title: Vini Caldirola
text: # Vini Caldirola
  
  Casa Vini Caldirola (or the Caldirola Wine House) sponsored an Italian professional road bicycle racing team between 1998 and 2004, with a gap in 2002, where the main sponsor was Tacconi Sport. In 2005 the team was formally disbanded, but many riders continued in the new Liquigas-Bianchi UCI ProTour team.
  
  ## Team name
  
  As professional racing teams change name with their sponsors, the name of the team has varied in its lifetime.
  
  | Year | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 2004 | Vini Caldirola–Nobili Rubinetterie |
  | 2003 | Vini Caldirola–So.di |
  | 2002 | Tacconi Sport–Emmegi |
  | 2001 | Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola |
  | 2000 | Vini Caldirola–Sidermec |
  | 1999 | Vini Caldirola |
  | 1998 | Vini Caldirola |
  
  ## Notable riders
  
  | Name | Nationality | Years |
  | - | - | - |
  | Francesco Casagrande | Italy | 1999-2000, 2004 |
  | Romāns Vainšteins | Latvia | 1999–2000, 2003 |
  | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | 2003-2004 |
  | Pavel Tonkov | Russia | 2004 |
  | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | 1999 |
  | Guido Trentin | Italy | 1998–2000 |
  | Eddy Mazzoleni | Italy | 2001–2003 |
  | Matthew White | Australia | 1999–2000 |
  | Andrej Hauptman | Slovenia | 1999–2003 |
  | Gabriele Balducci | Italy | 2001–2003 |
  | David George | South Africa | 2001 |
  | Nicola Minali | Italy | 2001-2002 |
  | Dario Frigo | Italy | 2002 |
  | Sylwester Szmyd | Poland | 2001–2002 |
  | David de la Fuente | Spain | 2003 |
  | Fred Rodriguez | United States | 2003 |
  | Marco Zanotti | Italy | 2004 |
  | Dario Andriotto | Italy | 2003–2004 |
  