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Liquigas

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code: CAN), previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour.

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
The team at the 2012 Tour of California
Team information
UCI codeCAN
RegisteredItaly
Founded2005 (2005)
Disbanded2014
(Merged with Garmin–Sharp)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI ProTeam
BicyclesCannondale
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerRoberto 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]
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 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[N 2]
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

Grand Tours by highest finishing position
Race 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
 Giro d'Italia 4 8 1 4 3 1 2 5 19 15
 Tour de France 32 54 18 12 6 8 7 3 71 52
 / Vuelta a España 41 38 9 75 4 1 7 25 54 9
Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position
Race 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
 Tour Down Under 12 7 22 25 18 49 27 20
 Paris–Nice 6 66 5 23 41 3 38 25 47 14
 / Tirreno–Adriatico 25 16 17 7 5 8 4 1 19 24
  Volta a Catalunya 94 18 38 62 15 8 6 13 18 32
  Tour of the Basque Country 1 19 16 31 9 16 36 32 24 35
  Tour de Romandie 15 6 6 2 1 12 30 7 25 41
  Critérium du Dauphiné DNF[L 1] 68 8 15 7 10 26 28 24 51
  Tour de Suisse 24 27 32 1 3 13 50 41 26 7
 Tour de Pologne 5 8 8 3 7 6 1 1 8 16
 /  Eneco Tour 49 3 15 13 45 14 25 21 26 10
Monument races by highest finishing position
Race 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Milan–San Remo 9 3 12 2 6 5 8 3 2 10
Tour of Flanders 20 32 3 6 18 28 122[L 2] 5 2 16
Paris–Roubaix 4 34 5 13 9 23 77 60 32 6
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 26 9 1 10 39 27 8 2 25 71
Giro di Lombardia 34 9 19 17 12 5 4 26 11 15
Classics by highest finishing position
Classic 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 39 1 5 57 25
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 42 15 5 DNF NH
Strade Bianche Did not exist 13 14 11 12 25 15 1 2
E3 Harelbeke 7 4 36 47 14 2 1
Gent–Wevelgem 12 86 19 13 2 5 14 2 1 3
Amstel Gold Race 1 35 3 16 18 5 92[L 3] 3 36 31
La Flèche Wallonne 1 6 3 7 31 12 44 8 12 32
Clásica de San Sebastián 4 2 16[L 4] 5 1[L 5] 32 11 17 7 22
Paris–Tours 10 30 2 8 42
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

Notes edit

  1. ^ None of their riders finished the final stage.[5]
  2. ^ Kristijan Koren originally placed 95th but his results have since been removed due to doping.[6]
  3. ^ Kristijan Koren originally placed 32nd but his results have since been removed due to doping.[6]
  4. ^ Leonardo Bertagnolli originally placed 1st but his results have since been removed due to doping.[7]
  5. ^ 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

  1. ^ Pellizotti's results were voided due irregular blood values
  2. ^ As above

References edit

  1. ^ . google.com. VeloNews. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  2. ^ Conn, Bethel (20 September 2012). . Cannondale. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. ^ . Cycling News. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Cannondale (CAN) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Inigo's race to Luze, and theirs to win". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 5 June 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Kristijan Koren and Borut Božič handed two-year bans for doping". cyclingnews.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Prosecutors seek three-year doping ban for Bertagnolli". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  8. ^ "UCI request doping procedure against Carlos Barredo". cyclingnews.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website  

