Edited sentence: (in approximate order by date, oldest first).Alessandro Petacchi (Italy).Allan Davis (Australia).André Darrigade (France).Baden Cooke (Australia).Currently active professional cyclists who are known as sprinting specialists include:.Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzbekistan).Erik Zabel (Germany).Freddy Maertens (Belgium).Jéan Patrick Nazon (France).Mario Cipollini (Italy).Mark Cavendish (United Kingdom).Rik Van Looy (Belgium).Robbie McEwen (Australia).Seán Kelly (Ireland).Stan Ockers (Belgium).Stuart O'Grady (Australia).Thor Hushovd (Norway).Tom Boonen (Belgium).Óscar Freire (Spain)