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UCI code	CTT
Registered	Switzerland
Founded	2009
Disbanded	2010
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Professional Continental
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Joop Alberda
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Cervélo TestTeam (UCI team code: CTT) is a former professional cycling team, whose license was held in Switzerland by the cycling management company Cycling United Racing. The team's title sponsor was Cervélo, a Canadian manufacturer of bicycle frames that previously exclusively supplied You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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The team formed in 2008 after Team CSC switched frames effective at the end of that season, to Specialized, after years of success with Cervélo.^[3]^[4] Their registration as a UCI Professional Continental Team was confirmed on December 2.^[5] Earlier that year, Carlos Sastre, then a member of Team CSC Saxo Bank, rode a Cervélo bicycle to victory in the Tour de France. Probably the team's most notable cyclist, Sastre said that being able to continually work with Cervélo to develop bicycle technology played a part in his decision to join the new team.^[6]

The team's first season was marked by success in one-day races, with several victories and podium finishes, and a rider in the top ten in nearly every race they entered. The team was prolific in winning individual stages in stage races, including in all three Grand Tours of the 2009 season.

Team roster

As of August 1, 2010.^[7]^[8]

	Rider	Date of birth
Davide Appollonio (ITA)		(1989-06-02) June 2, 1989 (age 35)
Theo Bos (NED)		(1983-08-22) August 22, 1983 (age 41)
João Correia (POR)		(1974-02-10) February 10, 1974 (age 50)
Íñigo Cuesta (ESP)		(1969-06-02) June 2, 1969 (age 55)
Philip Deignan (IRL)		(1983-09-07) September 7, 1983 (age 41)
Stefan Denifl (AUT)		(1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 (age 37)
Xavier Florencio (ESP)		(1979-12-26) December 26, 1979 (age 44)
Volodymir Gustov (UKR)		(1977-02-15) February 15, 1977 (age 47)
Roger Hammond (GBR)		(1974-01-30) January 30, 1974 (age 50)
Heinrich Haussler^[9] (AUS)		(1984-02-25) February 25, 1984 (age 40)
Jeremy Hunt (GBR)		(1974-03-12) March 12, 1974 (age 50)
Thor Hushovd (NOR)		(1978-01-18) January 18, 1978 (age 46)

	Rider	Date of birth
Ted King (USA)		(1983-01-31) January 31, 1983 (age 41)
Andreas Klier (GER)		(1975-01-15) January 15, 1975 (age 49)
Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)		(1985-12-08) December 8, 1985 (age 38)
Brett Lancaster (AUS)		(1979-11-15) November 15, 1979 (age 45)
Daniel Lloyd (GBR)		(1980-08-11) August 11, 1980 (age 44)
Joaquin Novoa (ESP)		(1983-08-25) August 25, 1983 (age 41)
Oscar Pujol (ESP)		(1983-10-16) October 16, 1983 (age 41)
Gabriel Rasch (NOR)		(1976-04-08) April 8, 1976 (age 48)
Martin Reimer (GER)		(1987-06-14) June 14, 1987 (age 37)
Dominique Rollin (CAN)		(1982-10-29) October 29, 1982 (age 42)
Carlos Sastre (ESP)		(1975-04-22) April 22, 1975 (age 49)
Xavier Tondó (ESP)		(1978-11-05) November 5, 1978 (age 46)
Marcel Wyss (SUI)		(1986-06-25) June 25, 1986 (age 38)

Team origin

The founding of Cervélo TestTeam was a direct reaction to Team CSC Saxo Bank switching to Specialized. A press release issued by the team at the time they were first founded indirectly stated that Specialized had outbid them to become Saxo Bank's new supplier. Sastre and Roger Hammond were two of the first cyclists to be rumored to be joining the new team.^[10] Cervélo cofounder Gerard Vroomen has said that bicycle manufacturers have for long not gotten much out of sponsorship and supplier deals with professional teams and that their money was better spent fronting their own team. He approached Sastre two days after the conclusion of the 2008 Tour de France and told him about the new team, at which time Sastre verbally indicated to Vroomen that he would join the team.^[4] The other highly prominent cyclist on the squad is former Tour de France green jersey winner Thor Hushovd, who needed a new team following the collapse of You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In the six months between the end of the Tour de France and the team's first training camp in Portugal in January 2009, a roster of 25 riders and an entire supporting staff was hired. The team is one of the most broadly international in professional cycling, with 13 nations represented by those 25 riders.^[11] At the first presentation of the team in Portugal, Vroomen also evoked legendary cyclist Fausto Coppi having ridden for a team sponsored by the bicycle industry (that sponsor being Bianchi Bicycles) as a motivation for sponsorship of the new team.^[4] On February 11, the team was one of thirteen assigned "Wild Card" status by the UCI, allowing the organizers of UCI ProTour events to select them to race in their event despite not having ProTour status as a team.^[12] To date, only the Tour Down Under and the Dauphiné Libéré have declined to invite the team.

