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The Cannondale Bicycle Corporation is an American division of Dutch conglomerate
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that supplies
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s. Its headquarters are in
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with engineering offices in
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, Germany. Frames are manufactured in Taiwan.


History

The company was founded in 1971 by Joe Montgomery and Murdock MacGregor to manufacture
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housing. Later Ron Davis came to Cannondale from
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where he was vice-president in charge of the development of
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reproduction. Davis had an idea for an
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that would use
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as fuel. Davis, with MacGregor as his assistant, managed to duplicate and exceed results obtained by
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, then a division of
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. Faced with a commitment to invest a large amount of capital to take the project to a workable model installed in an automobile, Montgomery decided that the company should raise capital by developing and marketing other products that they had conceived. By now MacGregor and Davis had recruited two more CBS Laboratory alumni: John Wistrand, an industrial designer, and Jim Catrambone, in management. An
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with no moving parts was a first effort. Then Joe Montgomery, after a camping bike trip with his son, conceived "the Bugger"
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. Ron Davis devised an under-seat hitch, a
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made of
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. Wistrand designed the cloth bags and cargo carrier on the two models of trailers. Montgomery, in an effort repeated in numerous products, sourced the cloth components and oversaw their manufacture. At the New York Bicycle Show the team received requests from bike dealers who wanted to buy the bags. In less than six months Cannondale became the world's largest manufacturer of lightweight bicycle bags. Using a marketing plan devised by Montgomery, Cannondale secured orders from more than 2,500 dealers in less than 20 months. They then used the infrastructure developed to produce the bags to enter the camping goods market with backpacks and tents. Regarding the Bugger trailer, although Cannondale's marketing department claimed to be unaware of the connotations of that name in British English, some were, nevertheless, exported to the UK. Todd Patterson, another designer/inventor, joined the company and developed the process for jigging and welding aluminum
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s, enabling Cannondale to become a bicycle manufacturer. Today, Cannondale produces high-end bicycles, although they are no longer hand-made in the US. Many bicycle frame manufacturers use many materials such as steel or titanium whereas Cannondale specializes in
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and
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, a technology in which they were pioneers. The name of the company was taken from the
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Metro North train station in
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. Another story as told in their 1983 catalog is that employee Pete Meyers was sent to order telephone service installation in 1970. When asked for the name of the business to be listed under, Meyers coined the name while looking at a rusty cannon inscribed "dale" and the sign on the Cannon railroad crossing.


Ownership

Originally a privately held company, Cannondale became publicly held after a $22 million IPO in 1995. In the late 1990s Cannondale moved into the
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business, producing a line of off-road
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and
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s. According to an interview with Cannondale Communications Director, Tom Armstrong, the company was unable to reduce the cost of their vehicles fast enough. As sales increased, the company was losing money on each motorbike. This gap drove the company into bankruptcy protection on January 29, 2003. Cannondale's full assets were then purchased at auction by
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fund Pegasus Partners II, L.P. Pegasus sold off the motorsport division and supported the company's renewed focus on bicycle production. In February 2008, Dorel Industries, a Canada-based diversified consumer products company, announced the purchase of Cannondale from Pegasus Capital for approximately $200 million. Dorel also owned
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, a distributor of bicycles made in
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and the
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for sale under many historic U.S. cycle brands, including
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,
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, Roadmaster, and GT. In April 2009 it was announced that all production would be transferred to
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. In January 2022, Pon Holdings, a Dutch mobility group, purchased Dorel Sports. https://www.bike-eu.com/market/nieuws/2022/01/dorel-sports-officially-in-hands-of-pon-holdings-10142026.


Products


Bicycle frames

On January 23, 2014, Dorel Industries announced a restructuring of operations in its recreational/leisure segment. This resulted in the closure of its assembly and testing facility in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The Bedford plant, which at one point produced Cannondale’s midrange to high-end aluminum and aluminum/carbon fiber bikes, still handled some assembly, testing, quality control, and customer and technical services. Around 100 people were laid off. The Bedford facility was shuttered in 2015.


