ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani

ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani
Team information
UCI code	USC (2001–2010); FCL (2011–2012); FDA (2013–2014); TCF (2015–2017); CHI (2018–)
Registered	Italy (2001–2012); Lithuania (2013–2014) ; Italy (2015–)
Founded	2001
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2001–2014); National (2015–)
Key personnel
General manager	Franco Chirio
Team name history
2001; 2002–2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018–	USC Chirio; USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo; ACS Chirio–Forno d'Asolo; Colavita Forno d'Asolo; Forno d'Asolo Colavita; Chirio Forno d'Asolo; Forno d'Asolo–Astute; Tre Colli–Forno d'Asolo; Chirio–Tre Colli–Casa Giani; Tre Colli–Chioro–Casa Giani; ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani

ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani (UCI Code: CHI) is a professional cycling team based in Montechiaro d'Asti in Italy. It competes in road bicycle racing events, including in some UCI Women's Road World Cup events.

Team history

On October 17, 2014, Daiva Tušlaitė left the team to join ASD Giusfredi Ciclismo. On November 19, Rossella Callovi left the team to join Top Girls Fassa Bortolo. On December 2 Íngrid Drexel and Jessenia Meneses left the team to join Astana–Acca Due O.

Team founder and former manager Franco Chirio died on 22 April 2024 aged 71.^[1]

Major wins

2002: GP Carnevale d'Europa (F): Zoulfia Zabirova; Chrono Champenois — Trophée Européen (F): Zoulfia Zabirova; Stage 2 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F): Zinaida Stahurskaya; Stage 4 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F): Zoulfia Zabirova
2003: Stage 1 Vuelta Castilla y Leon (F): Regina Schleicher; Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia (F): Zinaida Stahurskaya; GP Carnevale d'Europa (F): Regina Schleicher
2004: Stage 4 Emakumeen Euskal Bira (F): Jolanta Polikevičiūtė; Stage 3 Trophée d'Or Féminin (F): Clemilda Fernandes Silva
2005

Giro del Lago Maggiore — GP Knorr (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Giro del Friuli Donne (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Stages 1 & 3 Giro del Trentino Alto Adige — Südtirol (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Stages 3, 6 & 9 Giro d'Italia Donne (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Stage 3 part a Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F): Giorgia Bronzini

Stage 3 part b Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F): Clemilda Fernandes Silva

Chrono Champenois — Trophée Européen (F): Kathryn (Kathy) Watt

Stage 5 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F): Giorgia Bronzini

2006

Copa América de Ciclismo (F): Clemilda Fernandes Silva

Sydney, Points race (F): Vera Carrara

Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour (F): Vera Carrara

2007

Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador (F): Tetyana Styazhkina

Vuelta a El Salvador Stage 3b – Uênia Fernandes

Vuelta al Quindío (F): Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez

Copa América de Ciclismo (F): Clemilda Fernandes Silva

GP De Santa Ana (F): Tetyana Styazhkina

GP Rund um Visp (F): Min Hye Lee

Giro del Valdarno (F): Clemilda Fernandes Silva

2008

Copa América de Ciclismo, Uênia Fernandes de Souza

Lyon Vaise, Jolanta Polikevičiūtė

Pélussin, Alyona Andruk

Overall Vuelta a El Salvador, Tetyana Styazhkina

Stage 3, Janildes Fernandes

Stage 4, Tetyana Styazhkina

Lyon Gerland, Urtė Juodvalkytė

Reyrieux, Evelyn García

Stage 6 Grande Boucle, Rasa Polikevičiūtė

Stage 4 Route de France Féminine, Urtė Juodvalkytė

2009: Copa América de Ciclismo, Janildes Fernandes Silva

2011: GP Liberazione, Giorgia Bronzini; Liberty Classic, Giorgia Bronzini; Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau, Giorgia Bronzini

2013: Stages 3 & 7 Vuelta a El Salvador, Clemilda Fernandes Silva; Stage 6 Vuelta a El Salvador, Uênia Fernandes de Souza; Grand Prix GSB, Clemilda Fernandes Silva; Tour of Chongming Island World Cup, Tetyana Ryabchenko

National, continental and world champions

2002: Russia Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirova
2005: European U23 Track, (Pursuit), Tatsiana Sharakova; Brazil Road Race, Clemilda Fernandes Silva; Belarus Road Race, Tatsiana Sharakova; Japan Road Race, Miho Oki
2006: Italy Cyclo-cross, Annabella Stropparo; Argentina Road Race, Valeria Romina Pintos; World Track (Points race), Vera Carrara; European U23 Track, Tatsiana Sharakova
2007: Pan American Track (Team Sprint), Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes; Brazil Time Trial, Janildes Fernandes Silva; Czech National Time Trial, Tereza Huřiková
2008: Brazil Road Race, Clemilda Fernandes Silva; Ukraine Time Trial, Tetyana Styazhkina; Ukraine Road, Tetyana Styazhkina
2009: Brazil Road Race, Clemilda Fernandes Silva
2010: Brazil Road Race, Janildes Fernandes Silva
2011: World Road Race, Giorgia Bronzini; New Zealand Road Race, Catherine Cheatley
2012: Brazil Time Trial, Uênia Fernandes de Souza; Lithuania Road Race, Svetlana Pauliukaitė
2013: Brazil Time Trial, Clemilda Fernandes Silva
2014: Lithuania Road Race, Edita Janeliūnaitė; Lithuania Time Trial, Daiva Tušlaitė; Belarus Road Race, Elenka Sitsko
2015: Colombia Road Race, Leidy Natalia Muñoz; Estonia Road Race, Liisa Ehrberg

Previous team rosters

2011

Ages as of 1 January 2011.^[2]

	Rider	Date of birth
Ester Alves (POR)		(1981-07-22)July 22, 1981 (aged 29)
Emilie Blanquefort (FRA)		(1988-05-06)May 6, 1988 (aged 22)
Mireia Epelde Bikendi (ESP)		(1985-10-29)October 29, 1985 (aged 25)
Arantxa Garcia Morte (ESP)		(1990-08-16)August 16, 1990 (aged 20)
Leticia Gil Parra (ESP)		(1982-08-01)August 1, 1982 (aged 28)

	Rider	Date of birth
Lucía González Blanco (ESP)		(1990-07-09)July 9, 1990 (aged 20)
Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (ESP)		(1980-09-17)September 17, 1980 (aged 30)
Belén López Morales (ESP)		(1984-04-18)April 18, 1984 (aged 26)
Fanny Riberot (FRA)		(1983-03-17)March 17, 1983 (aged 27)
Anne-Marie Schmitt (LUX)		(1989-01-23)January 23, 1989 (aged 21)

2009

2008

External links

^ "Ciclismo in lutto, è morto Franco Chirio". La Stampa (in Italian). 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
^ "UCI Women's teams". UCI.ch. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[1] "Ciclismo in lutto, è morto Franco Chirio". La Stampa (in Italian). 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

[2011teamriders-2] "UCI Women's teams". UCI.ch. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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