Silence-Lotto

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Silence-Lotto
Team information
UCI code SIL
Based Flag of Belgium Belgium
Founded 2003
Discipline(s) Road
Status ProTour
Key personnel
General manager Geert Coeman
Team manager Marc Sergeant
Previous team name(s)
2007 - ProTour
2006 - ProTour
2005 - ProTour
2004 - Div. I
2003 - Div. I
Predictor-Lotto (PRL)
Davitamon-Lotto (DVL)
Davitamon-Lotto (DVL)
Lotto-Domo (LOT)
Lotto-Domo (LOT)

Silence-Lotto (UCI team code: SIL) (formerly Davitamon-Lotto for 2005-2006 and Predictor-Lotto for 2007) is a Belgian professional cycling team sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Omega Pharma through their Silence brand and previously through their Predictor and Davitamon brands. Omega Pharma co-sponsored in Quick Step-Davitamon in 2003 and 2004. Lotto has a long history of cycling sponsorship, being the main sponsor of its own team since 1992. The fusion of the Lotto-Adecco and Domo-Farm Frites teams for the start of the 2003 season created the current team and structure in the guise of Lotto-Domo. Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 teams that compete in the new UCI ProTour. Silence-Lotto rides Ridley bicycles.

The team is managed by Belgians Marc Sergeant and Geert Coeman and they are assisted by their countrymen Hendrik Redant, Herman Frison and former Belgian National Team selector José De Cauwer, as well as Italian Roberto Damiani. Filip Demyttenaere acts as public relations manager.

The team is a strong classics team, with emphasis on the northern Spring classics. There is also strength in stage races with Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen, three times winner of the sprinter's jersey in the Tour de France stage race, and climbing specialist Australian Cadel Evans who finished 2nd in the Tour de France last year on the team.

Contents

[edit] Major results

[edit] 2007

2007 logo
2007 logo

[edit] Team roster

As of May 6, 2008.[1]

Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Belgium Mario Aerts (BEL) December 31, 1974 (1974-12-31) (age 33)
Flag of Belgium Christophe Brandt (BEL) May 6, 1977 (1977-05-06) (age 31)
Flag of Italy Dario Cioni (ITA) December 2, 1974 (1974-12-02) (age 33)
Flag of Belgium Dominique Cornu (BEL) October 10, 1985 (1985-10-10) (age 22)
Flag of Belgium Francis De Greef (BEL) February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02) (age 23)
Flag of Belgium Wim De Vocht (BEL) April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 26)
Flag of Belgium Dries Devenyns (BEL) July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 24)
Flag of Belgium Glenn D'Hollander (BEL) December 28, 1974 (1974-12-28) (age 33)
Flag of Belgium Bart Dockx (BEL) September 2, 1981 (1981-09-02) (age 26)
Flag of Australia Cadel Evans (AUS) February 14, 1977 (1977-02-14) (age 31)
Flag of Belgium Gorik Gardeyn (BEL) March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) (age 28)
Flag of Australia Nick Gates (AUS) March 10, 1972 (1972-03-10) (age 36)
Flag of Belgium Leif Hoste (BEL) July 17, 1977 (1977-07-17) (age 30)
Flag of Belgium Pieter Jacobs (BEL) June 6, 1986 (1986-06-06) (age 22)
Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Belgium Olivier Kaisen (BEL) April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30) (age 25)
Flag of Australia Matthew Lloyd (AUS) May 24, 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 25)
Flag of Australia Robbie McEwen (AUS) June 24, 1972 (1972-06-24) (age 35)
Flag of Ukraine Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) January 4, 1980 (1980-01-04) (age 28)
Flag of Belgium Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) July 2, 1985 (1985-07-02) (age 22)
Flag of Belgium Bert Roesems (BEL) October 14, 1972 (1972-10-14) (age 35)
Flag of Belgium Roy Sentjens (BEL) December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15) (age 27)
Flag of Belgium Geert Steurs (BEL) September 24, 1981 (1981-09-24) (age 26)
Flag of the Netherlands Maarten Tjallingii (NED) November 5, 1977 (1977-11-05) (age 30)
Flag of Belgium Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) May 17, 1985 (1985-05-17) (age 23)
Flag of Belgium Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) February 1, 1983 (1983-02-01) (age 25)
Flag of Belgium Wim Van Huffel (BEL) May 28, 1979 (1979-05-28) (age 29)
Flag of Belgium Johan Van Summeren (BEL) February 4, 1981 (1981-02-04) (age 27)
Flag of Belgium Wim Vansevenant (BEL) December 23, 1971 (1971-12-23) (age 36)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Silence-Lotto (SIL) - BEL Riders. uciprotour.com. UCI. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.

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