Team Bianchi
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Team Coast had been unable to pay the salaries of their riders[1] and Bianchi took over the team and the role of title sponsor.[2] Coast had recently signed Jan Ullrich following his departure from Template:Cycling data THR after his drunk driving and amphetamine use. During the 2003 tour while riding for Bianchi, Ullrich placed second to Lance Armstrong by just 61 seconds, his closest ever margin in any of Armstrong's seven victorious years. In the process, Ullrich also managed to upstage Alexander Vinokourov, Telekom's highest-placed rider, who finished third.
Team Bianchi had planned to continue on as a professional road racing team. However, Ullrich's return to his former team Telekom (later T-Mobile and Template:Cycling data THR), as well as the departure of Ángel Casero led to the demise of Team Bianchi as they now lacked the star power necessary to justify a top-tier team.
Major wins
2000
- Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Jan Bratkowski
- Stage 12 Tour de Langkawi, Jan Bratkowski
2001
- Stage 4 Paris - Nice, Alex Zülle
2002
2003
- Profronde Stiphout, Jan Ullrich
- Rund um Köln, Jan Ullrich
- Stage 1b International Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Thorsten Wilhelms
- Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Thomas Liese
- Stage 1 Tour of Austria, Steffen Radochla
- Stage 12 Tour de France, Jan Ullrich
Notable riders
| Name | Date of birth | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Adamsson | 03.01.1978 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Daniel Becke | 12.03.1978 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Ángel Casero | 27.09.1972 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Félix García Casas | 29.12.1968 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Aitor Garmendia | 03.03.1968 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Fabrizio Guidi | 13.04.1972 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| André Korff | 04.06.1973 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Francisco José Lara Ruiz | 25.02.1977 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Thomas Liese | 10.08.1968 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| David Plaza Romero | 03.07.1970 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Steffen Radochla | 19.10.1979 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Thorsten Rund | 25.02.1976 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Raphael Schweda | 17.04.1976 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Tobias Steinhauser | 27.01.1972 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Jan Ullrich | 02.12.1973 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Malte Urban | 14.12.1974 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Christoph Von Kleinsorgen | 14.07.1980 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| Thorsten Wilhelms | 31.07.1969 | Script error: No such module "flag". |
References
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