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Team Saxo Bank
Team information
UCI code SAX
Based  Denmark
Founded 2001
Discipline(s) Road
Status ProTour
Key personnel
General manager Bjarne Riis
Team name history
1998–1999
2000
2001–2002
2003–2008
2008
2009–		 Team home - Jack & Jones
Team Memory Card - Jack & Jones
CSC-Tiscali
Team CSC
Team CSC Saxo Bank
Team Saxo Bank

Team Saxo Bank (UCI Team Code: SAX) is a professional cycling team from Denmark which competes in the road bicycle racing series the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling A/S, and the name sponsor is a Danish investment bank.[1]

Founded for the 1998 season under the name of Team home - Jack & Jones, the team started in cycling's second division, but since 2000 it has taken part in cycling's top division (currently known as the UCI ProTour, previously as the 1st Division). Since 2000, under differing sponsor names (Team Memory Card - Jack & Jones and CSC-Tiscali), the team has participated in the Tour de France, the most prestigious of the three Grand Tours of cycling. The team has won stages in all three Grand Tours, and in the 2005 Tour de France, team captain Ivan Basso finished second overall. The team has a reputation for consistently being ranked as one of the top cycling teams in the world, having won the UCI ProTour's team classification each year from 2005 through 2007, as well as winning the CQ Team Rankings from 2005 through 2008.[2] In the 2008 Tour de France, team leader Carlos Sastre won the yellow jersey, Andy Schleck won the white jersey for best young rider, and the team won the overall team competition.

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[edit] Philosophy

Team CSC at 2006 spring training in Toscana.

When Bjarne Riis took over the team in the winter of 2000, he hired the former Danish Ranger Corps soldier B.S. Christiansen as a team advisor, and together they would give Team CSC a distinct philosophy from many other professional cycling teams, both in training methods and the climate in the team.[3] The team works with four values; communication, loyalty, commitment and respect, with the aim of improving their teamwork.[4] Furthermore, apart from a few select riders for the biggest races of the season, the team rides for the rider who is in the best shape on the day, and also chose to separate the function of team captain (the rider making decisions) and team leader (the rider trying to win) to avoid concentrating the pressure on a single rider.[5]

To heighten these values, the Team CSC staff go on yearly outdoor education trips, or so-called "boot camps", undertaking an array of physical challenges under time pressure. According to B.S. Christiansen, the camps have the goal of "teaching people, that they can achieve their goals by cooperating. They have to perform their very best under the worst possible circumstances, where every action has a consequence"[6], and Bobby Julich, one of the riders, explained that "those days in the bush bonded us much closer and given [sic] us the strategies to work as a team in any racing situation".[7]

[edit] History

The company behind the team, initially named Professional Cycling Denmark ApS, was created in autumn 1996 by former amateur cycling world champion Alex Pedersen, Finn Poulsen (representing Bestseller a/s), Torben Kølbæk and Johannes Poulsen (from Herning CK), and Bjarne Riis (then a Team Telekom rider).[8] The team was built on the team license of Danish amateur cycling team Herning CK, with headquarters in Herning, Denmark, with the declared goal of being picked for the 2000 Tour de France.

[edit] 1998–1999 Team home - Jack & Jones

The team was assembled for the 1998 season, and the first years as a team commenced with Alex Pedersen and Torben Kølbæk as sports directors. The team started out with eleven riders, comprising a mix of first-time professionals along with seasoned Danish veterans Brian Holm and Jesper Skibby who had both competed in the Tour de France multiple times, Skibby having won stage 5 in the 1993 edition. The main sponsors were a Danish real estate agency (home a/s), and a clothes manufacturer (Jack & Jones, a brand owned by Bestseller a/s) and the budget was around €1,000,000 for the 1998 season, including various secondary sponsors.[9] The team rode its first season in the 2nd Division participating in small races, and during the first month both Christian Andersen and Jesper Skibby had secured minor wins for the fledgling team. Brian Holm unexpectedly decided to quit the team in April 1998.

The doping scandal in the 1998 Tour de France didn't affect the small team directly, but Bjarne Riis, who was a part of the peloton in the Tour de France, was subsequently branded a doping cheat in the Danish media in early 1999. Riis subsequently decided to sell his stock in Professional Cycling Denmark ApS.

