2010 Tour de France

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Teams are starting to be released.

Euskaltel-Euskadi

Samuel Sanchez
Egoi Martínez
Iván Velasco
Juanjo Oroz
Alan Pérez
Rubén Pérez
Gorka Verdugo
Amets Txurruka
Iñaki Isasi.

Cervelo Test Team

Carlos Sastre
Thor Hushovd
Heinrich Haussler
Xavier Florencio
Volodimir Gustov
Jeremy Hunt
Andreas Klier
Ignatas Konovalovas
Brett Lancaster.

Omega Pharma Lotto

J*rgen Van den Broeck
Mario Aerts
Francis De Greef
Mickaël Delage
Sebastian Lang
Matthew Lloyd
Daniel Moreno Fernandel
J*rgen Roelandts
Charles Wegelius

Milram

Linus Gerdemann
Gerald Ciolek
Niki Terpstra
Thomas Rohregger
Christian Knees
Johannes Fröhlinger
Roger Kluge
Luke Roberts
Fabian Wegmann

Saxo Bank

Andy Schleck
Frank Schleck
Fabian Cancellara
Jens Voight
Stuart O'Grady
Matti Breschel
Chris Anker Sørensen
Jakob Fuglsang
Nicki Sørensen

RadioShack

Lance Armstrong
Andreas Klöden
Levi Leipheimer
Chris Horner
Janez Brajkovic
Sergio Paulinho
Yaroslav Popovych
Gregory Rast
Dmitriy Muravyev

Rabobank

Denis Menchov
Robert Gesink
Oscar Freire
Lars Boom
Grischa Niermann
Koos Moerenhout
Maarten Tjallingii
Bram Tankink
Juan Manuel Garate

 

[Cruiser23]

Damn that Radioshack team looks formidable.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Plenty of Aussies. O'Grady is such a machine. Will be interested to see the BMC team.
Loving the sbs ads for the Tour.

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Team HTC-Columbia

Mark Cavendish
Michael Rodgers
Maxime Monfort
Mark Renshaw
Tony Martin
Bernhard Eisel
Bert Grabsch
Adam Hansen
Konstantin Sivstov

QuickStep

Tom Boonen
Carlos Barredo
Sylvain Chavanel
Dries Devenyns
Kevin De Weert
Jerome Pineau
Kevin Seeldrayers
Jurgen Van de Walle
Maarten Wynants.

 

[waspy]

That Quickstep team might struggle....has Boonen looked likely in a genuine sprint for the last two years? He might still be a star on the pave but forget about TdF stage victories.

Nice balance on the Columbia squad, watch for Micky Rogers to outperform Cadel as top Aussie. I'd love to see him go top 10. Radioshack and Saxo Bank are far and away the dominant teams on paper, so it'll be interesting to see them put Alberto to the test. Astana will be fairly weak, maybe Tiralongo will step up. I have doubts over the usefulness of Vino and Pereiro. We all know Vino's ego is way too big to work for someone, remember TdF '05?

I'm heading over to France for stages 11-20......can't wait!

 

[Cruiser23]

Not bad balance for Rogers, don't know much about Sivstov, still Cav is the leader as you can see with the riders around him. Monfort is quality and Martin isn't a bum up mountains, Rogers has a fairly good shot at top 10. Don't mind the HTC-Columbia team TBH.

 

[ballanFYNE]

Saxo Bank isn't looking too bad either.

 

[blue gunslinger]

got the tooth picks at the ready- really looking fwd to this year!

 

[r dub 19]

F*** me radioschack have a good lineup. Brajkovic is a massive inclusion. I really want to see menchov and gesink do something this year.

 

[Freakie]

Foonton-Servetto

Alberto Benitez
Arkaitz Duran
Iban Mayoz
Rafael Valls
Markus Eibegger
Manuel Cardoso
Fabio Felline
Eros Capecchi
Giampaolo Cheula

Team Sky

Bradley Wiggins
Steve Cummings
Geraint Thomas
Thomas Löfkvist
Michael Barry
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Juan Antonio Flecha
Simon Gerrans
Serge Pauwels

 

[indieswan96]

No Zubeldia for Radioshack?

