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No Malcolm Elliott, who finally seems to have followed through on his threat to retire!
Also no Thomas de Gendt. Bit of a shame as he was ripping it up last year. He was almost constantly on the attack and took the Sprint and Mountains (if you could call it that...) overalls.
Some surprisingly strong lineups named by the big boys (thanks http://www.cyclingstartlists.com/):
Sky Professional Cycling Team
1 THOMAS Geraint
2 CUMMINGS Steve
3 DOWNING Russell
4 HAYMAN Matthew
5 HENDERSON Greg
6 WIGGINS Bradley
Team HTC – Columbia
11 GRABSCH Bert
12 GREIPEL André
13 MARTIN Tony
14 PINOTTI Marco
15 RENSHAW Mark
16 ROGERS Michael
Team Saxo Bank
31 BELLIS Jonathan
32 COOKE Baden
33 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian
34 MARYCZ Jaroslav
35 PORTE Richie
36 RASMUSSEN Alex
Garmin Transitions
41 FISCHER Murilo
42 HUNTER Robert
44 MARTIN Dan
43 MAASKANT Martijn
45 MEYER Cameron
46 MEYER Travis
Other highlights include:
Cervelo Test Team
111 HAUSSLER Heinrich
Skil – Shimano
125 VAN HUMMEL Kenny
Also no Thomas de Gendt. Bit of a shame as he was ripping it up last year. He was almost constantly on the attack and took the Sprint and Mountains (if you could call it that...) overalls.
Some surprisingly strong lineups named by the big boys (thanks http://www.cyclingstartlists.com/):
Sky Professional Cycling Team
1 THOMAS Geraint
2 CUMMINGS Steve
3 DOWNING Russell
4 HAYMAN Matthew
5 HENDERSON Greg
6 WIGGINS Bradley
Team HTC – Columbia
11 GRABSCH Bert
12 GREIPEL André
13 MARTIN Tony
14 PINOTTI Marco
15 RENSHAW Mark
16 ROGERS Michael
Team Saxo Bank
31 BELLIS Jonathan
32 COOKE Baden
33 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian
34 MARYCZ Jaroslav
35 PORTE Richie
36 RASMUSSEN Alex
Garmin Transitions
41 FISCHER Murilo
42 HUNTER Robert
44 MARTIN Dan
43 MAASKANT Martijn
45 MEYER Cameron
46 MEYER Travis
Other highlights include:
Cervelo Test Team
111 HAUSSLER Heinrich
Skil – Shimano
125 VAN HUMMEL Kenny
"Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
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pomtarr wrote:Some surprisingly strong lineups named by the big boys (thanks http://www.cyclingstartlists.com/):
the official startlist is here
http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/_ns_pdf/ ... t_list.pdfinterview.cyclingfever.com0 -
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No Hagen Daz???
He's the title holder'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0 -
Be nice to see the Welsh champion riding0