Despite the surrounding fuss, the team finished as the overall 32nd best team of the 1998 season, and with an increased budget of around €2,400,000 combined[10], the number of riders was increased to 14, with riders of a higher standard being brought in. In terms of number of races won, the year 1999 was the most successful season for the team until 2005: with 26 UCI victories the team was promoted to the 1st Division. In September 1999 the team came in the headlines as Belgian rider Marc Streel was tested with a hematocrit level of 53.4%, a value above 50% being an indicator of EPO doping, and he was fired from the team.[11] Home stopped sponsoring the team, effectively from the end of the season, citing concern about doping in the sport.[10]

[edit] 2000 Team Memory Card - Jack & Jones

For the 2000 season, Memory Card A/S (a Danish producer of memory cards), stepped in as co-sponsor and Danish cyclist Bo Hamburger was brought in as team captain. The 2000 season did not have as many wins as in 1999 but the calibre of victories was higher and the team fulfilled their goal of Tour de France participation when they took part in the 2000 Tour de France.

In April 2000 Nicolai Bo Larsen was tested with a 51% hematocrit level, but unlike Streel he wasn't fired, as Bo Larsen had been tested with a 47% level the day before. The morning after his incriminating result of 51%, he again tested with 47%.[12] However, the apparent double standards of the team in dealing with doping was detrimental to its image in the Danish public and Jack & Jones did not want to prolong their sponsoring deal, despite Bo Larsen later being acquitted of doping charges by a medical report.[13]

In the fall of 2000, Bjarne Riis took over Professional Cycling Denmark ApS and the team. After the 2000 season the contract with Jack & Jones expired, and Bjarne Riis did not want to continue working with Memory Card due to their dire financial difficulties.

[edit] 2001–2002 CSC-Tiscali

CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and the European Internet provider World Online took over as sponsors in a combined sponsorship of around €4,500,000 between the two companies.[14] World Online was bought by the Italian telecom giant Tiscali, and so the team changed name on July 1, 2001 to CSC-Tiscali.

In April 2001, Bo Hamburger was tested positive with a newly developed EPO test method,[15] which distinguished the natural EPO in the body from synthetic EPO used in doping by determining the percentage of basic EPO. The first test of Bo Hamburger showed 82.3% which was above the maximum limit of 80% imposed by the UCI, but as his secondary tests showed both 82.4% and 78.6% he was found "not guilty" in a case that ultimately resulted in his acquittal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2002[15]. Bo Hamburger was released from his contract with CSC-Tiscali in September 2001.

The team first gained international prominence after signing French cycling star Laurent Jalabert before the 2001 season, following his many years with the Spanish ONCE team of Manolo Saiz. Knowing that he intended to retire at the end of the 2002 season, Jalabert said that, "I wanted to retire with a French team, but nobody gave me a good offer, so I went with CSC instead". At the time, CSC was sponsored by the French bike manufacturer LOOK, which is closely associated with Jalabert. The team also signed American rider Tyler Hamilton, formerly of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team. The 2001 season was a breakthrough season with Jalabert's win of the King of the Mountains competition and a stage on Bastille Day at the Tour de France, winning him popularity with the French cycling fans. The season ended with Jalabert winning the 2001 Clásica de San Sebastián.

2002 was another breakthrough season, with Tyler Hamilton finishing second in the Giro d'Italia despite a broken scapula. The team also nearly won the team time trial event at the 2002 Tour de France, thwarted by an unfortunate flat tire. But Jalabert once again won the King of the Mountains competition, and later in the year he repeated his victory at the Clásica de San Sebastián. He retired at the end of the season, as planned.

[edit] 2003–2008 Team CSC

Team CSC, 2004 Tour de France

In 2003, Riis renamed Professional Cycling Denmark ApS to Riis Cycling A/S. Tiscali ceased sponsorship, and Riis Cycling A/S was unable to find a new co-sponsor, hence the team changed the name from "CSC-Tiscali" to "Team CSC" and continued the 2003 season on a reduced budget. The headquarters of Riis Cycling A/S was moved from Herning to the headquarters of one of their sponsors, the Danish insurance company Alm. Brand in Lyngby, a Copenhagen suburb.