CAAD design and manufacturing

In 1992 Cannondale introduced the 2.8 series frame based on CAD (computer aided design) and finite element analysis to make a frame weighing only 2.8 lbs. The 2.8 series featured a tapered large diameter down tube, double-offset bottom-bracket cluster, ovalized top-tube, and double-butted seat tube to achieve the weight reduction. The same year the 1.25" Sub One all aluminum fork was introduced. Cannondale marketed subsequent frames with the CAAD designation (for "Cannondale Advanced Aluminum Design") which first appeared in their mountain bike frame series. In 1997 the CAAD3 road frame was introduced featuring most of the design from the 2.8series. The CAAD4 model introduced S-bend aluminum seat stays for improved comfort. The Six13 model, which was introduced in 2004, used carbon tube sections in the main triangle, and still employs aluminum rear triangles. This arrangement is contrary to the usual industry practice of using carbon stay inserts and aluminum front triangle tubes. The
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has established a 6.8 kg (14.97 lb) minimum weight limit. Cannondale advertised this light weight frameset with the slogan "Legalize my Cannondale". In reality, only the smallest size (50 cm) of bike actually approached the 6.8 kg limit. Some in the bicycle industry considered this to be a creative marketing effort because Six13 frames weighed the same as, or more than, competing frames from other manufacturers.


Electric bicycles

An electric bicycle manufactured by Cannondale Sports Group LLC includes a battery module based on
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's quick-charging
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" SCiB".


Other components

Cannondale developed a proprietary
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and
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technology called ''Hollowgram'' which has been featured in its high-end bikes since 2001. The crank and bottom bracket set weigh 80 grams less and are 10% stiffer than Dura-Ace (FC-7800). The hollowgram bottom bracket shell can accept standard 68 mm English-threaded bottom bracket cartridges and external bearing cranksets through the use of an adapter. The aluminum Hollowgram crank is a two piece hollow shell that is bonded with aluminum glue. The Hollowgram bottom bracket axle is also hollow aluminum and oversized. Cannondale has since made this a free international standard known as BB30. In BB30, the diameter of the bottom bracket spindle is increased from the standard 24mm to 30mm. As a result, the inside diameter of the bottom bracket shell is increased to 42mm. This allows a reduction in weight by permitting aluminum to be used as a spindle material instead of the more traditional steel. The larger spindle in addition to the larger bottom bracket shell make for increased stiffness of both the frame and crankset. Perhaps the biggest difference between the BB30 standard and more traditional bottom brackets is the use of pressed-in bearings rather than cartridge or cup bearings. The lack of threads or extra "packaging" creates additional weight savings. Because of the "press fit" needed to hold the bearings, tighter and more precise machining tolerances are needed. A disadvantage of BB30 is the harder-to-service nature presented by pressed-in bearings. Cannondale has brought a few concepts to market that have since become accepted industry standards. Cannondale was the first to produce a crankset that uses externally mounted bottom bracket bearings, though they later discontinued this design. External bearings are now the most common type of bottom bracket for mid-level and higher bicycles. In 1992, Cannondale introduced the Headshok and the accompanying oversized headtube. In 2001, the OnePointFive standard emerged using similar headtube dimensions as the Headshok headtube. Less successfully, Cannondale mountain bikes (and briefly, the 2.8 road bike with a SubOne fork) produced in the mid-1990s used the
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"Evolution", or 1" headset standard, in common with Fisher's own bikes and Santana tandems. Although a larger headset seemed technically sound, the industry standardized instead upon the Tioga "Avenger", or 1" size, and headsets or stems for these bikes are now hard to find. A solution for cherished machines is to fit reducing rings and convert to a 1" headset, fork and stem.


Notable Cannondale mountain bikes


= SM-500 (1984)

= The 1984 ''SM-500 All-Terrain Bicycle'' was Cannondale's first mountain bike. The front wheel was 26 inches in diameter whereas the rear wheel was only 24 inches large "to increase traction for climbing in steep, muddy terrain", Cannondale said. The frame was TIG welded from
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and was fully heat treated. The same material and treatment Cannondale would use for all welded aluminum frames until the release of frames made from ''
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Alcalyte Optimo'' alloy in 2003. The fork was made from chrome moly steel. The componentry on the SM-500 was a mixture of parts from
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Deore XT, Suntour, Specialized and
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. The bike had a 3x5
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offering 15 gears, and cantilever brakes in the front and U-brakes in back. The bike retailed for $595 (approximately equivalent to $1640 in 2021–
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) in the United States.


= Beast of the East

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= SE (1991)

= The ''SE'' was Cannondale's first frame with rear suspension, called ''Elevated Suspension Technology (E.S.T)'', a rear triangle with a high pivot and elevated chain stays. SE models were sold with rigid ''Cannondale Pepperoni'' aluminum forks and ''Girvin Flexstem'' stems. The bikes shipped with Cannondale's ''Force 40'' system to increase the braking power.


