Liquigas
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.
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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).
