Saeco was the name of an Italian road bicycle racing team, sponsored by the company with the same name.

One of their most memorable moments was Cipollini's 4 consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour de France.

The image of Mario Cipollini approaching the TV camera right after a win to say, "Cannondale makes the best bikes!"

Cipollini's antics are legendary, including showing up to the stage start at the Tour de France dressed in a Julius Caesar-inspired toga complete with an olive wreath, riding on a carriage pulled by his teammates on bicycles.

More recently, the entire Saeco team raced a stage of the 2003 Tour de France wearing a Legalize my Cannondale chaingang cycling kit to protest the UCI's lower bound on bike weight which means that their six13 prototype team bikes were underweight and required the installation of additional weight.