Cervélo TestTeam

This article deals with the men's team at Cervélo, for the women's team, see Garmin-Cervélo (women's team) .

Cervélo TestTeam
Team data
UCI code	CTT
nationality	Switzerland
License	Professional Continental Team
First season	2009
Last season	2010
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Cervélo
staff
Team manager	Theo Maucher
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The Cervélo TestTeam is a former Swiss cycling team .

history

Namesake and main sponsor was the Canadian bicycle manufacturer Cervélo . The team was operated by Cycling United GmbH based in Immensee . Theo Maucher headed the team as manager . Sports directors were Marcello Albasini , Jean-Paul van Poppel , Alexandre Sans , Philippe Mauduit and Jens Zemke .

Since 2009, the team has participated in cycling races as the Professional Continental Team . The sporting success was expressly not the top priority, because in addition to participating in important bike races, the riders tested new products and were thus actively involved in the development process at Cervélo. In addition to the winner of the Tour de France 2008 , Carlos Sastre , the team was also able to sign multiple Tour stage winner Thor Hushovd as well as Andreas Klier, a well-respected classic driver.

At the end of January 2009 the team was invited to take part in the big Italian spring races Tirreno – Adriatico , Milan – Sanremo and the Giro d'Italia . In March 2009, the team was able to compete in the Paris – Nice stage race , and it was invited to the 2009 Tour de France . In 2010 the team was invited to the Tour de France again .

At the end of the 2010 season, the Cervélo TestTeam withdrew from cycling as an independent team for financial reasons and merged with the Garmin-Transitions team to form the Garmin-Cervélo team .

Jersey history

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  2009

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  2010

2009 season

Successes in the UCI ProTour

date	run	winner
9th March	2nd stage Paris – Nice	Heinrich Haussler
May 18	1st stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (EZF)	Thor Hushovd
23. May	14th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Simon Gerrans
23. May	6. Stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya	Thor Hushovd
25. May	16th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Carlos Sastre
May 29th	19th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Carlos Sastre
31. May	21st stage Giro d'Italia (EZF)	Ignatas Konovalovas
July 9	6th stage Tour de France	Thor Hushovd
17th July	13th stage Tour de France	Heinrich Haussler
August 23	Grand Prix Ouest France	Simon Gerrans
September 8th	10th stage Vuelta a España	Simon Gerrans
17th of September	18th stage Vuelta a España	Philip Deignan

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
February 17th	3rd stage California Tour	2.HC	Thor Hushovd
the 9th of September	3rd stage Tour of Missouri	2.1	Thor Hushovd

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
February 2nd	2nd stage Tour of Qatar	2.1	Roger Hammond

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
February 18	1st stage Volta ao Algarve	2.1	Heinrich Haussler
February 22	5th stage Volta ao Algarve	2.1	Heinrich Haussler
February 28	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	1.HC	Thor Hushovd
March, 15	Giro del Mendrisiotto	1.2	Ignatas Konovalovas
6th of June	GP Black Forest	1.1	Heinrich Haussler
June 24th	Lithuanian Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Ignatas Konovalovas
June 28th	German championship - road racing	CN	Martin Reimer
August 1st	4th stage Post Danmark Rundt	2.HC	Jeremy Hunt
August 27	4th stage Tour du Poitou Charentes	2.1	Thor Hushovd
August 28th	5th stage Tour du Poitou Charentes	2.1	Heinrich Haussler

team

driver	Date of birth	nationality	Team 2008
Iñigo Cuesta	3rd June 1969	Spain	Team CSC-Saxo Bank
Philip Deignan	September 7, 1983	Ireland	ag2r La Mondiale
Dan Fleeman	3rd October 1982	United Kingdom	To Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team
Xavier Florencio	December 26, 1979	Spain	Bouygues Telecom
Simon Gerrans	May 16, 1980	Australia	Crédit Agricole
José Ángel Gómez	May 30, 1980	Spain	Scott-American beef
Roger Hammond	January 30, 1974	United Kingdom	Team Columbia
Heinrich Haussler	February 25, 1984	Germany	Team Gerolsteiner
Jeremy Hunt	March 12, 1974	United Kingdom	Crédit Agricole
Thor Hushovd	January 18, 1978	Norway	Crédit Agricole
Volodymyr Hustov	February 15, 1977	Ukraine	Team CSC-Saxo Bank
Ted King	January 31, 1983	United States	Bissell Pro Cycling Team
Andreas Klier	15th January 1976	Germany	Team Columbia
Ignatas Konovalovas	December 8, 1985	Lithuania	Crédit Agricole
Brett Lancaster	November 15, 1979	Australia	Team Milram
Daniel Lloyd	August 11, 1980	United Kingdom	To Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team
Joaquín Novoa	August 25, 1983	Spain	Neoprofi
Serge Pauwels	November 21, 1983	Belgium	Topsport Vlaanderen
Óscar Pujol	October 16, 1983	Spain	Burgos Monumental
Gabriel Rasch	April 8, 1976	Norway	Crédit Agricole
Martin Reimer	June 14, 1987	Germany	LKT Team Brandenburg
Dominique Rollin	October 29, 1982	Canada	Toyota-United PCT
Hayden Roulston	January 10, 1981	New Zealand	Ex-Professional ( Health Net-Maxxis 2006)
Carlos Sastre	April 22, 1975	Spain	Team CSC-Saxo Bank
Marcel Wyss	June 25, 1986	Switzerland	Atlas Romer's home bakery
Trainees		nationality
Davide Appollonio		Italy

