Liquigas / 2008 season

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Team and successes of the Liquigas team in the 2008 season.

2008 season

Successes in the ProTour

date run driver
May 4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland5th stage Tour de Romandie ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
May 24th SpainSpain5th stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
June 21st SwitzerlandSwitzerland8th stage of the Tour de Suisse Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kreuziger
14-22 June SwitzerlandSwitzerland Overall ranking Tour de Suisse Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kreuziger
August 23 NetherlandsNetherlands BelgiumBelgium3rd stage Eneco Tour ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
September 1 GermanyGermany3rd stage Germany Tour ItalyItaly Leonardo Bertagnolli

Successes in the Continental Tour

date run Cat. driver
February 2nd South AfricaSouth Africa Super Challenge Series 1 1.2 ItalyItaly Manuel Quinziato
3 February South AfricaSouth Africa Super Challenge Series 2 1.2 ItalyItaly Leonardo Bertagnolli
February 7th South AfricaSouth Africa Super Challenge Series 5 1.2 ItalyItaly Manuel Quinziato
February 15th ItalyItaly1st stage Giro della Provincia di Grosseto 2.1 ItalyItaly Filippo Pozzato
15-17 February ItalyItaly Overall ranking Giro della Provincia di Grosseto 2.1 ItalyItaly Filippo Pozzato
March 12th FranceFrance3rd stage Paris – Nice 2.HC FinlandFinland Kjell Carlström
March 18th ItalyItaly7th stage Tirreno – Adriatico 2.HC ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
25th March ItalyItaly1a. Settimana Internazionale stage 2.1 ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
25th March ItalyItaly1b. Settimana Internazionale stage 2.1 Team time trial
28th March ItalyItaly4th stage Settimana Internazionale 2.1 ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
April 24th ItalyItaly3rd stage Giro del Trentino 2.1 ItalyItaly Vincenzo Nibali
April 22nd - 25th ItalyItaly Overall ranking Giro del Trentino 2.1 ItalyItaly Vincenzo Nibali
12th of May ItalyItaly3rd stage Giro d'Italia ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
May 18 ItalyItaly9th stage of the Giro d'Italia ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
May 22 ItalyItaly12th stage Giro d'Italia ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
May 26 ItalyItaly16th stage of the Giro d'Italia ItalyItaly Franco Pellizotti
June 7th LuxembourgLuxembourg4th stage Tour of Luxembourg 2.HC SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael Albasini
14th June SloveniaSlovenia4th stage Tour of Slovenia 2.1 ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
August 7th ItalyItaly Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1.1 ItalyItaly Leonardo Bertagnolli
August 23 ItalyItaly Trofeo Melinda 1.1 ItalyItaly Leonardo Bertagnolli
August 30th SpainSpain1st stage Vuelta a España Team time trial
September 2nd SpainSpain4th stage Vuelta a España ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati
September 14th United StatesUnited States7th stage Tour of Missouri 2.1 ItalyItaly Francesco Chicchi
October, 16th ItalyItaly Giro del Piemonte 1.HC ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati

Disposals - additions

Accesses Team 2007 Departures Team 2008
ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati Lampre-Fondital ItalyItaly Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval-Scott
ItalyItaly Claudio Corioni Lampre-Fondital ItalyItaly Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
ItalyItaly Enrico Franzoi Lampre-Fondital ItalyItaly Luca Paolini Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
SloveniaSlovenia Gorazd Štangelj Lampre-Fondital SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patrick Calcagni Barloworld
ItalyItaly Ivan Santaromita Quick Step Innergetic ItalyItaly Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld
ItalyItaly Valerio Agnoli Aurum Hotels ItalyItaly Danilo Di Luca LPR brakes
ItalyItaly Alberto Curtolo Liquigas (2006) ItalyItaly Alessandro Spezialetti LPR brakes
PolandPoland Maciej Bodnar Neoprofi SwedenSweden Magnus Backstedt Slipstream Chipotle
ItalyItaly Ivan Basso (from October 24th) Doping ban ItalyItaly Roberto Petito (until April 30th) End of career

team

Surname birthday nationality
Valerio Agnoli January 6, 1985 ItalyItaly Italy
Michael Albasini 20th December 1980 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Ivan Basso November 26, 1977 ItalyItaly Italy
Manuel Beltran May 28, 1971 SpainSpain Spain
Daniele Bennati September 24, 1980 ItalyItaly Italy
Leonardo Bertagnolli January 8, 1978 ItalyItaly Italy
Maciej Bodnar March 7, 1985 PolandPoland Poland
Kjell Carlström October 18, 1976 FinlandFinland Finland
Dario Cataldo March 17, 1985 ItalyItaly Italy
Francesco Chicchi November 27, 1980 ItalyItaly Italy
Claudio Corioni December 26, 1982 ItalyItaly Italy
Alberto Curtolo August 14, 1984 ItalyItaly Italy
Mauro Da Dalto April 8, 1981 ItalyItaly Italy
Murilo Fischer June 16, 1979 BrazilBrazil Brazil
Enrico Franzoi August 8, 1982 ItalyItaly Italy
Roman Kreuziger May 6, 1986 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Alyaksandr Kuschynski October 27, 1979 Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus
Vladimir Miholjević 18th January 1974 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Matej Mugerli 17th June 1981 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Vincenzo Nibali November 14, 1984 ItalyItaly Italy
Andrea Noè 15th January 1969 ItalyItaly Italy
Franco Pellizotti 15th January 1978 ItalyItaly Italy
Filippo Pozzato September 10, 1981 ItalyItaly Italy
Manuel Quinziato October 30, 1979 ItalyItaly Italy
Ivan Santaromita April 30, 1984 ItalyItaly Italy
Gorazd Štangelj January 27, 1973 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Guido Trenti December 27, 1972 United StatesUnited States United States
Alessandro Vanotti September 16, 1980 ItalyItaly Italy
Charles Wegelius April 26, 1978 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Frederik Willems September 8, 1979 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Trainees nationality
Gianni Da Ros ItalyItaly Italy
Jacopo Guarnieri ItalyItaly Italy

See also