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For the 2016 Cannondale team see Cannondale Pro Cycling Team For the team sponsored by Liquigas from 1998 to 2001 see Liquigas Pata Cannondale Pro Cycling Team UCI team code CAN previously known as Liquigas was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour Cannondale Pro Cycling TeamThe team at the 2012 Tour of CaliforniaTeam informationUCI codeCANRegisteredItalyFounded2005 2005 Disbanded2014 Merged with Garmin Sharp Discipline s RoadStatusUCI ProTeamBicyclesCannondaleWebsiteTeam home pageKey personnelGeneral managerRoberto AmadioTeam name history20052006 200920102011 20122013 2014Liquigas Bianchi LIQ Liquigas LIQ Liquigas Doimo LIQ Liquigas Cannondale LIQ Cannondale CAN Contents 1 History 2 Last team roster in 2014 3 Major wins 4 Supplementary statistics 4 1 Notes 5 World and national champions 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe 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 Backstedt 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 Equipe that Spanish rider Manuel Beltran 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 Beltran had been thrown off the tour It was also reported that the police had picked Beltran 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 editAs of 1 January 2014 4 Rider Date of birth nbsp Ivan Basso ITA 1977 11 26 26 November 1977 aged 36 nbsp George Bennett NZL 1990 04 07 7 April 1990 aged 23 nbsp Alberto Bettiol ITA 1993 10 29 29 October 1993 aged 20 nbsp Maciej Bodnar POL 1985 03 07 7 March 1985 aged 28 nbsp Guillaume Boivin CAN 1989 09 25 25 September 1989 aged 24 nbsp Damiano Caruso ITA 1987 10 12 12 October 1987 aged 26 nbsp Alessandro De Marchi ITA 1986 05 19 19 May 1986 aged 27 nbsp Davide Formolo ITA 1992 10 24 24 October 1992 aged 21 nbsp Oscar Gatto ITA 1985 01 01 1 January 1985 aged 29 nbsp Ted King USA 1983 01 31 31 January 1983 aged 30 nbsp Michel Koch GER 1991 10 15 15 October 1991 aged 22 nbsp Kristijan Koren SLO 1986 11 25 25 November 1986 aged 27 nbsp Matthias Krizek AUT 1988 09 29 29 September 1988 aged 25 nbsp Paolo Longo Borghini ITA 1980 12 10 10 December 1980 aged 33 Rider Date of birth nbsp Alan Marangoni ITA 1984 07 16 16 July 1984 aged 29 nbsp Marco Marcato ITA 1984 02 11 11 February 1984 aged 29 nbsp Jean Marc Marino FRA 1983 08 15 15 August 1983 aged 30 nbsp Matej Mohoric SLO 1994 10 19 19 October 1994 aged 19 nbsp Moreno Moser ITA 1990 12 25 25 December 1990 aged 23 nbsp Daniele Ratto ITA 1989 10 05 5 October 1989 aged 24 nbsp Fabio Sabatini ITA 1985 02 18 18 February 1985 aged 28 nbsp Juraj Sagan SVK 1988 12 23 23 December 1988 aged 25 nbsp Peter Sagan SVK 1990 01 26 26 January 1990 aged 23 nbsp Cristiano Salerno ITA 1985 02 18 18 February 1985 aged 28 nbsp Cayetano Sarmiento COL 1987 03 28 28 March 1987 aged 26 nbsp Davide Villella ITA 1991 06 27 27 June 1991 aged 22 nbsp Elia Viviani ITA 1989 02 07 7 February 1989 aged 24 nbsp Cameron Wurf AUS 1983 08 03 3 August 1983 aged 30 Major wins edit2005 Stage 4 Tour of Qatar Mario Cipollini Giro della Provincia di Lucca Mario Cipollini nbsp Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali Franco PellizottiStage 2 Franco Pellizotti dd nbsp Overall Tour of the Basque Country Danilo di LucaStage 1 Danilo Di Luca dd Amstel Gold Race Danilo Di Luca Fleche Wallonne Danilo Di Luca Stages 3 amp 5 Giro d Italia Danilo Di Luca Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya Enrico Gasparotto Stage 5 Tour de Suisse Michael Albasini nbsp Italy Road Race Championships Enrico Gasparotto Tre Valli Varesine Stefano Garzelli nbsp Overall Circuit Franco Belge Marco ZanottiStage 4 Marco Zanotti dd 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 Citta di Camaiore Luca Paolini Tre Valli Varesine Stefano Garzelli Stage 2 Eneco Tour Manuel Quinziato GP Ouest France Vincenzo Nibali Stage 5 Vuelta a Espana Danilo Di Luca Stage 12 Vuelta a Espana 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 Beltran Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe Michael Albasini Liege Bastogne Liege Danilo Di Luca GP Industria amp Artigianato di Larciano Vincenzo Nibali Giro di Toscana Vincenzo Nibali nbsp Overall Giro d Italia Danilo Di LucaStage 1 Team Time Trial Stages 4 amp 12 Danilo Di Luca dd Memorial Marco Pantani Franco Pellizotti Stages 3 amp 4 Tour of Slovenia Vincenzo Nibali nbsp Sweden Road Race Championships Magnus Backstedt Stage 5 Tour de France Filippo Pozzato Stage 4 Brixia Tour Francesco Chicchi Stages 1 amp 4 Danmark Rundt Francesco Chicchi Clasica de San Sebastian 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 