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Silence-Lotto
Silence-Lotto 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.
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.
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 have a 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.
Important Facts:
- Omega Pharma co-sponsored in Quick Step-Davitamon in 2003 and 2004, for 2005-2006 it was Davitamon-Lotto and finally Predictor-Lotto for 2007.
- 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 a strong classics team, with emphasis on the northern Spring classics.
- The previous names for the team are: Lotto-Domo in Div I 2003 and 2004. Davitmon-Lotto in Pro Tour 2005 and 2006, and finally Predictor-Lotto in Pro tour 2007.
- In season 2007 Robbie McEwen got to stage 3 in the Jayco Bay Classic.
- In the Tour of Qatar 2007 Greg Van Avermaet had the 1st place in the Stage 5.
- In the Giro de Italia 2007 Robbie McEwen won stage 2 and in the Tour de France 2007 he won stage 1.
- In the general classification of the Tour de France Cadel Evans got 2nd place.
Riders:
- Aerts Mario
- Bileka Volodymyr
- Brandt Christophe
- Cioni Dario
- Cornu Dominique
- D’ Hollander Glenn
- De Greef Francis
- De Vocht Wim
- Denenyns Dries
- Dockx Bart
- Evans Cadel
- Gareyn Gorik
- Gates Nick
- Hoste Leif
- Jacobs Pieter
- Kaisen Olivier
- Lloyd Matthew
- McEwen Robbie
- Popovych Yaroslav
- Roelandts Jurgen
- Roesems Bert
- Sentjens Roy
- Steurs Geert
- Tjallingii Maarten
- Van Avermaet Greg
- Vandenbroeck Jurgen
- Vanhuffel Wim
- Vansevenant Wim
- Vansummeren Johan