Tour de France: Bonjour, ‘allo et Eyup Mes Amis de Vélo (very provisional starter list)
It is that time of year encore un fois, when I butcher the French language and bring you my Tour de France Sweepstakes and personalised commentary on the World’s Greatest Mobile Drugfest Cycle Race. Le Grand Boucle boucles off on July 2nd, this Saturday. As usual the TdF organising committee is too busy gargling pastis and smoking Gauloises to bother announcing the start list. Here, below, is what we know so far. Notice the new super-sexee Leopard Trek Team, with the Schlecks, Spartacus and Jens set to kick ass, er, Luxembourger-style.
Some nice new faces and names in the list too, as well as perennial favourites such as the holy rollers’ pin-up boy Christian Knees (now teamed with Wiggo at Sky) and Vladimir (‘Dyson’ to his mates) Karpets. Welcome Tony ‘the Trotter’ Gallopin; Izagirri ‘Or do you prefer it plain?’ Insausti, and the already-knackered by the sounds of it, Benat Intxausti, pictured here getting tired on behalf of Fuji-Servetto.
Saxo Bank – Sungard
1 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto
2 NOVAL, Benjamin Gonzalez
3 VANDBORG, Brian
4 HERNÁNDEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jesús
5 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel
6 PORTE, Richie
7 SORENSEN, Chris Anker
8 SÖRENSEN, Nicki
9 TOSATTO, Matteo
Leopard Trek
11 SCHLECK, Andy
12 SCHLECK, Frank
13 CANCELLARA, Fabian
14 POSTHUMA, Joost
15 GERDEMANN, Linus
16 MONFORT, Maxime
17 FUGLSANG, Jakob
18 VOIGT, Jens
19 FEILLU, Brice
Euskaltel – Euskadi
21 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel
22 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka
23 MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Egoi
24 PEREZ, Alan Lezaun
25 PEREZ MORENO, Ruben
26 TXURRUKA, Amets
27 URTASUN PEREZ, Pablo
28 VELASCO MURILLO, Ivan
29 VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI, Gorka
Omega Pharma-Lotto
31 BROECK, Jurgen Van Den
32 GILBERT, Philippe
33 GREIPEL, Andre
34 LANG, Sebastian
35 ROELANDTS, Jurgen
36 SIEBERG, Marcel
37 VANENDERT, Jelle
38 WALLE, Jurgen Van De
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Rabobank ProTeam
41 GESINK, Robert
42 BARREDO LLAMAZALES, Carlos
43 BOOM, Lars
44 DAM, Laurens Ten
45 GARATE, Juan Manuel
46 MOLLEMA, Bauke
47 NIERMANN, Grischa
48 SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon
49 TJALLINGII, Maarten
Team Garmin – Cervélo
51 DANIELSON, Thomas
52 HESJEDAL, Ryder
53 MARTIN, Daniel
54 HUSHOVD, Thor
55 FARRAR, Tyler
56 VANSUMMEREN, Johan
57 VANDE VELDE, Christian
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Radio Shack
61 HORNER, Chris
62 BRAJKOVIC, Janez
63 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel
64 KLÖDEN, Andréas
65 LEIPHEIMER, Levi
66 MURAVYEV, Dmitriy
67 PAULINHO, Sergio Miguel Moreira
68 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav
69 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar
Ag2R – La Mondiale
71 ROCHE, Nicolas
72 GADRET, John
73 KADRI, Blel
74 PERAUD, Jean-christophe
75 RIBLON, Christophe
76 DUPONT, Hubert
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Team Astana
81 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre
82 IGLINSKIY, Maxim
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Quickstep Cycling Team
91 WEERT, Kevin De
92 BOONEN, Tom
93 CHAVANEL, Sylvain
94 CIOLEK, Gerald
95 DEVENYNS, Dries
96 ENGELS, Addy
97 PINEAU, Jérome
98 STEEGMANS, Gert
99 TERPSTRA, Niki
Team Sky
101 WIGGINS, Bradley
102 HAGEN, Edvald Boasson
103 FLECHA, Juan Antonio
104 HENDERSON, Gregory
105 KNEES, Christian
106 GERRANS, Simon
107 URAN, Rigoberto
108 THOMAS, Geraint
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Française des Jeux
111 CASAR, Sandy
112 FEDRIGO, Pierrick
113 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni
114 PAURIOL, Rémi
115 ROUX, Anthony
116 ROY, Jérémy
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BMC Racing Team
121 EVANS, Cadel
122 BOOKWALTER, Brent
123 BURGHARDT, Marcus
124 HINCAPIE, George
125 MOINARD, Amaël
126 MORABITO, Steve
127 QUINZIATO, Manuel
128 SANTAROMITA, Ivan
129 SCHAR, Michael
Cofidis
131 FARES, Julien El
132 DUMOULIN, Samuel
133 DUQUE, Leonardo Fabio
134 GALLOPIN, Tony
135 MONCOUTIÉ, David
136 TAARAMÄE, Rein
137 VALENTIN, Tristan
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Lampre – ISD
141 CUNEGO, Damiano
142 BOLE, Grega
143 BONO, Matteo
144 HONDO, Danilo
145 MALORI, Adriano
146 PETACCHI, Alessandro
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Liquigas – Cannondale
151 BASSO, Ivan
152 BODNAR, Maciej
153 BORGHINI, Paolo Longho
154 KOREN, Kristjan
155 OSS, Daniel
156 PATERSKI, Maciej
157 SABATINI, Fabio
158 SZMYD, Sylvester
159 VANOTTI, Alessandro
Europcar
161 VOECKLER, Thomas
162 CHARTEAU, Anthony
163 GAUTIER, Cyril
164 KERN, Christophe
165 ROLLAND, Pierre
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Team Movistar
171 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin
172 KIRYIENKA, Vasil
173 INTXAUSTI, Benat
174 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS, José Ivan
175 ARROYO DURAN, David
176 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto
177 SAMOILAU, Branislau
178 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol
179 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José
Katusha
181 KOLOBNEV, Alexandr
182 KARPETS, Vladimir
183 GALIMZYANOV, Denis
184 IVANOV, Serguei
185 TROFIMOV, Yuri
186 GUSEV, Vladimir
187 IGNATYEV, Mikhail
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HTC – High Road
191 MARTIN, Tony
192 CAVENDISH, Mark
193 RENSHAW, Mark
194 ALBASINI, Michael
195 GARDEREN, Tejay Van
196 VELITS, Peter
197 GRABSCH, Bert
198 GOSS, Matthew
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Saur – Sojasun
201 COPPEL, Jérome
202 COYOT, Arnaud
203 ENGOULVENT, Jimmy
204 HIVERT, Jonathan
205 JEANDESBOZ, Fabrice
206 MANGEL, Laurent
207 TALABARDON, Yannick
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Vacansoleil – DCM
211 POELS, Wout
212 BOZIC, Borut
213 FEILLU, Romain
214 HOOGERLAND, Johnny
215 MARCATO, Marco
216 WESTRA, Lieuwe
217 LEUKEMANS, Bjorn
218 GENDT, Thomas De
219 LAGUTIN, Sergey
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