Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè

Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè
Team information
UCI code	NIP
Registered	Serbia (2008); Italy (2009–2011); Japan (2012–2014); Italy (2015–2019 )
Founded	2008
Disbanded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental (2008–2014); UCI Professional Continental (2015–2019)
Bicycles	De Rosa
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Francesco Pelosi
Team manager(s)	Hiroshi Daimon
Team name history
2008–2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015–2017; 2018; 2019	Centri della Calzatura–Partizan; Centri della Calzatura–Cavaliere; D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo; Team Nippo; Team Nippo–De Rosa; Vini Fantini–Nippo; Nippo–Vini Fantini; Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini; Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè
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	Current season

Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè (UCI team code: NIP) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Italy. The team was founded as Centri della Calzatura–Partizan in 2008.

The team folded after the 2019 season, due to financial reasons following restructuring of the UCI World Tour.^[3]

Doping

On December 21, 2017, Pierpaolo De Negri tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids.^[4]

Final roster

	Rider	Date of birth
Rubén Darío Acosta (COL)		(1996-08-20)20 August 1996 (aged 23)
Nicola Bagioli (ITA)		(1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 24)
Joan Bou (ESP)		(1997-01-16)16 January 1997 (aged 22)
Marco Canola (ITA)		(1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 31)
Damiano Cima (ITA)		(1993-09-13)13 September 1993 (aged 26)
Imerio Cima (ITA)		(1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 22)
Sho Hatsuyama (JPN)		(1988-08-17)17 August 1988 (aged 31)
Masakazu Ito (JPN)		(1988-06-12)12 June 1988 (aged 31)

	Rider	Date of birth
Juan José Lobato (ESP)		(1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 31)
Giovanni Lonardi (ITA)		(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 23)
Hideto Nakane (JPN)		(1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 29)
Hiroki Nishimura (JPN)		(1994-10-20)20 October 1994 (aged 25)
Alejandro Osorio (COL)		(1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 21)
Ivan Santaromita (ITA)		(1984-04-30)30 April 1984 (aged 35)
Hayato Yoshida (JPN)		(1989-05-19)19 May 1989 (aged 30)
Filippo Zaccanti (ITA)		(1995-09-12)12 September 1995 (aged 24)

Major wins

2008

Overall Cinturó de L'Empordà, Luca Zanasca

Stage 1, Luca Zanasca

2009

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Daniele Callegarin

Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Daniele Callegarin

Overall Tour de Serbie, Davide Torosantucci

Stage 2, Yahuen Sobal

Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques, Artur Krol

Stage 3, Artur Krol

Overall Gp Cycliste de Gemenc, Zsolt Dér

Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a León, Luca Zanasca

2010

Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Muraglia

Overall Tour de Serbie, Luca Ascani

Stage 6, Davide D'Angelo

2011

Stage 6 Tour de San Luis, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Stage 4 Tour of South Africa, Davide Torosantucci

Stages 5 & 7 Tour of South Africa, Bernardo Riccio

Overall Tour de Kumano, Fortunato Baliani

Prologue, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 2, Fortunato Baliani

Stages 1, 6 & 7 Okolo Slovenska, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Overall Brixia Tour, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Junya Sano

Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

2012

Pan American Road Race Championship, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Mauro Richeze

Overall Tour of Japan, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 2, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 3, Julián Arredondo

Stage 4, Fortunato Baliani

Overall Tour de Kumano, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 1, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 2, Fortunato Baliani

Stage 3, Mauro Richeze

Stages 1, 5 & 6 Tour de Serbie, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 4 Tour de Serbie, Fortunato Baliani

Stages 1, 7, 8 & 10 Vuelta a Venezuela, Maximiliano Richeze

Stage 4 Tour de la Guadelupe, Simone Campagnaro

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Maximiliano Richeze

Stages 2 & 3, Maximiliano Richeze

2013

Overall Tour de Langkawi, Julián Arredondo

Stage 5, Julián Arredondo

Stage 3 Boucle de l'Artois, Leonardo Pinizzotto

Stages 3 & 4 Mzansi Tour, Mauro Richeze

Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Mauro Richeze

Stage 4 Flèche du Sud, Alberto Cecchin

Overall Tour of Japan, Fortunato Baliani

Overall Tour de Kumano, Julián Arredondo

Stage 2, Julián Arredondo

Stages 2 & 5 Tour de Serbie, Mauro Richeze

Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido, Leonardo Pinizzotto

2014

Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Pierpaolo De Negri

Stage 3 Circuit des Ardennes, Grega Bole

Stages 5 & 6 Carpathian Couriers Race, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Grega Bole

Stage 3 Tour of Japan, Pierpaolo De Negri

Overall Tour of Estonia, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Grega Bole

Japan Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Manabu Ishibashi

Stages 6 & 10 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Grega Bole

Stage 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido, Alessandro Malaguti

2015

Stage 3 Tour of Japan, Nicolas Marini

Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Pierpaolo De Negri

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Riccardo Stacchiotti

Stages 1 & 3, Riccardo Stacchiotti

Stage 2, Daniele Colli

Overall, Tour of China I, Daniele Colli

Stage 4, Daniele Colli

Stages 2, 3 & 6 Tour of China II, Nicolas Marini

2016: Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Grega Bole; Overall Tour de Korea, Grega Bole; Stage 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Nicolas Marini; Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Pierpaolo De Negri; Stage 5 Tour of China I, Nicolas Marini; Stage 4 Tour of Taihu Lake, Nicolas Marini; Stage 5 Tour of Taihu Lake, Eduard-Michael Grosu

2017: Volta Limburg Classic, Marco Canola; Stages 2, 3 & 5 Tour of Japan, Marco Canola; Romania Time Trial Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu; Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Damiano Cunego; Stage 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Nicolas Marini; Stage 7 Tour of Utah, Marco Canola; Stage 1 Tour of Taihu Lake, Nicolas Marini

2018

Stage 2 Tour of Croatia, Eduard Grosu

Romania Time Trial Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Romania Road Race Championships, Eduard-Michael Grosu

Stages 3, 7 & 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Eduard Grosu

Overall Tour of Xingtai, Damiano Cima

Stage 1, Damiano Cima

Stage 6 Tour of China I, Damiano Cima

Coppa Sabatini, Juan José Lobato

Tour de Okinawa, Alan Marangoni

2019

Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Giovanni Lonardi

Stage 1 The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup, Giovanni Lonardi

Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Damiano Cima

Overall Tour de Korea, Filippo Zaccanti

Stage 4 Tour of Utah, Marco Canola

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Filippo Zaccanti

Stage 1, Filippo Zaccanti

References

^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini – Season 2015", ProCyclingStats, 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Moreno Moser: Going to races became a nightmare". 22 November 2018.
^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini set to fold at end of 2019". cyclingnews.com. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Moreno Moser retires aged 28". Cyclingnews.com. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] "Nippo-Vini Fantini – Season 2015", ProCyclingStats, 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[2] "Moreno Moser: Going to races became a nightmare". 22 November 2018.

[3] "Nippo-Vini Fantini set to fold at end of 2019". cyclingnews.com. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[6] "Moreno Moser retires aged 28". Cyclingnews.com. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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