Saxo Bank-SunGard

Team Saxo Bank-SunGard

Team information
UCI code	SBS
Based	Denmark
Founded	1998 (1998)
Status	UCI ProTeam
Bicycles	Specialized
Key personnel
General manager	Bjarne Riis
Team name history
1998–1999 2000 2001–2002 2003–2008 2008 2009–2010 2011–	Team home-Jack & Jones Team Memory Card-Jack & Jones CSC-Tiscali Team CSC Team CSC Saxo Bank Team Saxo Bank Team Saxo Bank-SunGard
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Team Saxo Bank-SunGard (UCI Team Code: SBS) is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in 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. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.^[1]

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.^[2] On 16 November 2011 it was announced that SunGard will no longer be a title sponsor after 2011.^[3]

Philosophy

When Bjarne Riis took over in winter 2000, he hired the former Danish Ranger Corps soldier B.S. Christiansen as advisor and they gave CSC a distinct philosophy and training methods.^[4] The team works with four values; communication, loyalty, commitment and respect, with the aim of improving teamwork.^[5] The team rides for the rider in the best shape on the day, and separates the function of team captain (the rider making decisions) and team leader (the rider trying to win) to avoid pressure on a single rider.^[6]

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",.^[7] 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".^[8]

History

The company behind the team, initially named Professional Cycling Denmark, was created in autumn 1996 by former amateur cycling world champion Alex Pedersen, Finn Poulsen (representing Bestseller), Torben Kølbæk and Johannes Poulsen (from Herning CK), and Bjarne Riis (then a Team Telekom rider).^[9] The team was built on the team license of Danish amateur team Herning CK, with headquarters in Herning, Denmark, with the goal of being picked for the 2000 Tour de France.

1998–1999 Team home-Jack & Jones

The team was assembled for 1998 with Alex Pedersen and Torben Kølbæk as sports directors. The team started with 11 riders, a mix of first-time professionals with Danish veterans Brian Holm and Jesper Skibby who had competed in the Tour de France several times, Skibby having won stage 5 in 1993. The main sponsors were a Danish real estate agency (home a/s), and a clothes manufacturer (Jack & Jones, a brand owned by Bestseller) and the budget was around €1,000,000 for 1998, including secondary sponsors.^[10] The team rode its first season in 2nd Division races, and during the first month both Christian Andersen and Jesper Skibby had minor wins. Holm quit the team in April 1998.

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,^[11] 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 ^[12] Home stopped sponsoring the team from the end of the season, citing doping.^[11]

2000 Team Memory Card-Jack & Jones

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

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%.^[13] 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.^[14]

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.

2001–2002 CSC-Tiscali

CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and the European Internet provider World Online took over as sponsors in a combined sponsorship of €4,500,000.^[15] World Online was bought by the Italian telecom giant Tiscali and the team changed on July 1, 2001 to CSC-Tiscali.

In April 2001, Bo Hamburger tested positive with a newly developed method^[16] 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.^[16] 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.

2003–2008 Team CSC

Team CSC, 2004 Tour de France

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

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.

Christian Müller (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,^[17] 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^[18] 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.^[19]

2006 season

In 2006, with sponsorship for several years, the focus was to win all three Grand Tours, with Ivan Basso riding both Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, and Carlos Sastre the Vuelta a España.^[20] They had come second in the 2005 in the Tour and Vuelta, respectively. The team had several time trialists, including Zabriskie, who had won time trials at the Giro and the Tour, Julich, as well as Fabian Cancellara. Others included Jens Voigt and Stuart O'Grady from Australia, the only sprinter name in the team.^[21]

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.^[22] 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^[23] 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 9'18''.

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,^[24] and the case against Basso was eventually dropped by the Federazione Ciclistica Italiana for lack of evidence,^[25] 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).^[26] Team CSC have since started an ambitious anti-doping program^[27] 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.

2007 season

New rider Juan José Haedo gave the team a good start by winning early minor races. The classics season was a success by having O'Grady win Paris–Roubaix. Voigt managed to defend his victory in Tour of Germany. CSC won the UCI ProTour team competition for the third year 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.