2009 season

The first UCI event in which the team participated was the 2009 Tour of Qatar from February 1–6, an event in which the team had great success, getting a stage win and also winning the points, team, and youth classifications.^[13]^[14] The next stage race in which the team got a victory was the 2009 Tour of California, with Hushovd winning a mass sprint finish in the third stage, after Cervélo's leadout train successfully outmaneuvered You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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The team has seen great success in one-day races in 2009, winning Omloop Het Nieuwsblad,^[18] the Giro del Mendrisiotto,^[19] and the GP Triberg-Schwarzwald.^[20] The team entered nearly 20 major one-day races in the spring season in 2009, failing to make at least the top ten in only one, the Gran Premio dell'Insubria.^[21]

Haussler and Hushovd both made the podium in the 2009 Milan – San Remo, narrowly missing out on the top spot to Mark Cavendish after a sprint finish.^[22] Haussler been in the lead until the final meters, when he was overtaken by Cavendish, and he appeared quite despondent when talking to reporters after the race.^[4]

The team's first Grand Tour was the 2009 Giro d'Italia. Sastre was the team's leader in the race, with finishing on the podium his explicit goal.^[23] Sastre eventually finished fourth,^[24] but the team won four stages, two by Sastre in the high mountains,^[25]^[26] one by Simon Gerrans from a breakaway,^[27] and Ignatas Konovalovas won the Giro's closing individual time trial.^[24]

While the Giro was ongoing, the team also competed at the 2009 Volta a Catalunya, with Hushovd winning two stages.^[28]^[29]

In the 2009 Tour de France, Hushovd won his second career green jersey,^[30] holding off the six stage wins of Mark Cavendish by virtue of a stage win of his own,^[31] a penalty assessed to Cavendish in a sprint between the two of them,^[32] and a lengthy escape on a mountain stage to claim maximum points in two intermediate sprints.^[33] The team got another stage win with Haussler in the Tour's second week.^[34] Sastre, on the other hand, had his worst Grand Tour in three years, finishing 17th overall.^[30]^[35]

Media

Cervélo TestTeam is featured in the documentary Beyond the Peloton, which detailed the team's origins and its first competitive season. It was released online episodically.^[4]

References

^ "UCI Professional Continental Teams 2009". UCI. 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Cervélo confirms it will end cycling team". Cycling News. 2010-08-26.
^ Pacocha, Matt (2009-02-23). "Fränk Schleck's winning ride". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-05-26. The Saxo Bank team recently ended a long relationship with Cervélo, so its switch to Specialized is a big deal.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Finkleman, Joe and Sim, Booker (directors) (May 2009). Beyond the Peloton (documentary). Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-05-26. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Press release: Registration of the UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2009 season". UCI. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Sastre to Cervelo TestTeam". SportsYA. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-05-26. At the same time, we can work at further improving the equipment technology.
^ "Cervélo TestTeam Riders". Cervélo. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Radioshack, BMC, Cervelo rolling out new "stagiaiares"". Velonews. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
^ "Cervelo's Heinrich Haussler gives up German citizenship, will race for Australia at world championships". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France Presse. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
^ "Cervelo creates own pro team for 2009". Cycling Weekly. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-05-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Stokes, Shane (2009-01-19). "Cervélo Test Team launched in Portugal". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Clarke, Les (2009-02-11). "Lucky 13 for wildcard teams". First Edition Cycling News, February 11, 2009. Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Brown, Gregor (2009-02-02). "Hammond capitalises on Cervélo's Qatar dominance". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Brown, Gregor (2009-02-06). "Cavendish takes emotionally inspired Qatar win, Boonen overall". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Zalewski, Mark; Robbins, Kirsten (2009-02-17). "Hushovd and co. click in wet California". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Johnson, Greg (2009-02-18). "Haussler continues Cervelo's successful week". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Brown, Gregor (2009-02-22). "Haussler wins final Algarve stage, Contador overall". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Haake, Bjorn (2009-02-28). "Hushovd delivers in messy finale". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "69th Giro del Mendrisiotto - 1.2". Cycling News. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Haussler beats break companions for win". Cycling News. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ "Gianni blasts again in Insurbia". Cycling News. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ Haake, Bjorn, Westerneyer, Susan & Brown, Gregor (2009-03-21). "Cavendish pips Haussler on the line". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Hood, Andrew (2009-03-02). "Giro podium first top goal for Sastre". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ ^a ^b Tan, Anthony (2009-05-31). "From Russia to Roma, with love: Menchov falls for maglia rosa". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ Tan, Anthony (2009-05-25). ""I came here for a fight": Sastre launches bid for victory". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Tan, Anthony (2009-05-29). "Menchov a certain winner as Sastre erupts on Vesuvio". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
^ Tan, Anthony (2009-05-23). "A strong sense of déjà-vu: 10 months on, Gerrans wins big again in Italia". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Hushovd squeaks through to repeat win". Cycling News. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Hushovd thunders to second stage win". Cycling News. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ ^a ^b Les Clarke (2009-07-26). "Cavendish celebrates with number six on the Champs-Élysées". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Anthony Tan (2009-07-05). "The rain in Spain causes many riders pain". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Gregor Brown (2009-07-18). "Cavendish Relegated For Irregular Sprinting". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
^ Anthony Tan (2009-07-22). "Daring double act proves Schleck's class". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Anthony Tan (2009-07-17). "Haussler escapes to claim Tour's 13th stage". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Cyclingnews (2009-07-24). "Sastre apologises for press conference rant". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-07-25.