EDIT: When did Matt Breschel move to Saxobank?

 

[Freakie]

BMC
Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Marcus Burghardt (GER)
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Mathias Frank (SUI)
George Hincapie (USA)
Karsten Kroon (NED)
Steve Morabito (SUI)
Mauro Santambrogio (ITA).

 

[indieswan96]

BMC
Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Marcus Burghardt (GER)
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Mathias Frank (SUI)
George Hincapie (USA)
Karsten Kroon (NED)
Steve Morabito (SUI)
Mauro Santambrogio (ITA).

Looks a strong enough team. I know Morabito can provide support for Cadel and hopefully Ballan can retain his 08 form.
Who knows even Hincapie could prduce something spectactular along with Frank who is a solid rider. He won KOTM in the Tour de Suisse I believe.
Burghardt will stage hunt along with Kroon. Bookwalter is a sprinter I think. Have no idea about Santambrgio though.

 

[Vader]

BMC
Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Marcus Burghardt (GER)
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Mathias Frank (SUI)
George Hincapie (USA)
Karsten Kroon (NED)
Steve Morabito (SUI)
Mauro Santambrogio (ITA).

That's a much stronger team than they fielded in the Giro.

 

[r dub 19]

That's a much stronger team than they fielded in the Giro.

It's a shit team, 4 of the 9 are cobblestone/classic specialists

 

[Freakie]

It's a shit team, 4 of the 9 are cobblestone/classic specialists

Lucky there is cobblestones in le tour this year hey?

 

[Freakie]

Haussler out with a knee problem, being replaced by Daniel Lloyd. Tom Boonen is also out with tendonitis

 

[Freakie]

Katusha
Pavel Brutt
Sergei Ivanov
Joaquim Rodriguez
Vladimir Karpets
Robbie McEwen
Alexander Kolobnev
Stijn Vandenbergh
Eduard Vorganov
Alexandr Pliuschin

 

[r dub 19]

Haussler out with a knee problem, being replaced by Daniel Lloyd. Tom Boonen is also out with white line fever

EFA

 

[Cruiser23]

Bookwalter is a sprinter I think. Have no idea about Santambrgio though.

Bookwalter is a Time Trialist, the BMC website, says he can climb but i haven't seen a great deal of it.

Santambrigio is a stage racer.

Like the team overall, name by name, they seem to be targeting stage wins which seems a smart go for a team of their status. Not sure even if Cadel had a super domestique he would put in a contenders performance, just think he's done too much racing to perform at his best. In saying that he's a fighter so i'm not putting anything past him even with the team he has. If he plays it smart, he may sneak into the top 10.

 

[Cruiser23]

It's a shit team, 4 of the 9 are cobblestone/classic specialists

Depends which way you look at it. For Cadel to win overall, maybe but for the sponsors and the team, it should be very competitive.

 

[Cruiser23]

Can't wait for this baby to get underway.

 

[hong_kong_bond]

So by my count that is 10 Aussies in the TDF this year, which I am fairly sure is a record.

Looking forward to a continuation of the great year of Aussie cycling that has already happened this year!

 

[Freakie]

So by my count that is 10 Aussies in the TDF this year, which I am fairly sure is a record.

Looking forward to a continuation of the great year of Aussie cycling that has already happened this year!

Yep it is a record, we had 9 in 2008 I'm pretty sure...

 

[Freakie]

Garmin-Transitions
Julian Dean (NZL)
Tyler Farrar (USA)
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
Robbie Hunter (SA)
Martijn Maaskant (NED)
David Millar (GB)
Johan Van Summeren (BEL)
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
David Zabriskie (USA)

That team looks setup for sprint finishes as well as the TT, Maaskant would be the only mountain support for VV