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UCI ProTour 2007 Overview
Let me start by writing to you all that I'm glad to be back after an extended absence. Also, this overview is originally created for my cycling club, but I thought I should share it with all of you as well. Enjoy.
 The new season has brought along with it anger and belief. We've seen some new riders emerge as top talents while others are cast off into the darkness. Floyd Landis, winner of the Tour de France 2006, has his title in jeopardy due two testosterone test failures and still testifies his innocence. Pereiro should be considered as the reigning champion, but now we'll have to wait until the official hearing is carried out by the International Cycling Union (UCI). We cycling fans are obviously angered by the continuous drug doping in this sport and it has been nice to see Cycle Sport America magazine start a drug-free sport campaign. Creating clear wristbands you can wear in support of drug-free sports. Not just for cycling, but for all sports.
We also have belief that the Operación Puerto drug scandal is the sign of better things to come. This is undoubtedly the worst in history and if teams aren't careful enough in preventing this from happening again, the sponsors may leave and that would mean the death of the professional sport. However, many of the teams, backed by their sponsors, have taken a turn for the better looking to clean riders to finish up the races and pick up clean wins. Many riders are in full support on drug-free sport, but undoubtedly some out there are of course contemplating using drugs in order to help perform better or work harder and longer. These people will be hunted out and fired by the teams without a doubt.
Discovery Channel P.C.T. has a burden over their heads bringing in Ivan Basso who although was cleared of any wrong doing by the Italian government, is still linked to the Operación Puerto case and until June of this year we do not know his full involvement with the case. If he were to win the Giro d'Italia and/or the Tour de France this could mean yet another large blow to cycling and likely the demise of the Discovery Team. Truthfully that wouldn't be so bad considering that they are the only team to break the pact made by all of the teams to not sign any riders linked to drug scandals like Operación Puerto.
Whatever happens this year I hope for clean riders like Thor Hushovd and Jens Voigt to climb high and reach their pinnacle performances on the road. I in fact hope to see Voigt possibly contend for the Tour title, though I strongly believe Alejandro Valverde will claim that title. He is bound for glory sooner then later and now seems like the perfect opportunity for him to strike. I'm excited to see the Paris-Nice outcome this year.
Pro Teams Overlook
  Ag2r Prévoyance Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 219 Rank: 14 Contact E-mail: france.cyclisme@wanadoo.fr Web: www.ag2r-cyclisme.com Bosses General manager: Vincent Lavenu Team manager: Laurent Biondi Statistics & Facts UCI code: A2R Kit design: C Number of riders: 27 French riders: 18 Average age: 27.3 Bikes: Decathlon frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2000 - present: Ag2r Prévoyance 1996 - 1999: Casino Star Riders Cyril Dessel FRA 29.11.1974 John Gadret FRA 22.04.1979 Christophe Moreau FRA 04.12.1971 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA 01.18.1977 Roster José Luis Arrieta Lujambio ESP 15.06.1971 Sylvain Calzati FRA 01.07.1979 Philip Deignan IRL 07.09.1983 Samuel Dumoulin FRA 20.08.1980 Hubert Dupont FRA 13.11.1980 Martin Elmiger SUI 23.09.1978 Simon Gerrans AUS 16.05.1980 Stéphane Goubert FRA 13.03.1970 Yuriy Krivtsov UKR 07.02.1979 Julien Loubet FRA 11.01.1985 Rene Mandri EST 20.01.1984 Laurent Mangel FRA 22.05.1981 Lloyd Mondory FRA 26.04.1982 Carl Naibo FRA 17.08.1982 David Navas Chica ESP 10.06.1974 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA 18.01.1977 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA 25.09.1977 Stéphane Poulhies FRA 26.06.1985 Christophe Riblon FRA 17.01.1981 Nicolas Rousseau FRA 16.03.1983 Blaise Sonnery FRA 21.03.1985 Ludovic Turpin FRA 22.03.1975 Alexandre Usov BLR 27.08.1977   