Tour de France 2014 Start List

[Escarabajo]

Let's cut to the chase and let's start talking about the Tour de France 2014. The wait is making me over anxious so let's have a thread where we can discuss the teams and tactics.

I know there are members in here that have inside information or wider variety of sources than I do. So I'd appreciate if everyone can share the information on who is going to this year's race.

I have this info from these sites:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2014-Startlist

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/


Competing Teams
1. AG2R La Mondiale:
BARDET Romain, PERAUD Jean-Christophe, RIBLON Christophe, CHEREL Mikael, GASTAUER Ben, MINARD Sébastien, DUMOULIN Samuel, KADRI Blel, MONTAGUTI Matteo
2. Astana Pro Team:
NIBALI Vincenzo, FUGLSANG Jakob, SCARPONI Michele, KANGERT Tanel, WESTRA Lieuwe, GRIVKO Andriy, GRUZDEV Dmitriy, IGLINSKIY Maxim, VANOTTI Alessandro
3. Belkin-Pro Cycling Team:
MOLLEMA Bauke, TEN DAM Laurens, VANMARCKE Sep, BOOM Lars, WYNANTS Maarten, TANKINK Bram, CLEMENT Stef, KRUIJSWIJK Steven, LEEZER Tom
4. BMC Racing Team:
VAN AVERMAET Greg, VAN GARDEREN Tejay, ATAPUMA John Darwin, VELITS Peter, BURGHARDT Marcus, MOINARD Amaël, NERZ Dominik, SCHAR Michael, STETINA Peter
5. Cannondale:
SAGAN Peter, BODNAR Maciej, DE MARCHI Alessandro, KING Edward, KOREN Kristijan, MARCATO Marco, MARINO Jean-Marc, SABATINI Fabio, VIVIANI Eli
6. FDJ.fr:
DéMARE Arnaud, BONNET William, DELAGE Mickaël, JEANNESSON Arnold, LADAGNOUS Matthieu, PINEAU Cédric, PINOT Thibaut, ROY Jérémy, VICHOT Arthur
7. Garmin Sharp :
TALANSKY Andrew, ACEVEDO Janier Alexis, BAUER Jack, HOWES Alex, KING Benjamin, LANGEVELD Sebastian, NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas, SLAGTER Tom-Jelte, VANSUMMEREN Johan
8. Team Katusha :
RODRíGUEZ Joaquim, ISAYCHEV Vladimir, KRISTOFF Alexander, PAOLINI Luca, PORSEV Alexander, SILIN Egor, SMUKULIS Gatis, ŠPILAK Simon, TROFIMOV Yuri
9. Lampre-Merida:
COSTA Rui, CIMOLAI Davide, DURASEK Kristijan, HORNER Chris, MODOLO Sacha, OLIVEIRA Nelson, RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano, SERPA Jose Rodolfo, VALLS Rafael
10. Lotto-Belisol:
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, BAK Lars Ytting, LERCQ Bart, GALLOPIN Tony, GREIPEL André, HANSEN Adam, HENDERSON Gregory, ROELANDTS Jurgen, SIEBERG Marcel
11. Movistar:
VALVERDE Alejandro, ERVITI Imanol, GADRET John, HERRADA Jesús, INTXAUSTI Beñat, IZAGIRRE Ion, PLAZA Rubén, ROJAS José Joaquín, VISCONTI Giovanni.
12. Omega Pharma - Quick Step:
CAVENDISH Mark, BAKELANTS Jan, GOłAś Michał, KWIATKOWSKI Michal, MARTIN Tony, PETACCHI Alessandro, RENSHAW Mark, TERPSTRA Niki, TRENTIN Matteo
13. Orica GreenEdge:
GERRANS Simon, ALBASINI Michael, CLARKE Simon, DURBRIDGE Luke, HAYMAN Mathew, KEUKELEIRE Jens, MATTHEWS Michael, TUFT Svein, YATES Simon
14. Sky:
FROOME Christopher, EISEL Bernhard, KIRYIENKA Vasil, LOPEZ David, NIEVE Mikel, PATE Danny, PORTE Richie, THOMAS Geraint, ZANDIO Xabier,
15. Giant-Shimano:
KITTEL Marcel, CURVERS Roy, DE KORT Koen, DEGENKOLB John, DEVENYNS Dries, DUMOULIN Tom, JI Cheng, TIMMER Albert, VEELERS Tom
16. Europcar:
ROLLAND Pierre, ARASHIRO Yukiya, COQUARD Bryan, GAUTIER Cyril, GENE Yohann, PICHOT Alexandre, QUEMENEUR Perrig, RéZA Kévin, VOECKLER Thomas
17. Tinkoff-Saxo:
CONTADOR Alberto, ROCHE Nicolas, KREUZIGER Roman, BENNATI Daniele, SøRENSEN Nicki, HERNáNDEZ Jesús, ROGERS Michael
18. Trek Factory Racing:
SCHLECK Andy, BUSCHE Matthew, CANCELLARA Fabian, IRIZAR Markel, RAST Gregory, SCHLECK Fränk, VAN POPPEL Danny, VOIGT Jens, ZUBELDIA Haimar
19. Cofidis:
NAVARRO Daniel, EDET Nicolas, GARCíA Egoitz, LEMOINE Cyril, MATE Luis Angel, MOLARD Rudy, PETIT Adrien, SIMON Julien, TAARAMäE Rein
20. IAM Cycling:
FRANK Mathias, CHAVANEL Sylvain, ELMIGER Martin, HAUSSLER Heinrich, HOLLENSTEIN Reto, KLUGE Roger, PINEAU Jérome, REICHENBACH Sebastien, WYSS Marcel
21. Bretagne - Seche Environment:
FEILLU Brice, BIDEAU Jean Marc, Eduardo Sepulveda, Armindo Fonseca, Florian Vachon, Anthony Delaplace, Arnaud Gerard.
22. NetApp - Endura:
KöNIG Leopold, BáRTA Jan, DE LA CRUZ David, DEMPSTER Zakkari, HUZARSKI Bartosz, MACHADO Tiago, MENDES José, SCHILLINGER Andreas, VOSS Paul

