Liquigas-Cannondale

Liquigas-Cannondale
Team information
UCI code LIQ
Based  Italy
Founded 1999 (1999)
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Cannondale
Key personnel
General manager Roberto Amadio
Team name history
2005
2006–2009
2010
2011–		 Liquigas-Bianchi
Liquigas
Liquigas-Doimo
Liquigas-Cannondale
Current season

Liquigas-Cannondale (UCI Team Code: LIQ) is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has 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.

The team was founded under the name Liquigas in 1999, and was long in the second division team, slowly making a name of itself. From 2005 the team was combined with Team Bianchi for the Pro Tour.

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]

Contents

Major results

2005

1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini
1st Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Mario Cipollini
1st Overall Settimana Coppi & Bartali, Franco Pellizotti
1st Stage 2, Franco Pellizotti
1st Overall Vuelta al Pais Vasco, 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 Coppi & 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 GP 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 Milano-Sanremo, 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 Coppi & 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 Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Manuel Beltran
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 de Slovénie, Vincenzo Nibali
1st  Sweden Road Race Championships, Magnus Backstedt
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 GP Industria & 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 Coppi & Bartali – Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 1b Settimana Coppi & 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 de Slovénie, Francesco Chicchi
1st Overall Tour de Suisse, Roman Kreuziger
1st Stage 8, Roman Kreuziger
1st GP 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 Milano-Sanremo, 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
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
1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
1st GP 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 Coppi & Bartali, Ivan Santaromita
1st Stage 1a, Francesco Chicchi
1st Stage 1b, Team Time Trial
1st Stage 7 Presidential 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 de Slovénie, 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 GP Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, Ivan Basso
1st GP 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

National Championships

2005
Italian Road Race Enrico Gasparotto
2007
Sweden Road Race Magnus Backstedt
2009
Polish Time Trial Maciej Bodnar
Finnish Road Race Kjell Carlström
2010
Belarussian Road Race Aleksandr Kuschynski
2011
Slovakia Road race Peter Sagan

Team roster

As of 4 January 2012.[2]

Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) 6 January 1985 (1985-01-06) (age 27)
 Stefano Agostini (ITA) 3 January 1989 (1989-01-03) (age 23)
 Ivan Basso (ITA) 26 November 1977 (1977-11-26) (age 34)
 Maciej Bodnar (POL) 7 March 1985 (1985-03-07) (age 26)
 Federico Canuti (ITA) 30 August 1985 (1985-08-30) (age 26)
 Eros Capecchi (ITA) 13 June 1986 (1986-06-13) (age 25)
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) 12 October 1987 (1987-10-12) (age 24)
 Mauro Da Dalto (ITA) 8 April 1981 (1981-04-08) (age 30)
 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (ITA) 26 July 1983 (1983-07-26) (age 28)
 Timothy Duggan (USA) 14 November 1982 (1982-11-14) (age 29)
 Ted King (USA) 31 January 1983 (1983-01-31) (age 29)
 Kristjan Koren (SLO) 25 November 1986 (1986-11-25) (age 25)
 Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) 10 December 1980 (1980-12-10) (age 31)
 Alan Marangoni (ITA) 16 July 1984 (1984-07-16) (age 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Moreno Moser (ITA) 25 December 1990 (1990-12-25) (age 21)
 Dominik Nerz (GER) 25 August 1989 (1989-08-25) (age 22)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) 14 November 1984 (1984-11-14) (age 27)
 Daniel Oss (ITA) 13 January 1987 (1987-01-13) (age 25)
 Maciej Paterski (POL) 12 September 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 25)
 Daniele Ratto (ITA) 5 October 1989 (1989-10-05) (age 22)
 Fabio Sabatini (ITA) 18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 27)
 Juraj Sagan (SVK) 23 December 1988 (1988-12-23) (age 23)
 Peter Sagan (SVK) 26 January 1990 (1990-01-26) (age 22)
 Cristiano Salerno (ITA) 18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 27)
 Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) 28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) (age 24)
 Sylwester Szmyd (POL) 2 March 1978 (1978-03-02) (age 33)
 Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) 16 September 1980 (1980-09-16) (age 31)
 Elia Viviani (ITA) 7 February 1989 (1989-02-07) (age 23)

References

  1. ^ "A source says Manuel Beltran's B-sample from the Tour de France contains EPO.". google.com. VeloNews. http://velonews.com/article/82727/a-source-says-manuel-beltran-s-b-sample-from-the-tour-de. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  2. ^ "Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ) - ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTY&RefDate=04.01.2012&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 

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