amp 5 Manuel Quinziato World s View Challenge 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto Filippo PozzatoStage 1 Filippo Pozzato dd Stage 3 Paris Nice Kjell Carlstrom Stage 7 Tirreno Adriatico Francesco Chicchi Stages 1a amp 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali Francesco Chicchi Stage 1b Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali Team Time Trial nbsp Overall Giro del Trentino Vincenzo NibaliStage 3 Vincenzo Nibali dd Stage 5 Tour de Romandie Daniele Bennati Stages 3 9 amp 12 Giro d Italia Daniele Bennati Stage 16 Giro d Italia Franco Pellizotti nbsp 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 nbsp Overall Tour de Suisse Roman KreuzigerStage 8 Roman Kreuziger dd Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore Leonardo Bertagnolli Stage 3 Eneco Tour Daniele Bennati Trofeo Melinda Leonardo Bertagnolli Stage 1 Vuelta a Espana Team Time Trial Stage 4 Vuelta a Espana 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 nbsp Overall Giro di Sardegna Daniele BennatiStage 4 Daniele Bennati dd nbsp Overall Driedaagse van De Panne Frederik Willems nbsp Overall Giro del Trentino Ivan Basso nbsp Overall Tour de Romandie Roman KreuzigerStage 4 Roman Kreuziger dd Stages 10 amp 17 Giro d Italia Franco Pellizotti N 1 Stage 5 Criterium du Dauphine Libere Sylwester Szmyd Giro dell Appennino Vincenzo Nibali nbsp Poland Time Trial Championships Maciej Bodnar nbsp Finland Road Race Championships Kjell Carlstrom nbsp Mountains classification in the Tour de France Franco Pellizotti N 2 Stage 3 Tour de Pologne Jacopo Guarnieri Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore Vincenzo Nibali Giro della Romagna Murilo Fischer Stage 6 Tour of Missouri Francesco Chicchi 2010 nbsp Overall Tour de San Luis Vincenzo NibaliStage 1 Francesco Chicchi Stage 4 Vincenzo Nibali dd Stages 4 amp 6 Tour of Qatar Francesco Chicchi Stage 2 Tour of Oman Daniele Bennati nbsp Overall Giro di Sardegna Roman KreuzigerStage 2 Roman Kreuziger dd Stages 3 amp 5 Paris Nice Peter Sagan Stage 3 Tirreno Adriatico Daniele Bennati nbsp Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali Ivan SantaromitaStage 1a Francesco Chicchi Stage 1b Team Time Trial dd Stage 7 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Elia Viviani Giro dell Appennino Robert Kiserlovski Stage 1 Tour de Romandie Peter Sagan Stage 4 Tour of California Francesco Chicchi Stages 5 amp 6 Tour of California Peter Sagan Overall nbsp Giro d Italia Ivan BassoStage 4 Team Time Trial Stage 14 Vincenzo Nibali Stage 15 Ivan Basso dd nbsp Overall Tour of Slovenia Vincenzo NibaliStage 3 Vincenzo Nibali Stage 4 Francesco Chicchi dd nbsp Belarus Road Race Championships Aleksandr Kuschynski Stage 1 Tour de Pologne Jacopo Guarnieri Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese Ivan Basso Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore Kristjan Koren Trofeo Melinda Vincenzo Nibali Giro del Veneto Daniel Oss GP Citta di Modena Francesco Chicchi nbsp Overall Vuelta a Espana 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 nbsp Overall Giro di Sardegna Peter SaganStages 1 3 amp 4 Peter Sagan dd 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 amp 8 Tour de Suisse Peter Sagan Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia Elia Viviani nbsp Slovakia Road Race Championships Peter Sagan GP Kranj Simone Ponzi Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie Coppa Citta di Stresa Elia Viviani Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie Coppa Papa Carlo Simone Ponzi nbsp Overall Tour de Pologne Peter SaganStages 4 amp 5 Peter Sagan dd Stages 6 12 amp 21 Vuelta a Espana Peter Sagan Stages 4 amp 5 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Elia Viviani Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Daniel Oss nbsp Overall Giro di Padania Ivan BassoStage 2 Elia Viviani Stage 4 Ivan Basso dd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato Peter Sagan Stage 4 Tour of Beijing Elia Viviani 2012 nbsp Slovakia Road Race Championships Peter Sagan nbsp United States Road Race Championships Timmy Duggan nbsp 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 VivianiStages 1 amp 2 Elia Viviani dd Stage 2 Tour of Oman Peter Sagan Stage 5 Tour of Oman Vincenzo Nibali Trofeo Laigueglia Moreno Moser Gran Premio di Lugano Eros Capecchi nbsp Overall Tirreno Adriatico Vincenzo NibaliStage 4 Peter Sagan Stage 5 Vincenzo Nibali dd 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 amp 8 Tour of California Peter Sagan Stages 1 ITT 3 4 amp 6 Tour de Suisse Peter Sagan Stage 4 ITT