Team Liquigas-Doimo is preparing for what will be its sixth season as a professional team in 2010. The team has confirmed 28 riders for next year, 19 will stay on board from the 2009 squad, and 9 new recruits.
Croatian rider Robert Kiserlovski, 23, from the Fuji-Servetto team, and neo-pro Elia Viviani from Marchiol Sport are the last two signings for 2010. Kiserlovski will debut in January, while Viviani will start riding with the team in April following the U23 track World Championships in Denmark.
The first training camp for Liquigas-Doimo will take place from 27th November to 4th December, at Passo San Pellegrino in Val di Fassa near Trento. The team has previously held camps there to prepare for the 2009 season. Accompanying the riders will be team manager Roberto Amadio and directeur sportifs Stefano Zanatta, Dario Mariuzzo, Mario Scirea, Paolo Slongo, Alberto Volpi and Biagio Conte.
Confirmed riders (19):
Valerio Agnoli, Ivan Basso, Daniele Bennati, Maciej Bodnar, Francesco Chicchi, Jacopo Guarnieri, Roman Kreuziger, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Vincenzo Nibali, Daniel Oss, Franco Pellizotti, Manuel Quinziato, Fabio Sabatini, Ivan Santaromita, Sylwester Szmyd, Alessandro Vanotti, Brian Bach Vandborg, Frederik Willems e Oliver Zaugg
New riders (9):
Francesco Bellotti (from Team Barloworld), Davide Cimolai (neoprofessional), Tiziano Dall’Antonia e Mauro Finetto (from CSF Group-Navigare), Robert Kiserlovski (from Fuji-Servetto), Kristjan Koren (neoprofessional), Maciej Paterski (neoprofessional), Peter Sagan (neoprofessional) e Elia Viviani (neoprofessional)