Amore & Vita

Team history

The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world."

In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini–Wührer.{{cite web|website=caferacertt.weebly.com|access-date=8 June 2023

In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion".

Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life".

Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career.

In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars.

Doping violations

During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests.

Fanini offered David Millar and Jesús Manzano team spots in 2004 after they confessed to doping.

After Riccardo Riccò was fired by Vacansoleil for doping violations in 2011, Fanini offered him a spot on the team if he accepted "penitential confinement". The conditions included removing his earrings, piercings and the diamond embedded in his tooth. Both sides could not agree on the deal and Ricco joined Meridiana–Kamen.

On 6 June 2014, Luca Benedetti gave an adverse analytical finding for Darbepoetin (dEPO), was suspended from competing and later banned for life.

Team roster

Major wins

;1989 :GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Edward Salas :Trofeo Matteotti, Roberto Pelliconi :Trofeo Laigueglia, Pierino Gavazzi :Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Pierino Gavazzi ;1990 :Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Fabrizio Convalle ;1992 :Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Alessio Di Basco ;1993 :Giro dell'Appennino, Giuseppe Calcaterra ;1994 :Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Gianluca Pierobon :Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Rodolfo Massi :Stage 15 Vuelta a España, Alessio Di Basco :Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Giuseppe Calcaterra ;1996 :Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson :Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Nicolaj Bo Larsen ;1997 : road race championships, Nicolaj Bo Larsen :Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto :Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Filippo Meloni :Overall Tour de Normandie, Glenn Magnusson :Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson :Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Dario Andriotto ;1998 : road race championships, Timothy Jones :Overall Tour de l'Ain, Cristian Gasperoni

:Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson ;1999 :Stage 9 Vodacom Rapport Toer, Gilberto Zattoni :Overall Tour of Slovenia, Timothy Jones

:Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Maurizio De Pasquale :Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Mirko Puglioli :Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain, Artur Krzeszowiec :Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Mirko Puglioli :Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Marco Cannone ;2000 :Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia, Seweryn Kohut ;2001 :Poreč Trophy III, Andrus Aug :Overall Tour of Slovenia, Faat Zakirov

:Stage 1 & 5 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Andrus Aug :Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Andrus Aug :Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Sławomir Kohut ;2002 : road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer :South Africa time trial championships, James Perry :Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria, Stefano Ciuffi :Stage 2b Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad ;2003 :Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Timothy Jones :Stage 1a Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Mauro Zinetti :Stage 4b Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Marek Wesoły :Giro del Medio Brenta, Przemysław Niemiec ;2004 :Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły : road race championships, Kjell Carlström :Overall Giro d'Abruzzo, Aleksandr Kuschynski

:Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Aleksandr Kuschynski :Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Jonas Ljungblad :Châteauroux Classic, Aleksandr Kuschynski :Overall Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad

:Overall Tour of Queensland, Jonas Ljungblad

;2005 :Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad : road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski :Tour du Lac Léman, Jonas Ljungblad :Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Artur Krzeszowiec :Tour de Vendée, Jonas Ljungblad :Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Aleksandr Kuschynski :Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Dainius Kairelis :Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Jonas Ljungblad ;2006 : road race championships, Dainius Kairelis :Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Graziano Gasparre :Stage 1 Vuelta a Extremadura, Ivan Fanelli ;2007 :Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Ivan Quaranta :Giro d'Oro, Dainius Kairelis ;2008 : road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot :Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic, Yuriy Metlushenko :Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Yuriy Metlushenko :Stage 3 Tour de Beauce, Miguel Martinez ;2009 : road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk :Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Yuriy Metlushenko :Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko :Overall Univest GP, Volodymyr Starchyk

:Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko ;2010 : road race championships, Jakub Novak :Stages 4 & 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko :Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko ;2011 : road race championships, Niv Libner :Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex :Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Volodymyr Bileka :Trophée de la Maison Royale, Vladislav Borisov :Stage 6 Vuelta Chiapas, Bernardo Colex ;2012 :Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Yovcho Yovchev ;2013 :Stage 5 Baltic Chain Tour, Mihkel Räim ;2014 :Stage 4 Tour de Beauce, Leonardo Pinizzotto : road race championships, Niv Libner :Stages 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi :Stage 2 Tour of China I, Mattia Gavazzi :Stage 1 Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi :Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi ;2015 :Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Mattia Gavazzi :Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Mattia Gavazzi : road race championships, Redi Halilaj :Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi :Overall Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi

:Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi ;2016 :Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira, Eugenio Bani :Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta al Táchira, Marco Zamparella ;2017 :Giro dell'Appennino, Danilo Celano :Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge, Pierpaolo Ficara :Stage 4 Tour of Eritrea, Redi Halilaj :Stage 1 Tour of Albania, Pierpaolo Ficara :Stage 2 Tour du Jura, Pierpaolo Ficara :Memorial Marco Pantani, Marco Zamparella ;2019 :Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Tizza :Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Davide Appollonio :Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Marco Tizza :Stage 2 Tour of Almaty, Danilo Celano ;2020 : road race championships, Viesturs Lukševics

National championships

;1997 :[[File:MaillotDinamarca.svg|20px]] Denmark road race championships, Nicolai Bo Larsen :[[File:MaillotItalia.svg|20px]] Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto ;1998 :[[File:Zimbabwe jersey.jpg|20px]] Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones ;2002 :[[File:MaillotHungary.png|20px]] Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer :[[File:MaillotSudáfrica.PNG|20px]] South Africa time trial championships, James Perry ;2004 :[[File:MaillotPolonia.PNG|20px]] Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły :[[File:MaillotFin.PNG|20px]] Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström ;2005 :[[File:MaillotSuecia.PNG|20px]] Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad :[[File:MaillotBielorrusia.PNG|20px]] Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski ;2006 :[[File:MaillotLituania.PNG|20px]] Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis ;2008 :[[File:MaillotEritrea2.jpg|20px]] Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot ;2009 :[[File:MaillotUcrania.PNG|20px]] Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk ;2010 :[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak ;2011 :[[File:MaillotIsrael.PNG|20px]] Israel road race championships, Niv Libner :[[File:MaillotMexicano.PNG|20px]] Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex ;2014 :[[File:MaillotIsrael.PNG|20px]] Israel road race championships, Niv Libner ;2015 :[[File:Albania jersey.jpg|20px]] Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj ;2020 :[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvia road race, Viesturs Lukševics

References

References

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2. "Amore & Vita".
3. (17 December 2009). "Chad Gerlach turns down Amore & Vita contract".
4. "Daily Peloton – Pro Cycling News".
5. "News for June 18, 1999".
6. (2004-07-22). "Italian team offers Millar lifeline".
7. (31 May 2011). "Riccò may return to racing in June with Amore & Vita".
8. Ryan, Barry. (June 2011). "Riccò to sign for Meridian-Kamen".
9. (1 September 2021). "Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)".
10. "Amore e Vita". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
11. Nieri, Valter. (11 February 2021). "Paolo Toto' riparte dalla Amore e Vita: "Con Fanini ho ritrovato la motivazione"". Prima Pagina Edizioni srl.