Liquigas

For the 2016– Cannondale team, see Cannondale Pro Cycling Team.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code CAN
Registered Italy
Founded 1999 (1999)
Disbanded 2014
(Merged with Cannondale)
Discipline Road
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Cannondale
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Roberto Amadio
Team name history
2005
2006–2009
2010
2011–2012
2013–2014		 Liquigas–Bianchi (LIQ)
Liquigas (LIQ)
Liquigas–Doimo (LIQ)
Liquigas–Cannondale (LIQ)
Cannondale (CAN)

Jersey

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: CAN) was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The most recent title sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, and their sponsorship led to a small American ridership on the team. In 2005 the team was co-title sponsored by Liquigas and Bianchi and was named Liquigas-Bianchi.

History

Liquigas was formed at the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005 and added a number of big names including Mario Cipollini, Danilo Di Luca, Stefano Garzelli and Magnus Bäckstedt.

In 2007, Cannondale replaced Bianchi as the bicycle sponsor. This marked Cannondale's return to the ProTour after discontinuing sponsorship of the Lampre-Caffita team at the end of the 2005 season.

On 11 July 2008 the news broke from the French sports paper L'Equipe that Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán had tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the tour. It was blood abnormalities before the start of the tour that led France's Anti-Doping Agency to target the rider. According to AP a spokesperson for Liquigas confirmed the same day that Beltrán had been thrown off the tour. It was also reported that the police had picked Beltrán up from his hotel where he had been staying with the rest of the Liquigas team, as well as searching the rest of the hotel for more doping. It was later confirmed that his B-sample also tested positive.[1]

From the 2009 Giro d'Italia until the 2012 Tour de France, the team finished every Grand Tour with all nine riders, a total of 11 such events in succession.

For the 2013 season Liquigas-Cannondale became Cannondale Pro Cycling as Cannondale Bicycle Corporation took over as the title sponsor in partnership with Brixia Sports.[2] In August 2014 the team announced their intention to merge with Cannondale for the 2015 season.[3]

Last team roster (in 2014)

As of 1 January 2014.[4]
Rider Date of birth
 Ivan Basso (ITA) (1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 36)
 George Bennett (NZL) (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 23)
 Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 20)
 Maciej Bodnar (POL) (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 28)
 Guillaume Boivin (CAN) (1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 24)
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 26)
 Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) (1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 27)
 Davide Formolo (ITA) (1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 21)
 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 29)
 Ted King (USA) (1983-01-31)31 January 1983 (aged 30)
 Michel Koch (GER) (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 22)
 Kristijan Koren (SLO) (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 27)
 Matthias Krizek (AUT) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 25)
 Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) (1980-12-10)10 December 1980 (aged 33)
Rider Date of birth
 Alan Marangoni (ITA) (1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 29)
 Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 29)
 Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) (1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 30)
 Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 19)
 Moreno Moser (ITA) (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 23)
 Daniele Ratto (ITA) (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 24)
 Fabio Sabatini (ITA) (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 28)
 Juraj Sagan (SVK) (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 25)
 Peter Sagan (SVK) (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 23)
 Cristiano Salerno (ITA) (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 28)
 Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 26)
 Davide Villella (ITA) (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 22)
 Elia Viviani (ITA) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 24)
 Cameron Wurf (AUS) (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 30)

