Vini Zabù () was an Italian UCI ProTeam that existed from 2009 until 2021.
In light of the doping scandals which took place within the team, during the 2013 and 2014 season, Neri Sottoli dropped their title-sponsorship for the 2015 season and Luca Scinto left the team (they eventually returned as a sponsor for the 2019 season). As a result of the lack of sponsorship Chinese construction company SouthEast Space Frame Co. became title sponsor of the team. In 2019, the team is sponsored by KTM (bicycles), gaining naming rights in the process.
Doping On 24 May 2013, while Danilo Di Luca was riding in the Giro, the UCI announced that he had had an adverse finding in an out-of-competition doping test at his home on 29 April. On 3 June 2013, it was announced that Mauro Santambrogio had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) after the first stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. The team fired both riders immediately.
On 12 September 2014, the UCI revealed that Matteo Rabottini has tested positive for EPO in an out of competition test performed on August 8. As a result, he was dropped by the Italian Cycling federations long list for the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In December 2014 Rabottini's samples were counter analysed and provided confirmation that they were positive for EPO. The team is set to terminate Rabottini's contract and begin legal proceedings against him upon final confirmation of his positive test.
As a result of the teams poor doping history, the team has been suspended by the MPCC and has jeopardised their 2015 Giro d'Italia wildcard. As it was announced in January 2015 that had received a wildcard invitation to participate in the 2015 Giro d'Italia. On 9 June the UCI confirmed that Ramón Carretero had tested positive for EPO on April 22, during the Tour of Turkey.
In September 2016, Samuele Conti tested positive for GHRP-2. Conti was handed a three years and seven months ban for his doping positive.
In October 2020 Matteo Spreafico tested positive for ostarine at the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
In March 2021, Matteo De Bonis returned a positive out-of-competition test for EPO, if confirmed by testing of his B-Sample, the team risks being suspended for 15–45 days throwing the team into jeopardy of missing the 2021 Giro d'Italia. On 19 April after 2 positive tests in 12 months UCI banned whole team from racing for 20 days. Team was pulled out of 2021 Giro d'Italia and replaced with . The team folded at the end of the 2021 season.
Final roster
Major wins
2009 Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna, Oscar Gatto Stage 1b Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Team time trial Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Giovanni Visconti Stage 3 Brixia Tour, Santo Anzà Coppa Ugo Agostoni, Giovanni Visconti Trofeo Melinda, Giovanni Visconti Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Giovanni Visconti
2010 Classica Sarda, Giovanni Visconti Overall Tour de Langkawi, José Rujano Stage 6, José Rujano Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Bartosz Huzarski Stage 1 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Bartosz Huzarski Overall Tour of Turkey, Giovanni Visconti Stages 3 & 4, Giovanni Visconti Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg, Giovanni Visconti Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Città di Stresa, Oscar Gatto Stage 1 Brixia Tour, Team time trial Giro della Romagna, Patrik Sinkewitz
2011 Stages 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10 Tour de Langkawi, Andrea Guardini Stage 2 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Oscar Gatto Stage 5 Tour of Qatar, Andrea Guardini Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano, Giovanni Visconti Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Giovanni Visconti Stages 1 & 7 Tour of Turkey, Andrea Guardini Stage 4 Tour of Turkey, Matteo Rabottini Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Oscar Gatto Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia, Andrea Guardini Trofeo Matteotti, Oscar Gatto Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Andrea Guardini Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Giovanni Visconti Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Giovanni Visconti Giro della Romagna, Oscar Gatto Stage 5 Giro di Padania, Andrea Guardini
2012 Stages 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 & 10 Tour de Langkawi, Andrea Guardini GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Filippo Pozzato Jūrmala Grand Prix, Rafael Andriato Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Matteo Rabottini Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Andrea Guardini Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia, Matteo Rabottini Stages 9, 10 & 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Andrea Guardini Trofeo Matteotti, Pierpaolo De Negri Châteauroux Classic, Rafael Andriato Giro del Veneto, Oscar Gatto Stage 3 Giro di Padania, Oscar Gatto
2013 Stage 2 Vuelta al Táchira, Michele Merlo Stage 10 Vuelta al Táchira, Cristiano Monguzzi Stages 4 & 10 Tour de Langkawi, Francesco Chicchi Dwars door Vlaanderen, Oscar Gatto GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Mauro Santambrogio Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Mauro Santambrogio Stage 3 Tour of Japan, Pierpaolo De Negri Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Mattia Pozzo Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Michele Merlo Riga–Jūrmala GP, Francesco Chicchi Jūrmala GP, Francesco Chicchi Stage 8 Vuelta a Venezuela, Stefano Borchi Stage 2 Tour do Rio, Rafael Andriato
