Team information | |
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UCI code | BAR |
Registered | Italy |
Founded | 1982 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Professional Continental |
Bicycles | MCipollini |
Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Roberto Reverberi |
Team name history | |
1982–1983 1984–1986 1987–1989 1990–1992 1993–1995 1996 1997–1998 1999 2000 2001–2003 2004 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012 2013 2014– |
Termolan Santini Selca Italbonifica–Navigare Navigare–Blue Storm Scrigno–Blue Storm Scrigno–Gaerne Navigare–Gaerne Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo Ceramiche Panaria–Margres Ceramica Panaria–Navigare CSF Group–Navigare Colnago–CSF Inox Colnago–CSF Bardiani Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox Bardiani–CSF |
Bardiani–CSF (UCI team code: BAR) is a professional continental cycling team registered in Italy that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team is managed by Bruno Reverberi with assistance from directeur sportifs Fabiano Fontanelli and Roberto Reverberi. Reverberi has managed the team since 1982, when it started as Termolan. Navigare was an on-and-off title-sponsor since 1990, when the team was called Italbonifica-Navigare. The current main sponsor, Bardiani Valvole, became associated with the team in 2013, prior to which CSF Group (2008–12) and Ceramica Panaria (2000–2007) were main sponsors.
On the eve of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that both Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni had given adverse analytical findings for GH-Releasing Peptides (GHRPs) in samples collected during out-of-competition doping tests conducted on 25 and 26 April 2017. With the team incurring first and second AAFs within a twelve-month period, the UCI aimed to enforce article 7.12.1 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, allowing for suspension of the team from 15 to 45 days - casting doubt on their Giro appearance.