Astana Team Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 258 Rank: 9 Contact E-mail: team@astanawurth.com Web: www.astanateam.com Bosses General manager: Pablo Anton Team manager: Neil Stephens Statistics & Facts UCI code: AST Kit design: B Number of riders: 29 Swiss riders: 4 Average age: 26.9 Bikes: BH frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2006 - present: Astana Team 2006: Astana-Würth Team 2004 - 2006: Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1990 - 2003: ONCE Star Riders Andrey Kashechkin KAZ 03.21.1980 Andreas Klöden GER 06.22.1975 Paolo Savoldelli ITA 05.07.1973 Alexandre Vinokourov KAZ 09.16.1973 Roster Igor Abakoumov BEL 30.05.1981 Assan Bazayev KAZ 22.02.1981 Antonio Colom Mas ESP 11.05.1978 Koen de Kort NED 08.09.1982 Thomas Frei SUI 19.01.1985 Maxim Gourov KAZ 30.01.1979 René Haselbacher AUT 15.09.1977 Maxim Iglinskiy KAZ 04.18.1981 Serguei Ivanov RUS 05.03.1975 Benoît Joachim LUX 14.01.1976 Aaron Kemps AUS 10.09.1983 Matthias Kessler GER 16.05.1979 Alexey Kolessov KAZ 27.09.1984 Julien Mazet FRA 16.03.1981 Eddy Mazzoleni ITA 29.07.1973 Guennadi Mikhailov RUS 08.02.1974 Andrey Mizurov KAZ 16.03.1973 Steve Morabito SUI 30.01.1983 Dimitry Murajev KAZ 02.11.1979 Daniel Navarro Garcia ESP 08.07.1983 Grégory Rast SUI 17.01.1980 José Antonio Redondo ESP 05.03.1985 Michael Schär SUI 29.09.1986 Evgeniy Sladkov KAZ 15.12.1983 Sergey Yakovlev KAZ 11.04.1976  Bouygues Télécom Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 184 Rank: 18 Contact E-mail: sa.vendeecyclisme@lequipebouybuestelecom.fr Web: www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr Bosses General manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau Team managers: Dominique Arnould, Christian Guilberteau, Christoph Faudot, Ismaël Mottier, Philippe Mauduit, Benoit Genauzeau Statistics & Facts UCI code: BTL Kit design: C Number of riders: 30 French riders: 24 Average age: 26.9 Bikes: Time frames, Campagnolo, Stronglight, and Mavic components Timeline 2005 - present: Bouygues Telecom 2003 - 2004: Brioches La Boulangére 1999 - 2002: Bonjour Star Riders Laurent Brochard FRA 03.26.1968 Pierrick Fedrigo FRA 11.30.1978 Anthony Geslin FRA 06.09.1980 Thomas Voeckler FRA 06.22.1979 Roster Julien Belgy FRA 06.05.1983 Giovanni Bernaudeau FRA 25.08.1983 Olivier Bonnaire FRA 02.03.1983 Franck Bouyer FRA 17.03.1974 Dimitri Champion FRA 06.09.1983 Mathieu Claude FRA 17.03.1983 Stef Clement NED 24.09.1982 Aurélien Clerc SUI 26.08.1979 Nicolas Crosbie FRA 02.04.1980 Pierre Drancourt BEL 10.05.1982 Andy Flickinger FRA 04.11.1978 Xavier Florencio Cabre ESP 26.12.1979 Yohann Gene FRA 25.06.1981 Saďd Haddou FRA 23.11.1982 Vincent Jerome FRA 26.11.1984 Arnaud Labbe FRA 03.11.1976 Yoann Le Boulanger FRA 04.11.1975 Laurent Lefevre FRA 02.07.1976 Rony Martias FRA 04.08.1980 Alexandre Pichot FRA 06.01.1983 Jérôme Pineau FRA 01.02.1980 Erki Pütsep EST 25.05.1976 Franck Renier FRA 11.04.1974 Didier Rous FRA 09.18.1970 Matthieu Sprick FRA 29.09.1981 Johann Tschopp SUI 01.07.1982   Caisse d’Epargne Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 350 Rank: 2 Contact E-mail: abarcasports@gmail.com Web: www.cyclisme-caisse-epargne.fr Bosses General manager: Jose-Miguel Echavarri Team managers: Eusebio Unzue, Alfonso Galilea, Jose Luis Jaimerena Statistics & Facts UCI code: GCE Kit design: B Number of riders: 25 Spanish riders: 16 Average age: 27.3 Bikes: Opera frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2007 - present: Caisse d’Epargne 2006: Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 2005: Illes Balears 2004: Illes Balears-Banesto 2002 - 2003: Ibanesto.com 1991 - 2001: Banesto 1981 - 1990: Reynolds Star Riders José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios ESP 11.27.1978 Vladimir Karpets RUS 09.20.1980 Oscar Pereiro Sio ESP 08.03.1977 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ESP 04.25.1980 Roster David Arroyo Duran ESP 07.01.1980 Eric Berthou FRA 23.01.1980 Florent Brard FRA 07.02.1976 Vladimir Efimkin RUS 02.12.1981 Imanol Erviti ESP 15.11.1983 Marco Fertonani ITA 08.07.1976 José Vicente Garcia Acosta ESP 04.08.1972 Joan Horrach Rippoll ESP 27.03.1974 Pablo Lastras Garcia ESP 20.01.1976 David Lopez ESP 13.05.1981 