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[Tumbleweed]

from afp:

Australian rider Cadel Evans of the Silence team has been handed the top bib of number one, traditionally reserved for the winner of previous year's Tour de France or his team, organisers said Monday.

holy roller2008-06-30 22:19:05

[Tumbleweed]

some team lineups:

 

BOUYGUES
Russia's Yuri Trofimov, who won a stage of the Dauphine Libere…comes in for Anthony Geslin in what is the only change in the lineup from last year's tour.
Stef Clement (NED), Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA), Xavier Florencio (ESP), Laurent Lefèvre (FRA), Jérôme Pineau (FRA), Matthieu Sprick (FRA), Yuri Trofimov (RUS), Johann Tschopp (SUI), Thomas Voeckler (FRA).

ag2r

Frenchman Hubert Dupont and Christophe Riblon have the final berths…
Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP), Cyril Dessel (FRA), Hubert Dupont (FRA), Vladimir Efimkin (RUS), Martin Elmiger (SUI), John Gadret (FRA), Stéphane Goubert (FRA), Christophe Riblon (FRA), Tadej Valjavec (SLO)

Caisse d'Epargne

Alejandro Valverde has former champion and compatriot Oscar Pereiro helping him.
David Arroyo (ESP), Arnaud Coyot (FRA), Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP), Ivan Gutierrez (ESP), David Lopez (ESP), Oscar Pereiro (ESP), Nicolas Portal (FRA), Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP), Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

LAMPRE

Damiano Cunego can count on compatriots Marco Marzano and Paolo Tiralongo in the mountains and Matteo Bono, Massimiliano Mori and Daniele Righi on the flats.
Alessandro Ballan (ITA), Matteo Bono (ITA), Marzio Bruseghin (ITA), Damiano Cunego (ITA), Marco Marzano (ITA), Massimiliano Mori (ITA), Daniele Righi (ITA), Sylwester Szmyd (POL), Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)

 

Agritubel

New French Nicolas Vogondy will ride alongside last-minute inclusions Freddy Bichot and David Le Lay.
Freddy Bichot (FRA), Jimmy Casper (FRA), Romain Feillu (FRA), Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP), Nicolas Jalabert (FRA), David Le Lay (FRA), Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA), Christophe Moreau (FRA), Nicolas Vogondy (FRA)

Francaise des Jeux

Philippe Gilbert and Sandy Casar will lead the team, which includes three Tour novices.
the newcomers: Arnaud Gerard, Yoann Le Boulanger and Jeremy Roy.
Francaise des Jeux team for the Tour de France:
Sandy Casar (FRA), Sebastien Chavanel (FRA), Remy Di Gregorio (FRA), Arnaud Gerard (FRA), Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Lilian Jegou (FRA), Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA), Jeremy Roy (FRA), Benoit Vaugrenard (FRA).

COFIDIS

Sylvain Chavanel leads team, which includes four Tour novices… including last-minute call-up Herve Duclos-Lassalle

Sylvain Chavanel (FRA), Stephane Auge (FRA), Florent Brard (FRA), Herve Duclos-Lassalle (FRA), Samuel Dumoulin (FRA), Leonardo Duque (COL), David Moncoutie (FRA), Amael Moinard (FRA), Maxime Monfort (BEL)

[Sean Badenhorst]

Making up the rules as they go... He'll start with No.1, but he won't finish first. The most unexciting tour favourite since Miguel Indurain. My money's on some fellas with texture – Valverde's my bet for the win with Ricco my outsider.

[Tumbleweed]

sean, i fancied a flutter on valverde, but the odds were too tight. what about cunego?

[Sean Badenhorst]

Cunego seems to shine on steep climbs like they have in the Giro. Don't know how well he'll do on the longer climbs in the Tour. He's a great rider, but I don't fancy him to win the Tour. Of course for Ricco to be a podium contender, the race needs to be battled more in the mountains than the TTs. Can't flippen wait!

