Italian cycling team
Cycling team
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team Team information UCI code CAN Registered Italy Founded 2005 (2005 ) Disbanded 2014Garmin–Sharp ) Discipline(s) Road Status UCI ProTeam Bicycles Cannondale Website Team home page Key personnel General manager Roberto Amadio Team name history 2005
Liquigas–Bianchi(LIQ) (LIQ) (LIQ) (LIQ) (CAN)
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code:CAN ), previously known asLiquigas , was an Italian professionalroad bicycle racing team in theUCI ProTour .
The team was formed at the start of theUCI ProTour in 2005. the team was co-title sponsored by Italian companies Liquigas andBianchi , therefore it was namedLiquigas–Bianchi . It featured a number of big names including Italian ridersMario Cipollini ,Danilo Di Luca andStefano Garzelli , as well asMagnus 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 paperL'Équipe Manuel Beltrán had tested positive forEPO 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 toAP 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 the2009 Giro d'Italia until the2012 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 asCannondale Bicycle Corporation took over as the title sponsor in partnership with Brixia Sports.[ 2] EF Education–EasyPost for the 2015 season.[ 3]
[ edit ] As of 1 January 2014. [ 4] 2005 Stage 4Tour of Qatar ,Mario Cipollini Giro della Provincia di Lucca ,Mario Cipollini Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Franco Pellizotti Stage 2,Franco Pellizotti 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 & 5Giro d'Italia ,Danilo Di Luca Stage 2Volta a Catalunya ,Enrico Gasparotto Stage 5Tour de Suisse ,Michael Albasini Enrico Gasparotto Tre Valli Varesine ,Stefano Garzelli Circuit Franco-Belge ,Marco Zanotti Stage 4,Marco Zanotti 2006 Stage 2Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Vincenzo Nibali Rund um den Henninger Turm ,Stefano Garzelli Stage 10Giro d'Italia ,Franco Pellizotti Stage 6Volta a Catalunya ,Matej Mugerli Stage 4Tour de Luxembourg ,Stefano Garzelli Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ,Luca Paolini Tre Valli Varesine ,Stefano Garzelli Stage 2Eneco Tour ,Manuel Quinziato GP Ouest-France ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 5Vuelta a España ,Danilo Di Luca Stage 12Vuelta 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 2Paris–Nice ,Franco Pellizotti Stage 3Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Danilo Di Luca Stage 1Driedaagse van De Panne ,Luca Paolini Stage 1Settimana Lombarda , Team Time Trial Stage 2Settimana Lombarda ,Roman Kreuziger Stage 5Settimana Lombarda ,Alessandro Vanotti Stage 2Tour of the Basque Country ,Manuel Beltrán Stage 4Circuit de la Sarthe ,Michael Albasini Liège–Bastogne–Liège ,Danilo Di Luca GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano ,Vincenzo Nibali Giro di Toscana ,Vincenzo Nibali Giro d'Italia ,Danilo Di Luca Stage 1, Team Time Trial Stages 4 & 12,Danilo Di Luca Memorial Marco Pantani ,Franco Pellizotti Stages 3 & 4Tour of Slovenia ,Vincenzo Nibali Magnus Bäckstedt Stage 5Tour de France ,Filippo Pozzato Stage 4Brixia Tour ,Francesco Chicchi Stages 1 & 4Danmark Rundt ,Francesco Chicchi Clásica de San Sebastián ,Leonardo Bertagnolli Trofeo Matteotti ,Filippo Pozzato Stage 5Tour de Pologne ,Murilo Fischer Stage 6Tour 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 OverallGiro della Provincia di Grosseto ,Filippo Pozzato Stage 1,Filippo Pozzato Stage 3Paris–Nice ,Kjell Carlström Stage 7Tirreno–Adriatico ,Francesco Chicchi Stages 1a & 4Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali –Francesco Chicchi Stage 1bSettimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali , Team Time Trial Giro del Trentino ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 3,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 5Tour de Romandie ,Daniele Bennati Stages 3, 9 & 12Giro d'Italia ,Daniele Bennati Stage 16Giro d'Italia ,Franco Pellizotti Points classification in the Giro d'Italia ,Daniele Bennati Stage 6Volta a Catalunya ,Francesco