# Liquigas

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code: CAN), previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour.

## History

The team was formed at the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005. the team was co-title sponsored by Italian companies Liquigas and Bianchi, therefore it was named Liquigas–Bianchi. It featured a number of big names including Italian riders Mario Cipollini, Danilo Di Luca and Stefano Garzelli, as well as Magnus 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 paper L'Équipe that Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán had tested positive for EPO 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 to AP 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.
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.
For the 2013 season Liquigas-Cannondale became Cannondale Pro Cycling as Cannondale Bicycle Corporation took over as the title sponsor in partnership with Brixia Sports. In August 2014 the team announced their intention to merge with EF Education–EasyPost for the 2015 season.

## Last team roster (in 2014)

    As of 1 January 2014.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Ivan Basso (ITA) | Ivan Basso (ITA) | (1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 36) |
| George Bennett (NZL) | George Bennett (NZL) | (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 23) |
| Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 20) |
| Maciej Bodnar (POL) | Maciej Bodnar (POL) | (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 28) |
| Guillaume Boivin (CAN) | Guillaume Boivin (CAN) | (1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 24) |
| Damiano Caruso (ITA) | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | (1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 26) |
| Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) | Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) | (1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 27) |
| Davide Formolo (ITA) | Davide Formolo (ITA) | (1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 21) |
| Oscar Gatto (ITA) | Oscar Gatto (ITA) | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 29) |
| Ted King (USA) | Ted King (USA) | (1983-01-31)31 January 1983 (aged 30) |
| Michel Koch (GER) | Michel Koch (GER) | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 22) |
| Kristijan Koren (SLO) | Kristijan Koren (SLO) | (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 27) |
| Matthias Krizek (AUT) | Matthias Krizek (AUT) | (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 25) |
| Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) | Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) | (1980-12-10)10 December 1980 (aged 33) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Alan Marangoni (ITA) | Alan Marangoni (ITA) | (1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 29) |
| Marco Marcato (ITA) | Marco Marcato (ITA) | (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 29) |
| Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) | Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) | (1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 30) |
| Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 19) |
| Moreno Moser (ITA) | Moreno Moser (ITA) | (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 23) |
| Daniele Ratto (ITA) | Daniele Ratto (ITA) | (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 24) |
| Fabio Sabatini (ITA) | Fabio Sabatini (ITA) | (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 28) |
| Juraj Sagan (SVK) | Juraj Sagan (SVK) | (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 25) |
| Peter Sagan (SVK) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 23) |
| Cristiano Salerno (ITA) | Cristiano Salerno (ITA) | (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 28) |
| Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) | Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 26) |
| Davide Villella (ITA) | Davide Villella (ITA) | (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 22) |
| Elia Viviani (ITA) | Elia Viviani (ITA) | (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 24) |
| Cameron Wurf (AUS) | Cameron Wurf (AUS) | (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 30) |

## Major wins
### 2005

    Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini
    Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Mario Cipollini
    Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Franco Pellizotti
       Stage 2, Franco Pellizotti
    Overall 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 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
    Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Enrico Gasparotto
    Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Michael Albasini
    Italy Road Race Championships, Enrico Gasparotto
    Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
    Overall Circuit Franco-Belge, Marco Zanotti
       Stage 4, Marco Zanotti