In the 2003 season Tyler Hamilton stepped up to be the team leader with the ultimate goal of challenging for the General Classification (GC) of the 2003 Tour de France. He won the classics Liège-Bastogne-Liège and was in great form, when he was seriously injured again, breaking his collarbone in a massive pile-up on stage 1 of the Tour de France. This saw him lose a lot of time on the GC. He made it up by winning a stage of the Tour and finishing in fourth place, while his teammates Carlos Sastre and Jakob Piil also won stages in the same edition of the race.

Hamilton decided to switch to the Swiss team Phonak in 2004, citing a lack of support from Riis. Later, he was found guilty of doping, and sacked from Phonak. The team hired Italian talent Ivan Basso from the Fassa Bortolo team with the intention of grooming him to be the GC contender for the Grand Tours. Basso had won the maillot blanc youth classification for riders under 25 years of age in the 2002 Tour de France, and with his podium placing in the 2004 Tour de France he showed that he is a contender for the future.

Christian Müller (left), Linus Gerdemann (middle) and Jens Voigt at the 2005 German Time Trial Championship.

Following an off-season with financial problems and wage cuts for a number of riders,[16] the 2005 spring season was the strongest ever for Team CSC, with a number of high profile wins by Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt. With his victory in Paris-Nice, Bobby Julich became the first ever rider to wear the leader's jersey in the newly instated UCI ProTour race series. This was followed by three stage wins in Giro d'Italia, one by David Zabriskie and two by Ivan Basso, though Basso's hope for an overall victory was foiled by a stomach bug.

Midway through the 2005 Tour de France, CSC extended their sponsorship until 2008[17] at a higher financial level, enabling Riis to renew the contract with Basso for an additional three years. Basso managed to get second place in the tour, after the retiring Lance Armstrong, and the team also got a stage win, with David Zabriskie's win in the prologue. The fall season yielded more success in the ProTour, as Bobby Julich achieved overall victory in the Eneco Tour of Benelux in addition to Carlos Sastre's coming in second overall, and Nicki Sørensen's stage win in, the Vuelta a España. Team CSC ended as the winner of the 2005 ProTour team competition, with Bobby Julich as the #8 ranked individual rider of the year, the highest placed rider in the CSC team.

Until 2009, the team used Cervélo-brand bikes and Shimano components. The arrangement with the small Canadian manufacturer worked out well for CSC, as Cervélo's strength is in time-trial bikes, while CSC has a good number of riders who excel in that discipline.

Because of the teams link to drug use (Riis is an admitted doper and Basso is suspended) MAN Trucks dropped their co-sponsorship of the team midway through 2007.[1]

[edit] 2006 season

In 2006, with sponsorship secured for several years, the pre-season focus was to contend for the win of all three Grand Tours, with team captains Ivan Basso riding for both Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, and Carlos Sastre for Vuelta a España.[18] Both riders looked to improve upon their runner-up places in 2005 in the Tour and Vuelta, respectively. The team had several time trialists, including Americans Dave Zabriskie, who had won time trials at the Giro and the Tour, Olympic bronze medallist Bobby Julich, as well as Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara, who was a man for the spring classics. Other high-profile riders include German rider Jens Voigt, whose constant attacking style had earned him many wins, and Stuart O'Grady from Australia, the only top sprinting name in the team.[citation needed]

The first victory of the 2006 UCI ProTour season came in the prologue of Paris-Nice by defending champion Bobby Julich, before he sustained an injury later in the race, at a time where he was no longer a contender for the overall victory. The spring season was plagued with further injuries, hitting a third of the team, most notably Stuart O'Grady.[19] Nonetheless, the new team member Fabian Cancellara secured the second ProTour win in the year for the team in the individual time trial of Tirreno-Adriatico, and later followed up by winning the spring classic Paris-Roubaix. CSC and Cancellara's choice of the ultra light weight Cervélo R3 frame for the grueling Paris-Roubaix race surprised many commentators. Luxembourg cyclist Fränk Schleck followed up on Cancellara's lead and won the Amstel Gold Race a week later.

