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Festina Cycling Team - February 2011
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| Tooom3k |
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Beginnings
The team first appeared as Lotus-Zahor but the following year, 1990, the team became Lotus-Festina. In 1993 the team became Festina-Lotus which it was known by until 2000. The team was a Spanish team from 1989 to 1992. Then the team was based in Andorra in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 the team became French from which it would stay until the team retired from the peloton, with the sole exception of 1996. In 1991 the team signed the Portuguese cyclist Acacio Da Silva who would win the sprints classification in that year’s Vuelta a España. The team signed Sean Kelly in 1992 who won Milan – San Remo, the first Classic victory for the team. The team entered its first Tour de France in 1992. The team manager and directeur sportifs at this time included Miguel Moreno Cachinero and Carlos Machin Rodriguez but Bruno Roussel joined the team in 1993 and would lead the team during its most successful years. Richard Virenque joined the team in 1993. The following year the team challenged Miguel Indurain in the 1994 Tour de France whereby teammates Luc Leblanc and Richard Virenque finished the race 4th and 5th overall and Festina won the team classification. Over the following years, Festina would be present in the Tour de France with Virenque finishing the race 3rd overall in 1996 and second overall in 1997.
Festina Doping Scandal
Virenque was a favourite in the 1998 Tour de France but after team soigneur Willy Voet was caught by France-Belgium border officials with large quantities of doping products in his Festina team car, all members of the 1998 Tour team including the World Champion Laurent Brochard and Christophe Moreau were arrested and seven admitted to taking EPO and were ejected from the race. Team doctor Eric Rijkaert was also arrested. Rijkaert was team doctor from 1993 to 1998. Laurent Brochard, Christophe Moreau and Didier Rous confessed and were served a six-month suspension before returning to racing, whereas Richard Virenque did not confess, releasing a book called Ma Vérité where he denied using doping products. However on October 24, 2000, Virenque finally confessed and was handed a suspension. The team doctor that was at the heart of the scandal, Eric Rijkaert, released a book in 2000 about the affair and discussing doping in the sport called De Zaak Festina.
Post Festina affair
Due to these doping scandals, the team reorganised itself and sponsor Festina set up the Fondation d’Entreprise Festina which aimed to promote any actions that prevent doping taking place that are undertaken by institutions or individuals. After the Festina Affair Juna Fernadez Martin, Yvon Sanquer, Michel Gros, Roberto Torres Toledano, Jacky Lachevere and Gerald Rue directed the team in its final years. The team achieved 3rd and 4th overall in the 2000 Tour de France with Joseba Beloki and Christophe Moreau and won the 2001 Vuelta a España with Angel Casero before retiring from the sport at the end of the 2001 season. The sponsor Festina continued in professional cycling by being the official timekeeper at the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta a España and several other stage-races.
Nowadays
The festina's management decided to rebuild the cycling team, which will be able to get to the World Tour in next few years. The team will be swiss and most riders will be from Switzerland. Other riders are from countries, which borders with Switzerland: Italy, France, Germany and Austria. The main objective for this season is to gain as much experience as we can and evolve our talented cyclists. We will be focused on Continental Tour races and we hope to get a wild card for swiss World Tour races, such as Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse.
Important victories
Vuelta a España:
- Sprint Classification 1991,
- General Classification 2001
Tour de France:
- King of the Mountains Classification, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
World Road Race Championship:
- 1994 (Leblanc),
- 1997 (Brochard).
Spain National Cyclo-Cross championship 1991
France National Time-Trial championships 2001
France National Cyclo-Cross championship 1995, 1996
Switzerland National Road Race championship 1992
Milan – San Remo 1992
Gent–Wevelgem 1996
Route du Sud 1995
Étoile de Bessèges 1994, 1997
Vuelta a Burgos 1995
Tour de Wallonie 1994
Trophée des Grimpeurs 1994, 1998
Tour du Limousin 1996
Giro del Piemonte 1997
Coppa Bernocchi 1997
Tour Méditerranéen 1997
Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1998
Tour de Romandie 1998
GP Ouest-France 1998
A Travers le Moribhan 1998
Tour du Poitou-Charentes 1999
Deutschland Tour 2000
Tour de Picardie 2001
Paris–Bourges 2001
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2001
Vuelta Ciclista a Chile 2001
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The Team:
Our Leaders:
Marcel Wyss
Mathias Frank
Giacomo Nizzolo
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Sponsor Goals:
 Tour de Romandie Top 10
