Coordinates | 37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N |
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Teamname | Team Saxo Bank-SunGard |
Code | SBS |
Base | |
Founded | |
Bicycles | Specialized |
Manager | Bjarne Riis |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI ProTeam |
Season | 1998–199920002001–20022003–200820082009–20102011– |
Oldname | Team home-Jack & JonesTeam Memory Card-Jack & JonesCSC-TiscaliTeam CSCTeam CSC Saxo BankTeam Saxo BankTeam Saxo Bank-SunGard |
Kitimage | Team Saxo Bank-SunGard Jersey 2011.gif |
Current | 2011 Team Saxo Bank-SunGard season |
Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack & Jones, the team started in cycling's second division. In 2000 it moved into the 'top division, now known as the UCI ProTour, previously as the 1st Division. Since 2000, under differing sponsor names (Memory Card-Jack & Jones and CSC-Tiscali), the team rode the Tour de France. It has won stages in all three Grand Tours and won overall in two of them. In the 2008 Tour de France, Carlos Sastre won the general classification, Andy Schleck won the young rider classification, and the team won the overall team classification, and Ivan Basso won the 2006 Giro d'Italia, as well as finishing third and second in the 2004 and 2005 Tour de France. In addition, the team has won many major classics, including 6 Monuments.
The team won the UCI ProTour's team classification each year from 2005 through 2007, and the team classification in the 2010 UCI World Ranking. Since 2011, the team added SunGard as secondary sponsor, and is known as Team Saxo Bank-SunGard.
The team staff go on yearly outdoor education trips, physical challenges under pressure. According to B.S. Christiansen, the camps teach 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",. Bobby Julich, one of the riders, said 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".
The doping scandal in the 1998 Tour de France didn't affect the team directly, but Riis, who was part of the peloton in the Tour de France, was branded a doping cheat in the Danish media in early 1999. He sold his stock in Professional Cycling Denmark.
The team finished 32nd best of 1998, and with an increased budget of €2,400,000 combined, the number of riders was increased to 14, with riders of a higher standard. In terms of races won, 1999 was the most successful season until 2005: with 26 UCI victories the team was promoted to the 1st Division. In September 1999 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 Home stopped sponsoring the team from the end of the season, citing doping.
In April 2000 Nicolai Bo Larsen was tested with a 51 hematocrit level, but wasn't fired, as he had been tested with a 47 level the day before. The morning after his result of 51, he again tested 47%. However, the apparent double standards harmed its image in Denmark and Jack & Jones did not prolong sponsorship, despite Bo Larsen's later being acquitted of doping by a medical report.
In the fall of 2000, Riis took over Professional Cycling Denmark and the team. After 2000 the contract with Jack & Jones expired, and Riis did not want to continue working with Memory Card due to their financial difficulties.
In April 2001, Bo Hamburger tested positive with a newly developed method which distinguished natural EPO from synthetic EPO used in doping by determining the percentage of basic EPO. The first test showed 82.3 which was above the maximum of 80 imposed by the UCI, but as his secondary tests showed both 82.4 and 78.6 he was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2002. Bo Hamburger was released from his contract with CSC-Tiscali in September 2001.
The team gained international prominence after signing Laurent Jalabert before 2001, following his many years with the Spanish ONCE team of Manolo Saiz. 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 associated with Jalabert. The team also signed American Tyler Hamilton, formerly of U.S. Postal. The 2001 season was a breakthrough with Jalabert's win of the King of the Mountains competition and a stage on Bastille Day at the Tour de France. The season ended with Jalabert winning the 2001 Clásica de San Sebastián.
In 2002 Hamilton came second in the Giro d'Italia despite a broken scapula. The team also nearly won the team time trial at the 2002 Tour de France, thwarted by a flat tire. Jalabert again won the King of the Mountains and repeated his victory at the Clásica de San Sebastián. He retired at the end of the season.
Hamilton stepped up to be the team leader in 2003, with the goal of winning the Tour de France. He won Liège–Bastogne–Liège and was in form when he broke his collarbone in a pile-up on stage 1 of the Tour. He lost a lot of time. He made it up by winning a stage and finishing fourth, while his teammates Carlos Sastre and Jakob Piil also won stages.
In 2004 Hamilton switched to the Swiss team, Phonak, citing lack of support from Riis. The team brought on Ivan Basso from Fassa Bortolo to join Carlos Sastre in competing for Grand Tour wins. Basso had been a former winner of the maillot blanc in 2002. In the 2004 Tour de France, Team CSC had a very successful Tour, with Basso winning a mountain stage and reaching the podium in Paris with his third place finish. Bjarn Riis and Team CSCs efforts in the 2004 Tour were made into the cycling movie Overcoming.
(left), Linus Gerdemann (middle) and Jens Voigt at the 2005 German Time Trial Championship.]] Following an off-season marred by financial difficulties that resulted in wage cuts for a number of riders, the 2005 spring season was the strongest yet for CSC, with wins by Julich and Jens Voigt. Julich's victory in Paris–Nice made him the first rider to wear the leader's jersey in the new UCI ProTour. This was followed by three team stage wins in the Giro d'Italia, one by David Zabriskie and two by Basso, though the overall victory escaped from Basso when he was beset by a stomach ailment.
