Cannondale Pro Cycling Team

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team

Team information
UCI code	TIA (2005–2006) TSL (2007–2008) GRM (2009–2012) GRS (2012–2014) TCG (2015) CPT (2016-present)
Registered	United States
Founded	2003 (2003)
Discipline	Road (2003−present) Track (2003−2006)
Status	Unrecognized (2003–2004) UCI Continental (2005−2006) UCI Professional Continental (2007–2008) UCI World Tour (2009–present)
Bicycles	Abici (2003) Lemond (2004) Javelin (2005–2006) Felt (2007–2010) Cervélo (2011–2014) Cannondale (2015–present)
Components	Shimano
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Jonathan Vaughters
Team manager(s)	Robert Hunter
Team name history
2003 2004–2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012–2014 2015 2016-2017	5280−Subaru Team TIAA−CREF Team Slipstream Team Slipstream−Chipotle Team Garmin−Chipotle Team Garmin−Slipstream Team Garmin−Transitions Team Garmin−Cervélo Team Garmin−Barracuda Garmin-Sharp Team Cannondale−Garmin Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
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Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI Code: CPT), is an American professional cycling team. Founded in 2003, the squad entered the UCI World Tour in 2009. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the team maintains an equipment and training facility in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Slipstream Sports LLC, a holding company, owns Cannondale. The general manager is American Jonathan Vaughters and the directeur sportifs are South African Robert Hunter and Briton Charles Wegelius. Cannondale Bicycle Corporation, an American-Canadian bicycle manufacturer, is the title sponsor. Garmin Ltd., an American-Swiss Global Positioning System (GPS) manufacturer, is the presenting sponsor.

Between the 2009 and the 2014 UCI World Tours, the team finished inside the top-ten on four occasions. Notable results include: the 2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics and the 2010 Vattenfall Cyclassics with American Tyler Farrar, the 2010 Tour de Pologne, the 2013 Volta a Catalunya, the 2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and the 2014 Giro di Lombardia with Irishman Dan Martin, the 2011 Tour Down Under with Australian Cameron Meyer, the 2011 Paris–Roubaix with Belgian Johan Vansummeren, the 2012 Giro d'Italia with Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, and the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné with American Andrew Talansky. Between 2008 and 2014, the team claimed nineteen Grand Tour stages – seven in the Tour de France, six in the Giro d'Italia, and six in the Vuelta a España.

The squad is known for its anti-doping stance. The team reviews blood levels before signing riders, and maintains an internal testing system. No rider had tested positive during or after his tenure at Cannondale until Tom Danielson tested positive for Synthetic Testosterone in 2015.^[1] However, riders who competed with banned substances in the late-1990s to early-2000s are eligible after their confession and ban.

History

Early years

Vaughters founded the team for 2003 as a junior development squad. Its sponsor was 5280 magazine in Denver. The following year TIAA-CREF became sponsor and Vaughters fielded professional and amateur riders. 5280 and TIAA-CREF continued to sponsor Garmin's youth riders in subsequent years, followed by the restaurant chain Chipotle.

2008–2010

In 2007 Slipstream Sports LLC took the management and the team raced under the name Team Slipstream. In 2008 Chipotle Mexican Grill began to sponsor the team and the team name was changed to Team Slipstream by Chipotle. The name was changed again in June 2008 after the navigation system manufacturer Garmin was announced as main sponsor, a week prior to the 2008 Tour de France. Their first major Tour was the 2008 Giro d'Italia, where they won the Team Time Trial and Christian Vande Velde wore the pink jersey for one stage. In the Tour de France Vande Velde finished fourth and the team was leading from stage 3 until stage 6. Garmin remained sponsor in 2009 and the team was renamed Garmin-Slipstream. In the 2009 Tour de France Bradley Wiggins was the major surprise, finishing fourth overall – later upgraded to third place after Lance Armstrong's results were voided by the UCI – while Vande Velde finished 8th. In the 2009 Vuelta a España the sprinter Tyler Farrar, the time trial specialist David Millar and the Canadian Ryder Hesjedal took stage wins for the team. In 2010 Transitions Optical became co-sponsors of the team. Hesjedal was the best rider for the team in the 2010 Tour de France, finishing 7th.

