 Axel Merckx in 1997 | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Registered | Italy |
| Founded | 1994 (1994) |
| Disbanded | 2000 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Team name history | |
1994 1995 1996–2000 | Polti–Granarolo Polti–Granarolo–Santini Polti |
Team Polti was an Italian professionalcycling team. It became an independent team in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 withGianluigi Stanga asdirecteur sportif and Vittorio Algeri andClaudio Corti as managers. The team usedFausto Coppi bikes.[1] Other directeur sportifs included Giosuè Zenoni, Antonio Bevilacqua and Giovanni Fidanza. Team Polti gaveRichard Virenque a chance after he was ejected from the1998 Tour de France and while maintaining his innocence, his former teammates atFestina admitted taking EPO. Virenque joined Team Polti for the 1999 and 2000 seasons where he won the Mountains classification at the1999 and2000 Tour de France. In July 2007, Former Team Polti riderJörg Jaksche admitted use of performance-enhancing products and alleged that this began when he was competing with Team Polti in 1997. Jaksche alleged that directeur sportif Gianluigi Stanga introduced him to EPO during theTour de Suisse in 1997. Stanga immediately denied the accusations.[2]Throughout its seven-year history, the team rode Fausto Coppi branded bikes andSantini provided the team with their striking cycling kit.
Germany 1994 road race championDirk Baldinger
Austria 1996 Time trial championGeorg Totschnig
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