Before the first big goal of the season, Team CSC surprised everyone by announcing[20] that Carlos Sastre would ride the Giro d'Italia as a helper for Ivan Basso, indicating that he would ride all three Grand Tours. 2005's winner Paolo Savoldelli was the strongest rider in the first stages, and Jan Ullrich took a surprise win in the ITT ahead of Ivan Basso, but from the point where the peloton hit the mountains, Ivan Basso dominated the race with three stage wins on mountain finishes, and a win in the team time trial to Team CSC who never lost control of the race. Ivan Basso ended up winning with a margin 9'18'' to the surprise runner-up José Enrique Gutiérrez.

On 30 June 2006, the management of Tour de France announced at a press conference, that Ivan Basso would not be riding in the 2006 Tour de France as a result of his apparent involvement in the Operación Puerto doping scandal. Carlos Sastre took over as captain after the initial confusion, and was the strongest rider in the favorite group on the last mountain stages, but a poor performance in the last time trial placed him in fourth place overall. The team also scored two stage wins, the most impressive being Fränk Schleck's win on Alpe d'Huez after a strong team effort. Jens Voigt had already won a flat stage after a long break away, and contributed strongly to both Schleck's win, and Sastre's placement in the stage.

The autumn season was dominated by the unresolved issue of Ivan Basso's involvement in Operación Puerto. The contract between Ivan Basso and Team CSC was cancelled by mutual consent,[21] and the case against Ivan Basso was eventually dropped by the Federazione Ciclistica Italiana on lack of evidence,[22] but without him authorizing a DNA test that could have cleared him conclusively. Basso adamantly denied being involved. (On May 7 2007 Basso admitted his involvement in Puerto).[23] Team CSC have since started an ambitious anti-doping program[24] together with the notable Danish anti-doping expert Rasmus Damsgaard. Meanwhile, on the road, Jens Voigt totally dominated Deutschland Tour, winning overall and three stages, including both a mountain finish and an individual time trial. Carlos Sastre managed to become #4 overall in Vuelta a España after starting out in the lead when Team CSC won the initial team time trial. This was Sastre's fifth Grand Tour in a row.

[edit] 2007 season

With the exit of Ivan Basso, it was up to Carlos Sastre along with the Classics riders to create the results in 2007. New rider Juan José Haedo gave the team a good start by winning several early minor races. The classics season was made a success simply by having Stuart O'Grady win Paris - Roubaix, thus defending Fabian Cancellaras win from 2006. Later Jens Voigt also managed to defend his victory in Tour of Germany. Thanks to a strong team showing throughout the year, Team CSC won the UCI ProTour team competition for the third year in a row.

For the Grand Tours, Carlos Sastre was provided a team solely dedicated to him for the Vuelta, while the team for the Tour was composed of both support riders, and riders that could make individual results. This left the Giro without any clear rider for the general classification. Instead a mostly youth oriented team was chosen, with the hope that Andy Schleck who had had some promising results last fall, might be able to compete in the youth competition. He managed to surpass both the expectations and hope by not only winning the youth competition, but also get number 2 in the general classification.

For the Tour, Fabian Cancellara followed up a strong showing in his home countries Tour de Suisse by two stage wins and seven days in the yellow jersey. Sadly, when the race hit the mountains, the doping scandals returned. The two major being pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov being tested positive for doping, and race leader Michael Rasmussen being withdrawn by the team for "internal code violations". Nonetheless, the race went on, with Carlos Sastre being among the strongest in the mountains (but clearly behind both Michael Rasmussen and eventual winner Alberto Contador), but lost enough in the time trials to end as #4, significantly outside the range of the podium, his goal for the race.

For the Vuelta, Sastre again lost significant time in the time trials, especially the first, but thanks to a strong and bold ride of him and his team, he managed to climb to the second place in the general classification. The winner and race leader for most of the race, Denis Menchov, was never seriously threatened though.

