Liquigas pata

This article deals with the GSI cycling team Liquigas-Pata , for the UCI Pro Tour team see Liquigas-Cannondale .

The Liquigas-Pata team (also Brescialat-Ceramiche Refin , Brescialat , Brescialat-Oyster , Brescialat-Liquigas and Liquigas ) was an Italian cycling team that existed from 1994 to 2001.

The team was founded in 1994 under the Italian main sponsor Brescialat (milk processing company). This withdrew at the end of 1998 and the previous co-sponsor Liquigas (Italian gas supplier) took over the main sponsorship. The team was led by Francesco Rossignoli , Dino Zandegù and Giancarlo Perini .

Parts of the team left this in 1995 and switched to the newly founded Refin team .

Known drivers

Vladimir Belli (1997) Marzio Bruseghin (1997-1998) Fabrizio Bontempi (1994–1997) Filippo Casagrande (1995) Stefano Casagrande (1995) Serhiy Honchar (2000-2001) Bruno Leali (1994)

Gabriele Missaglia (1995) Mariano Piccoli (1995-1998) Davide Rebellin (2000-2001) Marco Serpellini (1997-1998) Massimo Strazzer (1996) Marco Velo (1996–1997) Marco Villa (1996–1997)

Greatest successes

classic

• World Championship
  • 2000 individual time trial (Honchar)

Round trips

• Giro d'Italia
  • 1995 : 5th stage (F. Casagrande), & 15th stage (Piccoli)
  • 1996 : (Piccoli)
  • 1997 : 6th stage; ( Roberto Sgambelluri )
  • 1998 : & 1st stage (Piccoli)
  • 2000 : 2nd stage ( Cristian Moreni )
  • 2001 : 1st stage ( Ellis Rastelli ), 10th stage ( Denis Zanette )
• Vuelta a España
  • 1997 : 10th stage (Piccoli), 1999 : 17th stage (Moreni)
• Tour de Suisse
  • 1994: 7th stage ( Heinz Imboden ), 9th stage ( Fabio Roscioli )
• Tirreno-Adriatico
  • 1994: 3rd stage ( Mario Manzoni )
  • 2001: & 4th stage (rebel)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brescialat Official Website (English, Italian)
2. ↑ Liquigas Official Website (Italian)

Web links

• Liquigas-Pata 1999 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Liquigas-Pata 2000/2001 in the ProCyclingStats.com database