Amore & Vita

Amore & Vita is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Ukraine and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.

Team history
The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world."

In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini–Wührer.

In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion".

Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life".

Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career.

In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars.

Doping violations
During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests.

Fanini offered David Millar and Jesús Manzano team spots in 2004 after they confessed to doping.

After Riccardo Riccò was fired by Vacansoleil for doping violations in 2011, Fanini offered him a spot on the team if he accepted "penitential confinement". The conditions included removing his earrings, piercings and the diamond embedded in his tooth. Both sides could not agree on the deal and Ricco joined Meridiana–Kamen.

On 6 June 2014, Luca Benedetti gave an adverse analytical finding for Darbepoetin (dEPO), was suspended from competing and later banned for life.

Major wins

 * 1989
 * GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Edward Salas
 * Trofeo Matteotti, Roberto Pelliconi
 * Trofeo Laigueglia, Pierino Gavazzi
 * Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Pierino Gavazzi


 * 1990
 * Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Fabrizio Convalle


 * 1992
 * Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Alessio Di Basco


 * 1993
 * Giro dell'Appennino, Giuseppe Calcaterra


 * 1994
 * Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Gianluca Pierobon
 * Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Rodolfo Massi
 * Stage 15 Vuelta a España, Alessio Di Basco
 * Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Giuseppe Calcaterra


 * 1996
 * Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
 * Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Nicolaj Bo Larsen


 * 1997
 * road race championships, Nicolaj Bo Larsen
 * time trial championships, Dario Andriotto
 * Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Filippo Meloni
 * Overall Tour de Normandie, Glenn Magnusson
 * Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
 * Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Dario Andriotto


 * 1998
 * road race championships, Timothy Jones
 * Overall Tour de l'Ain, Cristian Gasperoni
 * Stage 3, Alessio Galletti
 * Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson


 * 1999
 * Stage 9 Vodacom Rapport Toer, Gilberto Zattoni
 * Overall Tour of Slovenia, Timothy Jones
 * Stage 5, Timothy Jones
 * Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Maurizio De Pasquale
 * Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Mirko Puglioli
 * Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain, Artur Krzeszowiec
 * Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Mirko Puglioli
 * Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Marco Cannone


 * 2000
 * Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia, Seweryn Kohut


 * 2001
 * Poreč Trophy III, Andrus Aug
 * Overall Tour of Slovenia, Faat Zakirov
 * Stage 2b & 5, Faat Zakirov
 * Stage 4, Seweryn Kohut
 * Stage 1 & 5 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Andrus Aug
 * Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Andrus Aug
 * Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Sławomir Kohut


 * 2002
 * 🇭🇺 road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
 * time trial championships, James Perry
 * Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria, Stefano Ciuffi
 * Stage 2b Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad


 * 2003
 * Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Timothy Jones
 * Stage 1a Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Mauro Zinetti
 * Stage 4b Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Marek Wesoły
 * Giro del Medio Brenta, Przemysław Niemiec


 * 2004
 * road race championships, Marek Wesoły
 * 🇫🇮 road race championships, Kjell Carlström
 * Overall Giro d'Abruzzo, Aleksandr Kuschynski
 * Stage 1, Ivan Fanelli
 * Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Aleksandr Kuschynski
 * Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Châteauroux Classic, Aleksandr Kuschynski
 * Overall Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Stage 7, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Overall Tour of Queensland, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Stage 5 & 7, Jonas Ljungblad


 * 2005
 * road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
 * 🇧🇾 road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski
 * Tour du Lac Léman, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Artur Krzeszowiec
 * Tour de Vendée, Jonas Ljungblad
 * Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Aleksandr Kuschynski
 * Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Dainius Kairelis
 * Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Jonas Ljungblad


 * 2006
 * 🇱🇹 road race championships, Dainius Kairelis
 * Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Graziano Gasparre
 * Stage 1 Vuelta a Extremadura, Ivan Fanelli


 * 2007
 * Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Ivan Quaranta
 * Giro d'Oro, Dainius Kairelis


 * 2008
 * 🇪🇷 road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot
 * Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic, Yuriy Metlushenko
 * Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Yuriy Metlushenko
 * Stage 3 Tour de Beauce, Miguel Martinez


 * 2009
 * 🇺🇦 road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk
 * Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Yuriy Metlushenko
 * Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
 * Overall Univest GP, Volodymyr Starchyk
 * Stage 1, Team time trial
 * Stage 2, Volodymyr Starchyk
 * Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko


 * 2010
 * 🇸🇰 road race championships, Jakub Novak
 * Stages 4 & 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
 * Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko


 * 2011
 * 🇮🇱 road race championships, Niv Libner
 * time trial championships, Bernardo Colex
 * Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Volodymyr Bileka
 * Trophée de la Maison Royale, Vladislav Borisov
 * Stage 6 Vuelta Chiapas, Bernardo Colex


 * 2012
 * Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Yovcho Yovchev


 * 2013
 * Stage 5 Baltic Chain Tour, Mihkel Räim


 * 2014
 * Stage 4 Tour de Beauce, Leonardo Pinizzotto
 * 🇮🇱 road race championships, Niv Libner
 * Stages 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stage 2 Tour of China I, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stage 1 Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi


 * 2015
 * Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Mattia Gavazzi
 * 🇦🇱 road race championships, Redi Halilaj
 * Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Overall Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stages 1, 4 & 5, Mattia Gavazzi
 * Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi


 * 2016
 * Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira, Eugenio Bani
 * Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta al Táchira, Marco Zamparella


 * 2017
 * Giro dell'Appennino, Danilo Celano
 * Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge, Pierpaolo Ficara
 * Stage 4 Tour of Eritrea, Redi Halilaj
 * Stage 1 Tour of Albania, Pierpaolo Ficara
 * Stage 2 Tour du Jura, Pierpaolo Ficara
 * Memorial Marco Pantani, Marco Zamparella


 * 2019
 * Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Tizza
 * Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Davide Appollonio
 * Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Marco Tizza
 * Stage 2 Tour of Almaty, Danilo Celano


 * 2020
 * road race championships, Viesturs Lukševics

National championships

 * 1997
 * MaillotDinamarca.svg Denmark road race championships, Nicolai Bo Larsen
 * MaillotItalia.svg Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto


 * 1998
 * Zimbabwe jersey.jpg Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones


 * 2002
 * MaillotHungary.png Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
 * MaillotSudáfrica.PNG South Africa time trial championships, James Perry


 * 2004
 * MaillotPolonia.PNG Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły
 * MaillotFin.PNG Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström


 * 2005
 * MaillotSuecia.PNG Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
 * MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski


 * 2006
 * MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis


 * 2008
 * MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot


 * 2009
 * MaillotUcrania.PNG Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk


 * 2010
 * MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak


 * 2011
 * MaillotIsrael.PNG Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
 * MaillotMexicano.PNG Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex


 * 2014
 * MaillotIsrael.PNG Israel road race championships, Niv Libner


 * 2015
 * Albania jersey.jpg Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj


 * 2020
 * MaillotLetonia.PNG Latvia road race, Viesturs Lukševics