Midway through the 2005 Tour de France, CSC extended sponsorship until 2008 at a higher level, enabling Riis to renew the contract with Basso for an additional three years. Basso got second place in the tour and Zabriskie won in the prologue. Julich won the Eneco Tour of Benelux and Carlos Sastre came second. Nicki Sørensen won a stage of the Vuelta a España. Team CSC won the 2005 ProTour, with Julich as the #8 ranked individual rider of the year, the highest placed rider in the team.
Until 2009, the team used Cervélo bikes and Shimano components. The arrangement with the small Canadian manufacturer worked well for CSC, as Cervélo's strength is time-trials, at which CSC has specialists.
Because of the team's link to drug use (Riis admitted doping, and Basso was suspended until 2008), MAN Trucks dropped co-sponsorship midway through 2007.
The first victory of the 2006 UCI ProTour season was in the prologue of Paris–Nice by Julich. The spring was plagued with injuries hitting a third of the team, most notably O'Grady. Cancellara won the time trial at Tirreno–Adriatico and then Paris–Roubaix. Fränk Schleck won the Amstel Gold Race a week later.
Team CSC surprised by announcing that Sastre would ride the Giro as helper for Basso, that he would ride all three Grand Tours. 2005's winner Paolo Savoldelli was strongest in the first stages, and Jan Ullrich took a surprise win in the time trial ahead of Basso, but Basso dominated with three wins on mountain finishes and in the team time trial. Basso won by
On 30 June 2006, the Tour de France announced that Basso would not ride the 2006 Tour after apparent involvement in the Operación Puerto doping scandal. Sastre took over as captain and was the strongest in the favorite group on the last mountain stages, but a poor last time trial placed him fourth overall. The team scored two stage wins, the most impressive Fränk Schleck's win on Alpe d'Huez. Voigt had already won a flat stage after a long break.
The autumn was dominated by the Basso's involvement in Operación Puerto. His contract was cancelled by mutual consent, and the case against Basso was eventually dropped by the Federazione Ciclistica Italiana for lack of evidence, but without him authorizing a DNA test that could have cleared him conclusively. Basso adamantly denied being involved. (On May 7, 2007 Basso admitted involvement in Puerto). Team CSC have since started an ambitious anti-doping program together with the Danish anti-doping expert Rasmus Damsgaard. Meanwhile, on the road, Voigt dominated the Deutschland Tour, winning overall and three stages, including a mountain finish and a time trial. Sastre came fourth in the Vuelta after starting in the lead when CSC won the initial team time trial. It was Sastre's fifth Grand Tour in a row.
Sastre had a team dedicated to him for the Vuelta, while the team for the Tour was support riders and riders who could make individual results. This left the Giro without a clear rider for the general classification. Instead a youthful team was chosen, with the hope that Andy Schleck might win the youth competition. He won the youth competition and came second overall .
For the Tour, Cancellara followed up a strong showing in the Tour de Suisse with two stage wins and seven days in the yellow jersey. But doping returned when the race hit the mountains. Alexander Vinokourov tested positive and leader Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn by his team for "internal code violations". Sastre finished fourth.
For the Vuelta, Sastre again lost time in time trials, especially the first, but climbed to second place.
!Name | !Born | !Nationality | !Previous | !Enter | |
Bjarne Riis | 1964| | Rider for Team Telekom | 2000 | ||
Dan Frost | 1961| | Track cycling>Track racing | 2006 | ||
Bradley McGee | 1976| | Rider for Team CSC Saxo Bank | 2006 | ||
Jørgen V. Pedersen | 1959| | Key Account Manager for Team CSC | 2007 | ||
Torsten Schmidt (cyclist) | Torsten Schmidt | 1972| | Rider for Team Wiesenhof-Felt'' | 2007 |
!Date | !Race | !Country | !Winner |
22 March 2000 | Dwars door Vlaanderen| | Tristan Hoffman | |
11 July 2001 | Stage 4, 2001 Tour de France| | Laurent Jalabert | |
14 July 2001 | Stage 7, 2001 Tour de France| | Laurent Jalabert | |
11 August 2001 | Clásica de San Sebastián| | Laurent Jalabert | |
26 May 2002 | Stage 14, Giro d'Italia| | Tyler Hamilton | |