2011–2014

On August 28, 2010, Garmin-Transitions announced it was switching working agreements from Felt Bicycles to Cervélo bikes, and that it would change its name to Garmin-Cervélo for the 2011 season. Felt chose not to exercise its option with Garmin-Transitions after a four-year working agreement. The Cervélo TestTeam folded and seven riders moved to Garmin-Cervélo, including then world champion Thor Hushovd.^[2][3] Ahead of the 2012 season, the team again changed names to Garmin-Barracuda, after Barracuda Networks joined the team as a sponsor. Despite giving up the team's second name, Cervélo will remain with the team as its official bicycle supplier.^[4] In June 2012, the Sharp Corporation became the second team name sponsor, although Barracuda remained a named member of the organisation.^[5][6]

After months of speculation, Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale announced on 20 August 2014 that for the 2015 season the two teams will merge. Cannondale will become the teams title sponsor and bike supplier, with Garmin remaining a key team sponsor. Slipstream Sports will become the managerial organisation behind the team.^[7]

2015– Cannondale-Garmin

The 2015 season did not match the team's expectations, with only one World Tour win, courtesy of Davide Formolo as the Giro d'Italia. At the end of the season it was announced that long term team leaders, Dan Martin & Ryder Hesjedal would leave the team for Etixx Quickstep & Trek Factory Racing respectively. Co-title sponsor Garmin also announced they would not continue sponsorship of the team.

Anti-doping program

When the team entered the Professional Continental ranks they began in the Agency for Cycling Ethics^[8] program to eliminate doping.^[9] First, by recruiting admitted dopers (before being hired riders are required to admit to the team any past doping offenses, while keep those revelations from the public), then by what is now conventional means. Participants are tested repeatedly to develop a bio-stable marker profile. Future tests check these markers have not moved. If they have, the rider is ill or has taken performance-enhancing drugs. If any change has been noted, the rider cannot race until the markers have returned to normal. Riders are interviewed, and tested for illness or doping.

Team roster

As of January 26, 2016.^[10]

Rider Date of birth  Jack Bauer (NZL) (1985-04-07)April 7, 1985 (aged 29)  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (1993-10-23)October 23, 1993 (aged 21)  Patrick Bevin (NZL) (1991-05-01)May 1, 1991 (aged 24)  Matti Breschel (DEN) (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 31)  Nate Brown (USA) (1991-07-06)July 6, 1991 (aged 23)  André Cardoso (POR) (1984-09-03)September 3, 1984 (aged 30)  Lawson Craddock (USA) (1992-03-20)March 20, 1992 (aged 23)  Simon Clarke (AUS) (1986-07-18)July 18, 1986 (aged 29)  Joe Dombrowski (USA) (1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 23)  Davide Formolo (ITA) (1992-10-25)October 25, 1992 (aged 22)  Phillip Gaimon (USA) (1986-01-26)January 26, 1986 (aged 30)  Alex Howes (USA) (1988-01-01)January 1, 1988 (aged 27)  Ben King (USA) (1989-03-22)March 22, 1989 (aged 25)  Kristijan Koren (SLO) (1986-11-25)November 25, 1986 (aged 28)  Sebastian Langeveld (NED) (1985-01-17)January 17, 1985 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Alan Marangoni (ITA) (1984-07-16)July 16, 1984 (aged 30)  Moreno Moser (ITA) (1990-12-25)December 25, 1990 (aged 24)  Ryan Mullen (IRL) (1994-08-07)August 7, 1994 (aged 21)  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)January 30, 1988 (aged 26)  Pierre Rolland (FRA) (1986-10-10)October 10, 1986 (aged 29)  Kristoffer Skjerping (NOR) (1993-05-04)May 4, 1993 (aged 21)  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) (1991-06-15)June 15, 1991 (aged 24)  Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) (1989-07-01)July 1, 1989 (aged 25)  Andrew Talansky (USA) (1988-11-23)November 23, 1988 (aged 26)  Dylan van Baarle (NED) (1993-05-22)May 22, 1993 (aged 21)  Davide Villella (ITA) (1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 (aged 23)  Rigoberto Uran (COL) (1987-01-26)January 26, 1987 (aged 27)  Wouter Wippert (NED) (1990-08-14)August 14, 1990 (aged 25)  Michael Woods (CAN) (1986-10-12)October 12, 1986 (aged 29)  Ruben Zepuntke (GER) (1993-01-29)January 29, 1993 (aged 21)

Major results

National champions

Team rankings

References

External links

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