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Acqua & Sapone

Cycling team (2004–2012)

Summary

Cycling team (2004–2012)

Field	Value
name	Acqua & Sapone
image	Acqua & Sapone logo.png
code	ASA
registered	Italy
founded
disbanded
bicycles	Focus
website	http://www.abruzzoteam.com/
generalmanager	Palmiro Masciarelli
teammanager	Bruno Cenghialta
discipline	Road
status
season	2004
2005
2006
2007–2009
2010–2012
oldname	Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
Acqua & Sapone
Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
Acqua & Sapone
kitimage	Acqua & Sapone jersey.jpg

2005 2006 2007–2009 2010–2012 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil Acqua & Sapone Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo Acqua & Sapone

Acqua & Sapone () was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. They were managed by Palmiro Masciarelli, assisted by directeur sportifs Lorenzo Di Lorenzo, Bruno Cenghialta and Franco Gini. The team won team championship (or team points ranking) on the 2005–06 UCI Europe Tour.

The team folded at the end of the 2012 season, after losing their main backing.

2012 roster

Major wins

;2004 :Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Crescenzo D'Amore :Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Ruggero Marzoli :Stage 2 Giro d'Abruzzo, Ruggero Marzoli :Stage 2 & 6 Circuit des Mines, Denis Bertolini :Stage 2 Course de la Paix, Denis Bertolini :Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Fred Rodriguez :Wachovia Classic, Fred Rodriguez : Road Race Championship, Ondřej Sosenka :Overall Tour de Pologne, Ondřej Sosenka

;2005 :Prologue UNIQA Classic, Ondřej Sosenka :Stage 3b Tour of Belgium, Ondřej Sosenka :Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Ruggero Marzoli :Subida al Naranco, Rinaldo Nocentini : Time Trial Championship, Ondřej Sosenka :Trofeo Matteotti, Ruggero Marzoli :Chrono des Herbiers, Ondřej Sosenka

;2006 :Stage 2 Settimana Lombarda, Gabriele Balducci :Giro dell'Appennino, Rinaldo Nocentini :Stage 5 Course de la Paix, Kanstantsin Sivtsov :Overall Circuit de Lorraine, Juan Mauricio Soler

:Stage 2 Euskal Bizikleta, Andrea Tonti : Road Race Championship, Kanstantsin Sivtsov : Time Trial Championship, Ondřej Sosenka :GP Fred Mengoni, Andrea Tonti :Giro del Veneto, Rinaldo Nocentini :Coppa Placci, Rinaldo Nocentini

;2007 :Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Gabriele Balducci :Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Alexandr Arekeev :Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Michele Scarponi

:Stage 3 Giro del Trentino, Stefano Garzelli :Overall Tour of Japan, Francesco Masciarelli

:Stage 14 & 16 Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli :Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Stefano Garzelli : Road Race Championship, Branislau Samoilau : Time Trial Championship, Andrei Kunitski :Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie, Giuseppe Palumbo :Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Aurélien Passeron :Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Aurélien Passeron

;2008 :Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Gabriele Balducci :Trofeo Laigueglia, Luca Paolini :Stage 3 Settimana Lombarda, Gabriele Balducci :Stage 5 Settimana Lombarda, Branislau Samoilau :Stage 6 Settimana Lombarda, Francesco Failli :Stage 2 & 4 Giro del Trentino, Stefano Garzelli :Stage 2 Vuelta a La Rioja, Diego Milán :Stage 2a & 3 Vuelta a Asturias, Stefano Garzelli :Stage 2 GP Paredes Rota dos Moveis, Diego Milán : Time Trial Championship, Andrei Kunitski :Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Andrei Kunitski :Coppa Placci, Luca Paolini :Grand Prix de Wallonie, Stefano Garzelli :Giro del Lazio, Francesco Masciarelli

;2009 :Stage 6 Settimana Lombarda, Luca Paolini :Stages 4 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli :[[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Mountain classification Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli :Coppa Bernocchi, Luca Paolini

;2010 :Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Francesco Masciarelli :Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Stefano Garzelli :Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli :TUN Road Race Championships, Rafaâ Chtioui

;2011 :Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Claudio Corioni :[[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Mountain classification Giro d'Italia, Stefano Garzelli :Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Fabio Taborre :Memorial Marco Pantani, Fabio Taborre :Giro dell'Emilia, Carlos Betancur

;2012 : Road Race Championships, Vladimir Miholjević : Time Trial Championships, Vladimir Miholjević :Stage 4 Circuit de Lorraine, Danilo Napolitano :Stage 5 Tour of Belgium, Carlos Betancur :Trofeo Melinda, Carlos Betancur :Stage 2 Tour of Austria, Danilo Di Luca :Stage 5 Tour of Austria, Fabio Taborre :Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Danilo Di Luca :Stages 2, 4 & 5 Tour de Wallonie, Danilo Napolitano :Stage 5 Giro di Padania, Carlos Betancur

National champions

;2004 : Road Race Championship, Ondřej Sosenka ;2005 : Time Trial Championship, Ondřej Sosenka ;2006 : Belarus Road Race Championship, Kanstantsin Sivtsov : Time Trial Championship, Ondřej Sosenka ;2007 : Belarus Road Race Championship, Branislau Samoilau : Belarus Time Trial Championship, Andrei Kunitski ;2008 : Belarus Time Trial Championship, Andrei Kunitski ;2010 : Tunisia Road Race Championships, Rafaâ Chtioui ;2012 : Croatia Road Race Championships, Vladimir Miholjević : Croatia Time Trial Championships, Vladimir Miholjević

References

(7 October 2012). "Acqua e Sapone competes for the last time in Italy".
"Acqua & Sapone (ASA) – ITA". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].

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