TOUR OF BRITAIN START LIST
Britain's biggest bike race starts on Tuesday, August 29 in Glasgow. Sixteen teams are taking part in this year's Tour of Britain, and there are some big names taking to the UK roads.
Updated 28/8/06
Quick Step-Innergetic
Directeur Sportif: Wilfred Peeters
Category: ProTour
Country: Belgium
www.qsi-cycling.com
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1Nuyens, NickBEL
2Boonen, TomBEL
3Chicchi, FrancescoITA
4Cretskens, WilfredBEL
5Garate, Juan ManuelESP
6Pozzato, FilippoITA
T-Mobile
Directeur Sportif: Brian Holm
Category: ProTour
Country: Germany
www.t-mobile-team.com
11Kloden, AndreasGER
12Cavendish, MarkGBR
13Sinkewtiz, PatrikGER
14Pollack, Olaf GER
15Kessler, Mattias GER
16Rogers, MichaelAUS
Great Britain
Directeur Sportif: Rod Ellingworth
Category: National
Country: Great Britain
www.britishcycling.org.uk
21Hammond, RogerGBR
22Tennant, AndrewGBR
23Thomas, GeraintGBR
24Sander, RossGBR
25Stannard, IanGBR
26Swift, BenGBR
Davitamon Lotto
Directeur Sportif: Allan Peiper
Category: ProTour
Country: Belgium
www.davitamon-lotto.com
31Gates, NickAUS
32Mattan, NicoBEL
33Rosems, BertBEL
34Steegmans, GertBEL
35Leon Van BonBEL
36Vansummeren, JohanBEL
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
Directeur Sportif: Roberto Reveberi
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Ireland
www.panariasport.com
41Dall' Antonia, TizianoITA
42Galdos, AitorESP
43Grilo, ParideITA
44Matveyev, SergiyUKR
45Piramo, MatteoITA
46Richeze, MaximilianoARG
Recycling.co.uk
Directeur Sportif: John Herety
Category: Continental
Country: Great Britain
www.recyclingteam.com
51Greenwood, BenGBR
52House, KristianGBR
53Newton, ChristopherGBR
54Oliphant, EvanGBR
55Partridge, RobertGBR
56Sharman, RobinGBR
Phonak iShares
Directeur Sportif: Juan Martin Fernandez
Category: ProTour
Country: Switzerland
www.phonak-cycling.ch
61Merckx, AxelBEL
62Hunter, Robert RSA
63Moerenhout, KoosNED
64Pena, Victor HugoCOL
65Tschopp, JohannSUI
66Vitoria, DavidSUI
CSC
Directeur Sportif: Scott Sunderland
Category: ProTour
Country: Denmark
www.team-csc.com
71Breschel, MattiDEN
72Kroon, KarstenNED
73Roberts, LukeAUS
74Schleck, AndyLUX
75Sörensen, NickiDEN
76Vandevelde, ChristianUSA
DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
Directeur Sportif: Gilbert De Weerdt
Category: Continental
Country: Great Britain
www.teamdfl-cyclingnews.com
81Coutts, AlexGBR
82Downing, DeanGBR
83Downing, RussellGBR
84Jennings, CameronAUS
85Barras, TomGBR
86Kane, OakleyAUS
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
Directeur Sportif: Jef de Bilde
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Belgium
www.landbouwkrediet-colnago.be
91Clancy, Edward GBR
92Lebeau, Jean-ClaudeBEL
93Manning, PaulGBR
94Neirynck, KevinBEL
95Simon, Jean-PaulBEL
96Vanlandschoot, JamesBEL
Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
Directeur Sportif: Walter Planckaert
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Belgium
www.jacques-vlaanderen.be
101De Haes, KennyBEL
102D'Hollander, GlennBEL
103Keisse, IljoBEL
104Veuchelen, FrederikBEL
105Wijnants, MaartenBEL
106Willems, FrederikBEL
Denmark
Directeur Sportif: Heiko Salzwedel
Category: National
Country: Denmark
www.cyclingworld-dcu.dk
111Christensen, MichaelDEN
112Jorgensen, CasperDEN
113Madsen, Jens-ErikDEN
114Morkov, MichaelDEN
115Rasmussen, AlexDEN
116Steensen, AndreDEN
Unibet
Directeur Sportif: Hilaire Vanderschueren
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Belgium
www.unibetcycling.com
121Cooke, BadenAUS
122Domingue, JuanESP
123Gardeyn, GorikBEL
124Hunt, JeremyGBR
125Pasamontes, LuisESP
126Wilson, MathewAUS
Skil-Shimano
Directeur Sportif: Rudie Kemna
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Netherlands
www.professionalcyclingteam.com
131Kano, TomoyaJAP
132Reinerink, RikNED
133Rooijakkers, PietNED
134Tjallingii, MaartenNED
135Vierhouten, AartNED
136Weiisenger, RenéGER
Barloworld
Directeur Sportif: Velerio Tebaldi
Category: Professional Continental
Country: Great Britain
www.teambarloworld.com
141Bonomi, GiosuèITA
142Caccia, DiegoITA
143Christensen, MadsDEN
144Cox, RyanRSA
145Degano, EnricoITA
146Sabido, HugoPOR
South Australia.com-AIS
Directeur Sportif: Brian Stephens
Category: Continental
Country: Australia
www.southaustralia-ais.com
151Clarke, JonathanAUS
152Clarke, SimonAUS
153Goss, MathewAUS
154Higgerson, ShaunAUS
155Lloyd, MathewAUS
156Meadley, JamesAUS
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