External links

Official website

[1] "UCI Professional Continental Teams 2009". UCI. 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[2] "Cervélo confirms it will end cycling team". Cycling News. 2010-08-26.

[3] Pacocha, Matt (2009-02-23). "Fränk Schleck's winning ride". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-05-26. The Saxo Bank team recently ended a long relationship with Cervélo, so its switch to Specialized is a big deal.

[beyondthepeloton-4] Finkleman, Joe and Sim, Booker (directors) (May 2009). Beyond the Peloton (documentary). Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-05-26. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Press release: Registration of the UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2009 season". UCI. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[6] "Sastre to Cervelo TestTeam". SportsYA. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-05-26. At the same time, we can work at further improving the equipment technology.

[7] "Cervélo TestTeam Riders". Cervélo. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[8] "Radioshack, BMC, Cervelo rolling out new "stagiaiares"". Velonews. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

[9] "Cervelo's Heinrich Haussler gives up German citizenship, will race for Australia at world championships". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France Presse. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

[10] "Cervelo creates own pro team for 2009". Cycling Weekly. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-05-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[portugal-11] Stokes, Shane (2009-01-19). "Cervélo Test Team launched in Portugal". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[12] Clarke, Les (2009-02-11). "Lucky 13 for wildcard teams". First Edition Cycling News, February 11, 2009. Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[13] Brown, Gregor (2009-02-02). "Hammond capitalises on Cervélo's Qatar dominance". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[14] Brown, Gregor (2009-02-06). "Cavendish takes emotionally inspired Qatar win, Boonen overall". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[15] Zalewski, Mark; Robbins, Kirsten (2009-02-17). "Hushovd and co. click in wet California". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[16] Johnson, Greg (2009-02-18). "Haussler continues Cervelo's successful week". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[17] Brown, Gregor (2009-02-22). "Haussler wins final Algarve stage, Contador overall". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[18] Haake, Bjorn (2009-02-28). "Hushovd delivers in messy finale". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[19] "69th Giro del Mendrisiotto - 1.2". Cycling News. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[20] "Haussler beats break companions for win". Cycling News. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-07-22.

[21] "Gianni blasts again in Insurbia". Cycling News. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-07-22.

[22] Haake, Bjorn, Westerneyer, Susan & Brown, Gregor (2009-03-21). "Cavendish pips Haussler on the line". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[23] Hood, Andrew (2009-03-02). "Giro podium first top goal for Sastre". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[girofinal-24] Tan, Anthony (2009-05-31). "From Russia to Roma, with love: Menchov falls for maglia rosa". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[25] Tan, Anthony (2009-05-25). ""I came here for a fight": Sastre launches bid for victory". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[26] Tan, Anthony (2009-05-29). "Menchov a certain winner as Sastre erupts on Vesuvio". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

[27] Tan, Anthony (2009-05-23). "A strong sense of déjà-vu: 10 months on, Gerrans wins big again in Italia". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[28] "Hushovd squeaks through to repeat win". Cycling News. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[29] "Hushovd thunders to second stage win". Cycling News. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[tourfinal-30] Les Clarke (2009-07-26). "Cavendish celebrates with number six on the Champs-Élysées". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[31] Anthony Tan (2009-07-05). "The rain in Spain causes many riders pain". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[32] Gregor Brown (2009-07-18). "Cavendish Relegated For Irregular Sprinting". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

[33] Anthony Tan (2009-07-22). "Daring double act proves Schleck's class". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[34] Anthony Tan (2009-07-17). "Haussler escapes to claim Tour's 13th stage". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[35] Cyclingnews (2009-07-24). "Sastre apologises for press conference rant". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-07-25.

