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TEAM CSC
Overview: Country: Denmark Team Website: www.team-csc.com 2008 Roster: 28 Riders Bikes Used: Cervélo Team CSC:Sponsored by California-based CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), Team CSC brings one of the world's strongest teams to the 2008 Tour de Georgia. As the UCI ProTour Team Champions for the last three years, Team CSC continues to dominate the race scene with top cyclists like Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Jens Voigt (GER), Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Carlos Sastre (ESP), Fränk and Andy Schleck (LUX), Bobby Julich (USA), and Juan José Haedo (ARG). Last season Team CSC won the teams classification in the Tour of California and had two stage wins during the Tour de France, with Sastre finishing fourth and Cancellara enjoying seven days in the yellow jersey. Sastre moved on to finish second overall in Vuelta a España later in the year, while Cancellara won the World Championship time trial for the second year in a row. Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) and Fränk Schleck furthermore finished second and fourth in the world championship road race. The squad has continued their winning habits thus far in 2008. With Cancellara and Haedo on the team, Team CSC will be looking for time trial and stage wins on the way to taking the overall team classification in Georgia. 2008 Highlights:Held the Yellow jersey for two days & posted two stage victories in the Amgen Tour of California, 1st in the Clasica de Almeria 2007 Highlights:1st place ranking Pro Tour team points classification,1st Paris-Roubaix, 1st World Championship Individual Time trial championship, 1st USA Individual Time Trial Championships, 1st Deutschland Tour, 1st Tour of Denmark, 2nd Vuelta a España, 3rd Team Overall Tour de France, 1st Team Overall and three stage victories Amgen Tour of California, 7 days in yellow in Tour de France, 2nd and 4th World Championship road race 2008 Tour de Georgia Roster:
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