Fassa Bortolo

Fassa Bortolo (2000–2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and led by Giancarlo Ferretti. Dubbed the 'Silver Team', it managed to be one of the most successful teams of the era, not in the least due to top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. In its six competitive years, Fassa Bortolo won over 200 races, including stages in all three Grand Tours. It was one of the inaugural 20 UCI ProTour teams in 2005.

Fassa Bortolo stopped the sponsorship of the team after 2005. Efforts to find a new co-sponsor for 2006 proved unsuccessful. On October 14, 2005, a man claiming to represent proposed new sponsor Sony Ericsson turned out to be an imposter, leaving all staff and riders unemployed.

Petacchi and some of his helpers moved to the new Team Milram, a continuation of the Domina Vacanze Team. The other Fassa Bortolo riders all moved to different teams.

Team 2005
The main part of the riders signed early contracts with new teams for 2006, and eventually all riders found new teams.

Major wins

 * 2000
 * Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Petacchi
 * GP Città´ di Camaiore, Wladimir Belli
 * Paris–Nice Stage 3, Fabio Baldato
 * Paris–Nice Stage 5, Matteo Tosatto
 * Giro d'Italia Points classification, Dimitri Konyshev
 * Stage 6, Dimitri Konyshev
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Nicola Loda
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3 and 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de Suisse Stage 3, Wladimir Belli
 * Tour de Suisse Stage 7, Marco Fincato
 * Giro di Romagna et Coppa Placci, Dimitri Konyshev
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 8, 12 – Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro di Lombardia, Raimondas Rumšas


 * 2001
 * GP Città´ di Camaiore, Michele Bartoli
 * Route du Sud Overall, Francesco Casagrande
 * Giro del Trentino, Francesco Casagrande
 * Tour Mediterranean Stage 1, Ivan Basso
 * Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Michele Bartoli
 * Paris–Nice Overall, Dario Frigo
 * Stage 6, Dario Frigo
 * Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Overall, Raimondas Rumšas
 * Stage 5b, Raimondas Rumšas
 * Tour de Romandie Overall, Dario Frigo
 * Giro d'Italia Stage 12, Matteo Tosatto
 * Giro d'Italia Stage 15, Dario Frigo
 * Euskal Bizikleta Stage 4a, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Euskal Bizikleta Stage 5, Ivan Basso
 * 🇱🇹 National Road Championship, Raimondas Rumšas
 * National Road Championship, Dimitri Konyshev
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3, Kim Kirchen
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Fabio Baldato
 * Tour de Suisse Stage 5, Dimitri Konyshev
 * Tour de Suisse Stage 6, Serguei Ivanov
 * Tour de France, Stage 9 – Serguei Ivanov
 * Coppa Ugo Agostoni, Francesco Casagrande
 * Trofeo Melinda, Francesco Casagrande
 * Tour de Pologne Stage 4, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Ster Elektrotoer Stage 3, Luca Mazzanti
 * Coppa Sabatini, Dimitri Konyshev


 * 2002
 * Giro del Trentino, Francesco Casagrande
 * Coppa Placci, Matteo Tosatto
 * Trofeo dell´Etna, Fabio Baldato
 * Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Tadej Valjavec
 * Tour Mediterranean Overall, Michele Bartoli
 * Stage 4, Michele Bartoli
 * Stage 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Trofeo Luis Puig, Sergei Ivanov
 * Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Stage 1, 2 & 3, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Paris–Nice Stage 1 & 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale, Francesco Casagrande
 * KBC Driedaagse van De Panne – Koksijde Stage 3a, Fabio Baldato
 * Amstel Gold Race, Michele Bartoli
 * Tour de Berne, Kim Kirchen
 * Tour de Suisse Stage 5, Francesco Casagrande
 * 🇺🇦 National Road Championship, Serhiy Honchar
 * Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Ronde van Nederland Overall, Kim Kirchen
 * Stage 3, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Stage 5, Sergei Ivanov
 * Vuelta a España Stage 12, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro dell'Emilia, Michele Bartoli
 * Milano–Torino, Michele Bartoli
 * Giro di Lombardia, Michele Bartoli


