Last season the Lampre-Fondital team could not live up to the big expectations. What followed was a very pale season. The fact that Danielle Bennati won the teams most ProTour races, inspite of his injuries, says it all.


Figueras coud not come back on the highest level and so did Marzano. Vila started well in Paris-Nice but did not draw attention in the rest of the season. The same goes for Valjavec.
Cunego played along, did get the white jersey in the Tour de France thanks to a solid closing time trial, but didn’t get the same results as in 2004 when he became a superstar in Italy.


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