Alberto Losado ESP 28.02.1982 Alexei Markov RUS 26.05.1979 Aitor Pérez Arrieta ESP 24.07.1977 Francisco Perez Sanchez ESP 22.07.1978 Mathieu Perget FRA 18.09.1984 Nicolas Portal FRA 23.04.1979 Sébastien Portal FRA 04.06.1982 Vicente Reynčs Mimo ESP 30.07.1981 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver ESP 12.05.1979 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez ESP 05.15.1978 Xabier Zandio Echaide ESP 17.03.1977  Cofidis Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 249 Rank: 11 Contact E-mail: cofidiscompetition@cofidis.fr Web: www.cofidis.fr Bosses General manager: Eric Boyer Team managers: Francis Van Londersele, Bernard Quilfen, Alain Deloeuil, Lionel Marie Statistics & Facts UCI code: COF Kit design: C Number of riders: 30 French riders: 14 (46.6 per cent) Average age: 27 Bikes: Wilier Triestina frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 1997 - present: Cofidis Star Riders Sylvain Chavanel FRA 06.30.1979 David Moncoutié FRA 04.30.1975 Nick Nuyens BEL 05.05.1980 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto COL 10.14.1975 Roster Stéphane Augé FRA 06.12.1974 Frédéric Bessy FRA 09.01.1972 Mickaël Buffaz FRA 21.05.1979 Kevin De Weert BEL 27.05.1982 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle FRA 24.12.1979 Leonardo Duque COL 10.04.1980 Michiel Elijzen NED 31.08.1982 Tyler Farrar USA 02.06.1984 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza ESP 15.12.1972 Nicolas Hartmann FRA 03.03.1985 Maryan Hary FRA 27.05.1980 Mathieu Heijboer NED 04.02.1982 Frank Hřj DEN 04.01.1973 Yann Huguet FRA 02.05.1984 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA 30.06.1981 Sébastien Minard FRA 12.06.1982 Amaël Moinard FRA 02.02.1982 Maxime Monfort BEL 14.01.1983 Damien Monier FRA 27.08.1982 Cristian Moreni ITA 21.11.1972 Staf Scheirlinckx BEL 12.03.1979 Christopher Sutton AUS 10.09.1984 Tristan Valentin FRA 23.02.1982 Rik Verbrugghe BEL 07.23.1974 Bradley Wiggins GBR 04.28.1980 Steve Zampieri SUI 04.06.1977  Crédit Agricole Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 253 Rank: 10 Contact E-mail: veloclubdeparis@wanadoo.fr Web: www.au-veloclubdeparis.fr Bosses General manager: Roger Legeay Team managers: Serge Beucherie, Denis Roux, Jean-Jacques Henry Statistics & Facts UCI code: C.A Kit design: C Number of riders: 28 French riders: 16 Average age: 26.9 Bikes: Look frames, Shimano components Timeline 1999 - present: Crédit Agricole 1993 - 1998: GAN 1990 - 1992: Z 1987 - 1989: Z-Peugeot 1963 - 1986: Peugeot Star Riders Alexandre Botcharov RUS 26.02.1975 Pietro Caucchioli ITA 08.22.1975 Patrice Halgand FRA 02.03.1974 Thor Hushovd NOR 01.18.1978 Roster Francesco Bellotti ITA 06.08.1979 Laszlo Bodrogi HUN 11.12.1976 William Bonnet FRA 25.06.1982 Anthony Charteau FRA 04.06.1979 Julian Dean NZL 28.01.1975 Christophe Edaleine FRA 01.11.1979 Jimmy Engoulvent FRA 07.12.1979 Dmitriy Fofonov KAZ 15.08.1976 Angelo Furlan ITA 21.06.1977 Sébastien Hinault FRA 11.02.1974 Jonathan Hivert FRA 23.03.1985 Mads Kaggestad NOR 22.02.1977 Christophe Kern FRA 18.01.1981 Christophe Laurent FRA 26.07.1977 Christophe Le Mevel FRA 11.09.1980 Cyril Lemoine FRA 03.03.1983 Jean Marc Marino FRA 15.08.1983 Rémi Pauriol FRA 04.04.1982 Benoît Poilvet FRA 27.08.1976 Saul Raisin USA 06.01.1983 Mark Renshaw AUS 22.10.1982 Nicolas Roche IRL 03.07.1984 Pierre Rolland FRA 10.10.1986 Yannick Talabardon FRA 06.07.1981   Team CSC Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 388 Rank: 1 Contact E-mail: info@riis-cycling.com Web: www.team-csc.com Bosses General manager: Bjarne Riis Team managers: Kim Andersen, Alain Gallopin, Scott Sunderland, Tristan Hoffman Statistics & Facts UCI code: CSC Kit design: B Number of riders: 28 Danish riders: 10 Average age: 28.4 Bikes: Cervélo frames, Shimano components Timeline 2001 - present: CSC 2000: Memory Card-Jack and Jones 1998 - 1999: Home-Jack and Jones Star Riders Fabian Cancellara SWI 03.18.1981 Carlos Sastre Candil ESP 04.22.1975 Fränk Schleck LUX 15.04.1980 Jens Voigt GER 09.17.1971 Roster Kurt-Asle Arvesen NOR 09.02.1975 Lars Ytting Bak DEN 16.01.1980 Michael Blaudzun DEN 30.04.1973 Matti Breschel DEN 31.08.1984 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro ESP 