 * 2003
 * Profronde van Oostvoorne, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Spektakel van Steenwijk, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Dwars door Gendringen, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Aitor González Jiménez
 * Criterium Aalst, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Ronde van Pijnacker, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Trofeo dell´Etna, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de Berne, Filippo Pozzato
 * Trofeo Laigueglia, Filippo Pozzato
 * Trofeo Luis Puig, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Overall, Dario Frigo
 * Stage 1, Dario Frigo
 * Stage 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Paris–Nice Stage 1, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Paris–Nice Stage 4, Dario Frigo
 * Tirreno–Adriatico Overall, Filippo Pozzato
 * Stage 2, Filippo Pozzato
 * Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme Overall, Dario Frigo
 * Stage 3, Marco Zanotti
 * Stage 4, Dario Frigo
 * Tour de Romandie Prologue, Fabian Cancellara
 * Giro d'Italia, Stage 1, 5, 6, 13, 16, 17, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro d'Italia, Stage 15, Aitor González Jiménez
 * Giro d'Italia, Stage 18, Dario Frigo
 * Tour de Belgium Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Nicola Loda
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Serguei Ivanov
 * Tour de Suisse Prologue, Fabian Cancellara
 * National Road Championship, Tadej Valjavec
 * Trofeo Matteotti, Filippo Pozzato
 * Tour de France, Stage 1, 3, 5, 6, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de la Wallonne Stage 3, Michele Bartoli
 * Rothaus Regio-Tour International Overall, Volodymir Gustov
 * Stage 2a, Marco Zanotti
 * Ronde van Nederland Stage 1 & 2, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 3, 5, 12, 14, 21, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Paris – Bruxelles, Kim Kirchen
 * Giro del Lazio, Michele Bartoli
 * Giro di Lombardia, Michele Bartoli


 * 2004
 * Tour of Qatar Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
 * Trofeo Laigueglia, Filippo Pozzato
 * Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 1, 2, 7, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 5, Roberto Petito
 * Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara
 * Giro di Toscana, Matteo Tosatto
 * Giro d'Italia [[Image:Jersey violet.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] Points Classification, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Most Combative classification, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Winner Azzurri d'Italia classification, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Stages 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 21, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 5, Kim Kirchen
 * 🇱🇺 National Road Championship, Kim Kirchen
 * National Time Trial Championship, Fabian Cancellara
 * Tour de France, Prologue – Fabian Cancellara
 * Tour de France, Stage 7 – Filippo Pozzato
 * Tour de France, Stage 14 – Aitor González Jiménez
 * Züri-Metzgete, Juan Antonio Flecha
 * Ronde van Nederland Stage 3, Alessandro Petacchi
 * GP Kanton Aargau, Matteo Tosatto
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 2, 4, 7, 13, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro del Lazio, Juan Antonio Flecha


 * 2005
 * GP Etruscan Coast, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Trophy Laigueglia, Kim Kirchen
 * Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 4, 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Trofeo Luis Puig, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana Overall, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Stage 1, 2, 5, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Stage 4, Juan Antonio Flecha
 * Milano–Torino, Fabio Sacchi
 * Tirreno–Adriatico Stage 1, 6, 7, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Paris–Nice Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
 * 2005 Milan–San Remo, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara
 * Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme de Ciclisme Stage 2, Claudio Corioni
 * International Cycling Week Stage 4, Kim Kirchen
 * Giro del Trentino Stage 4, Andrus Aug
 * Tour de Romandie Stage 1, 2, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Giro d'Italia, Stage 9, 12, 15, 20, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2, Alberto Ongarato
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3, Dario Frigo
 * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
 * Tour de France Stage 6, Lorenzo Bernucci
 * Tour de la Wallonne, Alberto Ongarato
 * Vuelta a España, [[Image:Jersey blue.svg|20px]] Points Classification, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Stage 3, 4, 8, 12, 21, Alessandro Petacchi
 * Tour de Pologne Overall, Kim Kirchen
 * Stage 7, Kim Kirchen

National champions

 * 2001
 * 1st MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuanian National Road Championship, Raimondas Rumšas
 * 1st MaillotRusia.PNG Russian National Road Championship, Dimitri Konyshev


 * 2002
 * 1st MaillotUcrania.PNG Ukrainian National Road Championship, Serhiy Honchar


 * 2003
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenian National Road Championship, Tadej Valjavec


 * 2004
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg National Road Championship, Kim Kirchen
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss National Time Trial Championship, Fabian Cancellara