 | TEAM FACTFILE Country: Italy Team boss: Giancarlo Ferreti Team leaders: Fabian Cancellara Best Tour: 2002 - Ivan Basso seventh; Alessandro Petacchi - four stage wins |
Fassa Bortolo will have one very clear goal in this year's race - for Fabian Cancellara to win the prologue. They delivered that deal last year when the young Swiss rider stunned his rivals in Belgium.
Their other man goal - sprint wins through Alessandro Petacchi, though, have been ruled out after he opted out of the Tour.
After a superb Giro d'Italia he has chosen to hang up his lycra shorts, albeit temporarily.
Cancellara looks a talent for the future aside from his blistering prologue efforts, while Juan Antonio Flecha could sneak a stage win.
The legendary Giancarlo Ferreti is still at the head of the team and has been managing cycling teams since the 1970s.
He is renowned in the sport as a tactical genius.
MMIX
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