03.06.1969 Matthew Goss AUS 05.11.1986 Volodymir Gustov UKR 15.02.1977 Juan José Haedo ARG 26.01.1981 Allan Johansen DEN 14.07.1971 Bobby Julich USA 11.18.1971 Kasper Klosertgaard Larsen DEN 22.05.1983 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS 04.05.1981 Karsten Kroon NED 29.01.1976 Marcus Ljungqvist SWE 26.10.1974 Anders Lund DEN 14.02.1985 Lars Michaelsen DEN 13.03.1969 Stuart O’Grady AUS 08.06.1973 Martin Pedersen DEN 15.04.1983 Luke Roberts AUS 25.01.1977 Andy Schleck LUX 10.06.1985 Chris Anker Sřrensen DEN 05.09.1984 Nicki Sřrensen DEN 14.05.1975 Christian Vandevelde USA 22.05.1976 David Zabriskie USA 01.12.1979   Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 327 Rank: 4 Contact E-mail: info@thepaceline.com Web: www.teamdiscoverychannel.com Bosses General manager: Bill Stapleton Team manager: Johan Bruyneel Assistants: Dirk Demol, Sean Yates, Lorenzo Lapage Statistics & Facts UCI code: DSC Kit design: B Number of riders: 28 American riders: 5 Average age: 27 Bikes: Trek frames, Shimano components Timeline 2005 - present: Discovery Channel 1996 - 2004: United States Postal Service 1989 - 1995: Montgomery Star Riders Ivan Basso ITA 11.26.1977 George Hincapie USA 06.29.1973 Levi Leipheimer USA 10.24.1973 Yaroslav Popovych UKR 01.04.1980 Roster Fumiyuki Beppu JPN 10.04.1983 Volodymyr Bileka UKR 06.02.1979 Janez Brajkovič SLO 18.12.1983 Alberto Contador ESP 06.12.1982 Antonio Cruz USA 31.10.1971 Steve Cummings GBR 19.03.1981 Tom Danielson USA 03.13.1978 John Devine USA 02.11.1985 Stijn Devolder BEL 29.08.1979 Vladimir Gusev RUS 04.07.1982 Fuyu Li PRC 09.05.1978 Trent Lowe AUS 08.10.1984 Egoi Martinez De Esteban ESP 15.05.1978 Jason McCartney USA 03.09.1973 Gianni Meersman BEL 05.12.1985 Uroš Murn SLO 09.02.1975 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez ESP 23.01.1979 Pavel Padrnos CZE 17.12.1970 Sérgio Paulinho POR 26.03.1980 José Luis Rubiera Vigil ESP 27.01.1973 Tomas Vaitkus LTU 04.02.1982 Jurgen Van Goolen BEL 28.11.1980 Brian Vandborg DEN 04.12.1981 Matthew White AUS 22.02.1974  Euskaltel-Euskadi Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 208 Rank: 16 Contact E-mail: equipo@fundacioneuskadi.com Web: www.fundacioneuskadi.com Bosses General manager: Miguel Madariaga Team managers: Julian Gorospe, Gorka Gerrikagoitia Statistics & Facts UCI code: EUS Kit design: A Number of riders: 27 Spanish riders: 26 Average age: 27 Bikes: Orbea frames, Shimano components Timeline 1998 - present: Euskaltel-Euskadi 1994 - 1997: Euskadi Star Riders Igor Antón Hernandez ESP 02.03.1983 Inigo Landaluze Intzaurraga ESP 05.09.1977 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez ESP 02.05.1978 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre ESP 04.01.1977 Roster Benat Albizuri Aransolo ESP 17.05.1981 Lander Aperribai ESP 15.06.1982 Andoni Aranaga Azkune ESP 01.01.1979 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau ESP 17.11.1979 Jorge Azanza ESP 16.06.1982 Jon Bru ESP 18.10.1977 Unai Etxebarria Arana VEN 21.11.1972 Koldo Fernández ESP 13.09.1981 Aitor Galdos Alonso ESP 08.11.1979 Dioni Galparsoro ESP 13.08.1978 Aitor Hernandez ESP 17.05.1982 Iban Iriondo Uranga ESP 01.05.1984 Markel Irizar Aranburu ESP 05.02.1980 Ińaki Isasi Flores ESP 20.04.1977 Andoni Lafuente ESP 06.09.1985 Anton Luengo Celaya ESP 17.04.1981 Ivan Mayoz ESP 30.09.1981 Aketza Peńa Iza ESP 04.03.1981 Ruben Pérez Moreno ESP 30.10.1981 Amets Txurruka ESP 10.11.1982 Unai Uribarri ESP 28.02.1984 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui ESP 04.11.1978 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre ESP 19.03.1979  Française des Jeux Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 173 Rank: 19 Contact E-mail: dlebourdiec@fdj.com Web: www.fdjeux.com/institutionnel/cyclisme/actualities Bosses General manager: Marc Madiot Team managers: Yvon Madiot, Martial Gayant, Frank Pineau, Thierry Bricaud Statistics & Facts UCI code: FDJ Kit design: B Number of riders: 26 French riders: 17 Average age: 26.5 Bikes: Lapierre frames, Shimano components Timeline 1997 - present: Française des Jeux (fdjeux.com) 1998 - 1999: Home-Jack and Jones Star Riders Sandy Casar FRA 02.02.1979 Philippe Gilbert BEL 07.05.1982 Frédéric Guesdon FRA 