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News :: November 2005

1 November 2005

Vacation then Training for Pozzato

Pippo Leads Chase in Deutschland, photo: Quick-Step

The off-season is a time to relax and go on vacations for the professional cyclists. Guido Trenti, Luca Paolini, Danilo Di Luca and Filippo Pozzato are all taking a little vacation together to the African island of Zanzibar. You might think that these guys spend way too much time together in the season to then take a vacation together, but they are all close friends that will enjoy the time to further bond.

The off-season is short, and immediately afterwards the pros have to start building on their base that will take them through the coming season. For Pozzato (24) this means going to the gym and working on bike handling. The Quick-Step rider will work on his base that will take him to the start of his season in Spain at the Vuelta a Mallorca. From Spain Pozzato dreams of winning Italy's spring classic, the Milano-Sanremo. It is a lofty goal for the winner of this year's HEW-Cyclassics, he has two teammates who will take seniority: Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen. Quick-Step is a team where all the riders get their chances, and we wish Pippo the best of luck.

Read:
Pippo Continues in Deutschland Tour, 17 August
Filippo Pozzato Takes Lazio, 7 August
Pippo Eyes Worlds, 2 August
Pippo Wins HEW-Cyclassics, 1 August

Miche Signs Hamburger and Gerosa

Mauro Gerosa (31) will move from Liquigas-Bianchi to Miche (non-ProTour) at the end of this season. The Italian, who rode both the Tour de France and Vuelta a España this year, will take his experiences to the Bulgarian registered team. Also joining the squadra is Bo Hamburger. The Dane (35) will make the transfer over from Acqua & Sapone.

New Miche Riders:
Arkadiusz Wojtas (from Team Skil-Moser)
Bo Hamburger (from Acqua & Sapone)
Denis Shkarpeta (neo-pro)
Giairo Ermeti (from Team LPR)

Current Riders:
Alberto Tacconi
Antonio D'Aniello
Armando Rupa
Balazs Rohtmer
Fabio Borghesi
Giairo Ermeti
Leonardo Caneschi
Manuel Mattiuz
Massimo Amichetti
Maurizio Carta
Pasquale Muto
Przemyslaw Niemec
Seweryn Kohut
Slawomir Kohut

Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Update

Igor Thinks Of Liberty, photo: BiciRace.com

Liberty Seguros-Würth is continuing with a strong squadra in 2006. Team Manager, Manolo Saiz, has an agreement with his main sponsor, Liberty Seguros, which12.54.29 runs through 2008. This long-term security enables Saiz to attract top quality riders, like Alexander Vinokourov.

Vino is the biggest acquisition of Liberty for 2006, and the Kazakh brings two of his comrades with him: Andrey Kashechkin and Sergey Yakovlev. Also joining the squadra, from Illes Balears, are the Osa brothers. Two of the biggest names leaving the Spanish squadra are Igor González de Galdeano (retiring) and Koldo Gil. The complete list of riders joining, and leaving, the Spanish squadra are presented below.

Into the Saiz Fold:
Aitor Osa (from Illes Balears)
Alexei Markov (from Milaneza Maia)
Alexander Vinokourov (from T-Mobile)
Andrey Kashechkin (from Crédit Agricole)
Serguei Yakovlev (from T-Mobile)
Unai Osa (from Illes Balears)

Leaving Liberty:
Dariusz Baranowski (to ??)
Jan Hruska (to ??)
Jesús Hernández (to ??)
Igor González de Galdeano (Retire)
Koldo Gil (to Saunier Duval-Prodir)
René Andrle (to PSK Whirlpool)

Current Riders:
Aaron Kemps
Alberto Contador
Allan Davis
Ángel Vicioso
Carlos Barredo
Daniel Navarro
David Etxebarria
Giampaolo Caruso
Isidro Nozal
Ivan Santos
Javier Ramirez
Joseba Beloki
José Antonio Redondo
José Joaquín Rojas
Jörg Jaksche
Koen De Kort
Luis León Sánchez
Marcos Serrano
Michele Scarponi
Nuno Ribeiro
Roberto Heras
Sergio Paulinho

Read:
Igor González de Galdeano Retires, 8 September
Koldo Gil to Saunier Duval-Prodir, 27 August
Vinokourov Inks Deal with Liberty Seguros - Würth, 26 July

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