Major results

2005
1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini
1st Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Mario Cipollini
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Franco Pellizotti
1st Stage 2, Franco Pellizotti
1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Danilo di Luca
1st Stage 1, Danilo Di Luca
1st Amstel Gold Race, Danilo Di Luca
1st Flèche Wallonne, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stages 3 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Enrico Gasparotto
1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Michael Albasini
1st  Italy Road Race Championships, Enrico Gasparotto
1st Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge, Marco Zanotti
1st Stage 4, Marco Zanotti
2006
1st Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Rund um den Henninger Turm, Stefano Garzelli
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Matej Mugerli
1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Stefano Garzelli
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Luca Paolini
1st Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour, Manuel Quinziato
1st GP Ouest-France, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Luca Paolini
1st Trofeo Melinda, Stefano Garzelli
1st Memorial Cimurri, Enrico Gasparotto
2nd Clasica San Sebastian, Stefano Garzelli
3rd Milan–San Remo, Luca Paolini
2007
1st Tour du Haut Var, Filippo Pozzato
1st Omloop Het Volk, Filippo Pozzato
1st Milano–Torino, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice, Franco Pellizotti
1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne, Luca Paolini
1st Stage 1 Settimana Lombarda, Team Time Trial
1st Stage 2 Settimana Lombarda, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stage 5 Settimana Lombarda, Alessandro Vanotti
1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country, Manuel Beltrán
1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Michael Albasini
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Danilo Di Luca
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Giro di Toscana, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
1st Stage 1, Team Time Trial
1st Stages 4 & 12, Danilo Di Luca
1st Memorial Marco Pantani, Franco Pellizotti
1st Stages 3 & 4 Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
1st  Sweden Road Race Championships, Magnus Bäckstedt
1st Stage 5 Tour de France, Filippo Pozzato
1st Stage 4 Brixia Tour, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stages 1 & 4 Danmark Rundt, Francesco Chicchi
1st Clásica de San Sebastian, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Trofeo Matteotti, Filippo Pozzato
1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne, Murilo Fischer
1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne, Filippo Pozzato
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Filippo Pozzato
1st Memorial Cimurri, Leonardo Bertagnolli
2nd Paris–Tours, Francesco Chicchi
3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Luca Paolini
3rd Amstel Gold Race, Danilo Di Luca
3rd La Flèche Wallonne, Danilo Di Luca
2008
1st World's View Challenge 1 & 5, Manuel Quinziato
1st World's View Challenge 2, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Filippo Pozzato
1st Stage 1, Filippo Pozzato
1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Kjell Carlström
1st Stage 7 Tirreno-Adriatico, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stages 1a & 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali – Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 1b Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Team Time Trial
1st Overall Giro del Trentino, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Daniele Bennati
1st Stages 3, 9 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
1st Points classification in the Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg, Michael Albasini
1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Francesco Chicchi
1st Overall Tour de Suisse, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stage 8, Roman Kreuziger
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour, Daniele Bennati
1st Trofeo Melinda, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España, Team Time Trial
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 3 Deutschland-Tour, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Stage 7 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi
1st Giro del Piemonte, Daniele Bennati
2nd Milan–San Remo, Filippo Pozzato
2009
1st Stage 6 2009 Tour Down Under, Francesco Chicchi
1st Trofeo Inca, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Daniele Bennati
1st Overall Giro di Sardegna, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 4, Daniele Bennati
1st Overall Driedaagse van De Panne, Frederik Willems
1st Overall Giro del Trentino, Ivan Basso
1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stage 4, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stages 10 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti[N 1]
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Sylwester Szmyd
1st Giro dell'Appennino, Vincenzo Nibali
1st  Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
1st  Finland Road Race Championships, Kjell Carlström
1st Mountains classification in the Tour de France, Franco Pellizotti[N 2]
1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Giro della Romagna, Murilo Fischer
1st Stage 6 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi
2nd Gent–Wevelgem, Aleksandr Kuschynski
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
2nd Clasica San Sebastian, Roman Kreuziger
3rd Overall 2009 Tour de Suisse, Roman Kreuziger
2010
1st Overall Tour de San Luis, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 1, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stages 4 & 6 Tour of Qatar, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Daniele Bennati
1st Overall Giro di Sardegna, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stage 2, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stages 3 & 5 Paris-Nice, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 3 Tirreno-Adriatico, Daniele Bennati
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Ivan Santaromita
1st Stage 1a, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 1b, Team Time Trial
1st Stage 7 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
1st Giro dell'Appennino, Robert Kišerlovski