14.10.1971 Bradley McGee AUS 02.24.1976 Roster Ludovic Auger FRA 17.02.1971 Sébastien Chavanel FRA 21.03.1981 Carlos Da Cruz FRA 20.12.1974 Mickael Delage FRA 06.08.1985 Christophe Detilloux BEL 03.05.1974 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA 31.07.1985 Arnaud Gerard FRA 06.10.1984 Timothy Gudsell NZL 17.02.1984 Lilian Jegou FRA 20.01.1976 Sébastien Joly FRA 25.06.1979 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA 12.12.1984 Johan Lindgren SWE 13.08.1986 Thomas Lövkvist SWE 04.04.1984 Thierry Marichal BEL 13.06.1973 Ian McLeod RSA 03.10.1980 Christophe Mengin FRA 03.09.1968 Cyrille Monnerais FRA 24.08.1983 Francis Mourey FRA 08.12.1980 Fabien Patanchon FRA 14.06.1983 Jérémy Roy FRA 22.06.1983 Benoît Vaugrenard FRA 05.01.1982 Jussi Veikkanen FIN 29.03.1981   Gerolsteiner Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 294 Rank: 6 Contact E-mail: cycling@gerolsteiner.com Web: www.gerolsteiner.com/cycling Bosses General manager: Renate Holczer Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer Statistics & Facts UCI code: GST Kit design: C Number of riders: 26 German riders: 16 Average age: 26.4 Bikes: Specialized frames, Shimano components Timeline 2002 - present: Gerolsteiner Star Riders Markus Fothen GER 09.09.1981 Heinrich Haussler GER 25.02.1984 Davide Rebellin ITA 08.09.1971 Stefan Schumacher GER 21.07.1981 Roster Robert Förster GER 27.01.1978 Thomas Fothen GER 06.04.1983 Johannes Frohlinger GER 09.06.1985 Oscar Gatto ITA 01.01.1985 Torsten Hiekmann GER 17.03.1980 Tim Klinger GER 22.09.1984 Bernhard Kohl AUT 04.01.1982 David Kopp GER 05.01.1979 Sven Krauss GER 06.01.1983 Sebastian Lang GER 15.09.1979 Andrea Moletta ITA 23.02.1979 Volker Ordowski GER 09.11.1973 Matthias Russ GER 14.11.1983 Ronny Scholz GER 24.04.1978 Tom Stamsnijder NED 15.05.1985 Marcel Strauss SUI 15.08.1976 Fabian Wegmann GER 20.06.1980 Carlo Westphal GER 25.11.1985 Peter Wrolich AUT 30.05.1974 Oliver Zaugg SUI 09.05.1981 Beat Zberg SUI 10.05.1971 Markus Zberg SUI 27.06.1974   Lampre-Fondital Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 327 Rank: 5 Contact E-mail: cycling@lampre.com Web: www.lampre.com/cycling Bosses General manager: Giuseppe Saronni Team managers: Giuseppe Martinelli, Fabrizio Bontempi, Maurizio Piovani Statistics & Facts UCI code: LAM Kit design: C Number of riders: 25 Italian riders: 19 Average age: 27.9 Bikes: Wilier Triestina frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2006 - present: Lampre-Fondital 2005: Lampre-Caffita Star Riders Alessandro Ballan ITA 11.06.1979 Daniele Bennati ITA 09.24.1980 Damiano Cunego ITA 09.19.1981 Danilo Napolitano ITA 31.01.1981 Roster Fabio Baldato ITA 13.06.1968 Matteo Bonomi ITA 11.11.1983 Paolo Bossoni ITA 02.07.1976 Marzio Bruseghin ITA 15.06.1974 Giampaolo Caruso ITA 15.08.1980 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega COL 29.10.1986 Claudio Corioni ITA 26.12.1982 Giuliano Figueras ITA 24.01.1976 Paolo Fornaciari ITA 02.02.1971 Enrico Franzoi ITA 08.08.1982 Francesco Gavazzi ITA 01.08.1984 David Loosli SUI 08.05.1980 Marco Marzano ITA 10.06.1980 Massimiliano Mori ITA 08.01.1974 Morris Possoni ITA 01.07.1984 Daniele Righi ITA 28.03.1976 Gorazd Stangelj SLO 27.01.1973 Sylvester Szmyd POL 02.03.1978 Paolo Tiralongo ITA 08.07.1977 Tadej Valjavec SLO 13.04.1977 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea ESP 11.10.1975  Liquigas Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 247 Rank: 13 Contact E-mail: liquigassport@liquigas.com Web: www.teamliquigasbianchi.it Bosses General manager: Roberto Amadio Team managers: Mario Chiesa, Stefano Zanatta, Dario Mariuzzo, Mario Scirea Statistics & Facts UCI code: LIQ Kit design: B Number of riders: 29 Italian riders: 18 Average age: 27.9 Bikes: Bianchi frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2006 - present: Liquigas 2005: Liquigas-Bianchi Star Riders Magnus Bäckstedt SWE 01.30.1975 Danilo Di Luca ITA 01.02.1976 Luca Paolini ITA 17.01.1977 Filippo Pozzato ITA 09.10.1981 Roster Michael Albasini SUI 20.12.1980 Manuel Beltrán Martinez ESP 28.05.1971 Leonardo Bertagnolli ITA 08.01.1978 Patrick Calcagni SUI 05.07.1977 Eros Capecchi ITA 13.06.1986 Kjell Carlström FIN 18.10.1976 Dario Cataldo ITA 