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

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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

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Francesco Casagrande was one of Vini Caldirola's best riders.
 
Stefano Garzelli won several stages of the Giro d'Italia while riding for Vini Caldirola.
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
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