ZG Mobili was an Italian cycling team that existed from 1991 to 1997.
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Sponsors and naming rights
1991 ZG Mobili-Bottecchia
1992 ZG Mobili-Selle Italia
1993-1994 ZG Mobili
1995 ZG Mobili-Selle Italia
1996-1997 Roslotto-ZG Mobili
History
Under the Roslotto (Russian: Русское лото) sponsorship, the main shareholder was the National Sports Fund of Russia (NSF) (Russian: Национальный фонд спорта (НФС)), which was created by Minister of Sports Shamil Tarpishchev (Russian: Шамиль Тарпичев), who was a friend and tennis coach for Boris Yeltsin. His successor at the head of the NSF, Boris Fyodorov, also transliterated as Boris Fedorov (Russian: Борис Федоров), publicly alleged Tarpichev of links with the mafia, including Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov (Taiwanchik) and the Izmailovskaya OPG and, later, Alexander Litvinenko alleged Tarpichev of links with illicit activities. Under the Russian sponsor Roslotto (Russian: Рослото) from 1996 to 1997, millions of dollars allegedly were money laundered from Russia and into Italy and the European banking system using the Roslotto-ZG Mobili cycling team as a front.
Notable riders
Massimo Ghirotto
Gianni Faresin
Stefano Colagè
Hendrik Redant
Fabiano Fontanelli
Fabio Casartelli
Andrea Ferrigato
Maurizio Fondriest
Alexander Gontchenkov
Paolo Savoldelli
Dimitri Konyshev
Giancarlo Perini
Piotr Ugrumov
Viatcheslav Djavanian
Dimitri Sedun
Alexei Sivakov
Youri Sourkov
Nelson Rodríguez
Nikolay Gorelov
Vitali Kokorine