17.03.1985 Francesco Chicchi ITA 27.11.1980 Mauro Da Dalto ITA 08.04.1981 Francesco Failli ITA 16.12.1983 Antonio Murilo Fisher BRA 16.06.1979 Enrico Gasparotto ITA 22.03.1982 Roman Kreuziger CZE 06.05.1986 Aleksandr Kuschynski BLR 27.10.1979 Vladimir Miholjevic CRO 18.01.1974 Matej Mugerli SLO 17.06.1981 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 14.11.1984 Andrea Noč ITA 15.01.1969 Franco Pellizotti ITA 01.15.1978 Roberto Petito ITA 01.02.1971 Manuel Quinziato ITA 30.10.1979 Alessandro Spezialetti ITA 14.01.1975 Guido Trenti USA 27.12.1972 Alessandro Vanotti ITA 16.09.1980 Charlie Wegelius GBR 26.04.1978 Frederik Willems BEL 08.09.1979  Team Milram Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 185 Rank: 17 Contact E-mail: veloacademy@libero.it Web: www.team-milram.com Bosses General manager: Gianluigi Stanga Team managers: Antonio Bevilacqua, Vittorio Algeri, Oscar Pellicioli, Jan Schaffrath Statistics & Facts UCI code: MRM Kit design: B Number of riders: 27 Italian riders: 11 Average age: 27.7 Bikes: Colnago frames, Shimano components Timeline 2006 - present: Milram Star Riders Igor Astarloa ESP 29.03.1976 Andriy Grivko UKR 07.08.1983 Alessandro Petacchi ITA 01.03.1974 Erik Zabel GER 07.07.1970 Roster Mirko Celestino ITA 03.19.1974 Alessandro Cortinovis ITA 11.10.1977 Volodymyr Dyudya UKR 06.01.1983 Sergio Ghisalberti ITA 10.12.1979 Ralf Grabsch GER 07.04.1973 Dennis Haueisen GER 13.09.1978 Matej Jurco SVK 08.08.1984 Christian Knees GER 05.03.1981 Brett Lancaster AUS 15.11.1979 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA 13.07.1981 Martin Müller SUI 05.05.1984 Alberto Ongarato ITA 24.07.1975 Enrico Poitschke GER 25.08.1969 Elia Rigotto ITA 04.03.1982 Fabio Sabatini ITA 18.02.1985 Fabio Sacchi ITA 22.05.1974 Björn Schröder GER 27.10.1980 Sebastian Schwager GER 04.01.1984 Carlo Scognamiglio ITA 31.05.1983 Marcel Sieberg GER 30.04.1982 Sebastian Siedler GER 18.01.1978 Niki Terpstra NED 18.05.1984 Marco Velo ITA 09.03.1974   Predictor-Lotto Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 214 Rank: 15 Contact E-mail: info@davitamon-lotto.be Web: www.davitamon-lotto.com Bosses General manager: Geert Coeman Team managers: Mark Sergeant, Herman Frison, Hendrik Redant, Allan Peiper, Eric Van Lancker Statistics & Facts UCI code: PRL Kit design: A Number of riders: 29 Belgian riders: 21 Average age: 27.2 Bikes: Ridley frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2006 - present: Predictor-Lotto 2005 - 2006: Davitamon-Lotto 2003 - 2004: Lotto-Domo 2000 - 2002: Lotto-Adecco 1997 - 1999: Lotto-Mobistar 1995 - 1996: Lotto-Isoglass 1993 - 1994: Lotto-Caloi 1992: Lotto 1990 - 1991: Lotto-Super Club 1989: Lotto 1985 - 1988: Lotto-Eddy Merckx Star Riders David Dario Cioni ITA 12.02.1974 Cadel Evans AUS 02.14.1977 Leif Hoste BEL 17.07.1977 Robbie McEwen AUS 06.24.1972 Roster Mario Aerts BEL 31.12.1974 Christophe Brandt BEL 06.05.1977 Dominique Cornu BEL 10.10.1985 Wim De Vocht BEL 29.04.1982 Dries Devenyns BEL 22.07.1983 Bart Dockx BEL 02.09.1981 Nick Gates AUS 10.03.1972 Christopher Horner USA 10.23.1971 Nick Ingels BEL 02.09.1984 Josep Jufré Pou ESP 05.08.1975 Olivier Kaisen BEL 30.04.1983 Björn Leukemans BEL 01.07.1977 Matthew Lloyd AUS 24.05.1983 Pieter Mertens BEL 28.08.1980 Fred Rodriguez USA 03.09.1973 Bert Roesems BEL 14.10.1972 Roy Sentjens BEL 15.12.1980 Tom Steels BEL 02.09.1971 Geert Steurs BEL 24.09.1981 Greg Van Avermaet BEL 17.05.1985 Jurgen Van Den Broeck BEL 01.02.1983 Preben Van Hecke BEL 09.07.1982 Wim Van Huffel BEL 05.28.1979 Johan Van Summeren BEL 04.02.1981 Wim Vansevenant BEL 23.12.1971  Quick•Step-Innergetic Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 248 Rank: 12 Contact E-mail: ro@esperanza.be Web: www.qsi-cycling.com Bosses General manager: Patrick Lefévčre Team manager: Alvaro Crespi Statistics & Facts UCI code: QSI Kit design: B Number of riders: 30 Belgian riders: 13 Average age: 27.6 Bikes: Time frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2005 - present: Quick Step-Innergetic 2003 - 2004: Quick Step-Davitamon 1994 - 2002: Mapei Star Riders Paolo Bettini ITA 04.01.1974 Tom Boonen BEL 10.15.1980 Gert Steegmans BEL 30.09.1980 Peter Van Petegem BEL 01.18.1970 Roster Serge Baguet