[3] In early February news surfaced of the team being unable to pay some of their Scandinavian riders.
[4] On 13 February 2004 Memory Corp came in as a new sponsor to cover the wages of the riders who missed theirs.
Bertolini was one of eighteen who finished inside the time limit of the stage after the peloton allowed the break to get an advantage of over thirty minutes.
[6] Bertolini held onto the jersey to take the overall finishing 9 seconds down on the stage 4 winner Florent Brard.
[7] One of the Team's goals was the 2004 Tour de France with Pietro Caucchioli being their man in contention for the overall.