With Neilson Powless just seconds off the yellow jersey, could Cannondale win its first ever Tour de France?

Rigoberto Uran was second with Drapac in 2017, but will 2022 be the year Cannondale finally claims cycling's biggest prize?

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Since its arrival in professional cycling with the legendary Saeco team in the late 1990s, Cannondale has become one of the winningest bike brands.

The flamboyant and controversial Mario Cipollini catapulted Cannondale into the limelight with his astonishing speed and equally astonishing outfits during that time. 'Il Re Leone' was the first to deploy a sprint train - a line of red-and-yellow bikes and jerseys that went so fast that rival teams and sprinters simply couldn't keep up.

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