2008 Team CSC Saxo Bank

CSC announced^[28] 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^[29] 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,^[30] won the Tour, and the team took the team classification.

2009 Team Saxo Bank

It was announced September 28, 2008 that for 2009, IT Factory would be co-sponsor.^[31] However, the company went into receivership some two months thereafter.^[32] The team also began riding Specialized bicycles for the 2009 season.^[33]

Team Saxo Bank-SunGard

Although Saxo Bank had previously announced that 2010 would be the last year they would sponsor the team, the 2011 name for the team was announced in August 2010 as Team Saxo Bank-SunGard, and the signing of triple-Tour de France-winner Alberto Contador on a two-year contract was also revealed.^[34] On July 29, 2010, Andy Schleck and his brother Fränk announced their departure from the team effective from the start of the 2011 season.^[35]

Staff

See also: Former Team Saxo Bank staff

Team roster

As at 24 February 2011.^[36]

Rider Date of birth  Jonathan Bellis (GBR) 16 August 1988 (1988-08-16) (age 23)  Manuele Boaro (ITA) 3 December 1987 (1987-12-03) (age 23)  Mads Christensen (DEN) 6 April 1984 (1984-04-06) (age 27)  Alberto Contador (ESP) 6 December 1982 (1982-12-06) (age 28)  Baden Cooke (AUS) 12 October 1978 (1978-10-12) (age 33)  Laurent Didier (LUX) 19 July 1984 (1984-07-19) (age 27)  Volodymir Gustov (UKR) 15 February 1977 (1977-02-15) (age 34)  Juan José Haedo (ARG) 26 January 1981 (1981-01-26) (age 30)  Sebastian Haedo (ARG) 18 April 1983 (1983-04-18) (age 28)  Jesús Hernández (ESP) 28 September 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 30)  Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) 20 April 1986 (1986-04-20) (age 25)  Kasper Klostergaard (DEN) 22 May 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 28)  Gustav Larsson (SWE) 20 September 1980 (1980-09-20) (age 31)  Jarosław Marycz (POL) 17 April 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 24)

Rider Date of birth  Rafał Majka (POL) 12 September 1989 (1989-09-12) (age 22)  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) 30 April 1985 (1985-04-30) (age 26)  Daniel Navarro (ESP) 8 July 1983 (1983-07-08) (age 28)  Benjamín Noval (ESP) 23 January 1979 (1979-01-23) (age 32)  Nick Nuyens (BEL) 5 May 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 31)  Richie Porte (AUS) 30 January 1985 (1985-01-30) (age 26)  Luke Roberts (AUS) 25 January 1977 (1977-01-25) (age 34)  Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) 5 September 1984 (1984-09-05) (age 27)  Nicki Sørensen (DEN) 14 May 1975 (1975-05-14) (age 36)  André Steensen (DEN) 12 October 1987 (1987-10-12) (age 24)  David Tanner (AUS) 30 September 1984 (1984-09-30) (age 27)  Matteo Tosatto (ITA) 14 May 1974 (1974-05-14) (age 37)  Brian Vandborg (DEN) 4 December 1981 (1981-12-04) (age 29)

Sports Directors

Name	Born	Nationality	Previous	Enter
Bjarne Riis	1964	Denmark	Rider for Team Telekom	2000
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[37]
Torsten Schmidt	1972	Germany	Rider for Team Wiesenhof-Felt	2007[38]

