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Team CSC

Tinkoff
Logo Team Tinkoff.png
UCI code TNK
Registered Denmark (1998–2013)
Russia (2014–2016)
Founded 1998
Disbanded 2016
Discipline Road
Status UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles Specialized
Components Shimano
Website Team home page
General manager Stefano Feltrin
Team manager(s) Steven de Jongh (Head Sports Director)
Bruno Cenghialta
Tristan Hoffman
Lars Michaelsen
Nicki Sørensen
Pino Toni
Patxi Vila
Sean Yates
1998–1999
2000
2001–2002
2003–2008
2008
2009–2010
2011
2012 (Jan–Jun)
2012 (Jun–Dec)
2013
2014–2015
2016
home–Jack & Jones
Memory Card–Jack & Jones
CSC–Tiscali
Team CSC
CSC–Saxo Bank
Team Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank–SunGard
Team Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
Saxo–Tinkoff
Tinkoff–Saxo
Tinkoff

Tinkoff (UCI Team Code: TNK) was a Russian-registered professional cycling team from Russia. It competed in the UCI World Tour. The team was owned by Russian Oleg Tinkov and, from 1999 until March 2015, was managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis. The team was sponsored by the Russian Tinkoff Bank, a credit systems company.

Founded in 1998 as home-Jack & Jones, the team started in cycling's second division. In 2000 it moved into the 'top division, now known as the UCI World Tour. Since 2000, under differing sponsor names (Memory Card-Jack & Jones and CSC-Tiscali), the team rode the Tour de France. It has won the overall classification in all three of the Grand Tours. In the 2008 Tour de France, Carlos Sastre won the general classification, Andy Schleck won the young rider classification, and the team won the overall team classification, and Ivan Basso won the 2006 Giro d'Italia, as well as finishing third and second in the 2004 and 2005 Tour de France. In addition, the team has won many major classics, including 6 Monuments.

The team won the UCI ProTour's team classification each year from 2005 through 2007, and the team classification in the 2010 UCI World Ranking.

In March 2015 the team confirmed that Riis had been removed from active duty due to differences between Riis and Tinkov. Media reports had initially indicated that Riis had been suspended when he did not appear at the 2015 Milan–San Remo as planned, and that this was due to a disappointing start to the season for the team. His departure from the team was officially announced on 29 March.


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