 

[Escarabajo]

7. Garmin Sharp (Slagter, Talansky)
8. Team Katusha (Rodr

 

[Escarabajo]

What is going on with this site???

The information is being cut into pieces??

 

[christopherrowe]

Yeah, I posted a note about this down in the "About the Message Boards" message board. The last couple of days, messages have been cut off on some threads. I suspect (with no real evidence) that it has something to do with copying and pasting from other web pages.

 

[Jancouver]

What is going on with this site???

The information is being cut into pieces??

Just use the EDIT option ...

 

[Escarabajo]

Did not work. I tried it several times.

I guess everybody knows what they have to do.

 

[the sceptic]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yeah, I posted a note about this down in the "About the Message Boards" message board. The last couple of days, messages have been cut off on some threads. I suspect (with no real evidence) that it has something to do with copying and pasting from other web pages.

Just use the EDIT option ...

Not even that though. On the Race Design Thread when I tried to edit something it cut off a lot of my edits and deleted a bunch of what I'd written, and that was only linking to other parts of the CN forum (one of my library posts).

 

[Samson]

I think it doesn't accept letters with dots and `. It cut off my post yesterday when I typed Taaramae with a + ".

Edit: Kangert for Astana should also start in Tour.

 

[christopherrowe]

I think it doesn'accept letters with dots and `. It cut off my post yesterday when I typed Taaramae with a+".

I think that's two different issues. But yes, the forum also stopped accepting diacritic orthography a couple of days back. Don't know whether either or both issues are related to when the forums were down for a few hours the other day or not.

 

[ILovecycling]

I would add Pinot,Rogers,Konig.

edit: Pierre Rolland too

 

[Arredondo]

I'm still confused Rodriguez is on that list.

So there's a slight chance Majka is going to do the Tour. Or why not Beltran?
If he's riding good in Dauphine, why not give it a shot?

 

[christopherrowe]

I'm still confused Rodriguez is on that list.

I think the "important riders" are described as such and not as "favorites" or "team leaders" because their inclusion on that list is the result of them being automatically included for having the most points in the system that site uses to rank riders. It doesn't reflect stated goals or known issues like injuries or anything else, I don't believe.

 

[Arredondo]

I think the "important riders" are described as such and not as "favorites" or "team leaders" because their inclusion on that list is the result of them being automatically included for having the most points in the system that site uses to rank riders. It doesn't reflect stated goals or known issues like injuries or anything else, I don't believe.

I understand that. But i mean more that i'm still surprised he's (likely) going to compete at the Tour.

 

[christopherrowe]

I understand that. But i mean more that i'm still surprised he's (likely) going to compete at the Tour.

Oh, I see. Yeah, me too.

 

[Escarabajo]

They need a good IT person in this site!!

This past week it has been acting up. Maybe preparing for the Tour de France crazyness when Froome and Contador go crazy in the mountains.

 

[lenric]

Schleck brothers.

 

[ILovecycling]

They need a good IT person in this site!!

This past week it has been acting up. Maybe preparing for the Tour de France crazyness when Froome and Contador go crazy in the mountains.

Probably,I dont know if it will help,its really crazy up there when Tour is in full swing
I wonder how many people is here in days of mountain stages?

 

[King Of The Wolds]

I guess it might make more sense to include a guy who's won 25 stages and a green jersey over the past few years in the Important Riders list for OPQS, rather than a couple of guys who'll be working for him.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

and straight from the burger joint:

Top 5?

 

[SafeBet]

and straight from the burger joint:

Top 5?

Top1 you mean.

 

[Jspear]

Sorry I find this somewhat funny....who are the important riders for Trek? Shleck right? Nope!

 

[johnymax]

Sorry I find this somewhat funny....who are the important riders for Trek? Shleck right? Nope!

For important riders they show the two best placed riders on the PCS rankings from each team. The Schlecks are awfully low on these rankings. I know it's funny but sad at the same time

 

[Butterhead]

I'm still confused Rodriguez is on that list.

So there's a slight chance Majka is going to do the Tour. Or why not Beltran?
If he's riding good in Dauphine, why not give it a shot?

They are not letting a rookie ride the tour, no way. He never did a GC, and the tour is so much more than just mountains, its crazy first week with chaos and crashes, this time with cobbles as well, put in a Rookie and you have 8 guys instead of 9. He would never make it.

 

[Butterhead]

and straight from the burger joint:

Top 5?

Oh, I forgot about grandpa.