Tour de France 2014 Start List

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

- William Bonnet, 31 ans, 6ème participation
- Mickaël Delage, 28 ans, 5ème participation
- Arnaud Démare, 22 ans, 1ère participation
- Arnold Jeannesson, 28 ans, 3ème participation
- Matthieu Ladagnous, 29 ans, 4ème participation
- Thibaut Pinot, 24 ans, 3ème participation
- Jérémy Roy, 30 ans, 7ème participation
- Arthur Vichot, 25 ans, 4ème participation
- Cédric Pineau, 29 ans, 2ème participation
- Francis Mourey, 33 ans, 2ème participation

Final place to be decided between Pineau and Mourey.

Bye bye Bouhanni, see you next year with Cofidis.

 

[Akuryo]

OPQS's roster: Bakelants, Cavendish, Renshaw, Petacchi, Trentin, Golas, Kwiatkowski, Martin, Terpstra

 

[del1962]

- William Bonnet, 31 ans, 6ème participation
- Mickaël Delage, 28 ans, 5ème participation
- Arnaud Démare, 22 ans, 1ère participation
- Arnold Jeannesson, 28 ans, 3ème participation
- Matthieu Ladagnous, 29 ans, 4ème participation
- Thibaut Pinot, 24 ans, 3ème participation
- Jérémy Roy, 30 ans, 7ème participation
- Arthur Vichot, 25 ans, 4ème participation
- Cédric Pineau, 29 ans, 2ème participation
- Francis Mourey, 33 ans, 2ème participation

Final place to be decided between Pineau and Mourey.

Bye bye Bouhanni, see you next year with Cofidis.

Surely he will be going to a WT team?

 

[roundabout]

The real question is who will pay the frankly ridiculous sum that he is after for the next contract

 

[Gloin22]

He has 3 offers. So 3 teams are...

If no one wanted to pay that, he wouldn't be going away from FDJ

 

[roundabout]

You don't know what he is offered.

 

[Gloin22]

You don't know what he is offered.

But if he's certain to leave as FDJ can't pay his wage anymore, it's only obvious he got offers that matched his increased pay.

 

[Parrulo]

How much is he asking for?

It wouldn't surprise me if he was asking for 1Mil+. . . . most french riders are used to being overpayed

 

[Gloin22]

'' €1.5 to €1.7 million per year for two seasons, and any prospective new team would also be expected to take part of his current FDJ lead-out train.''

 

[Eyeballs Out]

OPQS's roster: Bakelants, Cavendish, Renshaw, Petacchi, Trentin, Golas, Kwiatkowski, Martin, Terpstra

Steegmans unlucky not to make it, rode well last week. Also they seem to be missing a Grabsch who will just ride on the front for hours - Terpstra maybe?

 

[trevim]

Steegmans unlucky not to make it, rode well last week. Also they seem to be missing a Grabsch who will just ride on the front for hours - Terpstra maybe?

Shimano guys will do the Grabsch job I guess now that they have the dominant sprinter.

 

[Afrank]

'' €1.5 to €1.7 million per year for two seasons, and any prospective new team would also be expected to take part of his current FDJ lead-out train.''

Wow...seriously? Good luck with that.

 

[offbyone]

Wow...seriously? Good luck with that.

After that Giro performance, I am not surprised. From a business point of view this might be his best shot at a big contract, so of course he goes for it.

 

[Escarabajo]

'' €1.5 to €1.7 million per year for two seasons, and any prospective new team would also be expected to take part of his current FDJ lead-out train.''

LOL. This is so ridicolous is beyond ridicolous.

So this guy can win a Grand Tour?

So sprinters offer better marketing than GC guys. Ok.

 

[greenedge]

Steegmans unlucky not to make it, rode well last week. Also they seem to be missing a Grabsch who will just ride on the front for hours - Terpstra maybe?

Maybe it's a ploy to get Giant to work more earlier in the stage

Maybe Golas as well.

 

[therealtimshady]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/06/news/preliminary-start-list-tour-de-france_333057

Provisional start list by velonews
Now wiggins for sky as said

 

[De Snelle Duif]

OPQS's roster: Bakelants, Cavendish, Renshaw, Petacchi, Trentin, Golas, Kwiatkowski, Martin, Terpstra

Apparently Bakelants is gonna be the man who has to ride at the front from km 0 (together with Golas). They didn't think Terpstra or Steegmans would be willing to do that considering their past wins. I think it's a waste of Jan's talent nonetheless and I can't see why they need 8 helpers for the sprints (considering Kwiatkowski has to work in the sprint like in past races). I think 5-6 could be sufficient.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lotto.

VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
GREIPEL André
HANSEN Adam
GALLOPIN Tony
ROELANDTS Jurgen
DE CLERCQ Bart [new]
BAK Lars Ytting [new]
HENDERSON Gregory [new]
SIEBERG Marcel [new]

Of course including Henderson, the most talked about rider in the peloton today.

Wouldn't mind seeing Greipel in Green in Paris, but clearly thats too much to ask for.

 

[Jagartrott]

Greg Henderson @Greghenderson1
@MarkCavendish... call me a weak athlete. If u wanna send tweets im a **** father you are asking for trouble. Don't send private mesaages.

Going to be nice sprints, no?

 

[kukiniloa]

Are we finally get treated to a Sagan vs. Greipel showdown? We want to know!

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Greg Henderson @Greghenderson1
@MarkCavendish... call me a weak athlete. If u wanna send tweets im a **** father you are asking for trouble. Don't send private mesaages.

Going to be nice sprints, no?

 

[Anderis]

I'm a bit surprised they decided to leave Vanendert home. He was very useful rider for the team in 2011 and 2012. I've googled an interview from before few days that Lotto need him in other races.

 

[Liquigas]

He's in crap shape.

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Yes, a pity though, because at AGR he showed some old form again. Maybe they can use him at the Vuelta, the route design suits him better anyway.

 

[roundabout]

Yes, a pity though, because at AGR he showed some old form again. Maybe they can use him at the Vuelta, the route design suits him better anyway.

I think he is not doing any GTs this year. The plan for him is to score points in 1-day races later in the year