The Cannondale Pro Cycling team published an official trailer today. You can see the teams’ new kit and sense of humor in this 3-minute video below.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
The cycling team now we know as the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team was founded under the name Liquigas in 1999, and was long in the second division (with Professional Continental license), slowly making a name for itself. From 2005 the team was combined with Team Bianchi and changed its name “Liquigas-Bianchi” for the Pro Tour.
In 2007, American bicycle manufacturer Cannondale replaced Bianchi as the bicycle sponsor, and the team became Liquigas. The team raced under the name of Liquigas between 2007 and 2009, Liquigas-Doimo in 2010, and Liquigas-Cannondale both in 2011 and 2012. At the end of 2012, Italian liquid gas company Liquigas has left the sponsorship, and the team went under the name of “Cannondale Pro Cycling”.
The 2013 season for Cannondale will begin in January with the Tour Down Under in Australia. As a UCI ProTeam, they will be automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team Official Trailer for the 2013 cycling season
An unbreakable record in the Grand Tours
From the 2009 Giro d’Italia until the 2012 Tour de France, the team finished every Grand Tour with all nine riders, a total of 11 such events in succession. The team won one Giro d’Italia and one Vuelta a España (both in 2010) during these years.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2013 Roster
- Stefano Agostini (ITA) 3 January 1989 (aged 23)
- Ivan Basso (ITA) 26 November 1977 (aged 35)
- Maciej Bodnar (POL) 7 March 1985 (aged 27)
- Guillaume Boivin (CAN) 25 September 1989 (aged 23)
- Federico Canuti (ITA) 30 August 1985 (aged 27)
- Damiano Caruso (ITA) 12 October 1987 (aged 25)
- Mauro Da Dalto (ITA) 8 April 1981 (aged 31)
- Tiziano Dall’Antonia (ITA) 26 July 1983 (aged 29)
- Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) 19 May 1986 (aged 26)
- Lucas Sebastián Haedo (ARG) 18 April 1983 (aged 29)
- Ted King (USA) 31 January 1983 (aged 29)
- Michel Koch (GER) 15 October 1991 (aged 21)
- Kristijan Koren (SLO) 25 November 1986 (aged 26)
- Matthias Krizek (AUT) 29 September 1988 (aged 24)
- Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) 10 December 1980 (aged 32)
- Alan Marangoni (ITA) 16 July 1984 (aged 28)
- Nicolò Martinello 1 November 1989 (aged 23)
- Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) 23 October 1983 (aged 29)
- Moreno Moser (ITA) 25 December 1990 (aged 22)
- Maciej Paterski (POL) 12 September 1986 (aged 26)
- Daniele Ratto (ITA) 5 October 1989 (aged 23)
- Fabio Sabatini (ITA) 18 February 1985 (aged 27)
- Juraj Sagan (SVK) 23 December 1988 (aged 24)
- Peter Sagan (SVK) 26 January 1990 (aged 22)
- Cristiano Salerno (ITA) 18 February 1985 (aged 27)
- Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) 28 March 1987 (aged 25)
- Brian Vandborg (DEN) 4 December 1981 (aged 31)
- Davide Villella 27 June 1991 (aged 21)
- Elia Viviani (ITA) 7 February 1989 (aged 23)
- Cameron Wurf (AUS) 3 August 1983 (aged 29)
Sources
- Cannondale bikes website
- Liquigas on Wikipedia
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