Chicchi Stage 3Tour de Luxembourg ,Michael Albasini Stage 4Tour of Slovenia ,Francesco Chicchi Tour de Suisse ,Roman Kreuziger Stage 8,Roman Kreuziger Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ,Leonardo Bertagnolli Stage 3Eneco Tour ,Daniele Bennati Trofeo Melinda ,Leonardo Bertagnolli Stage 1Vuelta a España , Team Time Trial Stage 4Vuelta a España ,Daniele Bennati Stage 3Deutschland Tour ,Leonardo Bertagnolli Stage 7Tour of Missouri ,Francesco Chicchi Giro del Piemonte ,Daniele Bennati 2009 Stage 62009 Tour Down Under ,Francesco Chicchi Trofeo Inca ,Daniele Bennati Stage 1Giro della Provincia di Grosseto ,Daniele Bennati Giro di Sardegna ,Daniele Bennati Stage 4,Daniele Bennati Driedaagse van De Panne ,Frederik Willems Giro del Trentino ,Ivan Basso Tour de Romandie ,Roman Kreuziger Stage 4,Roman Kreuziger Stages 10 & 17Giro d'Italia ,Franco Pellizotti [ N 1] Stage 5Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ,Sylwester Szmyd Giro dell'Appennino ,Vincenzo Nibali Maciej Bodnar Finland Road Race Championships,Kjell Carlström Mountains classification in the Tour de France ,Franco Pellizotti [ N 2] Stage 3Tour de Pologne ,Jacopo Guarnieri Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ,Vincenzo Nibali Giro della Romagna ,Murilo Fischer Stage 6Tour of Missouri ,Francesco Chicchi 2010 Tour de San Luis ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 1,Francesco Chicchi Stage 4,Vincenzo Nibali Stages 4 & 6Tour of Qatar ,Francesco Chicchi Stage 2Tour of Oman ,Daniele Bennati Giro di Sardegna ,Roman Kreuziger Stage 2,Roman Kreuziger Stages 3 & 5Paris–Nice ,Peter Sagan Stage 3Tirreno–Adriatico ,Daniele Bennati Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Ivan Santaromita Stage 1a,Francesco Chicchi Stage 1b, Team Time Trial Stage 7Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ,Elia Viviani Giro dell'Appennino ,Robert Kišerlovski Stage 1Tour de Romandie ,Peter Sagan Stage 4Tour of California ,Francesco Chicchi Stages 5 & 6Tour of California ,Peter Sagan OverallGiro d'Italia Ivan Basso Stage 4, Team Time Trial Stage 14,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 15,Ivan Basso Tour of Slovenia ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 3,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 4,Francesco Chicchi Belarus Road Race Championships,Aleksandr Kuschynski Stage 1Tour 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 Vuelta a España ,Vincenzo Nibali Memorial Marco Pantani ,Elia Viviani Giro di Toscana ,Daniele Bennati Stage 2Circuit Franco-Belge ,Jacopo Guarnieri Binche–Tournai–Binche ,Elia Viviani 2011 Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi ,Elia Viviani Tour de Mumbai I,Elia Viviani Giro di Sardegna ,Peter Sagan Stages 1, 3 & 4,Peter Sagan Gran Premio di Lugano ,Ivan Basso Stage 3aDriedaagse van de Panne ,Jacopo Guarnieri Stage 5Tour of California ,Peter Sagan Stage 16Giro d'Italia ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 18Giro d'Italia ,Eros Capecchi Stages 3 & 8Tour de Suisse ,Peter Sagan Stage 1Tour 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 Tour de Pologne ,Peter Sagan Stages 4 & 5,Peter Sagan Stages 6, 12 & 21Vuelta a España ,Peter Sagan Stages 4 & 5USA Pro Cycling Challenge ,Elia Viviani Stage 6USA Pro Cycling Challenge ,Daniel Oss Giro di Padania ,Ivan Basso Stage 2,Elia Viviani Stage 4,Ivan Basso Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ,Peter Sagan Stage 4Tour of Beijing ,Elia Viviani 2012 Slovakia Road Race Championships,Peter Sagan Road Race Championships ,Timmy Duggan Maciej Bodnar Stage 6Tour de San Luis ,Elia Viviani Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi ,Elia Viviani OverallGiro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ,Elia Viviani Stages 1 & 2,Elia Viviani Stage 2Tour of Oman ,Peter Sagan Stage 5Tour of Oman ,Vincenzo Nibali Trofeo Laigueglia ,Moreno Moser Gran Premio di Lugano ,Eros Capecchi Tirreno–Adriatico ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 4,Peter Sagan Stage 5,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 2aSettimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Elia Viviani Stage 1Three Days of De Panne ,Peter Sagan Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop ,Moreno Moser Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8Tour of California ,Peter Sagan Stages 1 (ITT), 3, 4 & 6Tour de Suisse ,Peter Sagan Stage 4 (ITT)Tour of Slovenia ,Kristijan Koren Points classification in the Tour de France ,Peter Sagan Stages 1, 3 & 6Tour de France ,Peter Sagan Tour de Pologne ,Moreno Moser Stages 1 & 6,Moreno Moser Giro di Padania ,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 4,Vincenzo Nibali Stage 1Tour of Beijing ,Elia Viviani Japan Cup ,Ivan Basso 2013 Stages 2 & 3Tour of Oman ,Peter Sagan Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ,Peter Sagan Strade Bianche ,Moreno Moser Stages 3 & 6Tirreno–Adriatico ,Peter Sagan Stage 5Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Damiano Caruso Gent–Wevelgem ,Peter Sagan Stage 1Three Days of De Panne ,Peter Sagan Brabantse Pijl ,Peter Sagan Stages 3 & 8Tour of California ,Peter Sagan Stage 2Critérium du Dauphiné ,Elia Viviani Stage 8Critérium du Dauphiné ,Alessandro De Marchi Stages 3 & 8Tour de Suisse ,Peter Sagan Maciej Bodnar Denmark Time Trial Championships,Brian Vandborg Slovakia Road Race Championships,Peter Sagan Stage 7Tour de France ,Peter Sagan Points classification in the Tour de France ,Peter Sagan Tour of Elk Grove ,Elia Viviani Stages 2 & 3,Elia Viviani Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7USA Pro Cycling Challenge ,Peter Sagan Dutch Food Valley Classic ,Elia Viviani Prologue, Stages 1 & 5Tour of Alberta ,Peter Sagan Stage 14Vuelta a España ,Daniele Ratto Stage 1Tour of Britain ,Elia Viviani Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ,Peter Sagan 2014 Stage 4Tour of Oman ,Peter Sagan Stage 3Tirreno–Adriatico ,Peter Sagan E3 Harelbeke ,Peter Sagan Stage 3Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ,Elia Viviani Stage 1Three Days of De Panne ,Peter Sagan Stage 3b (ITT)Three Days of De Panne ,Maciej Bodnar Stages 5 & 7Tour of Turkey ,Elia Viviani Stage 7Tour of California ,Peter Sagan Stage 3Tour de Suisse ,Peter Sagan Stage 4Tour of Slovenia ,Elia Viviani Slovakia Road Race Championships,Peter Sagan Stages 2 & 4Tour of Austria ,Oscar Gatto Points classification in the Tour de France ,Peter Sagan Tour de France ,Alessandro De Marchi Stage 4USA Pro Cycling Challenge ,Elia Viviani Stage 7Vuelta a España ,Alessandro De Marchi Coppa Bernocchi ,Elia Viviani Supplementary statistics [ edit ] Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held
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Current teams Former teams (WorldTeams or ProTeams) Teams by year UCI tours (2025)
Team classification Team points classification (1993–2017)
OverallSettimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali,Franco Pellizotti
OverallTour of the Basque Country,Danilo di Luca
Italy Road Race Championships,Enrico Gasparotto
OverallGiro d'Italia,Danilo Di Luca
Sweden Road Race Championships,Magnus Bäckstedt
OverallGiro del Trentino,Vincenzo Nibali
Points classification in the Giro d'Italia,Daniele Bennati
OverallTour de Suisse,Roman Kreuziger
OverallGiro di Sardegna,Daniele Bennati
Poland Time Trial Championships,Maciej Bodnar
Finland Road Race Championships,Kjell Carlström
Mountains classification in the Tour de France,Franco Pellizotti
OverallTour de San Luis,Vincenzo Nibali
Belarus Road Race Championships,Aleksandr Kuschynski
Slovakia Road Race Championships,Peter Sagan
OverallGiro di Padania,Ivan Basso
United StatesRoad Race Championships,Timmy Duggan
Points classification in the Tour de France,Peter Sagan
Denmark Time Trial Championships,Brian Vandborg
Overall Combativity awardTour de France,Alessandro De Marchi
World Time TrialSerhiy Honchar
Ukrainian Time TrialSerhiy Honchar
Italian Road RaceEnrico Gasparotto
Swedish Road RaceMagnus Bäckstedt
Polish Time TrialMaciej Bodnar
Finnish Road RaceKjell Carlström
Belarusian Road RaceAleksandr Kuschynski
Slovak Road RacePeter Sagan
United States Road RaceTimmy Duggan
Danish Time TrialBrian Vandborg