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Calendar:
| Month | Race | Start | End | Country | Class | | January | Giro della Calabria | 28.01 | 30.01 | ITA | 2.1 | | February | Étoile de Bessèges | 2.02 | 6.02 | FRA | 2.1 | | Tour of Qatar | 6.02 | 11.02 | QAT | 2.1 | | Tour du Haut Var | 19.02 | 20.02 | FRA | 2.1 | | GP dell'Insubria | 26.02 | 26.02 | CHE | 1.1 | | | GP di Lugano | 27.02 | 27.02 | CHE | 1.1 | | March | Giro del Friuli | 3.03 | 3.03 | ITA | 1.1 | | Strade Bianche | 5.03 | 5.03 | ITA | 1.1 | | Settimana Coppi e Bartali | 22.03 | 27.03 | ITA | 2.1 | | Critérium International | 25.03 | 27.03 | FRA | 2.HC | | April | Circuit Sarthe - Pays de la Loire | 5.04 | 8.04 | FRA | 2.1 | | Vuelta a Castilla y León | 13.04 | 17.04 | ESP | 2.1 | | GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut | 14.04 | 14.04 | FRA | 1.1 | | Tro-Bro Léon | 17.04 | 17.04 | FRA | 1.1 | | Giro del Trentino | 19.04 | 22.04 | ITA | 2.1 | | GP Herning | 23.04 | 23.04 | DNK | 1.1 | | Himmerland Rundt | 24.04 | 24.04 | DNK | 1.1 | | Rund um Köln | 25.04 | 25.04 | GER | 1.1 | | Tour de Romandie [wild card] | 26.04 | 1.05 | CHE | UWT | | May | Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt | 1.05 | 1.05 | GER | 1.HC | | Scandinavian Race in Uppsala | 14.05 | 14.05 | SWE | 1.1 | | Amgen Tour of California | 15.05 | 22.05 | USA | 2.HC | | ProRace Berlin | 22.05 | 22.05 | GER | 1.1 | | Bayern – Rundfahrt | 25.05 | 29.05 | GER | 2.HC | | June | Tour de Rijke | 5.06 | 5.06 | NLD | 1.1 | | GP du canton d'Argovie | 6.06 | 6.06 | CHE | 1.1 | | Tour du Suisse [wild card] | 11.06 | 19.06 | CHE | UWT | | July | Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt | 3.07 | 10.07 | AUT | 2.HC | | Brixia Tour | 20.07 | 24.07 | ITA | 2.1 | | Coppa Placci | 30.07 | 30.07 | ITA | 1.1 | | Trofeo Matteotti | 31.07 | 31.07 | ITA | 1.1 | | August | Post Danmark Rundt | 2.08 | 7.08 | DNK | 2.HC | | G.P. Camaiore | 6.08 | 6.08 | ITA | 1.1 | | Tre Valli Varesine | 16.08 | 16.08 | ITA | 1.HC | | Coppa Agostoni | 17.08 | 17.08 | ITA | 1.1 | | Coppa Bernocchi | 18.08 | 18.08 | ITA | 1.1 | | Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda by Bergamasca | 29.08 | 3.09 | ITA | 2.1 | | September | Paris – Bruxelles | 10.09 | 10.09 | BEL | 1.HC | | GP de Fourmies | 11.09 | 11.09 | FRA | 1.HC | | Grand Prix de Wallonie | 14.09 | 14.09 | BEL | 1.1 | | GP d'Isbergeus - Pas de Calais | 18.09 | 18.09 | FRA | 1.1 | | October | Memorial Marco Pantani | 1.10 | 1.10 | ITA | 1.1 | | Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | 3.10 | 3.10 | GER | 1.1 | | Paris – Bourges | 6.10 | 6.10 | FRA | 1.1 | | Giro dell'Emilia | 8.10 | 8.10 | ITA | 1.HC | | Paris – Tours | 9.10 | 9.10 | FRA | 1.HC | | G.P. Beghelli | 9.10 | 9.10 | ITA | 1.1 | | Milano – Torino | 12.10 | 12.10 | ITA | 1.HC | | Giro del Piemonte | 13.10 | 13.10 | ITA | 1.HC | | Giro di Lombardia [wild card] | 15.10 | 15.10 | ITA | UWT | | Japan Cup | 16.10 | 16.10 | JAP | 1.1 |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 18-09-2011 12:38
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Very interesting team! Curious how you're gonna perform. Also curious to see your calendar, shoud be some other races than the most ride (I hope, no San Luis, no Langkawi, but all the "Alps"-races).
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 18-09-2011 17:17
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@dienblad: Thanks! You are right, most races are in Alps, but you will also see us in Tour of Qatar or California. However you will have to wait until the next week if you want to see it, because I'm going on a trip today and I'll be back on saturday  |
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| baia |
Posted on 18-09-2011 17:58
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Looks good...good luck with this one.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-09-2011 06:37
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Good luck. Frank should do particularly well in some races like Tour de Suisse and I can see Gretsch perhaps doing something in Romandie given the importance of the TT.
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 25-09-2011 20:05
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@all: Thanks for your support. I will upload a Callendar tomorrow and the first race report will be on Monday/Tuesday |
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 26-09-2011 17:17
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The callendar is updated. Hope you like it |
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 26-09-2011 17:21
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Nice calender ! hope you start soon with the story |
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 26-09-2011 17:55
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lookin' good! |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 26-09-2011 18:07
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Good luck with your story!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-09-2011 18:10
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Festina is a good choice I like your squad, this is gonna be interesting. Good luck!
