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Saunier Duval - Prodir Professional Cycling Team

Heading into 2007, Spain’s Iban Mayo will be the leader of the team for the Tour de France and Vuelta a España, while Italian Gilberto Simoni will again focus on trying to win a third Giro d’Italia. Strong climbers Leonardo Piepoli, Riccardo Ricco, Jose-Angel Marchante and David De La Fuente will be there to help them and win other ProTour races.

Recent Saunier Duval - Prodir News Items:

Saunier Duval - Prodir
Country: Spain
Manager: Mauro Gianetti    
Bikes: Scott
Budget:
2006 Rank: 9
Key Riders:
  Jose Angel Gomez
  Gilberto Simoni
  Leonardo Piepoli
  David Canada
  Koldo Gil
  Manuele Mori
  Francisco Jos Ventoso Alberdi
  David Millar
  Iban Mayo
  Riccardo Ricco
  Marco Pinotti
  Aaron Olsen
  Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
Cycling / Giro d’Italia: Ricco sprints to victory in second stage (The New Straits Times)
AGRIGENT (Italy): Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team threw down the gauntlet to his rivals for the Giro d'Italia's pink jersey by sprinting to victory in the second stage yesterday.
Cycling: Ricco sprints to Giro's second stage, Pellizotti in pink (Channel NewsAsia)
AGRIGENTO, Italy : Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team threw down the gauntlet to his rivals for the Giro d'Italia's pink jersey by sprinting to victory in the second stage on Sunday.
First Edition Cycling News, May 14, 2008 (Cyclingnews.com)
Great Britain's Mark Cavendish (Team High Road)has labeled his Giro d'Italia stage victory as his finest to date. The Manxman timed his final move perfectly and easily over-took Daniele Bennati (Liquigas), thundering to his first ever Grand Tour stage victory in Catanzaro Lungomare.
Ricco Wins Stage 2 of Giro; Pellizotti Takes Maglia Rosa (Roadcycling)
Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) has won Stage 2 of the Giro.

Saunier Duval-Prodir Team is a Spanish / Swiss road bicycle racing team, which is part of the UCI ProTour. The team started in 2004 and has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián.

Saunier-Duval is a manufacturer of home hot water heaters, heating and air conditioning systems. Prodir sells promotional pens. The team's equipment sponsors include Scott frames and Campagnolo drivetrain components.

The team directeur sportifs are Pietro Algeri, Matteo Algeri, Sabino Angoitia, Joxean "Matxin" Fernández. The manager is Mauro Gianetti.



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