Team Polti

Team Polti
	Axel Merckxin 1997
Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1994
Disbanded	2000
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1994; 1995; 1996–2000	Polti–Granarolo; Polti–Granarolo–Santini; Polti

Team Poltiwas an Italian professionalcycling team.It became an independent team in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 withGianluigi Stangaasdirecteur sportifand Vittorio Algeri andClaudio Cortias managers. The team usedFausto Coppibikes.^[1]Other directeur sportifs included Giosuè Zenoni, Antonio Bevilacqua and Giovanni Fidanza. Team Polti gaveRichard Virenquea chance after he was ejected from the1998 Tour de Franceand while maintaining his innocence, his former teammates atFestinaadmitted taking EPO. Virenque joined Team Polti for the 1999 and 2000 seasons where he won the Mountains classification at the1999and2000 Tour de France. In July 2007, Former Team Polti riderJörg Jakscheadmitted use of performance-enhancing products and alleged that this began when he was competing with Team Polti in 1997. Jaksche alleged that directeur sportif Gianluigi Stanga introduced him to EPO during theTour de Suissein 1997. Stanga immediately denied the accusations.^[2] Throughout its seven-year history, the team rode Fausto Coppi branded bikes andSantiniprovided the team with their striking cycling kit.