Quickstep announces initial Tour selection
Quickstep-Innergetic has narrowed down its Tour de France selection to
11 riders from which the final nine will be chosen after the various
national championships taking place around Europe this weekend.
Inevitably the team is based around star sprinter Tom Boonen who will
aim for his first green jersey after a relatively disappointing Spring
Classics campaign by his standards in previous years.
The other ten riders named are: Carlos Barredo, Steven De Jongh, Juan
Manuel Garate, Bram Tankink, Andrea Tonti, Matteo Tosatto, Sébastien
Rosseler, Kevin Van Impe, Gert Steegmans and Cedric Vasseur.
Predictor-Lotto for the Tour
After an evaluation of its riders performances in recent races - the
Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de Suisse and the ProTour Team Time Trial in
Eindhoven - Predictor-Lotto has made a 10-man pre-selection for the
Tour de France, from which, one rider will not take part.
The 10 riders named in the pre-selection are: Mario Aerts, Dario
Cioni, Cadel Evans, Chris Horner, Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Robbie
McEwen, Fred Rodriguez, Wim Vansevenant and Johan Vansummeren.