### 2006

    Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Vincenzo Nibali
    Rund um den Henninger Turm, Stefano Garzelli
    Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
    Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Matej Mugerli
    Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Stefano Garzelli
    Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Luca Paolini
    Tre Valli Varesine, Stefano Garzelli
    Stage 2 Eneco Tour, Manuel Quinziato
    GP Ouest-France, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stage 5 Vuelta a España, Danilo Di Luca
    Stage 12 Vuelta 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 2 Paris–Nice, Franco Pellizotti
    Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Danilo Di Luca
    Stage 1 Driedaagse van De Panne, Luca Paolini
    Stage 1 Settimana Lombarda, Team Time Trial
    Stage 2 Settimana Lombarda, Roman Kreuziger
    Stage 5 Settimana Lombarda, Alessandro Vanotti
    Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country, Manuel Beltrán
    Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Michael Albasini
    Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Danilo Di Luca
    GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Vincenzo Nibali
    Giro di Toscana, Vincenzo Nibali
    Overall Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca
       Stage 1, Team Time Trial
       Stages 4 & 12, Danilo Di Luca
    Memorial Marco Pantani, Franco Pellizotti
    Stages 3 & 4 Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
    Sweden Road Race Championships, Magnus Bäckstedt
    Stage 5 Tour de France, Filippo Pozzato
    Stage 4 Brixia Tour, Francesco Chicchi
    Stages 1 & 4 Danmark Rundt, Francesco Chicchi
    Clásica de San Sebastián, Leonardo Bertagnolli
    Trofeo Matteotti, Filippo Pozzato
    Stage 5 Tour de Pologne, Murilo Fischer
    Stage 6 Tour 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
    Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Filippo Pozzato
       Stage 1, Filippo Pozzato
    Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Kjell Carlström
    Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico, Francesco Chicchi
    Stages 1a & 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali – Francesco Chicchi
    Stage 1b Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Team Time Trial
    Overall Giro del Trentino, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Daniele Bennati
    Stages 3, 9 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
    Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
    Points classification in the Giro d'Italia, Daniele Bennati
    Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Francesco Chicchi
    Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg, Michael Albasini
    Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Francesco Chicchi
    Overall Tour de Suisse, Roman Kreuziger
       Stage 8, Roman Kreuziger
    Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Leonardo Bertagnolli
    Stage 3 Eneco Tour, Daniele Bennati
    Trofeo Melinda, Leonardo Bertagnolli
    Stage 1 Vuelta a España, Team Time Trial
    Stage 4 Vuelta a España, Daniele Bennati
    Stage 3 Deutschland Tour, Leonardo Bertagnolli
    Stage 7 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi
    Giro del Piemonte, Daniele Bennati

### 2009

    Stage 6 2009 Tour Down Under, Francesco Chicchi
    Trofeo Inca, Daniele Bennati
    Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, Daniele Bennati
    Overall Giro di Sardegna, Daniele Bennati
       Stage 4, Daniele Bennati
    Overall Driedaagse van De Panne, Frederik Willems
    Overall Giro del Trentino, Ivan Basso
    Overall Tour de Romandie, Roman Kreuziger
       Stage 4, Roman Kreuziger
    Stages 10 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Franco Pellizotti
    Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Sylwester Szmyd
    Giro dell'Appennino, Vincenzo Nibali
    Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
    Finland Road Race Championships, Kjell Carlström
    Mountains classification in the Tour de France, Franco Pellizotti
    Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Jacopo Guarnieri
    Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Vincenzo Nibali
    Giro della Romagna, Murilo Fischer
    Stage 6 Tour of Missouri, Francesco Chicchi

### 2010

    Overall Tour de San Luis, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 1, Francesco Chicchi
       Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stages 4 & 6 Tour of Qatar, Francesco Chicchi
    Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Daniele Bennati
    Overall Giro di Sardegna, Roman Kreuziger
       Stage 2, Roman Kreuziger
    Stages 3 & 5 Paris–Nice, Peter Sagan
    Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Daniele Bennati
    Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Ivan Santaromita
       Stage 1a, Francesco Chicchi
       Stage 1b, Team Time Trial
    Stage 7 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
    Giro dell'Appennino, Robert Kišerlovski
    Stage 1 Tour de Romandie, Peter Sagan
    Stage 4 Tour of California, Francesco Chicchi
    Stages 5 & 6 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
    Overall Giro d'Italia, Ivan Basso
       Stage 4, Team Time Trial
       Stage 14, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 15, Ivan Basso
    Overall Tour of Slovenia, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 3, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 4, Francesco Chicchi
    Belarus Road Race Championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski
    Stage 1 Tour 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
    Overall Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali
    Memorial Marco Pantani, Elia Viviani
    Giro di Toscana, Daniele Bennati
    Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge, Jacopo Guarnieri
    Binche–Tournai–Binche, Elia Viviani

### 2011

    Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
    Tour de Mumbai I, Elia Viviani
    Overall Giro di Sardegna, Peter Sagan
       Stages 1, 3 & 4, Peter Sagan
    Gran Premio di Lugano, Ivan Basso
    Stage 3a Driedaagse van de Panne, Jacopo Guarnieri
    Stage 5 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
    Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Eros Capecchi
    Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
    Stage 1 Tour 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
    Overall Tour de Pologne, Peter Sagan
       Stages 4 & 5, Peter Sagan
    Stages 6, 12 & 21 Vuelta a España, Peter Sagan
    Stages 4 & 5 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Elia Viviani
    Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Daniel Oss
    Overall Giro di Padania, Ivan Basso
       Stage 2, Elia Viviani
       Stage 4, Ivan Basso
    Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato, Peter Sagan
    Stage 4 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani

### 2012

    Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
    United States Road Race Championships, Timmy Duggan
    Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
    Stage 6 Tour de San Luis, Elia Viviani
    Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Elia Viviani
    Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Elia Viviani
       Stages 1 & 2, Elia Viviani
    Stage 2 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
    Stage 5 Tour of Oman, Vincenzo Nibali
    Trofeo Laigueglia, Moreno Moser
    Gran Premio di Lugano, Eros Capecchi
    Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 4, Peter Sagan
       Stage 5, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stage 2a Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
    Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
    Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop, Moreno Moser
    Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
    Stages 1 (ITT), 3, 4 & 6 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
    Stage 4 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia, Kristijan Koren
    Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
    Stages 1, 3 & 6 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
    Overall Tour de Pologne, Moreno Moser
       Stages 1 & 6, Moreno Moser
    Overall Giro di Padania, Vincenzo Nibali
       Stage 4, Vincenzo Nibali
    Stage 1 Tour of Beijing, Elia Viviani
    Japan Cup, Ivan Basso

### 2013

    Stages 2 & 3 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
    Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Peter Sagan
    Strade Bianche, Moreno Moser
    Stages 3 & 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
    Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Damiano Caruso
    Gent–Wevelgem, Peter Sagan
    Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
    Brabantse Pijl, Peter Sagan
    Stages 3 & 8 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
    Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné, Elia Viviani
    Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné, Alessandro De Marchi
    Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
    Poland Time Trial Championships, Maciej Bodnar
    Denmark Time Trial Championships, Brian Vandborg
    Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
    Stage 7 Tour de France, Peter Sagan
    Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
    Overall Tour of Elk Grove, Elia Viviani
       Stages 2 & 3, Elia Viviani
    Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Peter Sagan
    Dutch Food Valley Classic, Elia Viviani
    Prologue, Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Alberta, Peter Sagan
    Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Daniele Ratto
    Stage 1 Tour of Britain, Elia Viviani
    Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Peter Sagan

### 2014

    Stage 4 Tour of Oman, Peter Sagan
    Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Peter Sagan
    E3 Harelbeke, Peter Sagan
    Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Elia Viviani
    Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne, Peter Sagan
    Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne, Maciej Bodnar
    Stages 5 & 7 Tour of Turkey, Elia Viviani
    Stage 7 Tour of California, Peter Sagan
    Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Peter Sagan
    Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia, Elia Viviani
    Slovakia Road Race Championships, Peter Sagan
    Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Austria, Oscar Gatto
    Points classification in the Tour de France, Peter Sagan
    Overall Combativity award Tour de France, Alessandro De Marchi
    Stage 4 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Elia Viviani
    Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Alessandro De Marchi
    Coppa Bernocchi, Elia Viviani

## Supplementary statistics

Grand Tours by highest finishing position :
| Race | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Giro d'Italia | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 |
| Tour de France | 32 | 54 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 52 |
| /Vuelta a España | 41 | 38 | 9 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 9 |
| Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Tour Down Under | – | 12 | – | 7 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 49 | 27 | 20 |
| Paris–Nice | 6 | 66 | 5 | 23 | 41 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 47 | 14 |
| /Tirreno–Adriatico | 25 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 24 |
| Volta a Catalunya | 94 | 18 | 38 | 62 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 32 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 1 | 19 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 32 | 24 | 35 |
| Tour de Romandie | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 41 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | DNF | 68 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 51 |
| Tour de Suisse | 24 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 41 | 26 | 7 |
| Tour de Pologne | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| / Eneco Tour | 49 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 10 |
| Monument races by highest finishing position |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Milan–San Remo | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Tour of Flanders | 20 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 122 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 4 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 77 | 60 | 32 | 6 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 26 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 71 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 34 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 15 |
| Classics by highest finishing position |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | – | 39 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | – | 42 | 15 | 5 | – | DNF | – | – | NH | – |
| Strade Bianche | Did not exist | Did not exist | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| E3 Harelbeke | – | 7 | 4 | 36 | 47 | – | – | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 12 | 86 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Amstel Gold Race | 1 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 92 | 3 | 36 | 31 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 12 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 22 |
| Paris–Tours | 10 | 30 | 2 | 8 | – | 42 | – | – | – | – |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |