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team preview of the 2013 Tour de France
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<p>French WorldTour team, who most agree have the worst uniform in the peloton. Suiting up for their 14th Tour, expect to see them in the breakaway to get some TV time. Jean Christophe P enjoys the mountains and Dumoulin and Riblon are former stage winners.</p>
Team: Jean Christophe P (FRA), Romain Bardet (FRA), Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) , Maxime Bouet (FRA), Blel Kadri (FRA), S Minard (FRA), John Gadret (FRA), Hubert Dupont (FRA) and Christophe Riblon (FRA)</p>
The Dutch team were elevated to WorldTour status in 2013 and will make their third appearance at the Tour. They have Australian fans on side as the popular Koen de Kort spends his summer in Melbourne with his Australian partner. They will look for sprint wins with fast men Kittel on the flat and Degenkolb in the medium mountains.</p>
Team: Roy Curvers (NED), John Degenkolb (GER), Tom Dumoulin (NED), Johannes Fr (GER), Simon Geschke (GER), Marcel Kittel (GER), Koen de Kort (NED), Albert Timmer (NED) and Tom Veelers (NED).</p>
Kazakhstan based team who have had both Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador on board in recent years and are now managed by London Olympic road race champion Alexander Vinokourov, himself an interesting character. They have already won the Giro d this year, with Vincenzo Nibali, but the Italian will miss the Tour, so nfl jerseys china they will be looking for Brajkovic, who finished ninth overall last year and Kessiakoff, who finished second in the mountain classification to provide some joy. Dane Jakob Fuglsang is the designated team leader after finishing fourth at the Criterium Du Dauphine.</p>
Team: Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Assan Bazayev (KAZ), Janez Brajkovic (SLO), Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Francesco Gavazzi (ITA), Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ), Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE), Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) and Dmitri Muravyev (KAZ).</p>
The brilliantly named Blanco Pro Cycling formerly raced under the Rabobank banner until the Dutch bank pulled the pin on cycling at the height of the Lance Armstrong storm last year. Thankfully for the riders Rabobank continued to fund the team and they recently signed Belkin as a sponsor so the riders can look forward to a job in 2014. Bauke Mollema has been named ahead of Robert Gesink as the protected rider, despite Gesink finishing sixth in 2010. Aussie Mark Renshaw missed selection in the team, an indicator that they are looking more at the overall than sprints in 2013. Luis Leon Sanchez, a four time stage winner, wasn selected as the team awaits the outcome of the Operation Puerto investigation.</p>
Team: Lars Boom (NED), Laurens ten Dam (NED), Robert Gesink (NED), Tom Leezer (NED), Bauke Mollema (NED), Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR), Bram Tankink (NED), Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) and Maarten Wynants (BEL).</p>
Courtesy of Cadel Evans, we see just as many BMC jerseys on the roads in Australia as GreenEDGE kits. The easy to spot red, white and black colours will again be the focus of Aussie eyes as we yell for Cadel. There a team battle to keep an eye on also, as young gun Tejay Van Garderen continues his rise. He finished fifth last year ahead of Evans seventh and cheap jerseys won the best young rider classification. If Evans falters the young American will be given full reign to chase a podium spot. For support, they have the world champion Phillipe Gilbert, which is handy.</p>
Team: Cadel Evans (AUS), Tejay van Garderen (USA), Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Brent Bookwalter (USA), Marcus Burghardt (GER), Ama Moinard (FRA), Steve Morabito (SUI), Manuel Quinziato and Michael Sch (SUI).</p>
Formerly Liquigas Cannondale, the distinctive green colours remain, as does their main man Peter Sagan. The Slovakian won the green sprinters jersey last year, the first debutant to do so and will battle with Sky Mark Cavendish and Orca GreenEDGE Matt Goss for the title again this year. Sagan won three stages last year and will add to that tally in 2013.</p>
Team: Peter Sagan (SVK), Maciej Bodnar (POL), Kristijan Koren (SLO), Alessandro De Marchi (ITA), Alan Marangoni (ITA), Fabio Sabatini (ITA), Moreno Moser (ITA), Ted King (USA) and Brian Vandborg (DEN).</p>
You have to admire the French money lending company Cofidis, who have stuck by this team despite more than one doping saga over the years. Le Mevel is most likely their main man, but Navarro, Coppel and Taaramae also posses varied strengths and could claim a stage win.</p>
Team: Yoann Bagot (FRA), J Coppel (FRA), Egoitz Garcia (ESP), Christophe Le M (FRA), Guillaume Levarlet (FRA), Luis Angel Mat (FRA), Rudy Molard (FRA), Dani Navarro (ESP), Rein Taaramae (EST)</p>
Europcar return courtesy of the wildcard and why not. In 2011 Thomas Voeckler was in the lead for 10 days and Pierre Rolland won the stage to the summit of Alpe before going on to win best young rider as Voeckler hung on for fourth overall. Rolland improved to eighth last year and Voeckler won the polka dot jersey as king of the mountains. They have plenty to defend and will be omnipresent if only to justify their wildcard and keep their sponsor happy.</p>
Team: Pierre Rolland (FRA), Thomas Voeckler Dt5FW6a9x (FRA), David Veilleux (FRA), Kevin Reza (FRA), Jerome Cousin (FRA), Yukiya Arashiro (JPN), Davide Malacarne (ITA), Cyril Gautier (FRA) and Yohann Gene (FRA).</p>