2010 season

The Norwegian Gabriel Rasch in the team's jersey (2009)

Achievements in the UCI World Calendar

date	run	winner
March 13th	6th stage Paris – Nice	Xavier Tondo
March 24th	2nd stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya	Xavier Tondo
June 13th	2nd stage Tour de Suisse	Heinrich Haussler
July 6th	3rd stage Tour de France	Thor Hushovd
September 2nd	6th stage Vuelta a España	Thor Hushovd

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
17th of May	1st stage California Tour	2.HC	Brett Lancaster

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
February 28	Clásica de Almería	1.1	Theo Bos
7th March	5th stage Vuelta a Murcia	2.1	Theo Bos
April 14th	1st stage Vuelta a Castilla y León	2.1	Theo Bos
April 15th	2nd stage Vuelta a Castilla y León	2.1	Theo Bos
25th June	Lithuanian Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Ignatas Konovalovas
June 27th	Norwegian Championship - road racing	CN	Thor Hushovd
20th of August	4th stage Tour du Limousin	2.1	Davide Appollonio

Disposals / additions

Accesses	Team 2009	Departures	Team 2010
Xavier Tondo	Andalucía-Cajasur	Hayden Roulston	Team Columbia-HTC
Stefan Denifl	Elk house	Simon Gerrans	Team Sky
João Correia	Bissell Pro Cycling	Serge Pauwels	Team Sky
Theo Bos	Rabobank Continental	José Ángel Gómez	Andalucía-Cajasur
Davide Appollonio	Neoprofi	Dan Fleeman	Team Raleigh

team

driver	Date of birth	nationality	Team 2011
Davide Appollonio	June 2, 1989	Italy	Sky ProCycling
Theo Bos	22nd August 1983	Netherlands	Rabobank Cycling Team
João Correia	February 10, 1975	Portugal	End of career
Iñigo Cuesta	3rd June 1969	Spain	Caja Rural
Philip Deignan	September 7, 1983	Ireland	Team RadioShack
Stefan Denifl	20th September 1987	Austria	Team Leopard Trek
Xavier Florencio	December 26, 1979	Spain	Geox-TMC
Roger Hammond	January 30, 1974	United Kingdom	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Heinrich Haussler	February 25, 1984	Australia	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Jeremy Hunt	March 12, 1974	United Kingdom	Sky ProCycling
Thor Hushovd	January 18, 1978	Norway	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Volodymyr Hustov	February 15, 1977	Ukraine	Saxo Bank SunGard
Ted King	January 31, 1983	United States	Liquigas-Cannondale
Andreas Klier	15th January 1976	Germany	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Ignatas Konovalovas	December 8, 1985	Lithuania	Movistar team
Brett Lancaster	November 15, 1979	Australia	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Daniel Lloyd	August 11, 1980	United Kingdom	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Joaquín Novoa	August 25, 1983	Spain
Óscar Pujol	October 16, 1983	Spain	Omega Pharma Lotto
Gabriel Rasch	April 8, 1976	Norway	Team Garmin-Cervélo
Martin Reimer	June 14, 1987	Germany	Skil-Shimano
Dominique Rollin	October 29, 1982	Canada	FDJ
Carlos Sastre	April 22, 1975	Spain	Geox-TMC
Xavier Tondo †	5th November 1978	Spain	Movistar team
Marcel Wyss	June 25, 1986	Switzerland	Geox-TMC
Trainees		nationality
Daniel Teklehaymanot		Eritrea
Alexander Wetterhall		Sweden

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	6th	Thor Hushovd (8th)
2010	16.	Brett Lancaster (96th)

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	8th.	Heinrich Haussler (26.)
2010	27.	Heinrich Haussler (72nd)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	7th	Heinrich Haussler (11.)
2010	17th	Davide Appollonio (52nd)

UCI Oceania Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	4th	Hayden Roulston (6th)
2010	3.	Thor Hushovd (2nd)

UCI World Calendar

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	7th	Heinrich Haussler (16.)
2010	12.	Thor Hushovd (27.)

Web links

• The 2009 team in the Radsportseiten.net database
• The 2010 team in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cyclingnews.com of September 5, 2008: Sastre signs with Cervélo Test Team
2. ↑ Invited teams to Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-Sanremo and Giro d'Italia
3. ↑ Sport1.de: Too expensive: Haussler team dissolved . Retrieved August 28, 2010