List of Tinkoff riders and staff explained

Former Team Saxo Bank staff are road bicycle racers and sporting directors previously employed by the professional cycling team of, previously known as Team CSC.

Former riders

Name	Born	Nationality	Previous	Enter	Left	Afterwards
Lars Michaelsen	1969		Team Coast	2003	2007^[1]
Christian Vande Velde	1976			2005	2007^[2]
David Zabriskie	1979			2005	2007
Luke Roberts	1977		ComNet Senges	2005	2007
Martin Pedersen	1983			2006	2007	Team GLS^[3]
Ivan Basso	1977			2004	2006^[4]	^[5]
Giovanni Lombardi	1969		Domina Vacanze	2005	2006	Retired^[6]
Peter Luttenberger	1972			2003	2006	^[7]
Christian Müller	1982		(neo-pro)	2005	2006	Skil–Shimano^[8]
Andrea Peron	1971			2002	2006	Retired^[9]
Jakob Piil	1973		Acceptcard	2000	2006	^[10]
Brian Vandborg	1981		(neo-pro)	2004	2006	^[11]
Linus Gerdemann	1982		(neo-pro)	2005	2005
Fabrizio Guidi	1972		Team Bianchi	2004	2005	Phonak
Vladimir Gusev	1982		(neo-pro)	2004	2005
Thomas Bruun Eriksen	1979		(neo-pro)	2002	2005	Retired
Manuel Calvente	1976		(neo-pro)	2002	2005	Agritubel
Tristan Hoffman	1970		TVM	2000	2005	Sports director for Team CSC
Michele Bartoli	1970			2004	2004	Retired
Frank Høj	1973		Team Fakta	2004	2004
Jörg Jaksche	1976			2004	2004
Maximilian Sciandri	1967			2004	2004	Retired
Bekim Christensen	1973		Team Coast	2003	2004	Retired
Jimmi Madsen	1969		(without contract)	2002	2004	(track racing)
Michael Sandstød	1968		Chicky World	1999	2004	Retired
Lennie Kristensen	1968		Team Fakta	2003	2003	Retired
Andrea Tafi	1966		Mapei	2003	2003	Alessio–Bianchi
Julian Dean	1975			2002	2003
Tyler Hamilton	1971			2002	2003	Phonak
Geert Van Bondt	1970		Mercury/Viatel	2002	2003	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
Paul Van Hyfte	1972			2002	2003	Vlaanderen-T Interim
Nicolas Jalabert	1973			2001	2003	Phonak
Arvis Piziks	1969		Rabobank	1998	2003	Retired
Michael Rasmussen	1974		(mountain biking)	2002	2002
Marcelino Garcia Alonso	1971			2001	2002	Labarca-2 Cafe Baque
Olivier Asmaker	1973			2001	2002
Francisco Cerezo	1971		Vitalicio Seguras	2001	2002	Labarca-2 Cafe Baque
Laurent Jalabert	1968			2001	2002	Retired
Raphael Jeune	1975		(neo-pro)	2001	2002
Danny Jonassen	1974		Team Fakta	2001	2002	Retired
Bjarke Nielsen	1976		Chicky World	2000	2002	Team Fakta
Martin Rittsel	1971		Chicky World	2000	2002	Team Fakta
Koen Beeckman	1973			2001	2001
Rolf Sørensen	1965			2001	2001	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
Bo Hamburger	1970		Cantina Tollo	2000	2001	Index Alexia
Jacob Moe Rasmussen	1975		Acceptcard	2000	2001	Team Fakta
Nicolai Bo Larsen	1971		TVM	1999	2001
René Jørgensen	1975		(neo-pro)	1998	2001	Team Fakta
Michael Steen Nielsen	1975		(neo-pro)	1998	2001
Matthew Gilmore	1972		SPAR-RDM	2000	2000	Vlaanderen-T Interim
Frank Corvers	1969		SPAR-RDM	2000	2000	Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
Allan Johansen	1971		Chicky World	2000	2000	Team Fakta
Christian Andersen	1967		(neo-pro)	1998	2000	Sports director for Team CSC
Mikael Kyneb	1972		PSV Team Cologne	1998	2000	Team Fakta
Jesper Skibby	1964		TVM	1998	2000	Retired
Federico Colonna	1972		Asics	1999	1999	Cantina Tollo
Marc Streel	1971			1999	1999
Juris Silovs	1973		Schauff Öschelbronn	1998	1999
Marc Strange Jacobsen	1972		ABC	1998	1999	Retired
Michael Rosborg	1971		(neo-pro)	1998	1999	Retired
Brian Holm	1962			1998	1998	Acceptcard
Danny Nelissen	1970		Rabobank	1998	1998	Retired
Carlos Sastre	1975			2001	2008

Former stagiaire

Name	Born	Nationality	Year	Afterwards
Kasper Klostergaard	1983		2005
Chris Anker Sørensen	1984		2005
Andy Schleck	1985		2004
Roberto Arroyo	1978		2003	no contract
Morten Knudsen	1981		2003	no contract
Pablo Urtasun Perez	1980		2003	no contract
Javier Ramirez Abeja	1978		2002
Fränk Schleck	1980		2002
Thomas Bruun Eriksen	1979		2001
Michael Rasmussen	1974		2001

Former sports directors

Name	Born	Nationality	Previous	Enter	Left	Afterwards
Tristan Hoffman	1970		rider for Team CSC	2005	2006
Johnny Weltz				2001	2005
Sean Yates	1960			2003	2004
Christian Andersen	1967			2001	2004
Jørgen Marcussen			Team Coast	2002	2003	none
Per Pedersen	1964		none	2002	2003
Alex Pedersen	1966		none	1998	2003	none
Torben Kølbæk			none	1998	2000	none

References

1. Web site: Lars Michaelsen Takes One More Turn . Team CSC . 2006-11-28 . 2006-11-28.
2. News: Vaughters confirms Millar, Vande Velde, and Zabriskie . CyclingNews.com . July 30, 2007 . 2007-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090710215421/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Fjul07%2Fjul30news2 . July 10, 2009 .
3. Web site: Team GLS sikrer sig Martin Pedersen . Danish . Team GLS . 2007-11-02 . 2007-11-03.
4. Web site: Ivan Basso To Leave Team CSC . Team CSC . 2006-10-18 . 2006-10-18.
5. Web site: Italian Basso signs for Discovery . BBC News . 2006-11-08 . 2006-11-09.
6. Web site: Lombardi retires . VeloNews . 2006-10-20 . 2006-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061022042626/http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11067.0.html . 2006-10-22 . dead .
7. Web site: Five New Riders for Rock-Solid Team CSC in 2007 . CSC . 2006-12-28 . 2006-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163947/http://www.csc.com/mms/cycling/en/ne/na/articleDetail.jsp?id=5504 . July 5, 2007 .
8. Web site: Christian Müller completes Skil–Shimano cycling team roster . Skil–Shimano . 2006-10-25 . 2006-11-24.
9. Web site: A Day with Andrea Peron . PezCycling News . 2006-12-08 . 2006-12-23.
10. Web site: Jakob Piil Leaves Team CSC in 2007 . Team CSC . 2006-08-31 . 2006-08-31 . 2006-11-12 . https://archive.today/20061112074436/http://www.team-csc.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1051&lang=uk . dead .
11. News: Jensen . Peter Fiilsø . Vandborg til Discovery . Danish . DR . 2006-10-11 . 2006-10-11 .

External links

• Official Team CSC site
• Trap-Friis.dk (riders database)