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 ==Team origin==
-The founding of Cervélo TestTeam was a direct reaction to Team CSC Saxo Bank switching to Specialized. A press release issued by the team at the time they were first founded indirectly stated that Specialized had outbid them to become Saxo Bank's new supplier. Sastre and [[Roger Hammond (cyclist)|Roger Hammond]] were two of the first cyclists to be rumored to be joining the new team.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cervelo creates own pro team for 2009 | url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/cervelo_creates_own_pro_team_for_2009_article_266480.html | publisher= Cycling Weekly | date= 2008-08-29 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> [[Cervélo]] cofounder Gerard Vroomen has said that bicycle manufacturers have for long not gotten much out of sponsorship and supplier deals with professional teams and that their money was better spent fronting their own team. He approached Sastre two days after the conclusion of the [[2008 Tour de France]] and told him about the new team, at which time Sastre verbally indicated to Vroomen that he would join the team.<ref name="beyondthepeloton">{{cite video |people=Finkleman, Joe and Sim, Booker (directors) |date=May 2009|title=Beyond the Peloton |url=http://www.bartape.net/video.aspx?t=Video&i=Documentary |medium=documentary |publisher= |location= |accessdate=2009-05-26 }}</ref> The other highly prominent cyclist on the squad is former Tour de France [[Points classification in the Tour de France|green jersey]] winner [[Thor Hushovd]], who needed a new team following the collapse of {{ct|C.A}} after the 2008 season, and brought a number of Crédit Agricole riders to the team after signing.<ref name="portugal">{{cite web | title=Cervélo Test Team launched in Portugal | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/jan09/jan19news | author= Stokes, Shane | publisher=Cycling News | date= 2009-01-19 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>
+The founding of Cervélo TestTeam was a direct reaction to Team CSC Saxo Bank switching to Specialized. A press release issued by the team at the time they were first founded indirectly stated that Specialized had outbid them to become Saxo Bank's new supplier. Sastre and [[Roger Hammond (cyclist)|Roger Hammond]] were two of the first cyclists to be rumored to be joining the new team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cervelo creates own pro team for 2009 |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/cervelo_creates_own_pro_team_for_2009_article_266480.html |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=2008-08-29 |accessdate=2009-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425043920/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/cervelo_creates_own_pro_team_for_2009_article_266480.html |archivedate=2009-04-25 |df= }}</ref> [[Cervélo]] cofounder Gerard Vroomen has said that bicycle manufacturers have for long not gotten much out of sponsorship and supplier deals with professional teams and that their money was better spent fronting their own team. He approached Sastre two days after the conclusion of the [[2008 Tour de France]] and told him about the new team, at which time Sastre verbally indicated to Vroomen that he would join the team.<ref name="beyondthepeloton">{{cite video|people=Finkleman, Joe and Sim, Booker (directors) |date=May 2009 |title=Beyond the Peloton |url=http://www.bartape.net/video.aspx?t=Video&i=Documentary |medium=documentary |publisher= |location= |accessdate=2009-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427045712/http://www.bartape.net/video.aspx?t=Video&i=Documentary |archivedate=2009-04-27 |df= }}</ref> The other highly prominent cyclist on the squad is former Tour de France [[Points classification in the Tour de France|green jersey]] winner [[Thor Hushovd]], who needed a new team following the collapse of {{ct|C.A}} after the 2008 season, and brought a number of Crédit Agricole riders to the team after signing.<ref name="portugal">{{cite web | title=Cervélo Test Team launched in Portugal | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/jan09/jan19news | author= Stokes, Shane | publisher=Cycling News | date= 2009-01-19 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>
 In the six months between the end of the Tour de France and the team's first training camp in Portugal in January 2009, a roster of 25 riders and an entire supporting staff was hired. The team is one of the most broadly international in professional cycling, with 13 nations represented by those 25 riders.<ref name="portugal" /> At the first presentation of the team in Portugal, Vroomen also evoked legendary cyclist [[Fausto Coppi]] having ridden for a team sponsored by the bicycle industry (that sponsor being [[Bianchi Bicycles]]) as a motivation for sponsorship of the new team.<ref name="beyondthepeloton" /> On February 11, the team was one of thirteen assigned "Wild Card" status by the UCI, allowing the organizers of [[UCI ProTour]] events to select them to race in their event despite not having ProTour status as a team.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lucky 13 for wildcard teams | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/feb09/feb11news | work=First Edition Cycling News, February 11, 2009 | author=Clarke, Les | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-02-11 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> To date, only the [[2009 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]] and the [[2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Dauphiné Libéré]] have declined to invite the team.