1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 4 Tour of California, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stages 5 & 6 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Ivan Basso
1st Stage 4, Team Time Trial
1st Stage 14, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 15, Ivan Basso
1st Overall Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 4, Francesco Chicchi
1st  Belarus Road Race Championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski
1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Ivan Basso
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Kristjan Koren
1st Trofeo Melinda, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Giro del Veneto, Daniel Oss
1st GP Città di Modena, Francesco Chicchi
1st Overall Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Memorial Marco Pantani, Elia Viviani
1st Giro di Toscana, Daniele Bennati
1st Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge, Jacopo Guarnieri
1st Binche–Tournai–Binche, Elia Viviani
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali
2011
1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
1st Tour de Mumbai I, Elia Viviani
1st Overall Giro di Sardegna, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 1, 3 & 4, Peter Sagan
1st Gran Premio di Lugano, Ivan Basso
1st Stage 3a Driedaagse van de Panne, Jacopo Guarnieri
1st Stage 5 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Eros Capecchi
1st Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Elia Viviani
1st  Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
1st GP Kranj, Simone Ponzi
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Città di Stresa, Elia Viviani
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo, Simone Ponzi
1st Overall Tour de Pologne, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 4 & 5, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 6, 12 & 21 Vuelta a España, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 4 & 5 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Daniel Oss
1st Overall Giro di Padania, Ivan Basso
1st Stage 2, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 4, Ivan Basso
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali
2012
1st  Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
1st  United States Road Race Championships, Timmy Duggan
1st  Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis, Elia Viviani
1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Elia Viviani
1st Stages 1 & 2, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 5 Tour of Oman, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Moreno Moser
1st Gran Premio di Lugano, Eros Capecchi
1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 4, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 5, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 2a Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, Moreno Moser
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 3, 4 & 6 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia, Kristijan Koren
1st Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 1, 3 & 6 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
1st Overall Tour de Pologne, Moreno Moser
1st Stages 1 & 6, Moreno Moser
1st Overall Giro di Padania, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani
1st Japan Cup, Ivan Basso
2013
1st Stages 2 & 3 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Peter Sagan
1st Strade Bianche, Moreno Moser
1st Stages 3 & 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Damiano Caruso
1st Gent–Wevelgem, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
1st Brabantse Pijl, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 3 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné, Alessandro De Marchi
1st Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
1st  Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
1st  Denmark Time Trial Championships, Brian Vandborg
1st  Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 7 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
1st Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove, Elia Viviani
1st Stages 2 & 3, Elia Viviani
1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Peter Sagan
1st Dutch Food Valley Classic, Elia Viviani
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Alberta, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Daniele Ratto
1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain, Elia Viviani
1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Peter Sagan
2014
1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
1st E3 Harelbeke, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne, Maciej Bodnar
1st Stages 5 & 7 Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
1st Stage 7 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Elia Viviani
1st  Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Austria, Oscar Gatto
1st Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
1st Overall Combativity award Tour de France, Alessandro De Marchi
1st Combativity award Stages 13 & 14, Alessandro De Marchi
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Alessandro De Marchi
1st Coppa Bernocchi, Elia Viviani

World & National Champions

2000
World Time Trial Serhiy Honchar
2001
Ukrainian Time Trial Serhiy Honchar
2005
Italian Road Race Enrico Gasparotto
2007
Swedish Road Race Magnus Bäckstedt
2009
Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar
Finnish Road Race Kjell Carlström
2010
Belarusian Road Race Aleksandr Kuschynski
2011
Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan
2012
Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan
United States Road Race Timmy Duggan
Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar
2013
Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar
Danish Time Trial Brian Vandborg
Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan
2014
Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan

Notes

  1. ↑ Pellizottis results were voided due irregular blood values
  2. ↑ As above

References

  1. ↑ "A source says Manuel Beltrán's B-sample from the Tour de France contains EPO.". google.com. VeloNews. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  2. ↑ Conn, Bethel (20 September 2012). "Pro Cycling". Cannondale. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Garmin Sharp and Cannondale merge for 2015". Cycling News. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cannondale (CAN) - ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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