Aurum Hotels
Aurum Hotels (also: Naturino-Sapore di Mare ) was an Italian cycling team .
The former Professional Continental Team was founded in 1996 under the name Cantina Tollo - CoBo. Under the changing sponsors Acqua e Sapone , Domina Vacanze and Naturino-Sapore Di Mare , the core of the team around Vincenzo Santoni always stayed together.
Drivers like Danilo Di Luca , Alexander Kolobnew , Michele Scarponi , Daniele Bennati or Murilo Fischer made their professional debut for the team, but also many veteran professionals such as B. Mario Cipollini , Giovanni Lombardi , Gian Matteo Fagnini , Gabriele Colombo or Filippo Simeoni drove here.
A black day in the team's history was June 15, 2005, when 37-year-old cyclist Alessio Galletti died of cardiac arrest in the Spanish one-day race Subida al Naranco . Another stroke of fate struck the team in November 2006 when Paul Crake was hit by a gust of wind during a pre-season race in his home country Australia on the Southland Tour and fell so badly and suffered a serious spinal injury .
Since the 2007 season, the Aurum Hotels chain has been the main sponsor of the team, which only had a license as a Continental team .
At the beginning of July 2007 the team was suspended by the Italian association due to financial problems. The team was disbanded in late 2007.
2007 season
successes
| date | run | winner |
|---|---|---|
| April 19th |
 1st stage Giro d'Abruzzo
|
Luca Ascani
|
| 19. – 22. April |
Overall ranking Giro d'Abruzzo
|
Luca Ascani
|
| June 26th |
Italian Championship - Individual Time Trial |
Luca Ascani *
|
* Ascani tested positive for EPO when he won the A sample
Additions Disposals
| Accesses | Team 2006 | Departures | Team 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Marco Fabbri
|
Neoprofi |
 Murilo Fischer
|
Liquigas-Bianchi |
|
Massimo Giunti
|
Miche | ||
|
Massimiliano Mori
|
Lampre-Fondital | ||
 Martin Mareš
|
PSK whirlpool | ||
|
Cristian Gasperoni
|
Ceramica Flaminia | ||
 Alexander Baschenow
|
Cinelli-Endeka OPD |
team
| Surname | birthday | nationality | Team 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerio Agnoli | January 6, 1985 |
Italy
|
Liquigas |
| Luca Ascani | June 29, 1983 |
Italy
|
Doping Abuse Trial |
| Stefan Cohnen | 4th December 1982 |
 Netherlands
|
Team Sparkasse |
| Gabriele Colombo | May 11, 1972 |
Italy
|
End of career |
| Paul Crake | 6th December 1976 |
 Australia
|
Retired due to racing accident in 2006 |
| Marco Fabbri | November 24, 1986 |
Italy
|
|
| Massimiliano Gentili | 16th September 1971 |
Italy
|
Acqua & Sapone |
| Leonardo Giordani | May 27, 1977 |
Italy
|
Ceramica Flaminia |
| Sergio Marinangeli | 2nd July 1980 |
Italy
|
Team LPR |
| Luca Pierfelici | 3rd September 1983 |
Italy
|
Acqua & Sapone |
| Antonio Quadranti | August 26, 1980 |
Italy
|
Katay |
| Eddy Ratti | April 4th 1977 |
Italy
|
Team Nippo-Endeka |
| Emanuele Rizza | February 8, 1984 |
Italy
|
P-Nívó Betonexpressz 2000 Corratec |
| Luigi Sestili | July 9, 1983 |
Italy
|
Ceramica Flaminia |
| Filippo Simeoni | 17th August 1971 |
Italy
|
Ceramica Flaminia |
| Rino Zampilli | March 7, 1984 |
Italy
|
Katay |
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI America Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7th | |
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 |
UCI Asia Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9. | |
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 |
UCI Europe Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5. |
Murilo Fischer (1st)
|
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Naturino-Sapore di Mare, Storia della squadra on vipmulher.com accessed on October 17, 2013 (Italian)
- ↑ radsport-news.com from June 16, 2005: Any help came too late for Galletti
- ↑ Paul Crake on www.4w4s.cycling.bvit.com.au ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 16, 2013
Web links
- The 2007 team in the Radsportseiten.net database