# Amore & Vita

Amore & Vita (UCI team code: AMO) is a continental cycling team founded in 1989. It is registered in Ukraine and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.

## Team history

The team's origins date to 1948 when Lorenzo Fanini founded an amateur cycling team. The team website states it is "the oldest professional cycling team in the world."
In 1984, the team turned professional and was renamed Fanini–Wührer.
In 1989, during an audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, the manager, Ivano Fanini, had his riders appearing in jerseys with the slogan "No to Abortion".
Subsequently, the team was renamed Amore e Vita, "Love and Life" or "Love for Life".
Chad Gerlach rode with the team in 2009 after years of homelessness and addiction preceded by promising career.
In 2004, the team bikes featured a crucifix on the handlebars.

### Doping violations

During the Tour de Suisse in 1999, Fanini fired Timothy Jones and Massimo Gimondi after they failed hematocrit tests.
Fanini offered David Millar and Jesús Manzano team spots in 2004 after they confessed to doping.
After Riccardo Riccò was fired by Vacansoleil for doping violations in 2011, Fanini offered him a spot on the team if he accepted "penitential confinement". The conditions included removing his earrings, piercings and the diamond embedded in his tooth. Both sides could not agree on the deal and Ricco joined Meridiana–Kamen.
On 6 June 2014, Luca Benedetti gave an adverse analytical finding for Darbepoetin (dEPO), was suspended from competing and later banned for life.

## Team roster

    As of 5 March 2021.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Davide Appollonio (ITA) | Davide Appollonio (ITA) | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) |
| Mykola Kravchuk (UKR) | Mykola Kravchuk (UKR) | (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24) |
| Andrii Nepyivoda (UKR) | Andrii Nepyivoda (UKR) | (2000-03-22) 22 March 2000 (age 24) |
| Charly Petelin (LUX) | Charly Petelin (LUX) | (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30) |
| Manuel Senni (ITA) | Manuel Senni (ITA) | (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 32) |
| Marco Tizza (ITA) | Marco Tizza (ITA) | (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32) |
| Paolo Totò (ITA) | Paolo Totò (ITA) | (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 33) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Dmytro Volkov (UKR) | Dmytro Volkov (UKR) | (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 22) |
| Mykhailo Yanitskyi (UKR) | Mykhailo Yanitskyi (UKR) | (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24) |
| Bogdan Zachepa (UKR) | Bogdan Zachepa (UKR) | (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27) |
| Anton Zaichenko (UKR) | Anton Zaichenko (UKR) | (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 28) |
| Vladislav Zubar (UKR) | Vladislav Zubar (UKR) | (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27) |
| Antonio Zullo (ITA) | Antonio Zullo (ITA) | (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 (age 31) |

## Major wins
### 1989

    GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Edward Salas
    Trofeo Matteotti, Roberto Pelliconi
    Trofeo Laigueglia, Pierino Gavazzi
    Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Pierino Gavazzi

### 1990

    Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Fabrizio Convalle

### 1992

    Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Alessio Di Basco

### 1993

    Giro dell'Appennino, Giuseppe Calcaterra

### 1994

    Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Gianluca Pierobon
    Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Rodolfo Massi
    Stage 15 Vuelta a España, Alessio Di Basco
    Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Giuseppe Calcaterra

### 1996

    Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
    Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Nicolaj Bo Larsen

### 1997

    Denmark road race championships, Nicolaj Bo Larsen
    Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto
    Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Filippo Meloni
    Overall Tour de Normandie, Glenn Magnusson
    Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson
    Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, Dario Andriotto

### 1998

    Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones
    Overall Tour de l'Ain, Cristian Gasperoni
       Stage 3, Alessio Galletti
    Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Glenn Magnusson

### 1999

    Stage 9 Vodacom Rapport Toer, Gilberto Zattoni
    Overall Tour of Slovenia, Timothy Jones
       Stage 5, Timothy Jones
    Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Maurizio De Pasquale
    Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Mirko Puglioli
    Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain, Artur Krzeszowiec
    Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain, Mirko Puglioli
    Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Marco Cannone

### 2000

    Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia, Seweryn Kohut

### 2001

    Poreč Trophy III, Andrus Aug
    Overall Tour of Slovenia, Faat Zakirov
       Stage 2b & 5, Faat Zakirov
       Stage 4, Seweryn Kohut
    Stage 1 & 5 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Andrus Aug
    Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Andrus Aug
    Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Sławomir Kohut