The Basque based Spaniards are easy to follow with their carrot coloured jerseys. Given their base in the mountains of northern Spain it not surprising that they like the hills, but that they also have some speedsters, which makes for a tactical quandary. Beijing Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez is normally their main man, however in his absence, Anton and Nieve, on debut, will be their GC hopefuls. They also have unpredictable wildcards in the Izaguirre brothers. Expect to see them in almost every break.</p>
Team: Igor Ant (ESP), Mikel Astarloza (ESP), Gorka Izaguirre (ESP), Ion Izaguirre (ESP), Juan Jos Lobato (ESP), Mikel Nieve (ESP), Juanjo Oroz (ESP), Rub P (ESP) and Romain Sicard (FRA).</p>
The French love the French teams and there is no more team than FDJ. Led by their slightly maniacal boss Marc Madiot, they always seem to produce something. Last year it was the stage wins to youngster Thibaut Pinot and Pierrick Fedrigo. Pinot will be better for the run in 2013 and they also have a speedster in Nacer Bouhanni. Let hope we see Madiot hanging out of the team car screaming like a mad man as he urges his charges to a stage win. It reality TV at its best.</p>
Team: Thibaut Pinot (FRA), Arthur Vichot (FRA), Nacer Bouhanni (FRA), William Bonnet (FRA), Murillo Fischer (BRA), J Roy (FRA), Pierrick F (FRA), Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) and Alexandre Geniez (FRA).</p>
The US based WorldTour team finally announced their roster just three days before the Grand Depart, keeping everyone in suspense until the last minute. They included the surprise pick of young South Australian Rohan Dennis. The team has no shortage of mlb uniforms talent, but it also has a quandary in that they have three general classification riders 2012 Giro winner Ryder Hesjedal along with Dam Martin and Andrew Talansky. Danielson can climb and so can Talansky, who was the only one to stick with Froome and Porte on the final stage of the Dauphine. Martin has been in great form, winning Liege Bastonge Liege and the queen stage of the Volta Catalunya in Spain. Dennis would make his Tour debut and has been in hot form since he left the track for the road after winning silver in London. He wore the leader jersey and won best young rider in the Dauphine and may be a vital part of a team time trial assault on stage four.</p>
Team: Ryder Hesjedal (CAN), Dan Martin (IRL), Andrew Talansky (USA), Tom Danielson (USA), Rohan Dennis (AUS), Christian Vande Velde (USA), David Millar (GBR), Jack Bauer (NZL), Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU)</p>
Joaquim Rodriguez, AKA J Rod, is the team leader who will fight for the general classification for the Russian team. The Spaniard made the podium at the Giro and Vuelta last year so the whole team is centred around him. Olympic road race bronze medallist Kristoff is their sprinter, but with no sprint train, he have to hitch a ride to the line with another team.</p>
Team: Pavel Brutt (RUS), Alexander Kristoff (NOR), Aliaksandr Kuchynski (RUS), Alberto Losada (ESP), Daniel Moreno (ESP), Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP), Gatis Smukulis (LAT), Yuriy Trofimov (RUS) and Eduard Vorganov (RUS).</p>
The Italian team will be after stage wins despite the fact that Damiano Cunego finished sixth two years ago. They have left more than one rider at home, ahead of a anti doping investigation that will take place during the Tour itself on July 19, so they are somewhat weakened, or strengthened, depending which way you look at it. That leaves the way for four debutants Favilli, Mori, Cimolai and the 33 year old Niemec, who finished sixth in the Giro last month. The well named Roberto Ferrari is their sprinter. They need to be aggressive to be noticed.</p>
Team: Damiano Cunego(ITA), Przemyslaw Niemiec (POL), Jos Serpa (COL), Adriano Malori (ITA), Roberto Ferrari (ITA), Matteo Bono (ITA), Elia Favilli (ITA), Manuele Mori (ITA) and Davide Cimolai (ITA).</p>
The Belgium team has a foot in both camps with GC contender Jurgen Van den Broeck and speedster Andr Greipel. That makes life tough and given Van den Broeck finished fourth overall last year, maybe the focus will be on him at the expense of Gorilla Still Greipel won three stages last year, finishing runner up to Sagan overall for the sprint crown. Greipel train includes Aussie workhorse Adam Hansen and Melbourne based New Zealander Greg Henderson and provides excellent support. After twice finishing fourth Van den Broeck has his eyes on a podium finish in Paris, which may not help Greipel chase for green.</p>
Team: Lars Bak (DEN) , Bart De Clercq (BEL), Andr Greipel (GER), Adam Hansen (AUS), Greg Henderson (NZL), J Roelandts (BEL), Marcel Sieberg (GER), Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) and Frederik Willems (BEL).</p>
Another Spanish team led by former Vuelta winner Alejandro Valverde, who will ride with the aim of a bettering his best previous finish of sixth in 2007. The team has eyes on a spot on the podium, but it hard to see it happening. He did win a stage of the Tour last year after returning from a two year holiday (for doping). Young Colombian Nairo Quintana will be one to watch in the future, so will be interesting to follow this year. http://www.kf-trikotdesign.de/t13357f20-How-to-Landscape-With-River-Ston es.html#msg77713<br>http://www.actionfigurecomics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15657#15657<br>http://www.pijc.nl/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2588<br></p>
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