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 While the Giro was ongoing, the team also competed at the [[2009 Volta a Catalunya]], with Hushovd winning two stages.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hushovd squeaks through to repeat win  | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/may09/catalunya09/?id=results/catalunya091 | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-05-18 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Hushovd thunders to second stage win | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/may09/catalunya09/?id=results/catalunya096 | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-05-23 | accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>
-In the [[2009 Tour de France]], Hushovd won his second career [[green jersey]],<ref name="tourfinal">{{cite web | title=Cavendish celebrates with number six on the Champs-Élysées | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-23/results | author= Les Clarke | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-26 | accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref> holding off the six stage wins of [[Mark Cavendish]] by virtue of a stage win of his own,<ref>{{cite web | title=The rain in Spain causes many riders pain | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-6/results | author= Anthony Tan | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-05 | accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> a penalty assessed to Cavendish in a sprint between the two of them,<ref>{{cite news|author=Gregor Brown|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-relegated-for-irregular-sprinting|title=Cavendish Relegated For Irregular Sprinting|date=2009-07-18|publisher=Cycling News|accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> and a lengthy escape on a mountain stage to claim maximum points in two intermediate sprints.<ref>{{cite web | title=Daring double act proves Schleck's class | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-19/results | author= Anthony Tan | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-22 | accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> The team got another stage win with Haussler in the Tour's second week.<ref>{{cite web | title=Haussler escapes to claim Tour's 13th stage | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-14/results | author= Anthony Tan | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-17 | accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> Sastre, on the other hand, had his worst Grand Tour in three years, finishing 17th overall.<ref name="tourfinal" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Sastre apologises for press conference rant | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sastre-apologises-for-press-conference-rant | author= Cyclingnews | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-24 | accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref>
+In the [[2009 Tour de France]], Hushovd won his second career [[green jersey]],<ref name="tourfinal">{{cite web|title=Cavendish celebrates with number six on the Champs-Élysées |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-23/results |author=Les Clarke |publisher=Cycling News |date=2009-07-26 |accessdate=2009-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728122457/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-23/results |archivedate=2009-07-28 |df= }}</ref> holding off the six stage wins of [[Mark Cavendish]] by virtue of a stage win of his own,<ref>{{cite web|title=The rain in Spain causes many riders pain |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-6/results |author=Anthony Tan |publisher=Cycling News |date=2009-07-05 |accessdate=2009-07-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719015019/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-6/results |archivedate=2009-07-19 |df= }}</ref> a penalty assessed to Cavendish in a sprint between the two of them,<ref>{{cite news|author=Gregor Brown|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-relegated-for-irregular-sprinting|title=Cavendish Relegated For Irregular Sprinting|date=2009-07-18|publisher=Cycling News|accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> and a lengthy escape on a mountain stage to claim maximum points in two intermediate sprints.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daring double act proves Schleck's class |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-19/results |author=Anthony Tan |publisher=Cycling News |date=2009-07-22 |accessdate=2009-07-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723185253/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-19/results |archivedate=2009-07-23 |df= }}</ref> The team got another stage win with Haussler in the Tour's second week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haussler escapes to claim Tour's 13th stage |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-14/results |author=Anthony Tan |publisher=Cycling News |date=2009-07-17 |accessdate=2009-07-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720073948/http://www.cyclingnews.com:80/races/96th-tour-de-france-gt/stages/stage-14/results |archivedate=2009-07-20 |df= }}</ref> Sastre, on the other hand, had his worst Grand Tour in three years, finishing 17th overall.<ref name="tourfinal" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Sastre apologises for press conference rant | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sastre-apologises-for-press-conference-rant | author= Cyclingnews | publisher=Cycling News | date=2009-07-24 | accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref>
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