Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code: CAN), previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour.
 The team at the 2012 Tour of California | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | CAN |
| Registered | Italy |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2014 (Merged with Garmin–Sharp) |
| Discipline(s) | 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) |
History edit
The team was formed at the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005. the team was co-title sponsored by Italian companies Liquigas and Bianchi, therefore it was named Liquigas–Bianchi. It featured a number of big names including Italian riders Mario Cipollini, Danilo Di Luca and Stefano Garzelli, as well as 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. Being an American company, their sponsorship led to a small American ridership on the team.
On 11 July 2008 the news broke from the French sports paper L'Équipe 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 EF Education–EasyPost for the 2015 season.[3]
Last team roster (in 2014) edit
- As of 1 January 2014.[4]
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Major wins edit
- 2005
- Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini
- Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Mario Cipollini
Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Franco Pellizotti
- Stage 2, Franco Pellizotti
Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Danilo di Luca
- Stage 1, Danilo Di Luca
- Amstel Gold Race, Danilo Di Luca
- Flèche Wallonne, Danilo Di Luca
- Stages 3 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
- Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Enrico Gasparotto
- Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Michael Albasini
Italy Road Race Championships, Enrico Gasparotto- Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
- Overall Circuit Franco-Belge, Marco Zanotti
- Stage 4, Marco Zanotti
- 2006
- Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Vincenzo Nibali
- Rund um den Henninger Turm, Stefano Garzelli
- Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
- Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Matej Mugerli
- Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Stefano Garzelli
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Luca Paolini
- Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
- Stage 2 Eneco Tour, Manuel Quinziato
- GP Ouest-France, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 5 Vuelta a España, Danilo Di Luca
- Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Luca Paolini
- Trofeo Melinda, Stefano Garzelli
- Memorial Cimurri, Enrico Gasparotto
- 2007
- Tour du Haut Var, Filippo Pozzato
- Omloop Het Volk, Filippo Pozzato
- Milano–Torino, Danilo Di Luca
- Stage 2 Paris–Nice, Franco Pellizotti
- Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Danilo Di Luca
- Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne, Luca Paolini
- Stage 1 Settimana Lombarda, Team Time Trial
- Stage 2 Settimana Lombarda, Roman Kreuziger
- Stage 5 Settimana Lombarda, Alessandro Vanotti
- Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country, Manuel Beltrán
- Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Michael Albasini
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Danilo Di Luca
- GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Vincenzo Nibali
- Giro di Toscana, Vincenzo Nibali
Overall Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
- Stage 1, Team Time Trial
- Stages 4 & 12, Danilo Di Luca
- Memorial Marco Pantani, Franco Pellizotti
- Stages 3 & 4 Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
Sweden Road Race Championships, Magnus Bäckstedt- Stage 5 Tour de France, Filippo Pozzato
- Stage 4 Brixia Tour, Francesco Chicchi
- Stages 1 & 4 Danmark Rundt, Francesco Chicchi
- Clásica de San Sebastián, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- Trofeo Matteotti, Filippo Pozzato
- Stage 5 Tour de Pologne, Murilo Fischer
- Stage 6 Tour de Pologne, Filippo Pozzato
- Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Filippo Pozzato
- Memorial Cimurri, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- 2008
- World's View Challenge 1 & 5, Manuel Quinziato
- World's View Challenge 2, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Filippo Pozzato
- Stage 1, Filippo Pozzato
- Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Kjell Carlström
- Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico, Francesco Chicchi
- Stages 1a & 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali – Francesco Chicchi
- Stage 1b Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Team Time Trial
Overall Giro del Trentino, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Daniele Bennati
- Stages 3, 9 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
- Points classification in the Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Francesco Chicchi
- Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg, Michael Albasini
- Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Francesco Chicchi
- Overall Tour de Suisse, Roman Kreuziger
- Stage 8, Roman Kreuziger
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- Stage 3 Eneco Tour, Daniele Bennati
- Trofeo Melinda, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- Stage 1 Vuelta a España, Team Time Trial
- Stage 4 Vuelta a España, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 3 Deutschland Tour, Leonardo Bertagnolli
- Stage 7 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi
- Giro del Piemonte, Daniele Bennati
- 2009
- Stage 6 2009 Tour Down Under, Francesco Chicchi
- Trofeo Inca, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Daniele Bennati
- Overall Giro di Sardegna, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 4, Daniele Bennati
- Overall Driedaagse van De Panne, Frederik Willems
- Overall Giro del Trentino, Ivan Basso
- Overall Tour de Romandie, Roman Kreuziger
- Stage 4, Roman Kreuziger
Stages 10 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti[N 1]- Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Sylwester Szmyd
- Giro dell'Appennino, Vincenzo Nibali
Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
Finland Road Race Championships, Kjell Carlström
Mountains classification in the Tour de France, Franco Pellizotti- Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Vincenzo Nibali
- Giro della Romagna, Murilo Fischer
- Stage 6 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi
- 2010
Overall Tour de San Luis, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 1, Francesco Chicchi
- Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stages 4 & 6 Tour of Qatar, Francesco Chicchi
- Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Daniele Bennati
- Overall Giro di Sardegna, Roman Kreuziger
- Stage 2, Roman Kreuziger
- Stages 3 & 5 Paris–Nice, Peter Sagan
- Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Daniele Bennati
- Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Ivan Santaromita
- Stage 1a, Francesco Chicchi
- Stage 1b, Team Time Trial
- Stage 7 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
- Giro dell'Appennino, Robert Kišerlovski
- Stage 1 Tour de Romandie, Peter Sagan
- Stage 4 Tour of California, Francesco Chicchi
- Stages 5 & 6 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
- Overall Giro d'Italia, Ivan Basso
- Stage 4, Team Time Trial
