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Will Team Skil-Shimano do well in the 2009 Tour de France?
20 votes so far
Leader:
No, they don't have the strength to compete
No, they don't have the strength to compete
73%
27%
Will Piet Rooijakkers have a break out year in 2009?
30 votes so far
Leader:
Yes, Piet Rooijakkers is moving up in the ranks
Yes, Piet Rooijakkers is moving up in the ranks
48%
41%
How will Lance Armstrong do in the 2009 Tour de France?
246 votes so far
Leader:
He'll do well but not win
He'll do well but not win
51%
49%
Will Levi Leipheimer beat Lance Armstrong in the 2009 Tour?
51 votes so far
Leader:
No, Lance Armstrong is a machine during the Tour de France, no one can stop him
No, Lance Armstrong is a machine during the Tour de France, no one can stop him
60%
40%
Cyril Dessel of Ag2r (BBC)Ag2r-La Mondiale
Manager: Vincent Lavenu
Cyril Dessel (France)
Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (ESP)
Lloyd Mondory (France)
Stephane Goubert (France)
Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)
Agritubel
Manager: David Fornes
Brice Feillu (France)
Christophe Moreau (France)
David La Lay (France)
Eduardo Gonzálo (Spa)
Geoffroy Lequatre (France)
Maxime Bouet (France)
Nicolas Vogondy (France)
Romain Feillu (France)
Sylvain Calzati (France)
Alberto Contador of Astana (Epoch Times)Astana
Manager: Johan Bruyneel
Alberto Contador (Spa)
Andreas Kloden (Ger)
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
Gregory Rast (Swi)
Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Lance Armstrong (USA)
Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Sergio Paulinho (Por)
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Pierre Rolland (France)
Pierrick Fedrigo (France)
Thomas Voeckler (France)
William Bonnet (France)
Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)
Yuri Trofimov (RUS)
Caisse D’Epargne
Manager: José-Miguel Echavarri
David Arroyo Duran (ESP)
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (ESP)
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (ESP)
Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (ESP)
Oscar Pereiro Sio (ESP)
Xabier Zandio Echaide (ESP)
Carlos Sastre of Cervelo (Telegraph)Cervelo TestTeam
Manager: Theo Maucher
Andreas Klier (GER)
Brett Lancaster (AUS)
Carlos Sastre (ESP)
Hayden Roulston (NZL)
Heinrich Haussler (GER)
Inigo Cuesta (ESP)
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP)
Thor Hushovd (NOR)
Volodymyr Gustov (UKR)
Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
Manager: Éric Boyer
Amael Moinard (France)
Bingen Fernandez (ESP)
Christophe Kern (France)
David Moncoutie (France)
Leonardo Duque (COL)
Remi Pauriol (France)
Samuel Dumoulin (France)
Sebastien Minard (France)
Stephane Auge (France)
Koldo Fernandez (Daylife)Euskaltel-Euskadi
Manager: Miguel Madariaga
Alan Pérez (Spain)
Amets Txurruka (Spain)
Egoi Martínez (Spain)
Gorka Verdugo (Spain)
Igor Antón (Spain)
Juanio Oroz (Spain)
Koldo Fernández (Spain)
Mikel Astarloza (Spain)
Rubén Pérez (Spain)
Francaise Des Jeux
Manager: Marc Madiot
Anthony Geslin (F)
Benoit Vaugrenard (F)
Christophe LeMevel (F)
Jerome Coppel (F)
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
Sandy Casar (F)
Yahueni Hutarovich (Blr)
Garmin - Slipstream
Manager: Jonathan Vaughters
Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
Dan Martin (Irl)
Danny Pate (USA)
David Millar (GBr)
David Zabriskie (USA)
Julian Dean (NZl)
Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
Tyler Farrar (USA)
Alessandro Ballan (SDamy)Lampre - N.G.C.
Manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Angelo Furlan (ITA)
Daniele Righi (ITA)
Marco Bandiera (ITA)
Marco Marzano (ITA)
Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)
Massimiliano Mori (ITA)
Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)
Simon Spilak (SLO)
Liquigas
Manager: Roberto Amadio
Alessandro Vanoti (Italy)
Alexandr Kuschynski (Rus)
Brian Vandborg (Den)
Daniele Bennati (Italy)
Fabio Sabatini (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Frederik Willems (Bel)
Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
Vicenzo Nibali (Ita)
Jerome Pineau (Cycling Fans)Quick Step
Manager: Patrick Lefevere
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (ESP)
Jerome Pineau (France)
Stijn Devolder (BEL)
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
Rabobank
Manager: Harold Knebel
Denis Menchov (Russia)
Grischa Niermann (Germany)
Joost Posthuma (Dutch)
Juan Antonio Flecha (Argentina/Spain)
Juan Manuel Garate (Spain)
Laurens Ten Dam (Dutch)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Robert Gesink (Dutch)
Stef Clement (Dutch)
Silence-Lotto
Manager: Marc Sergeant
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
Matthew Lloyd (AUS)
Mickael Delage (France)
Sebastian Lang (GER)
Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL)
Thomas Dekker (NED)
Simon Geschke of Skil Shimano (Skil Fan)Skil-Shimano
Manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
Albert Timmer (NED)
Cyril Lemoine (France)
Jonathan Hivert (France)
Kenny Robert Van Hummel (NED)
Piet Rooijakkers (NED)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Team Columbia - Highroad
Manager: Bob Stapleton
Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
George Hincapie (USA)
Kim Kirchen (LUX)
Marcus Burghardt (GER)
Mark Cavendish (GBR)
Mark Renshaw (AUS)
Maxime Monfort (ITALY)
Michael Rogers (AUS)
Tony Martin (GER)
Team Katusha
Manager: Stefano Feltrin
Alexandre Botcharov (RUS)
Danilo Napolitano (ITA)
Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
Joan Horrach Rippoll (ESP)
Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS)
Nikolay Trusov (RUS)
Serguei Ivanov (RUS)
Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)
Vladimir Karpets (RUS)
Fabian Wegmann of Milrom (BBC)Team Milram
Manager: Gerry Van Gerwen
Christian Knees (Ger)
Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
Linus Gerdemann (Ger)
Markus Fothen (Ger)
Niki Terpstra (Ned)
Peter Velits (Svk)
Peter Wrolich (Aut)
Team Saxo Bank
Manager: Bjarne Riis
Andy Schleck (Lux)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
Fränk Schleck (Lux)
Gustav Larsson (Swe)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
Nicki Sørensen (Den)
Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
MUSCAT: Luxembourg's Andy Schleck is yet to be officially declared champion of the 2010 Tour de France by the race organisers, despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling that Alberto Contador, the initial winner, be stripped of his title and ...
- UCI Licence Commission to decide Saxo Bank's WorldTour fate (api.bing.com)
- Factbox: Spain's Alberto Contador (api.bing.com)
Six-time Tour de France green jersey champion Erik Zabel says team Sky should put the majority of its resources behind Mark Cavendish and not general classification hope Bradley Wiggins at the Tour de France this year. Sky is set to enter the Tour with a ...
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News had filtered through from Switzerland that the UCI had moved switfly to expunge Contador's name from the record books with both Cadel Evans and Richie Porte just two of a host of riders to have benefited from Contador's two-year ban for doping ...
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- Cycling: Mark Cavendish wins first Team Sky victory (api.bing.com)
Astana teammates Andreas Kloden of Germany, American Levi Leipheimer, American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and Alberto Contador of Spain. AP Photo/Christophe Ena This has been an epochal week for cycling – a sport which ...
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• Spaniard banned until August after positive test in 2010• Tour de France organiser welcomes decisionBradley Wiggins's chances at the Tour de France and in the Olympic time trial have been improved by the banning of Alberto Contador, who will contest neither after being banned for his clenbuterol positive test in 2010. The odds on Wiggins winning the Tour were shortened after the ruling by the court of arbitration for sport to ban Contador...
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- Contador's team could be thrown off Tour (api.bing.com)
The 2011 Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans, said he was not certain that Alberto Contador's absence from this year's race would be an advantage when the Australian bids to defend his title in June. Spain's three-times Tour champion is not allowed to ...
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- Cadel Evans hails Contador ban (api.bing.com)
- Alberto Contador ban breaks cycle of doubts (api.bing.com)
- Cadel Evans feels for outed Alberto Contador (api.bing.com)
Alberto Contador, stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title yesterday in a doping case, will keep his place on the Saxo Bank team if he wants it because he didn’t take performance-enhancing drugs on purpose, team manager Bjarne Riis said.
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Contador continued his dominance into the 2009 season with an impressive showing at Paris ... but during that time, Contador was still able to notch up that contentious win in the 2010 Tour de France as well as a dominating overall victory in this ...
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Then three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was stripped of his latest title after he was found guilty by the Court of Arbitration for Sport of the doping allegations he was accused of back in 2009. Now former German great Jan Ullrich (1997 Tour ...
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Francois Mitterrand, the late French president, once enunciated the three events which matter to fans of the Tricolor: soccer's World Cup, cycling's Tour de France and the Davis Cup of tennis. When asked to name his top three, Stephen Harper undoubtedly ...
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Overview
Coverage of the 2009 Tour de France, cycling's most popular event of the year. Follow Tour de France riders and news of bio passports, teams, and more. The 2009 Tour de France starts on Saturday July 4th and runs through Sunday July 26th 2009. It is the 96th Tour de France and will be made up of 21 stages covering a total distance of 3,500...more
Coverage of the 2009 Tour de France, cycling's most popular event of the year. Follow Tour de France riders and news of bio passports, teams, and more. The 2009 Tour de France starts on Saturday July 4th and runs through Sunday July 26th 2009. It is the 96th Tour de France and will be made up of 21 stages covering a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
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