Thursday, June 27, 2013

Tour de France 2013: teams and riders

hey man 100 yrs. I LOVE the Tour !  but stripping LA's Titles ..that is some bullshit bush League stuff & You have HAD cheaters SINCE Day 1  for 99 yrs ...bush league !   you over there (France)  you guys ,just mad cuz  U.S.  guys  over here cheated ...better :O     

Put your hands down, will you? You’re embarrassing us."

- as

Tour de France 2013: teams and riders

Read a full list of the riders at this year's Tour de France, starting in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, on Saturday June 29 and concluding on the Champs-Élysées in Paris three weeks later on Sunday July 21.

Peter Sagan - Tour de France 2013: teams and riders
Jolly green giant: Peter Sagan, last year's winner of the points classification, returns for his second Tour de France alongside his eight Cannondale team-mates when the three-week race starts in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, on June 29 Photo: REUTERS
Ag2r-La Mondiale (Fra)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Personal insurance
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
Romain Bardet (Fra), Maxime Bouet (Fra), Samuel Dumoulin (Fra), Hubert Dupont (Fra), John Gadret (Fra), Blel Kadri (Fra), Sebastien Minard (Fra), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra), Christophe Riblon (Fra).
Argos-Shimano (Hol)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Dutch oil company, bicyle component manufacturer
Team manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
Roy Curvers (Hol), John Degenkolb (Ger), Tom Dumoulin (Hol), Johannes Frohlinger (Hol), Simon Geschke (Hol), Marcel Kittel (Ger), Koen de Kort (Hol), Albert Timmer (Hol), Tom Veelers (Hol).
Astana (Kaz)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Kazakh business consortium
Team manager: Giuseppe Marttinelli
Assan Bazayev (Kaz), Janez Brajkovic (Slo), Jakob Fuglsang (Den), Enrico Gasparotto (Ita), Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz), Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Dmitri Muravyev (Kaz).
Belkin (Hol)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: US consumer technology company
Team manager: Nico Verhoeven
Lars Boom (Hol), Laurens ten Dam (Hol), Robert Gesink (Hol), Tom Leezer (Hol), Bauke Mollema (Hol), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor), Bram Tankink (Hol), Sep Vanmarcke (Bel), Maarten Wynants (Bel).
BMC Racing (US)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Swiss bicycle manufacturer
Team manager: Gavin Chilcott
Brent Bookwalter (US), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Cadel Evans (Aus), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Amael Moinard (Fra), Steve Morabito (Swi), Manuel Quinziato (Ita), Michael Schar (Swi), Tejay van Garderen (US).
Cannondale (Ita)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: US bicycle manufacturer
Team manager: Roberto Amadio
Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Alessandro De Marchi (Ita), Ted King (US), Kristijan Koren (Slo), Alan Marangoni (Ita), Moreno Moser (Ita), Fabio Sabatini (Ita), Peter Sagan (Svk), Brian Vandborg (Den).
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (Fra)
UCI status: ProContinental
Sponsor: Money-lending company
Team manager: Yvon Sanquer
Yoann Bagot (Fra), Jerome Coppel (Fra), Egoitz Garcia (Spa), Christophe Le Mevel (Fra), Guillaume Levarlet (Fra), Luis Angel Mate (Spa), Rudy Molard (Fra), Daniel Navarro (Spa), Rein Taaramae (Est).
Europcar (Fra)
UCI status: ProContinental
Sponsor: Vehicle rental company
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Yukiya Arashiro (Jap), Jerome Cousin (Fra), Cyril Gautier (Fra), Yohann Gene (Fra), Davide Malacarne (Ita), Kevin Reza (Fra), Pierre Rolland (Fra), David Veilleux (Can), Thomas Voeckler (Fra).
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Basque telecoms and regional development agency
Team manager: Miguel Madariaga
Igor Anton (Spa), Mikel Astarloza (Spa), Gorka Izaguirre (Spa), Ion Izaguirre (Spa), Juan Jose Lobato (Spa), Mikel Nieve (Spa), Juanjo Oroz (Spa), Ruben Perez (Spa), Romain Sicard (Fra).
FDJ (Fra)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: French national lottery
Team manager: Marc Madiot
William Bonnet (Fra), Nacer Bouhanni (Fra), Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra), Murilo Fischer (Bra), Alexandre Geniez (Fra), Arnold Jeannesson (Fra), Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Jeremy Roy (Fra), Arthur Vichot (Fra).
