Tour de France 2014 Start List

[Dazed and Confused]

Oh, I forgot about grandpa.

I can't imagine what will happen with the forum if Horner drops Froome and Contador on the climbs....

 

[staubsauger]

I can't imagine what will happen with the forum if Horner drops Froome and Contador on the climbs....

Some will barf, some will ejaculate!

 

[Butterhead]

I can't imagine what will happen with the forum if Horner drops Froome and Contador on the climbs....

Total meltdown Daze

 

[ILovecycling]

I can't imagine what will happen with the forum if Horner drops Froome and Contador on the climbs....

I will quit watching cycling then. :serious:
But dont worry it will never happen

 

[Escarabajo]

I can't imagine what will happen with the forum if Horner drops Froome and Contador on the climbs....

After the Tour and Vuelta this year, his contract will prove to be a waste of money!

 

[Escarabajo]

Anybody has the long list for the Sky team for the Tour?

What about Garmin?

Thanks.

 

[Anderis]

What about Garmin?

Garmin are always very late with announcing their roster for important races, usually the very last team. I guess we won't know before the end of June, unless there's leaked provisional startlist from organisers (but then still those provisional startlist can change a bit).

Talansky, Dennis, Danielson, Millar, Acevedo, Slagter, Vansummeren, Navardauskas and Langeveld seems to be the most likely roster ATM but I wouldn't rule out guys like Howes or Bauer. It has been quiet about Martin recently so I assume he won't recover soon enough to ride it. Maybe Hesjedal could be thrown last minute if Vaughters realises Talansky can do big things in this race but it would be against of what was said already (that Hesjedal would skip TdF for Vuelta). I find it a mistake that Hesjedal didn't target a TdF this year. I think this is a good route for him and I don't think 9th in Giro was worth of skipping TdF. But then maybe he will fly in Vuelta so he proves me wrong.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Net App key riders should be Konig, Machado.

Bennett didn't participate in the Dauphine and isn't in the Tour de Slovenie team, so it seems unlikely he will be at the Tour.

 

[Escarabajo]

Garmin are always very late with announcing their roster for important races, usually the very last team. I guess we won't know before the end of June, unless there's leaked provisional startlist from organisers (but then still those provisional startlist can change a bit).

Talansky, Dennis, Danielson, Millar, Acevedo, Slagter, Vansummeren, Navardauskas and Langeveld seems to be the most likely roster ATM but I wouldn't rule out guys like Howes or Bauer. It has been quiet about Martin recently so I assume he won't recover soon enough to ride it. Maybe Hesjedal could be thrown last minute if Vaughters realises Talansky can do big things in this race but it would be against of what was said already (that Hesjedal would skip TdF for Vuelta). I find it a mistake that Hesjedal didn't target a TdF this year. I think this is a good route for him and I don't think 9th in Giro was worth of skipping TdF. But then maybe he will fly in Vuelta so he proves me wrong.

Thanks Anderis.

I guess we will know more after Suisse.

 

[Siriuscat]

Sky long list: -

All of them except Sir Bradders.....

 

[MBotero]

Movistar long-list for the Tour de France: Alex Dowsett, Imanol Erviti, John Gadret, Iván Gutiérrez, Jesús Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Ion Izagirre, Juan José Lobato, Rubén Plaza, José Joaquín Rojas, Sylwester Szmyd and Giovanni Visconti+El Bala.

 

[Jspear]

Lampre's long list for the TdF: Rui Costa, Chris Horner, Sacha Modolo, José Serpa, Nelson Oliveira, Kristijan Ðurasek, Rafael Valls, Matteo Bono, Filippo Pozzato, Maximiliano Richeze and Davide Cimolai.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lampre-merida-announce-11-rider-long-list-for-tour-de-france

 

[Cimber]

Movistar long-list for the Tour de France: Alex Dowsett, Imanol Erviti, John Gadret, Iván Gutiérrez, Jesús Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Ion Izagirre, Juan José Lobato, Rubén Plaza, José Joaquín Rojas, Sylwester Szmyd and Giovanni Visconti+El Bala.

