PARIS, June 26, 2012 (AFP) – Two-time Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso, Vincenzo Nibali and newcomer Peter Sagan figured in the Liquigas team’s
line-up for the Tour de France which starts on Saturday.
The Italian outfit’s sporting director Stefano Zanatta, announcing the team on Tuesday, said: “Nibali will target the general classification, the
Slovakian champion Sagan will be aiming at stage wins and Basso (a former Tour de france runner-up) will play the role of ‘director’.
“For Sagan the aim is to win a stage, anything else will be a bonus.”
Liquigas team
Ivan Basso (ITA), Federico Canuti (ITA), Kristjan Koren (SLO), Dominik Nerz
(GER), Vincenzo Nibali (ITA), Daniel Oss (ITA), Peter Sagan (SVK), Sylwester
Szmyd (POL), Alessandro Vanotti (ITA)