[edit] 2008 Team CSC Saxo Bank

CSC announced[25] that they would not renew the contract in spring 2008, meaning Riis Cycling A/S would need a new main sponsor from 2009. Mid-june, Riis Cycling A/S announced[26] that Saxo Bank had entered a three year contract as name sponsor, with immediate effect, so the team entered the 2008 Tour de France as Team CSC Saxo Bank. Carlos Sastre, having taken a lead of about two minutes on the final climb of L'Alpe D'Huez,[27] won the Tour, and the team took the team classification.

[edit] 2009 Team Saxo Bank

It was announced September 28 2008 that for 2009, IT Factory would be co-sponsor.[28] However, the company went into receivership some two months thereafter.[29] The team also began riding Specialized bicycles for the 2009 season.[30]

[edit] Staff

See also: Former Team Saxo Bank staff

[edit] 2009 team

As at 1 February 2009.[31]

Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Norway Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) 9 February 1975 (1975-02-09) (age 34)
Flag of Denmark Lars Bak (DEN) 16 January 1980 (1980-01-16) (age 29)
Flag of the United Kingdom Jonathan Bellis (GBR) 16 August 1988 (1988-08-16) (age 20)
Flag of Denmark Lasse Bøchman (DEN) 13 June 1983 (1983-06-13) (age 26)
Flag of Denmark Matti Breschel (DEN) 31 August 1984 (1984-08-31) (age 24)
Flag of Switzerland Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 18 March 1981 (1981-03-18) (age 28)
Flag of Denmark Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) 18 March 1985 (1985-03-18) (age 24)
Flag of Australia Matthew Goss (AUS) 5 November 1986 (1986-11-05) (age 22)
Flag of Argentina Juan José Haedo (ARG) 26 January 1981 (1981-01-26) (age 28)
Flag of Denmark Frank Høj (DEN) 4 January 1973 (1973-01-04) (age 36)
Flag of Germany Dominic Klemme (GER) 31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) (age 22)
Flag of Denmark Kasper Klostergaard (DEN) 22 May 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 26)
Flag of Russia Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) 4 May 1981 (1981-05-04) (age 28)
Flag of the Netherlands Karsten Kroon (NED) 29 January 1976 (1976-01-29) (age 33)
Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Sweden Gustav Larsson (SWE) 20 September 1980 (1980-09-20) (age 28)
Flag of Sweden Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE) 26 October 1974 (1974-10-26) (age 34)
Flag of Denmark Anders Lund (DEN) 14 February 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 24)
Flag of the United States Jason McCartney (USA) 3 September 1973 (1973-09-03) (age 35)
Flag of Denmark Michael Mørkøv (DEN) 30 April 1985 (1985-04-30) (age 24)
Flag of Australia Stuart O'Grady (AUS) 6 August 1973 (1973-08-06) (age 35)
Flag of Denmark Alex Rasmussen (DEN) 9 June 1984 (1984-06-09) (age 25)
Flag of Luxembourg Andy Schleck (LUX) 10 June 1985 (1985-06-10) (age 24)
Flag of Luxembourg Fränk Schleck (LUX) 15 April 1980 (1980-04-15) (age 29)
Flag of Denmark André Steensen (DEN) 12 October 1987 (1987-10-12) (age 21)
Flag of Denmark Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) 5 September 1984 (1984-09-05) (age 24)
Flag of Denmark Nicki Sørensen (DEN) 14 May 1975 (1975-05-14) (age 34)
Flag of Belgium Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL) 28 November 1980 (1980-11-28) (age 28)
Flag of Germany Jens Voigt (GER) 17 September 1971 (1971-09-17) (age 37)

[edit] Sports Directors

Name Born Nationality Previous Enter
Bjarne Riis 1964  Denmark rider for Team Telekom 2000
Kim Andersen 1958  Denmark Team Fakta 2004
Alain Gallopin 1957  France Team Bianchi 2004
Scott Sunderland 1966  Australia Team Fakta 2004
Dan Frost 1961  Denmark track racing 2006
Bradley McGee 1976  Australia Rider for Team CSC Saxo Bank 2006
Jørgen V. Pedersen 1959  Denmark Key Account Manager for Team CSC 2007[32]
Torsten Schmidt 1972  Germany rider for Team Wiesenhof-Felt 2007[33]
Lars Michaelsen 1969  Denmark rider for Team CSC 2007[34]

[edit] Notable wins

Main article: List of Team Saxo Bank wins

Since the founding of Team CSC in 1998, its various riders have won more than 200 victories for the team. Here are listed the most meriting wins, consisting of Grand Tour stages, Classics wins, and overall wins in the UCI ProTour and UCI World Ranking racing series.

