Bennati and Pozzato lead Liquigas for Paris-Tours

Team Liquigas says they feel prepared to add this weekend's end-of-season classic Paris-Tour to its palmarès with an ambitious line-up: the power of Daniele Bennati in case of a bunch sprint and the shrewdness of Filippo Pozzato to try and steal away from a leading group.

Besides the big two, the team is also fielding and on-form Manuel Quinziato, fresh from a solid time trial performance in Varese, and Francesco Chicchi, who has six sprint wins to his name in 2008 already.

The team is rounded out with Polish national Maciej Bodnar, Italians Claudio Corioni and Mauro Da Dalto, and Belarus rider Aleksandr Kuschynski. Dario Mariuzzo will direct the team.