= SM 3.0

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= Delta V (1992)

= The ''Delta V'' was the first bike to introduce Cannondale's ''Delta V'' (later ''Headshok'') suspension fork where the
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is integrated into the
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. The Delta V was sold as a full-suspension bike with the E.S.T rear triangle, or as a "front suspension only" bike with a normal rigid frame (the term "hardtail" had not been invented). The original Delta V fork offered approximately 45–50 mm of travel and used an oil-damped air spring. The telescope of the Delta V fork had a square cross-section and instead of bushings, needle bearings were used to minimize stiction. Delta V forks were stiffer and more responsive than other suspension forks at the time. Since the Delta V fork was taller than normal forks, the top end of head tube of Delta V frames was significantly higher. To not sacrifice stand-over clearance, Cannondale made a "V-style" top tube from two tubes – a very controversial design. Like other Cannondale mountain bike frames, the Delta V frame had a 50.8 mm (2 inches)
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. The full-suspension version was discontinued in 1994 in favor of the ''Super V''. In 1994, the hardtail's rear triangle was updated and was identical to the rear in the ''F'' series frames. The Delta V hardtail was finally retired in 1995 and replaced by the F series. The two-tube top tube design remained in use for the smallest frame size and reappeared in the ''Gemini'' and 'Prophet'' models.


= Super V (1993)

= The ''Super V'', a full-suspension bike, is arguably Cannondale's most iconic mountain bike. Instead of a main triangle, Cannondale uses a massively oversized down tube and a mast to hold the seat. The rear wheel is suspended by a banana-shaped aluminum high-pivot
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providing about 75 mm of travel. The front wheel is guided by a Delta V fork. The Super V is one of the most futuristic looking bikes of its time.
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won the 1994 downhill world championship on a Super V. In 1995, the welded aluminum banana swingarm was replaced by a carbon-fiber version. This was Cannondale's first carbon-fiber product. In 1996, Cannondale changed the swingarm and lowered the pivot for the "Super V Active" to minimize pedal kickback present high-pivot swingarm designs. Different versions of the Super V Active frame and swingarm were made with travels of 80, 100, or 120 mm. Some models in 2000 and 2001 shipped with a new, bonded aluminum swingarm that was less expensive. The Super V was discontinued in 2003.


= V 4000 (1993)

= The V 4000 was a non-functional full-suspension concept bike that never went into production, yet it caught attention due its futuristic design. The frame and the wheels where machined from aluminum. The highlight of the design was the suspension, two single-sided swingarms. Cannondale's president at the time, Joe Montgomery, said he would eat his hat if the V 4000 wouldn't be in the shops in the next season. Although Cannondale promised additional information later in the year, it was never revealed how the suspension was planned to work. The V 4000 was widely considered a show bike for magazines and trade shows, and Montgomery eventually ate his hat. The V 4000 was the first in a row of concept bikes Cannondale presented.


= Killer V (1994)

= The Killer V was a version of the Delta V without a suspension fork but with a 1.25" rigid ''Pepperoni'' fork. The down tube diameter was increased from 50.8 mm to 58 mm which made the bike very stiff.


= F (1995)

= The F was the front suspension bike line with Cannondale's suspension forks, called "Headshok" since 1994. In contrast to the Delta V frame, the F series had a straight top tube. The frame was available with either a swagged ("2.8 series", later "CAAD 3") or a straight ("3.0 series", later "CAAD 2") down tube. The rear triangle features wishbone seat stays. Alison Sydor won 3 cross-country world-championships (1994–1996), and a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games on this bike.


= Super V DH (1996)

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= Super V Raven (1997)

= The ''Raven'' was a version of the Super V with a carbon-aluminum frame. It was the first bicycle frame by Cannondale made with
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. Instead of an aluminum
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, the main frame of the Raven was made of a
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and
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aluminum spine bonded between two carbon-fiber shells. The rear triangle was identical to the aluminum Super V's. The frame was updated in 2000. After a recall in 2001 of all Raven II frames due to failures of the pivot and bottom bracket area, the Raven was discontinued in 2002. The Raven frame was hollow and a large
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.


= Super V DHF / Fulcrum (1997)

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= Jekyll (2001)

= The ''Jekyll'' was a full-suspension bike using the same swingarm as the contemporary Super V but with a traditional down tube and top tube design. The rear shock mount in the frame was adjustable such that the head tube and seat tube angles could be changed by the rider. Initially, the Jekyll came with 120 mm rear travel, and 135 mm from 2003 on. The front suspension was typically a Cannondale ''Headshok Fatty'' or a Cannondale ''Lefty''. The Jekyll was discontinued in 2006.


= Scalpel (2002)

= The ''Scalpel'' was a light-weight full-suspension bike designed for cross-country racing with flexible carbon-fiber chain stays instead of a pivot, providing 63 mm of rear travel and 67 mm from model year 2003 on. In 2008, Cannondale introduced an all-carbon Scalpel, and moved the rear shock to enable 100 mm travel. The 26-inch version was discontinued in 2013 when Cannondale finished to 29-inch wheels for cross-country bikes.