Date Race Country Winner
11 July 2001 Stage 4, 2001 Tour de France  France Laurent Jalabert
14 July 2001 Stage 7, 2001 Tour de France  France Laurent Jalabert
11 August 2001 Clásica de San Sebastián  Spain Laurent Jalabert
26 May 2002 Stage 14, Giro d'Italia  Italy Tyler Hamilton
10 August 2002 Clásica de San Sebastián  Spain Laurent Jalabert
6 October 2002 Paris-Tours  France Jakob Piil
27 April 2003 Liège-Bastogne-Liège  Belgium Tyler Hamilton
15 July 2003 Stage 10, 2003 Tour de France  France Jakob Piil
19 July 2003 Stage 13, 2003 Tour de France  France Carlos Sastre
23 July 2003 Stage 16, 2003 Tour de France  France Tyler Hamilton
16 July 2004 Stage 12, 2004 Tour de France  France Ivan Basso
13 March 2005 2005 Paris-Nice  France Bobby Julich
15 May 2005 Stage 8, 2005 Giro d'Italia  Italy David Zabriskie
26 May 2005 Stage 17, 2005 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
27 May 2005 Stage 18, 2005 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
2 July 2005 Stage 1, 2005 Tour de France  France David Zabriskie
10 August 2005 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux  Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg		 Bobby Julich
15 September 2005 Stage 18, 2005 Vuelta a España  Spain Nicki Sørensen
9 April 2006 2006 Paris-Roubaix  France Fabian Cancellara
16 April 2006 2006 Amstel Gold Race  Netherlands Fränk Schleck
11 May 2006 Stage 5 (TTT), 2006 Giro d'Italia  Italy Team CSC[35]
14 May 2006 Stage 8, 2006 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
23 May 2006 Stage 16, 2006 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
27 May 2006 Stage 20, 2006 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
28 May 2006 Overall, 2006 Giro d'Italia  Italy Ivan Basso
18 June 2006 2006 Eindhoven Team Time Trial  Netherlands Team CSC[36]
15 July 2006 Stage 13, 2006 Tour de France  France Jens Voigt
18 July 2006 Stage 15, 2006 Tour de France  France Fränk Schleck
9 August 2006 2006 Deutschland Tour  Germany Jens Voigt
26 August 2006 Stage 1 (TTT), 2006 Vuelta a España  Spain Team CSC[37]
15 April 2007 2007 Paris-Roubaix  France Stuart O'Grady
20 May 2007 Stage 8, 2007 Giro d'Italia  Italy Kurt Asle Arvesen
24 June 2007 2007 Eindhoven Team Time Trial  Netherlands Team CSC[38]
7 July 2007 Prologue, 2007 Tour de France  France Fabian Cancellara
10 July 2007 Stage 3, 2007 Tour de France  France Fabian Cancellara
18 August 2007 2007 Deutschland Tour  Germany Jens Voigt
18 March 2008 2008 Tirreno-Adriatico  Italy Fabian Cancellara
22 March 2008 2008 Milan-Sanremo  Italy Fabian Cancellara
16 July 2008 Stage 11, 2008 Tour de France  France Kurt Asle Arvesen
23 July 2008 Stage 17, 2008 Tour de France  France Carlos Sastre
27 July 2008 2008 Tour de France  France Carlos Sastre
21 September 2008 2008 Tour de Pologne  Poland Jens Voigt
21 September 2008 Stage 21, 2008 Vuelta a España  Spain Matti Breschel
26 April 2009 2009 Liège-Bastogne-Liège  Belgium Andy Schleck
21 June 2009 2009 Tour de Suisse  Switzerland Fabian Cancellara
4 July 2009 Prologue, 2009 Tour de France  France Fabian Cancellara
16 July 2009 Stage 12, 2009 Tour de France  France Nicki Sorensen

