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Former Team Saxo Bank staff are road bicycle racers and sporting directors previously employed by the professional cycling team of Tinkoff, previously known as Team CSC.
| This article needs to be updated.(August 2011) |
Former Team Saxo Bank staff are road bicycle racers and sporting directors previously employed by the professional cycling team of Tinkoff, previously known as Team CSC.
| Name | Born | Nationality | Year | Afterwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasper Klostergaard | 1983 |  Denmark | 2005 | Team CSC |
| Chris Anker Sørensen | 1984 | Denmark | 2005 | Team CSC |
| Andy Schleck | 1985 |  Luxembourg | 2004 | Team CSC |
| Roberto Arroyo | 1978 |  Spain | 2003 | no contract |
| Morten Knudsen | 1981 | Denmark | 2003 | no contract |
| Pablo Urtasun Perez | 1980 | Spain | 2003 | no contract |
| Javier Ramirez Abeja | 1978 | Spain | 2002 | ONCE–Eroski |
| Fränk Schleck | 1980 | Luxembourg | 2002 | CSC–Tiscali |
| Thomas Bruun Eriksen | 1979 | Denmark | 2001 | CSC–Tiscali |
| Michael Rasmussen | 1974 | Denmark | 2001 | CSC–Tiscali |
| Name | Born | Nationality | Previous | Enter | Left | Afterwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Hoffman | 1970 |  Netherlands | rider for Team CSC | 2005 | 2006 | T-Mobile Team |
| Johnny Weltz | Denmark | 2001 | 2005 | TIAA–CREF | ||
| Sean Yates | 1960 |  United Kingdom | 2003 | 2004 | U.S. Postal Service | |
| Christian Andersen | 1967 | Denmark | CSC–Tiscali | 2001 | 2004 | Barloworld |
| Jørgen Marcussen | Denmark | Team Coast | 2002 | 2003 | none | |
| Per Pedersen | 1964 | Denmark | none | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Alex Pedersen | 1966 | Denmark | none | 1998 | 2003 | none |
| Torben Kølbæk | Denmark | none | 1998 | 2000 | none |
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