= Gemini (2003)

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= Chase (2005)

= The ''Chase'' was a dirt-jump bike developed with Cannondale sponsored rider Aaron Chase. The Chase was discontinued in 2010 and it remained the first and only dirt-jump bike made by Cannondale until the introduction of the ''Dave'' in 2021.


= Prophet (2005)

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= Rush (2006)

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= Judge (2007)

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= Perp (2007)

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= Taurine (2007)

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= Caffeine (2007)

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= Moto (2009)

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= Rize (2009)

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= Flash (2010)

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= Jekyll (2011)

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= Claymore (2011)

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= Trigger 29 (2013)

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Sponsorships


Road racing


Saeco, 1996–2004

Cannondale's sponsorship of Division 1 road racing teams began with the team in the late 1990s, highlighted by
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's four consecutive stage wins in the
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. The team notably won the Giro d'Italia five times, in 1997 with
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, in 2003 with
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in 2004 with
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. Saeco became Lampre-Caffita in 2005, and the relationship with Cannondale was severed.


Barloworld, 2006–2007

Cannondale was the bicycle sponsor of
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team Barloworld.


Liquigas, 2007–2012

In 2007, Cannondale became the bicycle sponsor to , replacing
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, and counted fourth and fifth Giro wins as
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in 2007 and
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in 2010 rode to victory. In 2011, they became a title sponsor under the name Liquigas-Cannondale.


Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team, 2010

Cannondale was the bicycle sponsor
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team Bahati Foundation in 2010.


Cannondale Pro Cycling, 2013–2014

In 2013, Cannondale took over the title sponsorship of the Liquigas team.


Team Cannondale−Garmin, 2015


Cannondale Pro Cycling Team, 2016


Cannondale–Drapac Pro Cycling Team, 2017-2017


Team EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale, 2018


EF Education First Pro Cycling, 2019


EF Pro Cycling, 2020


EF Education–Nippo, 2021


Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank, 2020–2021

In 2020, Cannondale became the bike sponsor of the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank UCI Women's World Tour team.


Mountain biking


Volvo Cannondale Mountain Bike Racing Team, 1994–2002

The
Volvo The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...
Cannondale Mountain Bike Racing Team was one of the most successful elite professional racing teams in the history of mountain biking. Over the 9 season, Volvo Cannondale racers won 11 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at world championships, as well as one silver and once bronze medal at Olympic Games, and one bronze medal at european championships. Cross-country riders: Alison Sydor (1994–1999),
Tinker Juarez David "Tinker" Juarez (born March 4, 1961) is an American former professional BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer. His prime competitive years in BMX were from 1978 to 1984 and in mountain bike racing 1986 to 2005. Since late 2005, he has ...
(1994–2002), Sara Ellis (1994–1996), Marc Gullickson (1994–1995), Cyrille Bonnand (1996–1997), Annabella Stropparo (1996–2000),
Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along wi ...
(1998–2001), Christoph Sauser (1999–2002) Downhill riders: Franck Roman (1994–1996),
Missy Giove Melissa 'The Missile' Giove (born 1972) is an American professional downhill mountain biker. Throughout her career she won 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 world cups. Giove's other accomplishments include three overall NORBA ...
(1994–1998),
Myles Rockwell Myles Rockwell (born August 19, 1972) is an American former professional Downhill mountain biking, downhill mountain biker and winner of the 2000 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, 2000 UCI Downhill World Championships. He was indu ...
(1994–1998), Kenichi Nabeshima (1995–1997), Kim Sonier (1996–1998), Oscar Saiz (1997–1998), Brigitta Kasper (1998), David Vasquez-Lopez (1998),
Anne-Caroline Chausson Anne-Caroline Chausson (born 8 October 1977 in Dijon) is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. S ...
(1999–2002),
Cédric Gracia Cédric Gracia (born 23 March 1978 in Pau, France) is a French mountain biker, who now lives in Andorra. Career He started his career as an athlete at 6 years old as a BMX rider and then a freestyle ski pro. Cedric Gracia, years later, became a ...
(1999–2002),
Brian Lopes Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.Lopes/McCorm ...
(1999–2000) Trial athletes: Libor Karas (1994–?),
Martyn Ashton Martyn Ashton (born 2 December 1974) is a former British and World Champion mountain bike trials rider, stunt rider and team manager. He had been riding professional trials since 1993, and has been described as a mountain biking legend, and credi ...
(1997), Lance Trappe


SoBe Cannondale 1998–2003

The
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Cannondale team was an amateur and professional racing team in the USA.


