Team Liquigas Places Two in Top-10, Kreuziger Tour's Best Young Rider

Team Liquigas started off its Tour de France campaign with a pair of fast Time Trials from young leaders Roman Kreuziger and Vincenzo Nibali.

  
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Posted: 05/07/2009 4:14:46 AM
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Nibali Scores First Win of 2009

Team Liquigas' Vincenzo Nibali showed his good form prior to this weekend's Italian National Road Championships with an impressive win at Wednesday's Giro dell'Appenino. Nibali attacked on the final climb of the race to distance himself from an elite remaining group to take the prestigious pre-Tour de France race, his first of the season.

  
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Posted: 25/06/2009 9:08:40 PM
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Cannondale Triathletes Slice to More Wins in Europe!

Cannondale-sponsored triathletes continued to enjoy success the past two weekends, with a full schedule of races on tap.

  
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Posted: 12/06/2009 12:15:02 PM
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Sylvester Szmyd Conquers Ventoux!

Team Liquigas' Polish climbing star Sylvester Szmyd won his first professional race atop Mont Ventoux in the Dauphiné Libéré's fifth stage. Known for setting a furious pace for his captains on the slopes of the Giro d'Italia, Szmyd broke away on the feared climb with Alejandro Valverde to taste victory for himself.

  
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Posted: 12/06/2009 9:29:53 AM
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Franco Pellizotti Third in Giro d'Italia

Team Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti, fourth in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, moved up one step to take his first podium in Italy's grand tour. With an emphatic win on the 17th stage climb up the feared Blockhaus, Pellizotti continually improved in the final week of the race to ensure podium success. After Sunday's exciting finale in Rome, 'Pelli' finished the race 1:59 behind overall winner Denis Menchov.

  
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Posted: 02/06/2009 10:19:43 AM
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Slicing Through Ironman 70.3 Austria

The Cannondale Slice was powered to impressive results in the Ironman 70.3 Austria, held recently at Lake Viehofner See. Close to 2,000 racers were cheered on by a large group of 10,000 enthusiastic fans.

  
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Posted: 02/06/2009 3:14:35 AM
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Franco Pellizotti Storms to Stage Win and Third Overall

A dominant climb up the feared Blockhaus propelled Team Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti to a win of the Giro's stage 17 on Wednesday. The performance also saw the Venetian rider jump past Carlos Sastre and into third place overall. Teammate Ivan Basso finished fifth on the stage and climbed into fourth overall.

  
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Posted: 28/05/2009 3:04:25 AM
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Marco Aurelio Fontana 4th in Madrid

Marco Aurelio Fontana made it to the podium in a thrilling race Spain’s capital. In Madrid, the Italian rider finished in a group of four riders at the finish line and sprinted to his first podium this season.

  
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Posted: 26/05/2009 4:00:40 AM
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Roman Takes Romandie!

Team Liquigas' rising talent Czech Roman Kreuziger has won the Tour of Romandie with an impressive performance on Saturday's queen stage. 

  
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Posted: 05/05/2009 3:03:54 AM
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Basso Fires Pre-Giro Warning Shot, Wins Trentino

Team Liquigas' Ivan Basso has returned to the top step of the podium by winning the four-day Tour of Trentino, an important test of form prior to next month's Giro d'Italia.

  
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Posted: 26/04/2009 3:12:41 AM
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