Liquigas-Cannondale is focusing on the grand tours and classics for the 2012 season. Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali are the captains assigned the task of hunting down the big stage races, and their main goal is the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France respectively. However this choice does not rule them out of competing in both: if the team decides that Basso and Nibali are to focus their efforts on one of the two races, it is still undecided if the Varese rider will be at the Tour or if the Sicilian will compete in the Giro. Liquigas-Cannondale wants to assess the performance and condition of the two riders over the coming months before making any decisions. The rest of the season’s programme for Basso and Nibali will only be scheduled once this has been finalised.
The classics will feature prominently on the calendar for Peter Sagan, the team’s key rider for the one-day races. The Slovak champion will compete in the Milano-Sanremo and then share the responsibility of performing well in the cobbled classics with Daniel Oss and Elia Viviani (except for the Paris-Roubaix when only Oss will race). Sagan’s biggest goal this summer will then be the Tour de France: after winning three stages at last year’s Vuelta a España (the first Grand Tour of his career), Sagan will endeavour to make his mark on the Grande Boucle.
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The classics will feature prominently on the calendar for Peter Sagan, the team’s key rider for the one-day races. The Slovak champion will compete in the Milano-Sanremo and then share the responsibility of performing well in the cobbled classics with Daniel Oss and Elia Viviani (except for the Paris-Roubaix when only Oss will race). Sagan’s biggest goal this summer will then be the Tour de France: after winning three stages at last year’s Vuelta a España (the first Grand Tour of his career), Sagan will endeavour to make his mark on the Grande Boucle.
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