Alessio-Bianchi

Alessio-Bianchi

Team information
UCI code	ALB
Based	Italy
Founded	1998 (1998)
Disbanded	2004
Discipline	Road
Bicycles	Bianchi
Key personnel
General manager	Bruno Cenghialta
Team name history
1998 1999 2000-2003 2004	Ballan Ballan-Alessio Alessio Alessio-Bianchi

Alessio-Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which existed from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor. The team was dissolved by the end of the 2004 season.

Major results

1998

1st Stage 1 Giro di Calabria, Endrio Leoni

1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Gabriele Colombo

1st Stage 3a Four Days of Dunkirk, Alexandre Gontchenkov

1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Gabriele Colombo

1st Luk-Cup Bühl, Piotr Ugrumov

1999

1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Fabio Baldato

1st Trofeo Pantalica, Andrea Ferrigato

1st Berner Rundfahrt, Andrea Ferrigato

1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, Alexandre Gontchenkov

1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Andrea Ferrigato

1st Stage 1 OBV Classic, Carlo Finco

1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Fabio Baldato

1st Stage 3 Danmark Rundt, Nicola Loda

1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse, Gilberto Simoni

3rd Overall Giro d'Italia, Gilberto Simoni

3rd Overall Tour de Suisse, Gilberto Simoni

2001

• 1st, Stage 2 & 8, Tirreno–Adriatico (Endrio Leoni)
• 1st, Stage 8 & 17, Giro d'Italia (Pietro Caucchioli)

2002

• 1st, Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico (Franco Pellizotti)
• 1st Stage 4, Tour of the Basque Country (Franco Pellizotti)
• 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia (Pietro Caucchioli)
• Stage 17 & 20, Vuelta a España, (Angelo Furlan)

2003

• 1st, Stage 5, Tirreno–Adriatico (Ruggero Marzoli)
• 1st, Stage 3, Tour de Romandie (Laurent Dufaux)
• 1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Italia (Fabio Baldato)

2004

1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Bertolini

1st Stage 3, Alessandro Bertolini

1st GP Chiasso, Franco Pellizotti

1st Paris-Roubaix, Magnus Bäckstedt

1st Stage 5 Course de la Paix, Martin Hvastija

1st Stage 1 Route du Sud, Cristian Moreni

1st Italy Road Race Championships, Cristian Moreni

1st Scandinavian Open Road Race, Marcus Ljungqvist

1st Coppa Bernocchi, Angelo Furlan

1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour de Pologne, Fabio Baldato

2nd Gent–Wevelgem, Magnus Bäckstedt