- Stage 14, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 15, Ivan Basso
- Overall Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 4, Francesco Chicchi
Belarus Road Race Championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski- Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
- Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Ivan Basso
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Kristjan Koren
- Trofeo Melinda, Vincenzo Nibali
- Giro del Veneto, Daniel Oss
- GP Città di Modena, Francesco Chicchi
- Overall Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali
- Memorial Marco Pantani, Elia Viviani
- Giro di Toscana, Daniele Bennati
- Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge, Jacopo Guarnieri
- Binche–Tournai–Binche, Elia Viviani
- 2011
- Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
- Tour de Mumbai I, Elia Viviani
- Overall Giro di Sardegna, Peter Sagan
- Stages 1, 3 & 4, Peter Sagan
- Gran Premio di Lugano, Ivan Basso
- Stage 3a Driedaagse van de Panne, Jacopo Guarnieri
- Stage 5 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
- Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Eros Capecchi
- Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
- Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Elia Viviani
Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan- GP Kranj, Simone Ponzi
- Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Città di Stresa, Elia Viviani
- Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo, Simone Ponzi
- Overall Tour de Pologne, Peter Sagan
- Stages 4 & 5, Peter Sagan
- Stages 6, 12 & 21 Vuelta a España, Peter Sagan
- Stages 4 & 5 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Elia Viviani
- Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Daniel Oss
Overall Giro di Padania, Ivan Basso
- Stage 2, Elia Viviani
- Stage 4, Ivan Basso
- Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Peter Sagan
- Stage 4 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani
- 2012
- Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
United States Road Race Championships, Timmy Duggan- Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
- Stage 6 Tour de San Luis, Elia Viviani
- Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
- Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Elia Viviani
- Stages 1 & 2, Elia Viviani
- Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
- Stage 5 Tour of Oman, Vincenzo Nibali
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Moreno Moser
- Gran Premio di Lugano, Eros Capecchi
- Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 4, Peter Sagan
- Stage 5, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 2a Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
- Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
- Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop, Moreno Moser
- Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
- Stages 1 (ITT), 3, 4 & 6 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
- Stage 4 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia, Kristijan Koren
Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan- Stages 1, 3 & 6 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
- Overall Tour de Pologne, Moreno Moser
- Stages 1 & 6, Moreno Moser
- Overall Giro di Padania, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
- Stage 1 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani
- Japan Cup, Ivan Basso
- 2013
- Stages 2 & 3 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Peter Sagan
- Strade Bianche, Moreno Moser
- Stages 3 & 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
- Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Damiano Caruso
- Gent–Wevelgem, Peter Sagan
- Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
- Brabantse Pijl, Peter Sagan
- Stages 3 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
- Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné, Elia Viviani
- Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné, Alessandro De Marchi
- Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
- Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
Denmark Time Trial Championships, Brian Vandborg- Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
- Stage 7 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
- Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
- Overall Tour of Elk Grove, Elia Viviani
- Stages 2 & 3, Elia Viviani
- Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Peter Sagan
- Dutch Food Valley Classic, Elia Viviani
- Prologue, Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Alberta, Peter Sagan
- Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Daniele Ratto
- Stage 1 Tour of Britain, Elia Viviani
- Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Peter Sagan
- 2014
- Stage 4 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
- Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
- E3 Harelbeke, Peter Sagan
- Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
- Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
- Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne, Maciej Bodnar
- Stages 5 & 7 Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
- Stage 7 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
- Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
- Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Elia Viviani
- Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
- Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Austria, Oscar Gatto
- Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
Overall Combativity award Tour de France, Alessandro De Marchi- Stage 4 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Elia Viviani
- Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Alessandro De Marchi
- Coppa Bernocchi, Elia Viviani
Supplementary statistics edit
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
Notes edit
- ^ None of their riders finished the final stage.[5]
- ^ Kristijan Koren originally placed 95th but his results have since been removed due to doping.[6]
- ^ Kristijan Koren originally placed 32nd but his results have since been removed due to doping.[6]
- ^ Leonardo Bertagnolli originally placed 1st but his results have since been removed due to doping.[7]
- ^ Carlos Barredo of Quick-Step originally placed 1st but his results have since been removed due to doping.[8]
World and national champions edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "A source says Manuel Beltrán's B-sample from the Tour de France contains EPO". google.com. VeloNews. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ Conn, Bethel (20 September 2012). "Pro Cycling". Cannondale. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Garmin Sharp and Cannondale merge for 2015". Cycling News. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale (CAN) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Inigo's race to Luze, and theirs to win". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 5 June 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Kristijan Koren and Borut Božič handed two-year bans for doping". cyclingnews.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Prosecutors seek three-year doping ban for Bertagnolli". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "UCI request doping procedure against Carlos Barredo". cyclingnews.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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