis Meintjes (RSA) (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 24)
 Sacha Modolo (ITA) (1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 28)
 Matej Mohoric (SLO) (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 21)
 Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 35)
 Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 35)
 Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 22)
 Luka Pibernik (SLO) (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 22)
 Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 23)
 Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 26)
 Xu Gang (CHN) (1984-01-28)28 January 1984 (aged 32)
 Federico Zurlo (ITA) (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 (aged 22)

Major results

National champions

1999
Belgian Road Race, Ludo Dierckxsens
2000
South African Time Trial, Robbie Hunter
Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
2001
Latvian Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
2002
Latvian Time Trial, Raivis Belohvoščiks
Latvian Road Race, Raivis Belohvoščiks
2005
Austrian Road Race, Gerrit Glomser
2006
Italian Time Trial, Marzio Bruseghin
2007
Slovenian Road Race, Tadej Valjavec
2008
World Road Race, Alessandro Ballan
2011
Slovenian Road Race, Grega Bole
Ukrainian Road Race, Oleksandr Kvachuk
Ukrainian Time Trial, Oleksandr Kvachuk
Italian Time Trial, Adriano Malori
2014
Portuguese Time Trial, Nelson Oliveira
Portuguese Road Race, Nelson Oliveira
2015
Portuguese Time Trial, Nelson Oliveira
Ethiopian Road Race, Tsgabu Grmay
Ethiopian Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
Portuguese Road Race, Rui Costa
Slovenian Road Race, Luka Pibernik
Taiwan Road Race, Feng Chun-kai
Taiwan Time Trial, Feng Chun-kai

References

  1. ↑ Lampre granted temporary ProTour license
  2. ↑ "Team Lampre". Zimbio. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Team Lampre". Zimbio. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "TJ Sport Consultation to take over Lampre-Merida's WorldTour licence". cyclingnews.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (3 September 2016). "Saronni reveals details of the new Chinese WorldTour team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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