Below is a list of participants. It will be interesting to see how Roche performs on the Irish team. I’d imagine he would see this as one of the highlights of the year. Other notbale inclusions are T-Mobile and Slipstream. The latter have gotten a lot of publicity recently because they are viewed in some quarters as the fututre of US cycling after the withdrawal of Discovery. The race is been covered live on RTE and Versus the American sports station.
T-Mobile Team
Manager: Tristian Hoffman
1 Burghardt, Marcus GER
2 Eisel, Bernhard AUT
3 Olson, Aaron USA
4 Rabon, Frantisek CZE
5 Stannard, Ian GBR
6 Ziegler, Thomas GER
7 Beima, Marcel NED
Team CSC
Manager: Kim Andersen
11 Ljungqvist, Marcus SWE
12 Schleck, Andy LUX
14 Blaudzun, Michael DEN
15 Soerensen, Nicki DEN
16 Schleck, Frank LUX
17 Kroon, Karsten NED
18 Breschel, Matti DEN
Unibet.com
Manager: Hanegraaf, Jacques
21 Cooke, Baden AUS
22 Carrara, Matteo ITA
23 Kolesnikov, Sergey RUS
24 Uran, Rigoberto COL
25 Rujano, Jose VEN
26 Hunt, Jeremy GBR
27 Khatuntsev, Alexandre RUS
Ceramica Panaria Navigare
Manager: Fabiano Fontanelli
31 Richeze, Maximiliano ARG
32 Bucciero, Antonio ITA
33 Aldape Chaves, Moises MEX
34 Colli, Daniele ITA
35 Priamo, Matteo ITA
36 Savini, Filippo ITA
37 Tomei, Francesco ITA
Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Manager: Edward Beamon
41 O’Loughlin, David IRL
42 Power, Ciaran IRL
43 House, Kristian GBR
44 Kobzarenko, Valeriy UKR
45 Lagutin, Sergey RUS
46 Chadwick, Glen NZL
47 Day, Ben AUS
Slipstream/Chipotle
Manager: Allen Lim
51 Pate, Danny USA
52 Friedman, Mike USA
53 McCarty, Patrick USA
54 MacGregor, Ian USA
55 Duggan, Timmy USA
56 Lewis, Craig USA
57 Butterfield, Tyler USA
Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group
M. Donnelly/Sean Kelly
Manager: Kurt Bogaerts
61 O’Brien, Paidi IRL
62 Cassidy, Mark IRL
63 Gallagher, Stephen IRL
64 Kelly, Simon IRL
65 Speirs, Isaac IRL
66 Fox, Morgan IRL
67 Bak, Glenn DAN
Team LPR
Manager: Mario Manzoni
71 Bozic, Borut SLO
72 Beuchat, Roger SUI
73 Marcato, Marco ITA
74 Marzoli, Samuele ITA
75 Maserati, Alessandro ITA
76 Rossi, Nazareno SUI
77 Traficante, Roberto IT
Irish National Team
Manager: Frank Campbell
81 Roche, Nicolas IRL
82 Deignan, Philip IRL
83 Griffin, Paul IRL
84 Burke, Derek IRL
85 Irvine, Martin IRL
86 Nally, Dermot IRL
87 Kenneally, Brian IRL
SouthAustralia.com/AIS
Manager: Brian Stephens
91 Bates, Gene AUS
92 Clarke, Simon AUS
93 Dempster, Zakkari AUS
94 Ford, Michael AUS
95 Sulzberger, Wesley AUS
96 Ford, William AUS
97 Walker, Johnnie AUS
Rabobank
Manager: Nico Verhoeven
101 Van Poppel, Boy NED
102 Maaskant, Martijn NED
103 Berkhout, Thomas NED
104 Keizer, Martijn NED
105 Nys, Sven BEL
106 Veelers, Toms NED
107 Van Winden, Dennis NED
Recycling
Manager: John Herety
111 Newton, Chris GBR
112 Bonser, Ryan GBR
113 Diggle, Tom GBR
114 Holt, Simon GBR
115 Briggs, Graham GBR
116 Bonser, Adam GBR
117 Partridge, Rob GBR
Team Maxbo-Bianchi
Manager :
121 Boasson Hagen, Edvald NOR
122 Kristoff, Alexander NOR
123 Nordhaug, Lars Petter NOR
124 Rasch, Gabriel NOR
125 Sommerseth, Stian NOR
126 Bohler, Joachim NOR
127 Willman, Frederik NOR
Team DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
Manager: Eric Vanderaerden
131 De Weerdt, Sven BEL
132 Fleeman, Daniel GBR
133 Lloyd, Daniel GBR
134 Haynes, Hamish GBR
135 Vanderaerden, Gert BEL
136 Oliphant, Evan GBR
137 Vennell, Jeremy NZL
Plowman Craven Evans Cycles
Manager: Garry Beckett
141 Gibb, Tony GBR
142 McCauley, Gordon NZL
143 Millard, James GBR
144 Gaywood, Simon GBR
145 Johansson, Freddie SWE
146 Wilkinson, Richard GBR
147 McCallum, James GBR
Collavita Sutter Home Cycling Team
Manager: Tom Schuler
151 McCann, David IRL
152 Colby, Anthony USA
153 Guptill, Andy USA
154 Wren, Tyler USA
155 Vaillancourt, Daniel USA
156 Dionne, Charles CAN
157 Bergman, Adam USA