Tour de France Teams
When 99th Tour de France starts on the 30 June 2012, there are 22 Teams that will gather in Liege to mark start of the race. Each team has nine riders each, bringing the total number of participants to 198. With 20 Stages, the peloton will pedal their way to the toughest, longest and most challenging route in the Tour's event.
Tour de France Odds for Team Classification Outright Winner
| Teams |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Sky | 6/4 | 9/4 | --- |
| Radioshack-Nissan | 4/1 | 9/2 | --- |
| Rabobank | 4/1 | 5/1 | --- |
| Movistar | 11/1 | 8/1 | --- |
| Garmin | 11/1 | 9/2 | --- |
| Astana | 16/1 | 16/1 | --- |
| Ag2R | 20/1 | 20/1 | --- |
| Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 20/1 | 12/1 | --- |
| Liquigas | 33/1 | 25/1 | --- |
| Team Europcar | 50/1 | 50/1 | --- |
| Katusha | 50/1 | 66/1 | --- |
| Euskaltel | 50/1 | 66/1 | --- |
| Vacansoleil | 50/1 | 50/1 | --- |
| BMC Racing Team | 50/1 | 100/1 | --- |
| Lotto-Belisol | 100/1 | 100/1 | --- |
| Cofidis | 250/1 | 250/1 | --- |
| FDJ-Bigmat | 350/1 | 500/1 | --- |
| Saur-Sojasun | 500/1 | 250/1 | --- |
| Lampre | 1,000/1 | 300/1 | --- |
| Team Green Edge | 1,000/1 | 1,000/1 | --- |
| Team Saxo Bank | 1000/1 | 500/1 | --- |
| Team Argos Shimano | 10,000/1 | 1,000/1 | --- |
SKY PROCYCLING (SKY)
Team Sky will be led by Bradley Wiggins. Winning the Paris-Nice, Tour de Rmandie and Criterium du Dauphine stage races, Wiggins is the favourite by the bookmaker to win the 99th edition of Tour de France’ yellow jersey this year. Under his leadership, his squad consists of world class cyclist with a proven track record. With the likes of his fellow British comraded Mark Cavendish and Michael Rogers, along with Edvald Boasson Hagen, Richie Porte, Bernhard Eisel, Kantstantsin Siutsou and Christian Knees. Read more ...
RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
(RNT)
The Schleck brothers have always been together giving each other the push they needed every race they participated. For the first time in five years, Frank will be riding without the company of his sibling. Team Radio Shack - Nissan will be without their usual team leader. Andy Schleck will not compete in the Tour de France due to a fractured pelvis that he sustained during a crash at the Dauphine. Having thrown the towel, it was expected that the older brother will carry on the task to be the captain. However, unwilling to be an easy target for the critics, Frank Scheleck has also thrown the towel to lead his team RadioShack-Nissan at the Tour de France 2012. Read more...
BMC RACING (BMC)
There is only one mission for rest of the Team BMC, that is to protect and defend the title Tour de France 2011 title that Cadel Evans in hope to become the first rider in the Tour to win back-to-back. BMC’s lead superstar feels confident and as a whole, it has a strong team to support him. Helping 35-year-old Aussie in his quest to retain his title are Marcus Burghardt, Steve Cummings, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert , George Hincapie, Amaël Moinard, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Tejay van Garderen. Read more ...
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP (OPQ)
The Belgian team Omega Pharma –Quick who is currently 4th in the UCI ranking has a very successful season. The team will not have their best successful Tom Boonen during the 2012 Tour de France as he opt out in favour of preparing for the 2012 Olympics in London instead. In his absence, the team have Tony Martin and Levi Leipheimer along with Bert Grabsch, Sylvain Chavanel, Peter Velits, Kevin De Weert, Dries Devenyns, Jerome Pineau and Stijn Vandenbergh in pursuing the title. Read more ...
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS)
Euskaltel – Euskadi’s main leading man to take them to 2012 Tour de France’s podium will be Samuel Sanchez. After taking part in Criterium du Dauphine early this month, the reigning Olympic Champion skip Tour de Suisse to focus his energy in this year’s Grand Tour in France. Despite uncertain future of his team, he is hoping to lead them to victory with the help of his team mates Mikel Astarloza, Jorge Azanza Soto, Gorka Izaguirre Insausti, Egoi Martinez, Alan Perez Lezaun, Ruben Perez Moreno, Pablo Urtasun Perez and Gorka Verdugo. Read more ...
ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE)
Orica-GreenEdge will be making its Tour de France debut on the 30th June 2012 at Liege, Belguim. The game plan is not to aim for the general classification but instead, will be aiming for Stage win. Matt Goss of Australia will be the key man to hunt for this and will be chasing for the green jersey. The rest of the group consists of Michael Albasini, Simon Gerrans, Daryl Impley, Brett Daniel Lancaster, Sebastian langeveld, Stuart O’Grady, Tomas Vaitkus and Pieter Weening. Read more ...
GARMIN - BARRACUDA (GRM)
A week before the race, the name changed from Garmin-Barracuda to Garmin-Sharp - Barracuda after securing a sponsorship with Sharp. Leading them to start in Liege will be world class cyclist Ryder Jesjedal. The winner of the Giro d’Italia will have the support of Tom Danielson, Tyler Farrar, Robert Hunter, Daniel Martin, David Millar, Johan Van Summeren, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie. Read more ...
LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE (LIQ)
Liquigas - Cannondale's hope lies on Peter Sagan who had recently won three stages win and the Points Classification in Tour de Suisse, as well as, Vincenzo Nibali who missed the Giro d’Italia in favour of the 99th Tour. Joining them in the squad are Ivan Basso,Kristjan Koren, Vincenzo Nibali, Daniel Oss, Maciej Paterski, Peter Sagan, Sylvester Szmyd, Alessandro Vanotti. Read more ...
TEAM EUROPCAR (EUC)
Leading the nine-man squad for Europcar’s Tour de France race this season will be Thomas Voeckler alongside the Pierre Roland, ARASHIRO Yukiya Arashiro, BERNAUDEAU Giovanni Bernaudeau, Anthony Charteau, Damien Gaudin, Cyril Gautier, Yohann Gene, and Christophe Kern. Read more ...
SAXO BANK (SAX)
Team Saxo Bank will be without their main talisman Alberto Contador and with this comes a game plan to focus not on the yellow jersey but winning the Stages round of the Tour de France. The roster includes uan José Haedo, Jonathan Cantwell, Nick Nuyen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Nicki Sørensen, Michael Mørkøv, Anders Lund, Karsten Kroon and Sergio Paulinho. Read more ...
.jpg)
KATUSHA TEAM (KAT)
Team Katusha has named Denis Menchov as their team captain to lead the rest of the group that includes Giampaolo Caruso, Oscar Freire, Vladimir Gusev, Joan Horrach, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Luca Paolini, Yuriy Trofimov and Eduard Vorganov. Read more ...
.jpg)
RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB)
Rabobank Team will be lead by Robert Gasink, Bauke Mollema and Steven Kruijswijk will be alternating to play the team captain in the group. Joining them when the Tour starts in Liege on Saturday 30 June will be Laurens ten Dam, Mark Renshaw, Luis Leon Sanchez, Bram Tankink, Maarten Tjallingii and Maarten Wynants. Read more ...
MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV)
Alejandro Valverde is back to complete in a Grand Tour for the first time since 2008 to lead the Team Movistar for their pursuit in winning the GC of Tour de France with the help of his member Juan Jose Cobo, José Joaquín Rojas, Rubén Plaza, Vasil Kiryienka, Iván Gutiérrez, Imanol Erviti, Vladimir Karpets and Rui Costa. Read more ...
ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST)
Leading the nine-man team of Astana for the 99th edition of Tour de France this Saturday, 30th June 2012 in Liege Belgium will be Alexandre Vinokurov. With him running the race will be Jani Brajkovic, Borut Bozic, Dmitry Fofonov, Andriy Grivko, Maxim Iglinskiy, Andrey Kashechkin, Fredrik Kessiakoff and Robert Kiserlovski. Read more ...
FDJ-BIGMAT (FDJ)
Yauheni Hutarovich is the team leader for FDJ-BigMat. The rest of the squad includes Sandy Casar, Pierrick Fédrigo, Matthieu Ladagnous, Cedric Pineau , Thibaut Pinot, Anthony Roux, Jeremy Roy and Arthur Vichot. Read more ...
COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (COF)
Cofidis has choosen to have two team leaders to guide them in their 2012 Tour de France race, Rein Taaramae and David Moncoutie. The rest of the roster includes Remi Di Gregorio, Sammy Dumoulin, Nicolas Edet, Julien Fouchard, Jan Ghyselinck, Luis Angel Mate and Romain Zingle. Read more …
AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
Nicolas Roche alongside Jean-Christophe Péraud will have the task to lead the crew of Team AG2R. Completing the group are Maxime Bouet, Mikael Chérel, Hubert Dupont, Blel Kadri, Sébastien Minard, Lloyd Mondory and Christophe Riblon. Read more ...
.jpg)
SAUR-SOJASUN (SAU)
Guiding the member of Saur-Sojasun for Tour de France will be team captain Jerome Coppel. His member consists of Anthony Delaplace, Jimmy Engoulvent, Brice Feillu, Fabrice Jeandesboz, Cyril Lemoine, Guillaume Levarlet, Jean-Marc Marino and Julien Simon. Read more ...
LAMPRE - ISD (LAM)
Michele Scarponi and Alessandro Petacchi will be a joint force in leading team Lampre-ISD in the Tour ’12. Riders included in the party are Grega Bole, Danilo Hondo, Yuriy Krivtsov, Matthew Lloyd, Marco Marzano, Simone Stortoni and Davide Viganò. Read more ...
TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO (ARG)
Team Argos – Shimano has been chosen Marcel Kittel as their team captain in their first appearance in Tour de France. Forming the rest of the roster are Yann Huguet, Matthieu Sprick, Johannes Fröhlinger, Koen de Kort, Albert Timmer, Patrick Gretsch, Roy Curvers and Tom Veelers. Read more ...
VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD)
Vacansoleil-DCM rider Johnny Hoogerland will lead Kris Boeckmans, Kenny van Hummel, Gustav Larsson, Marco Marcato, Wout Poels, Rob Ruijgh, Rafael Valls and Lieuwe Westra in their second year appearance in the Tour. Read more ...
Lotto-Belisol Team (BEL)
Team Lotto – Belisol has chosen Andre Greipel to lead Lars Bak, Francis De Greef, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Jurgen Van den Broeck and Jelle Vanendert with Jurgen Van de Walle on their Tour de France 2012 race. Read more ...
You must be logged in to post a comment! Sign up + or log in in the top right corner.
| 
|