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 29-09-2011 21:20
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@all: Thanks  Well, I was quite busy this week and you have to wait for the first report. It should be this weekend, hope it will be saturday. Sorry for that, but it's just this month |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 30-09-2011 06:42
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Posted on 02-10-2011 13:07
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Australian Championships review
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Posted on 03-10-2011 15:53
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Santos Tour Down Under review, Giro della Calabria, our first race of the season, this evening
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Posted on 03-10-2011 17:59
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Giro della Calabria - Stage 1
' nice race for us '
Results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Primoz Segina | Adria Mobil | 3h44'24 | | 2 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Acqua & Sapone | + 13 | | 3 | Reto Hollenstein | Festina Cycling Team | + 31 | | 4 | Petr BencÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 37 | | 5 | Peter Kusztor | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 6 | Guytan Lilholt | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 7 | Cristiano Fumagalli | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 8 | Federico Canuti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Baggio | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | + 48 | | 10 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 1'04 | | 12 | Radoslav Romanik | Bank BGZ | + 1'10 | | 13 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'25 | | 14 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Type 1 | + 1'37 | | 16 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 17 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 18 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 19 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'47 | | 20 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'06 | | 22 | Dries Devenyns | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre - ISD | + 2'22 | | 24 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 25 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | + 2'29 | | 26 | Matthias Frank | Festina Cycling Team | + 2'35 | | 27 | Marco Frapporti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 28 | Marcel Wyss | Festina Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2'43 | | 30 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 31 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 32 | Danilo Di Luca | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 33 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 35 | Laurent Beuret | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 36 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 37 | Paolo Bailetti | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 38 | Francesco Reda | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Kristjan Fajt | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 40 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 41 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 42 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 43 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 44 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 45 | Davide Rebellin | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 46 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 47 | Yuriy Agarkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 48 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'04 | | 49 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 50 | Michael Schär | Festina Cycling Team | s.t. | | 51 | Stanislav Kozúbek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 52 | Patrick Gretsch | Festina Cycling Team | + 3'11 | | 53 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 54 | Constantino Zaballa | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 55 | Tomasz Lisowicz | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 56 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 57 | Blaz Jarc | Adria Mobil | + 3'22 | | 58 | Konrad Czajkowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 59 | Marco Bandiera | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'28 | | 60 | Cristiano Benenati | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 61 | Olaf Kerkhof | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 62 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 63 | Frantisek Padour | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 64 | Carlos Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 65 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4'07 | | 66 | Krzysztof Szczawinski | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 67 | René Jørgensen | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 4'14 | | 68 | Iván Melero | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 69 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 70 | Peter Erdin | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 71 | Guillaume Dessibourg | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 72 | Giuseppe De Maria | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 73 | Alexey Shmidt | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 74 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 75 | Stefan Schumacher | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 76 | Kristian Sobota | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 77 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 78 | Paolo Ciavatta | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 79 | Andrea Pasqualon | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 80 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 81 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 82 | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 83 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 84 | Michael Reihs | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 85 | Edoardo Girardi | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | + 4'42 | | 86 | Oleksandr Martynenko | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 87 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 88 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 89 | Andrey Klyuev | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 90 | Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | + 4'50 | | 91 | Alexandre Pliuschin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 92 | Andrey Solomennikov | Itera - Katusha | + 4'55 | | 93 | Pavel Gorenc | Adria Mobil | + 5'03 | | 94 | Daniel Vestergaard | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 95 | Michele Gaia | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 96 | Angelo Furlan | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 97 | Oleksandr Sheydyk | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 98 | David Dvorsky | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 99 | Gianluca Maggiore | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | + 5'20 | | 100 | Volodymyr Bileka | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 101 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 102 | Martial Roman | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 103 | Artur Detko | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 104 | Julien Vermote | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Philip Nielsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 106 | Blaz Furdi | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 107 | Nikita Novikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 108 | Michele Merlo | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 109 | Omar Lombardi | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 110 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 111 | Alexander Prishpetniy | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 112 | Jarosław Rębiewski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 113 | Hubert Schwab | Festina Cycling Team | + 5'50 | | 114 | Anatoliy Pakthusov | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 115 | Lilian Pommier | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 116 | Jean-Mitja Schlüter | Festina Cycling Team | s.t. | | 117 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 118 | Patrik Moren | Amore & Vita | + 5'57 | | 119 | Roberto Cesaro | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 120 | Marcin Urbanowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 121 | Alexander Mironov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 122 | Marc Reynès | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 6'06 | | 123 | Danilo Wyss | Festina Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Artem Topchanyuk | ISD - Lampre Continental | s.t. | | 125 | Sergiy Gretchyn | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 126 | Nikolas Maes | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'20 | | 127 | Felix Rinker | Atlas Personal | s.t. | | 128 | Federico Rocchetti | De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | + 6'26 | | 129 | Jakub Vecera | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 6'31 |
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| baia |
Posted on 03-10-2011 18:31
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Good start.
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