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
22 March 2000	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Belgium	Tristan Hoffman
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
4 May 2003	Tour de Romandie	Switzerland	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
14 March 2004	Paris–Nice	France	Jörg Jaksche
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	Paris–Roubaix	France	Fabian Cancellara
16 April 2006	Amstel Gold Race	Netherlands	Fränk Schleck
11 May 2006	Stage 5 (TTT), 2006 Giro d'Italia	Italy	Team CSC[39]
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[40]
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[41]
15 April 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[42]
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	Milan–San Remo	Italy	Fabian Cancellara
29 March 2008	E3 Prijs Vlaanderen	Belgium	Kurt-Asle Arvesen
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	Overall, 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	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Belgium	Andy Schleck
21 June 2009	2009 Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Fabian Cancellara
4 July 2009	Stage 1, 2009 Tour de France	France	Fabian Cancellara
16 July 2009	Stage 12, 2009 Tour de France	France	Nicki Sorensen
22 July 2009	Stage 17, 2009 Tour de France	France	Fränk Schleck
29 August 2009	Stage 1, 2009 Vuelta a España	Spain	Fabian Cancellara
5 September 2009	Stage 7, 2009 Vuelta a España	Spain	Fabian Cancellara
24 March 2010	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Belgium	Matti Breschel
27 March 2010	E3 Prijs Vlaanderen	Belgium	Fabian Cancellara
4 April 2010	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Belgium	Fabian Cancellara
11 April 2010	Paris-Roubaix	France	Fabian Cancellara
16 May 2010	Stage 8, 2010 Giro d'Italia	Italy	Chris Anker Sorensen
20 June 2010	2010 Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Fränk Schleck
3 July 2010	Prologue, 2010 Tour de France	France	Fabian Cancellara
11 July 2010	Stage 8, 2010 Tour de France	France	Andy Schleck
22 July 2010	Stage 17, 2010 Tour de France	France	Andy Schleck
24 July 2010	Stage 19, 2010 Tour de France	France	Fabian Cancellara
23 March 2011	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Belgium	Nick Nuyens
3 April 2011	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Belgium	Nick Nuyens
15 May 2011	Stage 9, 2011 Giro d'Italia	Italy	Alberto Contador
24 May 2011	Stage 16, 2011 Giro d'Italia	Italy	Alberto Contador
29 May 2011	Overall, 2011 Giro d'Italia	Italy	Alberto Contador
6 September 2011	Stage 16, 2011 Vuelta a España	Spain	Juan José Haedo

Notable former riders

• Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway (2004–2009)
• Michele Bartoli  Italy (2004)
• Ivan Basso  Italy (2004–2006)
• Matti Breschel  Denmark (2005–2010)
• Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland (2006–2010)
• Julian Dean  New Zealand (2002–2003)
• Linus Gerdemann  Germany (2005)
• Matthew Goss  Australia (2007–2009)
• Fabrizio Guidi  Italy (2004)
• Vladimir Gusev  Russia (2004–2005)
• Bo Hamburger  Denmark (2000–2001)
• Tyler Hamilton  United States (2002–2003)
• Tristan Hoffman  Netherlands (2000–2005)
• Jörg Jaksche  Germany (2004)
• Laurent Jalabert  France (2001–2002)
• Bobby Julich  United States (2004–2008)
• Alexandr Kolobnev  Russia (2007–2009)
• Karsten Kroon  Netherlands (2006–2009
• Giovanni Lombardi  Italy (2005–2006)
• Lars Michaelsen  Denmark (2003–2007)
• Stuart O'Grady  Australia (2006–2010)
• Andrea Peron  Italy (2002–2006)
• Jakob Piil  Denmark (2000–2006)
• Michael Rasmussen  Denmark (2001–2002)
• Carlos Sastre  Spain (2002–2008)
• Andy Schleck  Luxembourg (2004–2010)
• Fränk Schleck  Luxembourg (2002–2010)
• Jesper Skibby  Denmark (1998–2000)
• Rolf Sørensen  Denmark (2001)
• Christian Vande Velde  United States (2005–2007)
• Jens Voigt  Germany (2004–2010)
• David Zabriskie  United States (2005–2007)

References

• (Danish) Lars Werge, "Drømmeholdet – historien om CSC", Ekstra Bladets forlag, 2005, ISBN 87-7731-206-6
• Tómas Gislason, "Overcoming", DVD, 2005, a look behind the scenes of the 2004 Tour de France.