Siemens mobile Cannondale, 2003–2005

Siemens mobile Siemens Mobile was a German mobile phone manufacturer and a division of Siemens AG. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005, subsequently becoming BenQ-Siemens and succeeded by Gigaset. The last Siemens-branded mobile phones, ...
and Cannondale contracted the
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n racing team Rainer-Wurz.com, co-owned by
formula one Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
racer
Alexander Wurz Alexander Georg Wurz (born 15 February 1974) is an Austrian former professional racing driver, driver training expert and businessman. He competed in Formula One from until , and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours. He is curren ...
to form the successor of the Volvo Cannondale team. Cross-country riders: Christoph Sauser (2003–2005),
Roel Paulissen Roel Paulissen (born 27 April 1976 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional mountain biker. Throughout his sporting career since 1993, he has won more than ten Belgian national championship titles, mounted top-five finishes at both the Europe ...
(2003–2004), Hannes Pallhuber (2003), Franz Hofer (2003)
Tinker Juarez David "Tinker" Juarez (born March 4, 1961) is an American former professional BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer. His prime competitive years in BMX were from 1978 to 1984 and in mountain bike racing 1986 to 2005. Since late 2005, he has ...
(2003) Downhill, 4-Cross:
Cédric Gracia Cédric Gracia (born 23 March 1978 in Pau, France) is a French mountain biker, who now lives in Andorra. Career He started his career as an athlete at 6 years old as a BMX rider and then a freestyle ski pro. Cedric Gracia, years later, became a ...
(2003), Petra Bernhard (2003)


Cannondale Vredestein, 2006–2008

Kashi Leuchs (XC, 2006–2008), Fredrik Kessiakoff (XC, 2006–2007), Peter Riis Andersen (XC, 2006), Jakob Fuglsang (XC, 2006–2008),
Roel Paulissen Roel Paulissen (born 27 April 1976 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional mountain biker. Throughout his sporting career since 1993, he has won more than ten Belgian national championship titles, mounted top-five finishes at both the Europe ...
(XC, 2007–2008), Jelmer Jubbega (XC 2007).


Bear Naked Cannondale 2007

The
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Cannondale team was the successor of the SoBe Cannondale team.


Cannondale Factory Racing, since 2009

Roel Paulissen Roel Paulissen (born 27 April 1976 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional mountain biker. Throughout his sporting career since 1993, he has won more than ten Belgian national championship titles, mounted top-five finishes at both the Europe ...
(XC, 2009–2010), Marco Fontana (XC, 2009–2017), Martin Gujan (XC, 2009–2012),
Manuel Fumic Manuel Fumic (born 30 March 1982) is a German Cross-country cycling, cross-country Cycle sport, cyclist. He finished 8th at the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country, 2004 Summer Olympics and 11th at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
(XC, 2010-today)


MonaVie Cannondale

Tinker Juarez David "Tinker" Juarez (born March 4, 1961) is an American former professional BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer. His prime competitive years in BMX were from 1978 to 1984 and in mountain bike racing 1986 to 2005. Since late 2005, he has ...


Individual sponsorships

Aaron Chase (1997–2014), Jerome Clementz (enduro, 2009–2020), Chris Van Dine (DH, 2006–?),http://www.demoswatch.com Albertus Jooste (2019)


Triathlon

In triathlon racing, Cannondale has sponsored 2005 Ironman world champion
Faris Al-Sultan Faris al-Sultan ( ar, فارس السلطان, born 21 January 1978) is a former German triathlete who is now active as a coach. In 2005, he was the third German to win the Ironman Hawaii. He is listed in the best list of German triathletes ...
, Dejan Patrčević, Croatian triathlon champion, as well as three time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington,
Sarah Reinertsen Sarah Reinertsen (born 22 May 1975) is an American Paralympic triathlete and former track athlete. She was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, a bone-growth disorder; her affected leg was amputated above the knee at age seven. Early athl ...
, the first amputee woman to finish the Ironman Triathlon, 2004 Paralympics 200 IM gold medalist
Rudy Garcia-Tolson Rudy Garcia-Tolson (born September 14, 1988) is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA. He was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome, resulting in a club foot, webbed fingers on both hands, a cleft lip and palate and the inab ...
.


See also

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Klein Bikes Klein was a bicycle company founded by Gary Klein that pioneered the use of large diameter aluminium alloy tubes for greater stiffness and lower weight. Klein produced his first bicycle frames while a student at the Massachusetts Institute of ...


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