The biggest Cycling Gala, Tour de France 2012 Kicks Off Part 4

Saturday, June 30th, 2012 1:57:16 by Ahmed Babar

The biggest Cycling Gala, Tour de France 2012 Kicks Off Part 4

Tour de France is undoubtedly the most awaited cycling event of the year and with the 2012 Olympic Games scheduled at almost at the same the Tour’s popularity has not been distorted.

The remaining teams to ride the 2012 French Grand Tour are as under,

Team Katusha:

Giampaolo Caruso (Ita), Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa), Vladimir Gusev (Rus), Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa),
Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr), Denis Menchov (Rus), Luca Paolini (Ita), Yury Trofimov (Rus) and Eduard Vorganov (Rus).

Team Lampre – ISD:

Grega Bole (Slo), Danilo Hondo (Ger), Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr), Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr), Matthew Lloyd (Aus), Marco Marzano (Ita), Manuele Mori (Ita), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Alessandro Petacchi (Ita), Morris Possoni (Ita), Michele Scarponi (Ita) and Davide Vigano (Ita).

Team Liquigas-Cannondale:

Ivan Basso (Ita), Federico Canuti (Ita), Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita), Kristjan Koren (Slo), Alan Marangoni (Ita), Dominique Nerz (Ger), Vincenzo Nibali (Ita), Daniel Oss (Ita), Maciej Paterski (Pol), Peter Sagan (Svk), Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) and Alessandro Vanotti (Ita).

Team Lotto Belisol:

Lars Ytting Bak (Den), Francis De Greef (Bel), André Greipel (Ger), Adam Hansen (Aus), Gregory Henderson (NZl), Jurgen Roelandts (Bel), Marcel Sieberg (Ger), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) and
Jelle Vanendert (Bel).

Team Movistar:

David Arroyo Duran (Spa), Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por), José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa), Vladimir Karpets (Rus), Vasil Kiryienka (Blr), Ignatas, Konovalovas (Ltu), David Lopez Garcia (Spa), Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa), Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) and Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa).

Team Omega Pharma – QuickStep:

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Kevin De Weert (Bel), Dries Devenyns (Bel), Bert Grabsch (Ger), Levi Leipheimer (USA), Tony Martin (Ger), Jérôme Pineau (Fra), Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) and Peter Velits (Svk).

Team Orica-GreenEdge Cycling:

Michael Albasini (Swi), Baden Cooke (Aus), Allan Davis (Aus), Simon Gerrans (Aus), Matthew Harley Goss (Aus), Daryl Impey (RSA), Brett Lancaster (Aus), Sebastian Langeveld (Ned), Cameron Meyer (Aus), Stuart O’Grady (Aus), Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) and Team Pieter Weening (Ned).

Team Rabobank Cycling:

Robert Gesink (Ned), Steven Kruijswijk (Ned), Bauke Mollema (Ned), Mark Renshaw (Aus), Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa), Bram Tankink (Ned), Laurens Ten Dam (Ned), Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) and Maarten Wynants (Bel).

RadioShack-Nissan:

Fabian Cancellara (Swi), Tony Gallopin (Fra), Christopher Horner (USA), Andreas Klöden (Ger), Maxime Monfort (Bel), Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Frank Schleck (Lux), Jens Voigt (Ger) and Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa).

Team Saxo Bank:

Jonathan Cantwell (Aus), Juan José Haedo (Arg), Karsten Kroon (Ned), Anders Lund (Den), Michael Mørkøv (Den), Nick Nuyens (Bel), Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por), Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) and Nicki Sørensen (Den).

Team Sky Procycling:

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Mark Cavendish (GBr), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Christopher Froome (GBr),
Christian Knees (Ger), Richie Porte (Aus), Michael Rogers (Aus), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) and Bradley Wiggins (GBr).

 

Team Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling:

Kris Boeckmans (Bel), Johnny Hoogerland (Ned), Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe), Marco Marcato (Ita), Wouter Poels (Ned), Rob Ruygh (Ned), Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa), Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned),
Lieuwe Westra (Ned).

Team Argos-Shimano:

Roy Curvers (Ned), Koen De Kort (Ned), Johannes Frohlinger (Ger), Patrick Gretsch (Ger), Yann Huguet (Fra), Marcel Kittel (Ger), Matthieu Sprick (Fra), Albert Timmer (Ned) and Tom Veelers (Ned).

Team Europcar:

Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra), Anthony Charteau (Fra), Sébastien Chavanel (Fra), Damien Gaudin (Fra),
Cyril Gautier (Fra), Vincent Jerome (Fra), Christophe Kern (Fra), Pierre Rolland (Fra) and Thomas Voeckler (Fra).
Team Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne:

Yohan Bagot (Fra), Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra), Samuel Dumoulin (Fra), Leonardo Duque (Col), Nicolas Edet (Fra), Julien Fouchard (Fra), Jan Ghyselinck (Bel), Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa), David Moncoutie (Fra), Rein Taaramae (Est), Tristan Valentin (Fra) and Romain Zingle (Bel).

Team Saur – Sojasun:

Jerome Coppel (Fra), Anthony Delaplace (Fra), Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra), Brice Feillu (Fra), Jonathan Hivert (Fra), Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Cyril Lemoine (Fra), Guillaume Levarlet (Fra), Jean-Marc Marino (Fra), Maxime Mederel (Fra), Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) and Julien Simon (Fra).

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