BEL 18.08.1969 Carlos Barredo ESP 05.06.1981 Wilfried Cretskens BEL 10.07.1976 Steven De Jongh NED 25.11.1973 Addy Engels NED 16.06.1977 Mauro Facci ITA 11.05.1982 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP 24.04.1976 Dmitry Grabovskiy UKR 30.09.1985 Kevin Hulsmans BEL 11.04.1978 Alessandro Proni ITA 28.12.1982 Sébastien Rosseler BEL 15.07.1981 Ivan Santaromita SUI 30.04.1984 Leonardo Scarselli ITA 19.04.1975 Hubert Schwab SUI 05.04.1982 Kevin Seeldraeyers BEL 12.09.1986 Bram Tankink NED 03.12.1978 Andrea Tonti ITA 16.02.1976 Matteo Tosatto ITA 14.05.1974 Jurgen Van de Walle BEL 09.02.1977 Kevin Van Impe BEL 19.04.1981 Cédric Vasseur FRA 18.08.1970 Geert Verheyen BEL 10.03.1973 Davide Vigano ITA 12.06.1984 Giovanni Visconti ITA 13.01.1983 Wouter Weylandt BEL 27.09.1984 Maarten Wynants BEL 13.05.1982   Rabobank Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 346 Rank: 3 Contact E-mail: rabobankprotour@zeelandnet.ni Web: www.rabobank.nl Bosses General manager: Theo De Rooy Team manager: Erik Breukink Assistants: Adri Van Houwelingen, Joop Zoetemelk, Frans Maassen Statistics & Facts UCI code: RAB Kit design: D Number of riders: 28 Dutch riders: 17 Average age: 27.5 Bikes: Colnago frames, Shimano components Timeline 1996 - present: Rabobank 1995: Novell 1993 - 1994: WordPerfect 1990 - 1992: Buckler Star Riders Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni ESP 09.17.1977 Óscar Freire Gomez ESP 02.15.1976 Denis Menchov RUS 01.25.1978 Michael Rasmussen DEN 06.01.1974 Roster Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano COL 05.21.1979 Michael Boogerd NED 05.28.1972 Jan Boven NED 28.02.1972 Graeme Brown AUS 09.04.1979 Bram De Groot NED 18.12.1974 Marc De Maar NED 15.02.1984 Thomas Dekker NED 09.06.1984 Theo Eltink NED 27.11.1981 Rick Flens NED 11.04.1983 Robert Gesink NED 31.05.1986 Mathew Hayman AUS 20.04.1978 Pedro Horrillo Munoz ESP 27.09.1974 Dmitri Kozontchuk RUS 05.04.1984 Sebastian Langeveld NED 17.01.1985 Gerben Löwik NED 29.06.1977 Koos Moerenhout NED 05.11.1973 Grischa Niermann GER 03.11.1975 Joost Posthuma NED 08.03.1981 Kai Reus NED 11.03.1985 Leon Van Bon NED 01.28.1972 Max Van Heeswijk NED 03.02.1973 Thorwald Veneberg NED 16.10.1977 William Walker AUS 31.10.1985 Pieter Weening NED 05.04.1981  Saunier Duval-Prodir Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 268 Rank: 8 Contact E-mail: info@gmbikes.ch Web: www.saunierduvalteam.com Bosses General manager: Mauro Gianetti Team managers: Pietro Algeri, Matteo Algeri, Sabino Angoitia, Joxean Fernández Statistics & Facts UCI code: SDV Kit design: C Number of riders: 28 Spanish riders: 16 Average age: 27.2 Bikes: Scott frames, Campagnolo components Timeline 2004 - present: Saunier Duval-Prodir Star Riders José Angel Gomez Marchante ESP 05.30.1980 Iban Mayo Diez ESP 08.19.1977 David Millar GBR 01.04.1977 Gilberto Simoni ITA 08.25.1971 Roster Raivis Belohvoščiks LAT 21.01.1976 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman ESP 14.11.1981 Rubens Bertogliati SUI 09.05.1979 Iker Camańo Ortuzar ESP 14.03.1979 David Cańada ESP 11.03.1975 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo ESP 11.02.1981 David de la Fuente Rasilla ESP 04.05.1981 Jesus del Nero ESP 16.03.1982 Arkaitz Durán Aroca ESP 18.05.1986 Alberto de la Puebla Ramos ESP 17.09.1984 Koldo Gil Perez ESP 01.16.1978 Ángel Gomez ESP 13.05.1981 Ruben Lobato Elvira ESP 01.09.1978 Piotr Mazur POL 02.12.1982 Javier Meijas Leal ESP 30.09.1983 Manuele Mori ITA 09.08.1980 Luciano Pagliarini BRA 18.04.1978 Leonardo Piepoli ITA 09.29.1971 Riccardo Ricco ITA 01.09.1983 Christophe Rinero FRA 29.12.1973 Guido Trentin ITA 24.11.1975 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi ESP 06.05.1982 Remmert Wielinga NED 27.04.1976 Carlos Zarate Fernandez ESP 19.07.1980  T-Mobile Team Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: 269 Rank: 7 Contact E-mail: c.office@skynet.be Web: www.t-mobile-team.com Bosses General manager: Bob Stapleton Team manager: Rolf Aldag Statistics & Facts UCI code: TMO Kit design: D Number of riders: 29 German riders: 11 Average age: 28.3 Bikes: Giant frames, Shimano components Timeline 2004 - present: T-Mobile 1991 - 2003: Deutsche Telekom Star Riders Serhiy Honchar