Valverde???

 

[notrolfsorensen]

Valverde???

That is El Bala. Veloropa reportage on Twitter that Tossatto is not on tinkoff Saxo long list.

 

[Cimber]

That is El Bala. Veloropa reportage on Twitter that Tossatto is not on tinkoff Saxo long list.

ah cheers.

Makes sens with Tosatto. Not his year really. To bad though as he was really strong last year. Benna seems strong though, and Benna+Mørkøv/Breschel will be enough for the cobbles.

 

[BeagRigh]

Edit: Redundant

 

[murali]

Didnt see the OPQS list:
so here it is:

Jan Bakelants (Belgium)
Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
Thomas De Gendt (Belgium)
Michal Golas (Poland)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Tony Martin (Germany)
Alessandro Petacchi (Italy)
Mark Renshaw (Australia)
Gert Steegmans (Belgium)
Niki Terpstra (Nederlands)
Matteo Trentin (Italy)
Martin Velits (Slovakia)
Tom Boonen (Belgium)* [Reserve]

source

The final list of 9 shall be announced after Tour de Suisse.

Trepstra is out due to some allergy. he is expected to recover for TdF. Boonen is marked as reserve.

my guess is: Cav, Renshaw, Alejet/Steegmans, Trentin, Martin, Golas/Velits, Trepstra, Bakelants, Kwiato. (TDG is not really part of the train)

The only riders who have been directly/indirectly chosen are: two marks, kwiato, Bakelants, TM

Please fix the important riders for OPQS. Cav,Cav. if you want a third option, Kwiato

 

[akrogirl]

Giant-Shimano:

Arndt
Curvers
De Backers
Degenkolb
Devenyns
Dumoulin
Geschke
Ji
Kittel
De Kort
Timmers
Veelers

 

[LaFlorecita]

ah cheers.

Makes sens with Tosatto. Not his year really. To bad though as he was really strong last year. Benna seems strong though, and Benna+Mørkøv/Breschel will be enough for the cobbles.

It seems like Veloropa was just guessing.

 

[greenedge]

If i was OGE i'd go Matthews, Gerrans, Clarke, Albasini, Howard/ Keukeleire, Hayman, Impey, Lancaster/ Docker and then Mouris.

That squad could get them 2 stage wins, if not more and would be competitive throughout 3 weeks.

I would have Goss if i thought he could beat Sagan in a harder stage but i don't think he can. The Vuelta should also go well for him, though he might be over raced by then.

 

[Escarabajo]

If i was OGE i'd go Matthews, Gerrans, Clarke, Albasini, Howard/ Keukeleire, Hayman, Impey, Lancaster/ Docker and then Mouris.

That squad could get them 2 stage wins, if not more and would be competitive throughout 3 weeks.

I would have Goss if i thought he could beat Sagan in a harder stage but i don't think he can. The Vuelta should also go well for him, though he might be over raced by then.

If Greenedge wants one stage they should take Chaves.

 

[orangerider]

Chaves for sure. Could easily take a few stage wins and be high on the GC. A lot better choice than someone proven useless like Goss.

 

[ILovecycling]

Chaves for sure. Could easily take a few stage wins and be high on the GC. A lot better choice than someone proven useless like Goss.

no,he is gonna ride vuelta

 

[Samson]

Cofidis:
Yoann Bago
Jérôme Coppel
Nicolas Edet
Egoitz Garcia
Christophe Le Mével
Cyril Lemoine
Luis Angel Mate
Rudy Molard
Daniel Navarro
Adrien Petit
Julien Simon
Rein Taaramäe
Romain Zingle

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Cofidis:
Yoann Bago
Jérôme Coppel
Nicolas Edet
Egoitz Garcia
Christophe Le Mével
Cyril Lemoine
Luis Angel Mate
Rudy Molard
Daniel Navarro
Adrien Petit
Julien Simon
Rein Taaramäe
Romain Zingle

I would have expected them to take Hardy along, and Coppel