Garmin-Sharp (US)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: GPS technology manufacturer and technology company
Team manager: Jonathan Vaughters
Andrew Talansky (US), Christian Vande Velde (US), Dan Martin (Irl), David Millar (GB), Jack Bauer (NZ), Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu), Rohan Dennis (Aus), Ryder Hesjedal (Can), Tom Danielson (US).
Katusha (Rus)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Russian business conglomerate
Team manager: Vyacheslav Ekimov
Pavel Brutt (Rus), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr), Alberto Losada (Spa), Daniel Moreno (Spa), Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa), Gatis Smukulis (Lat), Yuriy Trofimov (Rus), Eduard Vorganov (Rus).
Lampre-Merida (Ita)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Metal manufacturers and Italian bicycle manufacturer
Team manager: Orlando Maini
Matteo Bono (Ita), Davide Cimolai (Ita), Damiano Cunego (Ita), Elia Favilli (Ita), Roberto Ferrari (Ita), Adriano Malori (Ita), Manuele Mori (Ita), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Jose Serpa (Col).
Lotto-Belisol (Bel)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Belgian national lottery, window and door manufacturer
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Lars Bak (Den), Bart De Clercq (Bel), Andre Greipel (Ger), Adam Hansen (Aus), Greg Henderson (NZ), Jurgen Roelandts (Bel), Marcel Sieberg (Ger), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel), Frederik Willems (Bel).
Movistar (Spa)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: José Luis Jaimerena
Team manager:
Andrey Amador (CRC), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), Rui Costa (Por), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Ivan Gutierrez (Spa), Ruben Plaza (Spa), Nairo Quintana (Col), Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa), Alejandro Valverde (Spa).
Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Bel)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Pharmaceutical company and manufacturer of laminate flooring
Team manager: Patrick Lefevere
Mark Cavendish (GB), Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Tony Martin (Ger), Jerome Pineau (Fra), Gert Steegmans (Bel), Niki Terpstra (Hol), Matteo Trentin (Ita), Peter Velits (Svk).
Orica-GreenEdge (Aus)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Chemical company
Team manager: Neil Stephens
Michael Albasini (Swi), Simon Clarke (Aus), Simon Gerrans (Aus), Matt Goss (Aus), Daryl Impey (SA), Brett Lancaster (Aus), Cameron Meyer (Aus), Stuart O'Grady (Aus), Svein Tuft (Can).
RadioShack-Leopard (Lux)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Electronics stores
Team manager: Luca Guercilena
Jan Bakelants (Bel), Laurent Didier (Lux), Tony Gallopin (Fra), Markel Irizar (Spa), Andreas Kloden (Ger), Maxime Monfort (Bel), Andy Schleck (Lux), Jens Voigt (Ger), Haimar Zubeldia (Spa).
Saxo-Tinkoff (Den)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Danish investment bank and Russian credit systems company
Team manager: Bjarne Riis
Daniele Bennati (Ita), Alberto Contador (Spa), Jesus Hernandez (Spa), Roman Kreuziger (Cze), Benjamin Noval (Spa), Sergio Paulinho (Por), Nicolas Roche (Irl), Michael Rogers (Aus), Matteo Tosatto (Ita).
Sojasun (Fra)
UCI status: ProContinental
Sponsor: Soy food producer
Team manager: Stéphane Heulot
Anthony Delaplace (Fra), Julien El Fares (Fra), Brice Feillu (Fra), Jonathan Hivert (Fra), Cyril Lemoine (Fra), Jean-Marc Marino (Fra), Julien Simon (Fra), Maxime Mederel (Fra), Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra).
Team Sky (GB)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Satellite broadcaster
Team manager: Dave Brailsford
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Chris Froome (GB), Peter Kennaugh (GB), Vasil Kiryienka (Blr), David Lopez (Spa), Richie Porte (Aus), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr), Ian Stannard (GB), Geraint Thomas (GB).
Vacansoleil-DCM (Hol)
UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Camping holidays
Team manager: Hilaire van der Schueren
Kris Boeckmans (Bel), Thomas De Gendt (Bel), Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa), Johnny Hoogerland (Hol), Sergey Lagutin (Uzb), Wout Poels (Hol), Boy van Poppel (Hol), Danny van Poppel (Hol), Lieuwe Westra (Hol).

No comments:

Post a Comment