Overcoming at the Internet Movie Database

Footnotes

1. ^ Riis Cycling to have new title sponsor in 2009 at Team-CSC
2. ^ "Saxo Bank joins SunGard as co-titel sponsor in 2011" teamsaxobank.com, August 4, 2010
3. ^ http://borsen.dk/nyheder/finans/artikel/1/219657/bjarne_riis_og_saxo_bank_mister_sungard.html
4. ^ Andrew Rogers, PEZ Interviews: Bjarne Riis, PezCycling, February 22, 2006
5. ^ Our Values at Team-CSC
6. ^ Werge, p. 177
7. ^ Bjarne's boot camp, CyclingNews, December 12, 2004
8. ^ Andrew Rogers, Bobby Julich: Another PEZ-Zing, PezCycling, March 9, 2006
9. ^ Werge, pp. 15–17
10. ^ ibid, pp. 25 (figure translated from Danish kroner)
11. ^ ^{a b} Half a million dollars needed in Denmark, CyclingNews, September 23, 1999
12. ^ Werge, p. 87
13. ^ ibid, pp. 91–93
14. ^ Danish Cycling Federation, Nicolaj Bo Larsen, CyclingWorld, December 22, 2003
15. ^ Werge, p. 148 (figure translated from Danish kroner)
16. ^ ^{a b} (Danish) Avis: Hamburger testet positiv i 1999, Danmarks Radio, September 11, 2005
17. ^ Werge, p. 173
18. ^ CSC RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF TOP CYCLING TEAM, Computer Sciences Corporation, July 18, 2005
19. ^ Yahoo! Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more
20. ^ Team Team CSC (CSC) – DEN, UCI, 2006
21. ^ [1]
22. ^ Alhan Keser, O'Grady goes broke, Eurosport, March 10, 2006
23. ^ Sastre in Giro line-up, Team CSC, 2006
24. ^ "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 2006-10-18. 
25. ^ 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 2006-11-25. 
26. ^ Basso admits role in doping scandal at the Wayback Machine (archived May 9, 2007)
27. ^ "Team CSC Launches Anti Doping Program". Team CSC. 2006-11-13. http://www.riis-cycling.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1125. Retrieved 2006-11-25. 
28. ^ Riis Cycling to have new title sponsor in 2009
29. ^ Riis Cycling signs Sponsorship Agreement with Saxo Bank
30. ^ Sastre wins the 2008 L'Alpe d'Huez stage – VeloNews
31. ^ cyclingnews. "Team Saxo Bank- IT Factory sponsor declares bankruptcy". Bicikel.com. http://www.bicikel.com/en/bicikel_zine/3040/. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 
32. ^ Main Team CSC-Saxo Bank sponsor goes bust
33. ^ Specialized and Team Saxo Bank Join Forces
34. ^ Cycling News 3 August 2010
35. ^ Devaney, Jason. "Schlecks Confirm Departure from Saxo Bank." Universal Sports – Cycling. July 30, 2010.
36. ^ "Person profiles". team-saxobank.com. Team Saxo Bank. http://www.team-saxobank.com/person_profiles.asp. Retrieved 2009-02-01. 
37. ^ "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 2006-12-05. 
38. ^ "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 2007-10-18. 
39. ^ The nine riders were: Ivan Basso, Michael Blaudzun, Íñigo Cuesta, Volodymyr Hustov, Bobby Julich, Giovanni Lombardi, Carlos Sastre, Nicki Sørensen, Jens Voigt.
40. ^ The eight riders were: Lars Bak, Michael Blaudzun, Bobby Julich, Christian Müller, Stuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Jens Voigt and David Zabriskie.
41. ^ The nine riders were: Kurt Asle Arvesen, Lars Bak, Fabian Cancellara, Íñigo Cuesta, Stuart O'Grady, Volodymyr Hustov, Marcus Ljungqvist, Carlos Sastre, Nicki Sørensen.
42. ^ The eight riders were: Michael Blaudzun, Matthew Goss, Bobby Julich, Marcus Ljungqvist, Luke Roberts, Nicki Sørensen, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie.

External links

• Official website
• Trey Greenwood joins CSC as new managing director