2014 Stage 6 (ITT) Vuelta al Táchira, Andrea Dal Col Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Simone Ponzi Gran Premio di Lugano, Mauro Finetto Dwars door Drenthe, Simone Ponzi Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Simone Ponzi Stages 1, 7 & 9 Vuelta a Venezuela, Francesco Chicchi Stage 3 Vuelta a Venezuela, Jonathan Monsalve Stage 8 Vuelta a Venezuela, Rafael Andriato Overall Tour du Limousin, Mauro Finetto Stage 3, Mauro Finetto Stages 2, 5 & 6 Tour do Rio, Rafael Andriato
2015 Stages 3 & 4 Vuelta al Táchira, Jakub Mareczko Stage 10 Vuelta al Táchira, Jonathan Monsalve Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Manuel Belletti Dwars door Drenthe, Manuel Belletti Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Manuel Belletti Stages 2 & 9 Vuelta a Venezuela, Jakub Mareczko Stage 4 Vuelta a Venezuela, Mirko Tedeschi National Time Trial Championships, Eugert Zhupa Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour, Mauro Finetto Prologue (ITT), Rafael Andriato Stage 2, Mauro Finetto Stage 5 Tour do Rio, Andrea Dal Col Stage 6 Tour of Hainan, Jakub Mareczko Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Jakub Mareczko Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 9, Jakub Mareczko
2016 Stage 7 Tour de San Luis, Jakub Mareczko Trofeo Laigueglia, Andrea Fedi Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi, Jakub Mareczko Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Manuel Belletti Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Jakub Mareczko Stages 5 & 8 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Jakub Mareczko National Time Trial Championships, Eugert Zhupa National Road Race Championships, Eugert Zhupa Balkan Elite Road Classics, Eugert Zhupa Stages 2, 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Jakub Mareczko Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Rafael Andriato Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands, Jakub Mareczko Stages 1, 2 & 6 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jakub Mareczko
2017 Stages 3 & 7 Tour de Langkawi, Jakub Mareczko Stage 3 Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, Jakub Mareczko Overall Tour of China I, Liam Bertazzo Stage 2, Liam Bertazzo Overall Tour of Taihu Lake, Jakub Mareczko Stages 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7, Jakub Mareczko Overall Tour of Hainan, Jacopo Mosca Stage 7, Jacopo Mosca
2018 Stage 7 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Luca Pacioni Stages 2 & 4 Sharjah Tour, Jakub Mareczko Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Luca Pacioni Stage 6 Le Tour de Langkawi, Luca Pacioni Stages 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Tour du Maroc, Jakub Mareczko Stage 8 Tour du Maroc, Marco Coledan National Time Trial Championships, Eugert Zhupa Stage 4 Tour of China I, Jacopo Mosca Stage 5 Tour of China II, Jakub Mareczko Stages 3, 5 & 7 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jakub Mareczko
2019 Trofeo Laigueglia, Simone Velasco Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Simone Velasco Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi, Simone Bevilacqua Stage 3 Tour of Albania, Moreno Marchetti Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Giovanni Visconti Stage 3 Tour of Austria, Giovanni Visconti Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Umberto Marengo Giro di Toscana, Giovanni Visconti
2020 Overall Tour du Limousin, Luca Wackermann Stage 1, Luca Wackermann National Time Trial Championships, Veljko Stojnić
2021 Trofej Umag, Jakub Mareczko Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Jakub Mareczko
Supplementary statistics Sources: Race2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021 Giro d'Italia 18 – 49 58 55 17 30 57 52 86 – 88 DNS Tour de France – – – – – – – – – – – – – Vuelta a España – – – – – – – – – – – – – Race2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021 Tour Down Under – – – – – – – – – – – – Paris–Nice – – – – – – – – – – – – – Tirreno–Adriatico – 71 11 18 7 – – – – 24 37 84 – Volta a Catalunya – – – – – – – – – – – – Tour of the Basque Country – – – – – – – – – – – – Giro del Trentino 25 23 – – – – 27 11 17 36 17 – Tour de Romandie – – – – – – – – – – – – Critérium du Dauphiné – – – – – – – – – – – – – Tour de Suisse – – – – – – – – – – – – Tour de Pologne 24 – – 42 – – – – – – – – – Eneco Tour – – – – – – – – – – – – – Race2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021 Milan–San Remo 30 32 24 6 20 36 – 8 31 52 31 28 – Tour of Flanders – – – 2 15 – – 75 8 – – – – Paris–Roubaix – – – 17 – – – – – – – – Liège–Bastogne–Liège – – – – – – – – – – – – – Giro di Lombardia 67 DNF 7 19 – 19 32 46 30 35 17 18 71 Classic2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 135 – – 18 58 – 63 55 – – – – –Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 74 – – 29 – 38 25 – – – – 57Strade Bianche 6 17 7 3 23 48 33 30 – – 38 – 102E3 Harelbeke – – – 27 – – 99 39 – – – DNFGent–Wevelgem – – – 9 – – 23 – – – – – –Amstel Gold Race – – 72 13 – – – – – – – –La Flèche Wallonne – – – – – – – – – – – – –Clásica de San Sebastián — — — — — — — — — — — –Paris–Tours – – – – – – – – – – – – –
+ Legend — Did not compete DNS Did not Start DNF Did not finish NH Not held
National champions 2009 Ukraine Time Trial Championship, Andriy Hrivko 2010 Italy Road Race Championships, Giovanni Visconti 2011 Italy Road Race Championships, Giovanni Visconti 2015 Albania Time Trial Championship, Eugert Zhupa 2016 Albania Time Trial Championship, Eugert Zhupa Albania Road Race Championship, Eugert Zhupa 2018 Albania Time Trial Championship, Eugert Zhupa 2020 Serbia Time Trial Championship, Veljko Stojnić
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