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Team Liquigas (UCI Team Code: LIQ) is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The star is the Italian Danilo Di Luca, who is leading the UCI ProTour 2005. The current title sponsor is Liquigas. In 2005 the team was co-title sponsored by Liquigas and Bianchi and was named Liquigas-Bianchi.

The team was founded under the name Liquigas in 1999, and was long in the second division team, slowly making a name of itself. From 2005 the team was combined with Team Bianchi for the Pro Tour.

Status

2005 was a very exciting year for the team. Danilo Di Luca won Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, and the one day classics Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne. Also there has been stage wins in Giro d'Italia (2 x Danilo Di Luca), the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (Danilo Di Luca), the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Enrico Gasparotto) and the Tour de Suisse (Michael Albasini).

Team 2006

Name Birthday Nationality 2005 team
Michael Albasini 20.12.1980  Switzerland
Dario Andriotto 25.10.1972  Italy
Magnus Bäckstedt 30.01.1975  Sweden
Patrick Calcagni 05.07.1977  Switzerland
Eros Capecci 13.06.1986  Italy stagiaire
Kjell Carlström 18.10.1976  Finland
Dario David Cioni 02.12.1974  Italy
Daniele Colli 19.04.1982  Italy
Alberto Curtolo 15.08.1984  Italy neo-pro
Mauro Da Dalto 08.04.1981  Italy stagiaire
Danilo Di Luca 02.01.1976  Italy
Stefano Garzelli 16.07.1973  Italy
Enrico Gasparotto 22.03.1982  Italy
Roman Kreuziger 16.06.1986  Czech Republic neo-pro
Nicola Loda 22.07.1971  Italy
Vladimir Miholjevic 18.01.1974  Croatia
Marco Milesi 30.01.1974  Italy
Matej Mugerli 17.06.1981  Slovenia
Vincenzo Nibali 14.11.1984  Italy Fassa Bortolo
Andrea Noé 15.01.1969  Italy
Luca Paolini 17.01.1977  Italy Quick Step
Franco Pellizotti 15.01.1978  Italy
Manuel Quinziato 30.10.1979  Italy Saunier Duval-Prodir
Marco Righetto 25.11.1980  Italy
Alessandro Spezialetti 14.01.1975  Italy Lampre-Caffita
Charles Wegelius 26.04.1978  United Kingdom
Stefano Zanini 23.01.1969  Italy Quick Step

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