UKR 03.07.1970 Kim Kirchen LUX 07.03.1978 Michael Rogers AUS 12.20.1979 Patrik Sinkewitz GER 10.20.1980 Roster Michael Barry CAN 18.12.1975 Eric Baumann GER 21.03.1980 Lorenzo Bernucci ITA 15.09.1979 Marcus Burghardt GER 30.06.1983 Mark Cavendish GBR 21.05.1986 Gerald Ciolek GER 19.09.1986 Scott Davis AUS 22.04.1979 Bernhard Eisel AUT 02.17.1981 Linus Gerdemann GER 16.09.1982 Bert Grabsch GER 19.06.1975 André Greipel GER 16.07.1982 Giuseppe Guerini ITA 14.02.1970 Roger Hammond GBR 01.30.1974 Adam Hansen AUS 11.05.1981 Greg Henderson NZL 10.09.1976 Andreas Klier GER 15.01.1976 Servais Knaven NED 06.03.1971 André Korff GER 04.06.1973 Axel Merckx BEL 08.08.1972 Aaron Olsen USA 11.01.1978 Jakob Piil DEN 09.03.1973 Marco Pinotti ITA 25.02.1976 František Raboň CZE 26.09.1983 Stephan Schreck GER 15.07.1978 Thomas Ziegler GER 24.11.1980   Unibet.com Cycling Team Numbers Game ProTour points of 2006: None (The team did not participate) Rank: 20 Contact E-mail: Coming later Web: www.unibetcycling.com Bosses General manager: Koen Terryn Team manager: Jacques Hanegraaf Statistics & Facts UCI code: UNI Kit design: C Number of riders: 26 Swedish riders: 2 Average age: 25.5 Bikes: Coming later Timeline 2006 - present: Unibet.com Cycling Team Star Riders Jimmy Casper FRA 28.05.1978 Baden Cooke AUS 12.10.1978 Víctor Hugo Peńa Grisales COL 10.07.1974 José Rujano VEN 18.02.1982 Roster Matteo Carrara ITA 25.03.1979 Arnaud Coyot FRA 06.10.1980 Markus Eichler GER 18.02.1982 Gorik Gardeyn BEL 17.03.1980 Michal Golas POL 29.04.1984 Jeremy Hunt GBR 12.03.1974 Pieter Jacobs BEL 06.06.1986 Alexander Khatuntsev RUS 11.02.1985 Sergey Kolesnikov RUS 10.03.1986 Gustav Erik Larsson SWE 20.09.1980 Jonas Ljungblad SWE 15.01.1979 Luis Pasamontes ESP 02.10.1979 Matheus Pronk NED 01.07.1974 Niels Scheuneman NED 21.12.1983 Gil Suray BEL 29.08.1984 Laurens Ten Dam NED 13.11.1980 Erwin Thijs BEL 06.08.1970 Rigoberto Uran COL 26.01.1987 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL 25.04.1984 Troels Ronning Vinther DEN 24.02.1987 Matthew Wilson AUS 01.10.1977 Marco Zanotti ITA 21.01.1974
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Excellent overview, Kallenovsky!  But can someone please educate this ignorant Aussie about what the kit design letters mean? Thanks! |
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Thanks! That is the American grading system (A - highest / F - lowest) and I took a poll asking cycling fans what they thought of the new uniforms for each team. Some of the new designs I could not get into the preview icons sadly. Anyway, I had over 150 votes from the local community, which is quite strong, and those grades were the overall opinions of those voters. I hope that clears that up, I know most countries don't use our grading system.
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It certainly does, thanks! I never would have thought of that. The A-to-F grading system is used in Australia too, but... Euskaltel-Euskadi getting an A???  I'd been trying to match the letters with garment construction techniques or colour schemes for long-distance identification or stuff like that. No wonder I couldn't make it work out.  |
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No problem. Any further questions or discussion is always welcome. I personally like the E-E kits, but obviously not as much as some of our other locals do. Hah! That's ok. However, I wasn't surprised that Predictor-Lotto's kits were rated so high (the highest actually) because those are very nice. I was actually expecting Discovery's new design to rate at the top. My personal favorite is actually the Caisse d'Epargne kit, but I think it dropped to a B because there are some riders who voted that don't like that it is mostly black. Obviously not good for riding in the sun no matter how the material is made. I have yet to buy a professional team's kit, but I really should support my favorite when I ride. I don't think the Caisse kit should bother me since where I live trees mostly cover the entire bike path with the exception of a bridge that goes over a busy highway. Any pro events you're looking forward to most this season?
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