### 2002

    Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
    South Africa time trial championships, James Perry
    Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria, Stefano Ciuffi
    Stage 2b Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad

### 2003

    Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Timothy Jones
    Stage 1a Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Mauro Zinetti
    Stage 4b Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Marek Wesoły
    Giro del Medio Brenta, Przemysław Niemiec

### 2004

    Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły
    Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström
    Overall Giro d'Abruzzo, Aleksandr Kuschynski
       Stage 1, Ivan Fanelli
    Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Aleksandr Kuschynski
    Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Jonas Ljungblad
    Châteauroux Classic, Aleksandr Kuschynski
    Overall Herald Sun Tour, Jonas Ljungblad
       Stage 7, Jonas Ljungblad
    Overall Tour of Queensland, Jonas Ljungblad
       Stage 5 & 7, Jonas Ljungblad

### 2005

    Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
    Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski
    Tour du Lac Léman, Jonas Ljungblad
    Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Artur Krzeszowiec
    Tour de Vendée, Jonas Ljungblad
    Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Aleksandr Kuschynski
    Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Dainius Kairelis
    Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Jonas Ljungblad

### 2006

    Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis
    Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Graziano Gasparre
    Stage 1 Vuelta a Extremadura, Ivan Fanelli

### 2007

    Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Ivan Quaranta
    Giro d'Oro, Dainius Kairelis

### 2008

    Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot
    Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic, Yuriy Metlushenko
    Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Yuriy Metlushenko
    Stage 3 Tour de Beauce, Miguel Martinez

### 2009

    Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk
    Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Yuriy Metlushenko
    Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
    Overall Univest GP, Volodymyr Starchyk
       Stage 1, Team time trial
       Stage 2, Volodymyr Starchyk
    Stage 3 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko

### 2010

    Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak
    Stages 4 & 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Yuriy Metlushenko
    Stage 1 Tour of Hainan, Yuriy Metlushenko

### 2011

    Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
    Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex
    Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Volodymyr Bileka
    Trophée de la Maison Royale, Vladislav Borisov
    Stage 6 Vuelta Chiapas, Bernardo Colex

### 2012

    Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Yovcho Yovchev

### 2013

    Stage 5 Baltic Chain Tour, Mihkel Räim

### 2014

    Stage 4 Tour de Beauce, Leonardo Pinizzotto
    Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
    Stages 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
    Stage 2 Tour of China I, Mattia Gavazzi
    Stage 1 Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
    Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi

### 2015

    Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Mattia Gavazzi
    Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Mattia Gavazzi
    Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj
    Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mattia Gavazzi
    Overall Tour of China II, Mattia Gavazzi
       Stages 1, 4 & 5, Mattia Gavazzi
    Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Mattia Gavazzi

### 2016

    Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira, Eugenio Bani
    Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta al Táchira, Marco Zamparella

### 2017

    Giro dell'Appennino, Danilo Celano
    Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge, Pierpaolo Ficara
    Stage 4 Tour of Eritrea, Redi Halilaj
    Stage 1 Tour of Albania, Pierpaolo Ficara
    Stage 2 Tour du Jura, Pierpaolo Ficara
    Memorial Marco Pantani, Marco Zamparella

### 2019

    Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Tizza
    Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Davide Appollonio
    Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Marco Tizza
    Stage 2 Tour of Almaty, Danilo Celano

### 2020

    Latvia road race championships, Viesturs Lukševics

## National championships
### 1997

    Denmark road race championships, Nicolai Bo Larsen
    Italy time trial championships, Dario Andriotto

### 1998

    Zimbabwe road race championships, Timothy Jones

### 2002

    Hungary road race championships, Balasz Rohtmer
    South Africa time trial championships, James Perry

### 2004

    Poland road race championships, Marek Wesoły
    Finland road race championships, Kjell Carlström

### 2005

    Sweden road race championships, Jonas Ljungblad
    Belarus road race championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski

### 2006

    Lithuania road race championships, Dainius Kairelis

### 2008

    Eritrea road race championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot

### 2009

    Ukraine road race championships, Volodymyr Starchyk

### 2010

    Slovakia road race championships, Jakub Novak

### 2011

    Israel road race championships, Niv Libner
    Mexico time trial championships, Bernardo Colex

### 2014

    Israel road race championships, Niv Libner

### 2015

    Albania road race championships, Redi Halilaj

### 2020

    Latvia road race, Viesturs Lukševics