Vuelta 2011 preview

rick_chasey

Boonen said he aims to ride out the Vuelta this year.

He was saying earlier in the year that it'd been a while since he actually finished a GT, and that was affecting his classics season.

sonny73

Team Sky: Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Dario Cioni, Chris Froome, Thomas Löfkvist, Morris Possoni, Ian Stannard, Chris Sutton, Bradley Wiggins, Xabier Zandio

frenchfighter

Insanely mountainous with some attacking climbers in the bunch should lead to some great racing.

blatchcorn

Where can I watch highlights of this?

durhamwasp

ITV4 perhaps

saintdracula

Igor Anton 59kgs

:shock:

victorponf

Confirmations at the moment (18 teams)

AG2R-La Mondiale: Guillaume Bonnafond, Dimitri Champion, Cyril Dessel, Steve Houanard, David LeLay, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Mathieu Perget y Nicolas Roche.

Astana: Andrey Kaschechkin, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kiserlovski, Alexandr Dyachenko, Enrico Gasparotto, Josep Jufré, Tanel Kangert, Andrey Mizourov y Evgeni Petrov.

Andalucía-Caja Granada: Jesús Rosendo, Adrián Palomares, José Luis Roldán, Antonio Cabello Baena, David Bernabeu, Alberto Benítez, Antonio Piedra, José Vicente Toribio y Juan José Lobato.

Cofidis: Rein Taaramae, David Moncoutie, Luis Ángel Maté, Yoan Bagot, Nicolas Edet, Damien Monier, Alexejs Saramontins, Nico Sijmens y Julien Fouchard.

Euskaltel-Euskadi: Igor Antón, Mikel Nieve, Egoi Martínez, Gorka Verdugo, Amets Txurruka, Juanjo Oroz, Iñaki Isasi, Jorge Azanza y Pierre Cazaux.

Geox-TMC: Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre, Mauricio Ardila, David Blanco, Matthias Brandle, Juan Josè Cobo, David De la Fuente, Fabio Duarte, Dimitriy Kozontchuk.

Katusha: Joaquim Rodríguez, Joan Horrach, Vladimir Karpets, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Alberto Losada, Daniel Moreno, Luca Paolini, Yuriy Trofimov, y Eduard Vorganov.

Lampre-ISD: Michele Scarponi, Alessandro Petacchi, Francesco Gavazzi, Marco Marzano, Manuele Mori, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Aitor Pérez Arrieta, Daniele Righi y Alessandro Spezialetti.

Leopard-Trek: Fabian Cancellara, Daniele Bennati, Davide Vigano, Jakob Fuglsang, Maxime Monfort, Oliver Zaugg, Robert Wagner, Stuart O'Grady y Thomas Rohregger.

Liquigas-Cannondale: Vincenzo Nibali, Peter Sagan, Eros Capecchi, Damiano Caruso, Valerio Agnoli, Mauro Da Dalto, Alan Marangoni, Cameron Wurf y Dominik Nerz.

Movistar-Team: Beñat Intxausti, David López, Sergio Pardilla, Pablo Lastras, Marzio Bruseghin, Ignatas Konovalovas, Ángel Madrazo, Imanol Erviti y Chente García Acosta.

Omega Pharma-Lotto: Jurgen Van den Broeck, Jan Bakelants, Francis De Greef, Gert Dockx, Adam Hansen, Olivier Kaisen, Sebastian Lang, Vicente Reynes, Jurgen Van de Walle.

Quick Step: Tom Boonen, Dario Cataldo, Sylvain Chavanel, Marc de Maarr, Kevin De Weert, Nikolas Maes, Davide Malacarne, Kevin Seeldraeyers y Kristof Vandewalle.

Rabobank: Carlos Barredo, Oscar Freire, Juanma Garate, Luis León Sánchez, Matti Breschel, Steven Kruijswijk, Paul Martens, Bauke Mollema y Tom-Jelte Slagter.

Saxo Bank-SunGard: Chris Sorensen, Nick Nuyens, Juan José Haedo, Jonas Aaen Jorgensen, Mads Christensen, Nicki Sorensen, Rafal Majka, Jaroslaw Marycz y Volodymir Gustov.

Skil-Shimano: Marcel Kittel, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Tom Veelers, Albert Timmer, Koen de Kort, Roy Curvers, Yukihiro Doi y Alexandre Geniez.

Sky: Bradley Wiggins, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Dario Cioni, Chris Froome, Thomas Lofkvist, Morris Possoni, Ian Stannard, Chris Sutton y Xabier Zandio.

Vacansoleil-DCM: Martijn Keizer, Pim Ligthart, Wout Poels, Stijn Devolder, Santo Anzà, Matteo Carrara, Michal Golas, Ruslan Pidgorny y Sergey Lagutin.

Preselecciones:
RadioShack: Janez Brajkovic, Andreas Kloden, Haimar Zubeldia, Markel Irizar, Tiago Machado, Sergio Paulinho y Nelson Oliveira.