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| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | TNK | |
| Registered | Denmark (1998–2013) Russia (2014–2016) | |
| Founded | 1998 | |
| Disbanded | 2016 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | |
| Bicycles | Specialized | |
| Components | Shimano | |
| Website | Team home page | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Stefano Feltrin | |
| Team manager(s) | Steven de Jongh (Head Sports Director) Bruno Cenghialta[1] Tristan Hoffman[2] Lars Michaelsen[3] Nicki Sørensen[4] Pino Toni[5] Patxi Vila[6] Sean Yates[6] | |
| Team name history | ||
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 | |
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Tinkoff (UCI team code: TNK)[7] was a Russian-registered professional cycling team from Russia and previously Denmark. It competed in the UCI World Tour. The team was owned by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis from 2000 until 2013 and Russian banker Oleg Tinkov from 2013 until it closed in 2016, who provided the team's last sponsor, Russian Tinkoff Bank.[8]
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.[9] His departure from the team was officially announced on 29 March.[10]
- ^ "Bruno Cenghialta". Tinkoff-Saxo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Tristan Hoffman". LinkedIn. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Lars Michaelsen". Tinkoff-Saxo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Tinkoff-Saxo presents Nicki Sørensen as new sport director and coach". Tinkoff-Saxo. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Giuseppe "Pino" Toni". Tinkoff-Saxo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Tinkoff-Saxo confirms Julich, Healey, Yates and Vila". cyclingnews.com. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Road – Teams". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Riis Cycling to have new title sponsor in 2009 Archived 5 June 2012 at archive.today at Team-CSC
- ^ "Tinkoff-Saxo confirm Riis suspension". cyclingnews.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Hood, Andrew (29 March 2015). "Tinkoff-Saxo, Bjarne Riis part ways". Velonews. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.