10 August 2002 | Clásica de San Sebastián| | Laurent Jalabert | |
6 October 2002 | Paris–Tours| | Jakob Piil | |
27 April 2003 | Liège–Bastogne–Liège| | Tyler Hamilton | |
4 May 2003 | Tour de Romandie| | Tyler Hamilton | |
15 July 2003 | Stage 10, 2003 Tour de France| | Jakob Piil | |
19 July 2003 | Stage 13, 2003 Tour de France| | Carlos Sastre | |
23 July 2003 | Stage 16, 2003 Tour de France| | Tyler Hamilton | |
14 March 2004 | Paris–Nice| | Jörg Jaksche | |
16 July 2004 | Stage 12, 2004 Tour de France| | Ivan Basso | |
13 March 2005 | 2005 Paris–Nice| | Bobby Julich | |
15 May 2005 | Stage 8, 2005 Giro d'Italia| | David Zabriskie | |
26 May 2005 | Stage 17, 2005 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
27 May 2005 | Stage 18, 2005 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
2 July 2005 | Stage 1, 2005 Tour de France| | David Zabriskie | |
10 August 2005 | 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux| | Bobby Julich | |
15 September 2005 | Stage 18, 2005 Vuelta a España| | Nicki Sørensen | |
9 April 2006 | 2006 Paris–RoubaixParis–Roubaix|| | Fabian Cancellara | |
16 April 2006 | 2006 Amstel Gold RaceAmstel Gold Race|| | Fränk Schleck | |
11 May 2006 | Stage 5 (Team time trialTTT), 2006 Giro d'Italia || | Team CSC | |
14 May 2006 | Stage 8, 2006 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
23 May 2006 | Stage 16, 2006 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
27 May 2006 | Stage 20, 2006 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
28 May 2006 | Overall, 2006 Giro d'Italia| | Ivan Basso | |
18 June 2006 | 2006 Eindhoven Team Time Trial| | Team CSC | |
15 July 2006 | Stage 13, 2006 Tour de France| | Jens Voigt | |
18 July 2006 | Stage 15, 2006 Tour de France| | Fränk Schleck | |
9 August 2006 | 2006 Deutschland Tour| | Jens Voigt | |
26 August 2006 | Stage 1 (Team time trialTTT), 2006 Vuelta a España || | Team CSC | |
15 April 2007 | 2007 Paris–RoubaixParis–Roubaix|| | Stuart O'Grady | |
20 May 2007 | Stage 8, 2007 Giro d'Italia| | Kurt Asle Arvesen | |
24 June 2007 | 2007 Eindhoven Team Time Trial| | Team CSC | |
7 July 2007 | Prologue, 2007 Tour de France| | Fabian Cancellara | |
10 July 2007 | Stage 3, 2007 Tour de France| | Fabian Cancellara | |
18 August 2007 | 2007 Deutschland Tour| | Jens Voigt | |
18 March 2008 | 2008 Tirreno–Adriatico| | Fabian Cancellara | |
22 March 2008 | 2008 Milan – San RemoMilan–San Remo || | Fabian Cancellara | |
29 March 2008 | E3 Prijs Vlaanderen| | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | |
16 July 2008 | Stage 11, 2008 Tour de France| | Kurt Asle Arvesen | |
23 July 2008 | Stage 17, 2008 Tour de France| | Carlos Sastre | |
27 July 2008 | Overall, 2008 Tour de France| | Carlos Sastre | |
21 September 2008 | 2008 Tour de Pologne| | Jens Voigt | |
21 September 2008 | Stage 21, 2008 Vuelta a España| | Matti Breschel | |
26 April 2009 | 2009 Liège–Bastogne–LiègeLiège–Bastogne–Liège || | Andy Schleck | |
21 June 2009 | 2009 Tour de Suisse| | Fabian Cancellara | |
4 July 2009 | Stage 1, 2009 Tour de France| | Fabian Cancellara | |
16 July 2009 | Stage 12, 2009 Tour de France| | Nicki Sorensen | |
22 July 2009 | Stage 17, 2009 Tour de France| | Fränk Schleck | |
29 August 2009 | Stage 1, 2009 Vuelta a España| | Fabian Cancellara | |
5 September 2009 | Stage 7, 2009 Vuelta a España| | Fabian Cancellara | |
24 March 2010 | Dwars door Vlaanderen| | Matti Breschel | |
27 March 2010 | E3 Prijs Vlaanderen| | Fabian Cancellara | |
4 April 2010 | 2010 Tour of FlandersRonde van Vlaanderen || | Fabian Cancellara | |
11 April 2010 | 2010 Paris–RoubaixParis-Roubaix|| | Fabian Cancellara | |
16 May 2010 | Stage 8, 2010 Giro d'Italia| | Chris Anker Sorensen | |
20 June 2010 | 2010 Tour de Suisse| | Fränk Schleck | |
3 July 2010 | Prologue, 2010 Tour de France| | Fabian Cancellara | |
11 July 2010 | Stage 8, 2010 Tour de France| | Andy Schleck | |
22 July 2010 | Stage 17, 2010 Tour de France| | Andy Schleck | |
24 July 2010 | Stage 19, 2010 Tour de France| | Fabian Cancellara | |
23 March 2011 | Dwars door Vlaanderen| | Nick Nuyens | |
3 April 2011 | 2011 Tour of FlandersRonde van Vlaanderen || | Nick Nuyens | |
15 May 2011 | Stage 9, 2011 Giro d'Italia| | Alberto Contador | |
24 May 2011 | Stage 16, 2011 Giro d'Italia| | Alberto Contador | |
29 May 2011 | Overall, 2011 Giro d'Italia| | Alberto Contador |
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