Tour of Slovenia Kristijan Koren nbsp Points classification in the Tour de France Peter Sagan Stages 1 3 amp 6 Tour de France Peter Sagan nbsp Overall Tour de Pologne Moreno MoserStages 1 amp 6 Moreno Moser dd nbsp Overall Giro di Padania Vincenzo NibaliStage 4 Vincenzo Nibali dd Stage 1 Tour of Beijing Elia Viviani Japan Cup Ivan Basso 2013 Stages 2 amp 3 Tour of Oman Peter Sagan Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore Peter Sagan Strade Bianche Moreno Moser Stages 3 amp 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 amp 8 Tour of California Peter Sagan Stage 2 Criterium du Dauphine Elia Viviani Stage 8 Criterium du Dauphine Alessandro De Marchi Stages 3 amp 8 Tour de Suisse Peter Sagan nbsp Poland Time Trial Championships Maciej Bodnar nbsp Denmark Time Trial Championships Brian Vandborg nbsp Slovakia Road Race Championships Peter Sagan Stage 7 Tour de France Peter Sagan nbsp Points classification in the Tour de France Peter Sagan nbsp Overall Tour of Elk Grove Elia VivianiStages 2 amp 3 Elia Viviani dd Stages 1 3 6 amp 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Peter Sagan Dutch Food Valley Classic Elia Viviani Prologue Stages 1 amp 5 Tour of Alberta Peter Sagan Stage 14 Vuelta a Espana Daniele Ratto Stage 1 Tour of Britain Elia Viviani Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 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 amp 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 nbsp Slovakia Road Race Championships Peter Sagan Stages 2 amp 4 Tour of Austria Oscar Gatto nbsp Points classification in the Tour de France Peter Sagan nbsp Overall Combativity award Tour de France Alessandro De Marchi Stage 4 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Elia Viviani Stage 7 Vuelta a Espana Alessandro De Marchi Coppa Bernocchi Elia VivianiSupplementary statistics editGrand Tours by highest finishing positionRace 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 nbsp Giro d Italia 4 8 1 4 3 1 2 5 19 15 nbsp Tour de France 32 54 18 12 6 8 7 3 71 52 nbsp nbsp Vuelta a Espana 41 38 9 75 4 1 7 25 54 9Major week long stage races by highest finishing positionRace 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 nbsp Tour Down Under 12 7 22 25 18 49 27 20 nbsp Paris Nice 6 66 5 23 41 3 38 25 47 14 nbsp nbsp Tirreno Adriatico 25 16 17 7 5 8 4 1 19 24 nbsp Volta a Catalunya 94 18 38 62 15 8 6 13 18 32 nbsp Tour of the Basque Country 1 19 16 31 9 16 36 32 24 35 nbsp Tour de Romandie 15 6 6 2 1 12 30 7 25 41 nbsp Criterium du Dauphine DNF L 1 68 8 15 7 10 26 28 24 51 nbsp Tour de Suisse 24 27 32 1 3 13 50 41 26 7 nbsp Tour de Pologne 5 8 8 3 7 6 1 1 8 16 nbsp nbsp Eneco Tour 49 3 15 13 45 14 25 21 26 10Monument races by highest finishing positionRace 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Milan San Remo 9 3 12 2 6 5 8 3 2 10Tour of Flanders 20 32 3 6 18 28 122 L 2 5 2 16Paris Roubaix 4 34 5 13 9 23 77 60 32 6Liege Bastogne Liege 26 9 1 10 39 27 8 2 25 71Giro di Lombardia 34 9 19 17 12 5 4 26 11 15Classics by highest finishing positionClassic 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 39 1 5 57 25 Kuurne Brussels Kuurne 42 15 5 DNF NH Strade Bianche Did not exist 13 14 11 12 25 15 1 2E3 Harelbeke 7 4 36 47 14 2 1Gent Wevelgem 12 86 19 13 2 5 14 2 1 3Amstel Gold Race 1 35 3 16 18 5 92 L 3 3 36 31La Fleche Wallonne 1 6 3 7 31 12 44 8 12 32Clasica de San Sebastian 4 2 16 L 4 5 1 L 5 32 11 17 7 22Paris Tours 10 30 2 8 42 Legend Did not competeDNF Did not finishNH Not heldNotes 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 edit2000 nbsp World Time Trial Serhiy Honchar 2001 nbsp Ukrainian Time Trial Serhiy Honchar 2005 nbsp Italian Road Race Enrico Gasparotto 2007 nbsp Swedish Road Race Magnus Backstedt 2009 nbsp Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar nbsp Finnish Road Race Kjell Carlstrom 2010 nbsp Belarusian Road Race Aleksandr Kuschynski 2011 nbsp Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan 2012 nbsp Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan nbsp United States Road Race Timmy Duggan nbsp Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar 2013 nbsp Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar nbsp Danish Time Trial Brian Vandborg nbsp Slovak Road Race Peter Sagan 2014 nbsp Slovak Road Race Peter SaganNotes edit Pellizotti s results were voided due irregular blood values As aboveReferences edit A source says Manuel Beltran 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 Bozic 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 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