- Tinkoff Credit Systems
Infobox Cycling team
teamname = Tinkoff Credit Systems
code = TCS
base = ITA
founded = 2007
disbanded =
manager = Stefano Feltrin
teammanager = Omar Piscina
discipline = Road
status = Professional Continental
season =
oldname =
pattern_la1=_greylower|pattern_b1=_tinkoff|pattern_ra1=_blacklower|leftarm1=FBEB26|body1=ffffff|rightarm1=FBEB26|shorts1=000000Tinkoff Credit Systems ("UCI Team Code": TCS) is a professional continental
cycling team based inItaly that hasUCI Professional Continental status, racing inUCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard toUCI ProTour events. The team is financed byRussia n businessmanOleg Tinkoff .Tinkoff Credit Systems emerged from the 2006 Continental team
Tinkoff Restaurants , which was based in Russia and employed Russian cyclists. Of the eleven cyclists employed by the team, eight now ride for Tinkoff Credit Systems:Pavel Brutt ,Ilya Chernetskiy ,Mikhail Ignatiev ,Serguei Klimov ,Anton Mindlin ,Ivan Rovny , Alexander Serov andNikolai Trusov .Stefano Feltrin is the general manager of Tinkoff, whileOmar Piscina is team manager, assisted byOrlando Manini ,Dmitri Konychev andClaudio Cozzi . Owner Oleg Tinkoff has worked hard to build links with the Italian cycling community, which garnered wildcard invites to the major RCS races, including the2007 Giro d'Italia .Tinkoff uses
Colnago bicycles withCampagnolo components.2008 team
As of
December 31 ,2007 . [cite web| url=http://www.ucieuropetour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MjA2Nw |title=TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS (TCS) - ITA Riders |publisher=UCI |work=uci.ch |accessdate=2007-12-31]Major results
2008
* 1st, Stage 19, Giro d'Italia:
Vasil Kiryienka
* 1st, Stage 5, Giro d'Italia:Pavel Brutt
* 2nd, Stage 19, Vuelta a'Espana:Vasil Kiryienka 2007
* 1st, Team classification, Tirreno-Adriatico
* 1st, Mountain classification, Tirreno-Adriatico:Salvatore Commesso
* 1st,GP Chiasso :Pavel Brutt
* 1st,Trofeo Laigueglia :Mikhail Ignatiev
* 1st, Young rider classification,Tour Méditerranéen :Ivan Rovny
* 1st, Stage 3, Tour Méditerranéen: Mikhail Ignatiev
* 1st, Stage 9, Le Tour de Langkawi: Pavel Brutt
* Selected as a wild card team for the2007 Giro d'Italia . [http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11670.0.html Hamilton likely Giro-bound after Tinkoff gets wildcard nod]
* 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Georgia:Daniele Contrini
* 2nd, Eindhoven Team Time TrialReferences
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/tinkoff_launch07 Cyclingnews.com team presentation coverage]
* [http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=10274 Daily Peloton - Spotlight on Tinkoff Credit Systems 2007]
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