Cannondale (cycling team)
| Cannondale | |
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| Team data | |
| UCI code | CAN |
| nationality |
 Italy
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| License | UCI ProTeam |
| operator | Brixia Sports Spa |
| First season | 1999 |
| Last season | 2014 |
| discipline | Street |
| Wheel manufacturer | Cannondale |
| staff | |
| General manager |
Roberto Amadio
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| Team manager |
Biagio Conte
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| Sportl. ladder |
Dario Mariuzzo Mario Scirea Alberto Volpi Stefano Zanatta
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| Name story | |
| Years | Surname |
| 1999–2004 2005 2006–2009 2010 2011–2012 2013 2014 |
Liquigas Liquigas-Bianchi Liquigas Liquigas-Doimo Liquigas-Cannondale Cannondale Pro Cycling Cannondale |
Cannondale is a former Italian cycling team based in Sesto al Reghena .
organization
The team was founded in 1999 under the name Liquigas . In the first ProTour season 2005 , the bike manufacturer Bianchi , who previously u. a. the team Bianchi and Alessio-Bianchi supported, as another name sponsor and remained the team's bike outfitter until the end of the 2006 season.
The US company Cannondale became the new bike sponsor in 2007 and also became a name sponsor in 2011.
At the end of the 2012 season, Liquigas withdrew as a name sponsor and the team's bike supplier, Cannondale , took over the main sponsorship. In the course of this change, the Liquigas subsidiary Liquigas Sport Spa also withdrew as a team operator. The team has since been managed by Brixia Sports Spa . At the end of 2013, Cannondale took over the majority stake in the operating company.
At the end of the 2014 season, Cannondale ended its commitment to the team operated by Brixia Sports Spa and became the name sponsor of the US ProTeam Garmin Sharp managed by Slipstream Sports .
successes
The team's most successful years were the 2005 and 2010 seasons:
In the 2005 season, Danilo Di Luca won the Tour of the Basque Country as well as the classic Amstel Gold Race and Fleche Wallone . In addition, u. a. achieve two stage wins at the Giro d'Italia . With these results he won the individual classification of the UCI ProTour 2005 at the end of the season .
In 2010, the team was able to win two of the three major state tours . First Ivan Basso won the Giro d'Italia and later Vincenzo Nibali won the Vuelta a España .
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI ProTour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15th |
Danilo Di Luca (1st)
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| 2006 | 14th |
Vincenzo Nibali (25th)
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| 2007 | 3. |
Leonardo Bertagnolli (29.)
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| 2008 | 4th |
 Roman Kreuziger (4.)
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UCI World Calendar
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5. |
Roman Kreuziger (7.)
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| 2010 | 2. |
Vincenzo Nibali (5th)
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UCI World Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8th. |
Vincenzo Nibali (11th)
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| 2012 | 3. |
Vincenzo Nibali (4th)
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| 2013 | 9. |
 Peter Sagan (4th)
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| 2014 | 17th |
Peter Sagan (15.)
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2014 season
Success in the UCI World Tour
| date | run | winner |
|---|---|---|
| the 14th of March |
3rd stage Tirreno – Adriatico
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Peter Sagan
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| 28th March |
 E3 Harelbeke
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Peter Sagan
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| June 16 |
 3rd stage Tour de Suisse
|
Peter Sagan
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| 29th August |
 7th stage Vuelta a España
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Alessandro De Marchi
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Success in the UCI America Tour
| date | run | Cat . | winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17th of May |
 7th stage California tour
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2.HC |
Peter Sagan
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| August 21 |
4th stage USA Pro Challenge
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2.HC |
Elia Viviani
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Success in the UCI Asia Tour
| date | run | Cat . | winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st of February |
 4th stage Tour of Oman
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2.HC |
Peter Sagan
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Success in the UCI Europe Tour
| date | run | Cat. | driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 |
3rd stage Settimana Internazionale
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2.1 |
Elia Viviani
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| April 1st |
1st stage Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
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2.HC |
Peter Sagan
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| 3rd of April |
4th stage Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde (EZF) |
2.HC |
 Maciej Bodnar
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| 1st of May |
 5th stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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2.HC |
Elia Viviani
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| May 3rd |
7th stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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2.HC |
Elia Viviani
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| June 22 |
 4th stage Tour de Slovénie
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2.1 |
Elia Viviani
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| June 29th |
Slovak championship - road racing |
CN |
Peter Sagan
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| 7th of July |
 2nd stage tour of Austria
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2.HC |
Oscar Gatto
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| July 9 |
4th stage tour of Austria
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2.HC |
Oscar Gatto
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| 16th September |
Coppa Bernocchi
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1.1 |
Elia Viviani
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Additions Disposals
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See also
- Liquigas / 2007 season
- Liquigas / 2008 season
- Liquigas / 2009 season
- Liquigas-Doimo / 2010 season
- Liquigas-Cannondale / 2011 season
- Liquigas-Cannondale / 2012 season
- Cannondale Pro Cycling / 2013 season
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b broadwayworld.com from October 23, 2013: Cannondale Acquires Majority Ownership of Cannondale Pro Cycling and Brixia Sports ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ spaziociclismo.it of August 27, 2012: Liquigas-Cannondale, nasce Brixia Sport: il futuro riparte da 22 corridori!
- ↑ Vaughters Confirms Merger - Garmin and Cannondale Merge. radsport-news.com, August 20, 2014, accessed on August 21, 2014 .
Web links
- Cannondale in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Cannondale 2014 in the database of Radsportseiten.net