[edit] References

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Riis Cycling to have new title sponsor in 2009 at Team-CSC
  2. ^ Cycling Quotient Team Ranking 2008
  3. ^ Andrew Rogers, PEZ Interviews: Bjarne Riis, PezCycling, February 22, 2006
  4. ^ Our Values at Team-CSC
  5. ^ Werge, p. 177
  6. ^ Bjarne's boot camp, CyclingNews, December 12, 2004
  7. ^ Andrew Rogers, Bobby Julich: Another PEZ-Zing, PezCycling, March 9, 2006
  8. ^ Werge, pp. 15-17
  9. ^ ibid, pp. 25 (figure translated from Danish kroner)
  10. ^ a b Half a million dollars needed in Denmark, CyclingNews, September 23, 1999
  11. ^ Werge, p. 87
  12. ^ ibid, pp. 91-93
  13. ^ Danish Cycling Federation, Nicolaj Bo Larsen, CyclingWorld, December 22, 2003
  14. ^ Werge, p. 148 (figure translated from Danish kroner)
  15. ^ a b (Danish) Avis: Hamburger testet positiv i 1999, Danmarks Radio, September 11, 2005
  16. ^ Werge, p. 173
  17. ^ CSC RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF TOP CYCLING TEAM, Computer Sciences Corporation, July 18, 2005
  18. ^ Team Team CSC (CSC) - DEN, UCI, 2006
  19. ^ Alhan Keser, O'Grady goes broke, Eurosport, March 10, 2006
  20. ^ Sastre in Giro line-up, Team CSC, 2006
  21. ^ "Ivan Basso To Leave Team CSC". Team CSC. 2006-10-18. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1116&lang=uk. Retrieved on 2006-10-18. 
  22. ^ Brown, Gregor; Maloney, Tim (2006-10-27). "Basso officially cleared in Operación Puerto". CyclingNews. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news4. Retrieved on 2006-11-25. 
  23. ^ David, Ariel (2007-05-08). "Basso admits role in doping scandal". AP News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_basso_doping. Retrieved on 2007-05-08. 
  24. ^ "Team CSC Launches Anti Doping Program". Team CSC. 2006-11-13. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1125. Retrieved on 2006-11-25. 
  25. ^ Riis Cycling to have new title sponsor in 2009
  26. ^ Riis Cycling signs Sponsorship Agreement with Saxo Bank
  27. ^ http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/80615
  28. ^ Two Danish Companies are Now Main Sponsors for Bjarne Riis
  29. ^ Main Team CSC-Saxo Bank sponsor goes bust
  30. ^ Specialized and Team Saxo Bank Join Forces
  31. ^ "Person profiles". team-saxobank.com. Team Saxo Bank. http://www.team-saxobank.com/person_profiles.asp. Retrieved on 2009-02-01. 
  32. ^ "Jørgen V. Pedersen New Sports Director at Team CSC". Team CSC. 2006-12-05. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1137&lang=uk. Retrieved on 2006-12-05. 
  33. ^ "Torsten Schmidt New Sports Director at Team CSC". Team CSC. 2007-10-16. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1594. Retrieved on 2007-10-18. 
  34. ^ "Lars Michaelsen New Sports Director with Team CSC.". Team CSC. 2007-11-23. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1629&lang=uk. Retrieved on 2007-11-23. 
  35. ^ The nine riders were: Ivan Basso, Michael Blaudzun, Íñigo Cuesta, Volodymyr Hustov, Bobby Julich, Giovanni Lombardi, Carlos Sastre, Nicki Sørensen, Jens Voigt.
  36. ^ The eight riders were: Lars Bak, Michael Blaudzun, Bobby Julich, Christian Müller, Stuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Jens Voigt and David Zabriskie.
  37. ^ The nine riders were: Kurt Asle Arvesen, Lars Bak, Fabian Cancellara, Íñigo Cuesta, Stuart O'Grady, Volodymyr Hustov, Marcus Ljungqvist, Carlos Sastre, Nicki Sørensen.
  38. ^ The eight riders were: Michael Blaudzun, Matthew Goss, Bobby Julich, Marcus Ljungqvist, Luke Roberts, Nicki Sørensen, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie.

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