Team Tinkoff Credit Systems
| Tinkoff Credit Systems | |
| Team data | |
| UCI code | TCS |
| nationality |
 Russia
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| License | Professional Continental |
| First season | 2005 |
| Last season | 2008 |
| discipline | Street |
| Wheel manufacturer | Colnago |
| staff | |
| Team manager | Stefano Feltrin |
| Name story | |
| Years | Surname |
| 2005-2007 2007-2008 |
Tinkoff Restaurants (KOF) Tinkoff Credit Systems (TCS) |
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The Tinkoff Credit Systems team was a Russian cycling team .
history
The team took part in the UCI Europe Tour as Tinkoff Restaurants from 2005 and initially had the status of a Continental team . The team boss was the owner of the restaurant chain, Oleg Tinkow .
As of 2007, the bank "Tinkoff Credit Systems", which was also founded by Tinkow in 2006 and focuses on the credit card business, took over the sponsorship of the team. In addition, the sporting management of the Team LPR team was committed and a license as a Professional Continental Team was applied for. Sports manager was Omar Piscina and Orlando Maina and Dmitri Konyshev served as sports directors .
In autumn 2006, the team made headlines by signing the American Tyler Hamilton, who had previously been banned from doping, and the German Danilo Hondo, who was suspected of doping . The German Jörg Jaksche , who confessed to being a customer of the Fuentes doping network, signed a contract in mid-April 2007. However, both Hamilton and Jaksche were suspended on April 30, 2007.
Tinkow said in an interview with Tour magazine: “Riders like Danilo Hondo and Hamilton should show them [the young riders in the team] how to ride a bike professionally. They should serve as a role model for them. ” The team founder has repeatedly shown public interest in signing the former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich .
The cycling team was invited to participate in the Giro d'Italia 2007 by wildcard . At the end of the 2008 season, the team was disbanded.
In 2009, a new Katjuscha cycling team was founded on the basis of the Tinkoff team , which received a ProTeam license. In addition to the professional team, Katjuscha also includes other cycling teams for track, cyclo-cross, women's cycling as well as the farm teams Katjuscha Continental Team and Itera-Katjuscha .
Team 2008
Disposals – additions
| Accesses | Team 2007 | Departures | Team 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alexander Chatuntsev
|
Unibet.com |
 Danilo Hondo
|
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni |
 Luca Mazzanti
|
Ceramiche Panaria |
Anton Mindlin
|
Cinelli OPD |
|
Alberto Loddo
|
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni |
Salvatore Commesso
|
Preti Mangimi |
 Walter Pedraza
|
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni |
 Tyler Hamilton
|
Rock racing |
 Jauhen Sobal
|
Cinelli-Endeka OPD |
Elio Aggiano
|
End of career |
|
Alexander Gottfried
|
Team Sparkasse |
Jörg Jaksche
|
Doping ban |
|
Nikita Jeskow
|
Ex-professional ( locomotive 2005) |
Ruggero Marzoli
|
suspended |
|
Bernardo Riccio
|
Neoprofi |
Steffen Weigold
|
End of career |
Team 2008
| Surname | birthday | nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Pawel Gross | January 29, 1982 |
Russia
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| Alexander Chatuntsev | February 11, 1985 |
Russia
|
| Daniele Contrini | 15th August 1974 |
Italy
|
| Alexander Gottfried | 5th July 1985 |
Germany
|
| Mikhail Ignatiev | May 7, 1985 |
Russia
|
| Nikita Jeskow | January 23, 1983 |
Russia
|
| Vasil Kiryenka | June 28, 1981 |
Belarus
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| Sergei Klimov | July 7, 1980 |
Russia
|
| Alberto Loddo | 5th January 1979 |
Italy
|
| Luca Mazzanti | 4th February 1974 |
Italy
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| Walter Pedraza | November 27, 1981 |
Colombia
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| Yevgeny Petrov | May 25, 1978 |
Russia
|
| Bernardo Riccio | March 21, 1985 |
Italy
|
| Ivan Rowny | September 30, 1987 |
Russia
|
| Alexander Serov | November 12, 1982 |
Russia
|
| Ricardo Serrano | 4th August 1978 |
 Spain
|
| Jauhen Sobal | April 7, 1981 |
Belarus
|
| Nikolai Trusov | 2nd July 1985 |
Russia
|
| Ilya Chernetsky | 17th January 1984 |
Russia
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| Trainees | nationality | |
| Alberto Contoli |
Italy
|
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| Massimo Graziato |
Italy
|
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| Jarosław Marycz |
 Poland
|
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Achievements in 2008
| date | run | driver |
|---|---|---|
| January 30th |
 4th stage Qatar tour
|
Alberto Loddo
|
| 13th February |
 5th stage Tour de Langkawi
|
Alberto Loddo
|
| April 1st |
1st stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( MZF ) |
Tinkoff Credit Systems
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| May 11th |
3rd stage Clásica Alcobendas
|
Bernardo Riccio
|
| May 14th |
5th stage Giro d'Italia
|
Pawel Gross
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| 30th May |
19th stage of the Giro d'Italia
|
Vasil Kiryenka
|
Successes in 2007
| date | run | driver |
|---|---|---|
| February 10th |
9th stage Tour de Langkawi
|
Pawel Gross
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| February 15th |
 3rd stage Mediterranean cruise
|
Mikhail Ignatiev
|
| 20. February |
Trofeo Laigueglia
|
Mikhail Ignatiev
|
| 3 March |
 Grand Prix Chiasso
|
Pawel Gross
|
| April 16 |
1st stage Tour de Georgia
|
Daniele Contrini
|
| 25. May |
3rd stage Circuit de Lorraine
|
Ruggero Marzoli
|
| May 27th |
5th stage Circuit de Lorraine
|
Jörg Jaksche
|
| 23-27 May |
Overall classification Circuit de Lorraine
|
Jörg Jaksche
|
| June 19th |
 Prologue Ster Elektrotoer
|
Mikhail Ignatiev
|
| June 22 |
3rd stage of Ster Elektrotoer
|
Vasil Kiryenka
|
| August 14th |
1st stage Burgos Tour
|
Mikhail Ignatiev
|
| 18th of August |
5th stage Burgos Tour
|
Vasil Kiryenka
|
| August 25 |
4th stage Rothaus Regio-Tour
|
Mikhail Ignatiev
|
| September 11 |
 2nd stage Tour of Britain
|
Nikolai Trusov
|
| September 14th |
5th stage Tour of Britain
|
Alexander Serov
|
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI Asia Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 17th | |
| 2008 | 18th |
UCI Europe Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6th |
Mikhail Ignatiev (11.)
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| 2008 | 31. |
Wassil Kiryenka (92nd)
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Web links
- Team Tinkoff Credit Systems in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ dailypeloton.com, Spotlight on Tinkoff Credit Systems 2007
- ↑ cyclingnews.com, Tinkoff presented amongst cycling dignitaries
- ↑ live-radsport.ch, Katyusha presents itself to the public with a lot of celebrities