[Tumbleweed]

i thought cunego needed a coupla years after his giro win. maybe a couple more would do it? also can't wait. chatted my mates at my local, joe's, to make sure the tour is on the telly in the arfie. this is the only time of year, i miss my dstv

[widget]

I dont think Ricco will be a podium contender, as much as I like his attitude and his ability is unquestionable, I just think its too much to ask of him now, a tough Giro in the legs will definately count later.

I have no doubt he will take the white jersey and I can see him walking away with the Polka dot jersey as well quite easily, but podium.............. not so sure.!

 

I am confident of Valverde and am fairly sure Cunego will make podium, as will Evans which rounds out the top three.

  

...........at the end of the day though, its all speculation is it not, we are just tossing around a dice, none of us can see into the future and anything may happen, !!

 

widget2008-07-01 01:31:53

[fiasm]

HR, have you got the line-up for garmin-chipotle?

[Sean Badenhorst]

Originally posted by widget
.........at the end of the day though, its all speculation is it
not, we are just tossing around a dice, none of us can see into the
future and anything may happen, !!

Correct, widget. Speculation is what lubricates this website forum.

Ricco feels there are less title contenders for him to worry about at the Tour than there were at the Giro, but he does talk first and then think later which is most refreshing and exactly what young people should be doing! Either way, I think his presence will boost the race nicely.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Three of only four Americans at the Tour riding for Garmin-Chipotle

Boulder, CO – June 24, 2008 – Team Garmin-Chipotle presented by H30 today announced its much-anticipated Tour de France roster, which features three of only four Americans in the entire Tour peloton. The riders that will represent Team Garmin-Chipotle in tackling the world’s toughest sporting event are:

• Magnus Backstedt
• Julian Dean
• Will Frischkorn
• Ryder Hesjedal
• Trent Lowe
• Martijn Maaskant
• David Millar
• Danny Pate
• Christian Vande Velde

[BMC Fan]

Damn i need to line up my teams for theHUB's tdf comp and superbru!

 

its such an open race this year, i'm struggling with my team choice and is wondering is i shouldnt enter 2 different teams in both comps.

 

 

[Willehond]

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...........Ricco feels there are less title contenders for him to worry about at the Tour than there were at the Giro, but he does talk first and then think later which is most refreshing and exactly what young people should be doing!

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That might be a great approach if you want to generate nice soundbites for desperate hacks, but not really good advice for real life (i.e. not cycling).  Do before you think?!  Why would that be a desireable trait?

[nochain]

Menchov and the Schleck brothers might surprise us this year.

I have been a Valverde fan for a very long time and I realy hope he can win this year!!!The rest of the poduim I think will be Evans and Menchov with Cunego and the Schleck brothers with a outside chance.

 

The perfect poduim for me would be Valverde,Cunego and Andy Schleck.

[Delgado]

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Menchov and the Schleck brothers might surprise us this year.

I have been a Valverde fan for a very long time and I realy hope he can win this year!!!The rest of the poduim I think will be Evans and Menchov with Cunego and the Schleck brothers with a outside chance.

 

The perfect poduim for me would be Valverde,Cunego and Andy Schleck.

An even better podium would be a clean one!!

 

Perchance to dream??!!

[scotty]

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Menchov and the Schleck brothers might surprise us this year.

I have been a Valverde fan for a very long time and I realy hope he can win this year!!!The rest of the poduim I think will be Evans and Menchov with Cunego and the Schleck brothers with a outside chance.

 

The perfect poduim for me would be Valverde,Cunego and Andy Schleck.

An even better podium would be a clean one!!

 

Perchance to dream??!!

 

Not since LA

[Tumbleweed]

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Menchov and the Schleck brothers might surprise us this year.

I have been a Valverde fan for a very long time and I realy hope he can win this year!!!The rest of the poduim I think will be Evans and Menchov with Cunego and the Schleck brothers with a outside chance.

 

The perfect poduim for me would be Valverde,Cunego and Andy Schleck.

An even better podium would be a clean one!!

 

Perchance to dream??!!

 

Not since LA

 

on the podium with basso or ullrich?