April 6, 2008 (Brugge, Belgium) – Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal (Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30) is a late entry replacing an injured Steve Cozza at the 264km Tour of Flanders now underway. Local star Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep is a strong favourite as 2007 champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) will be out to defend his title.

2008 Tour of Flanders Start List

Lampre

1. Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
2. Fabio Baldato (Ita)
3. Marco Bandiera (Ita)
4. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
5. Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
6. Christian Murro (Ita)
7. Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
8. Simon Spilak (Slo)

Quick Step

11. Tom Boonen (Bel)
12. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel)
13. Steven De Jongh (Ned)
14. Stijn Devolder (Bel)
15. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa)
16. Maarten Wynants (Bel)
17. Gert Steegmans (Bel)
18. Matteo Tosatto (Ita)

Silence – Lotto

21. Johan Van Summeren (Bel)
22. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel)
23. Wim De Vocht (Bel)
24. Roy Sentjens (Bel)
25. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
26. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)
27. Leif Hoste (Bel)
28. Wim Vansevenant (Bel)

Rabobank

31. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
32. Jan Boven (Ned)
33. Rick Flens (Ned)
34. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa)
35. Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa)
36. Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned)
37. Joost Posthuma (Ned)
38. Bram Tankink (Ned)

AG2r – La Mondiale

41. Renaud Dion (Fra)
42. Martin Elmiger (Swi)
43. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)
44. Laurent Mangel (Fra)
45. Lloyd Mondory (Fra)
46. Stéphane Poulhies (Fra)
47. Cédric Pineau (Fra)
48. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel)

Bouygues Telecom

51. Thomas Voeckler (Fra)
52. Yohann Gène (Fra)
53. Anthony Geslin (Fra)
54. Vincent Jérôme (Fra)
55. Arnaud Labbe (Fra)
56. Erki Pütsep (Est)
57. Alexandre Pichot (Fra)
58. Franck Renier (Fra)

Cofidis РLe Cr̩dit par T̩l̩phone

61. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
62. Kevin De Weert (Bel)
63. Frank Hoj (Den)
64. Sébastien Minard (Fra)
65. Nick Nuyens (Bel)
66. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)
67. Tristan Valentin (Fra)
68. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)

Crédit Agricole

71. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun)
72. Yannick Talabardon (Fra)
73. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
73. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
74. Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
75. Jeremy Hunt (GBr)
76. Thor Hushovd (Nor)
77. Gabriel Rasch (Nor)
78. Mark Renshaw (Aus)

Française des Jeux

81. Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
82. Mickael Delage (Fra)
83. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
84. Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra)
85. Gianni Meersman (Bel)
86. Christophe Mengin (Fra)
87. Yoann Offredo (Fra)
88. Timothy Gudsell (NZl)

Astana

91. Koen De Kort (Ned)
92. Vladimir Goussev (Rus)
93. Serguei Ivanov (Rus)
94. Aaron Kemps (Aus)
95. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
96. Grégory Rast (Swi)
97. René Haselbacher (Aut)
98. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)

Caisse d’Epargne

101. Arnaud Coyot (Fra)
102. Mathieu Drujon (Fra)
103. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
104. Jose Garcia (Mex)
105. Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
106. Fabien Patanchon (Fra)
107. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa)
108. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa)

Euskaltel – Euskadi

111. Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa)
112. Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa)
113. Lander Aperribai (Spa)
114. Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa)
115. Koldo Fernandez (Spa)
116. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
117. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa)
118. Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa)

Gerolsteiner

121. Thomas Fothen (Ger)
122. Heinrich Haussler (Ger)
123. Sven Krauss (Ger)
124. Sebastian Lang (Ger)
125. Stephan Schreck (Ger)
126. Oscar Gatto (Ita)
127. Carlo Westphal (Ger)
128. Peter Wrolich (Aut)

Liquigas

131. Claudio Corioni (Ita)
132. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita)
133. Murilo Fischer (Bra)
134. Enrico Franzoi (Ita)
135. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr)
136. Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
137. Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
138. Frederik Willems (Bel)

Saunier Duval – Scott

141. Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa)
142. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat)
143. Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra)
144. Aurélien Passeron (Fra)
145. Ermanno Capelli (Ita)
146. Jesus Del Nero (Spa)
147. Denis Flahaut (Fra)
148. Angel Gomez (Spa)

Team CSC

151. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
152. Lars Bak (Den)
153. Matti Breschel (Den)
154. Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
155. Allan Johansen (Den)
156. Karsten Kroon (Ned)
157. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
158. Stuart O’Grady (Aus)

Team High Road

161. Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
162. André Greipel (Ger)
163. Roger Hammond (GBr)
164. George Hincapie (USA)
165. Bert Grabsch (Ger)
166. Andreas Klier (Ger)
167. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa)
168. Marcel Sieberg (Ger)

Team Milram

171. Markus Eichler (Ger)
172. Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
173. Christian Knees (Ger)
174. Christian Kux (Ger)
175. Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
176. Niki Terpstra (Ned)
177. Martin Velits (Svk)
178. Erik Zabel (Ger)

Landbouwkrediet РȚnissteiner

181. Ian Stannard (GBr)
182. David Boucher (Fra)
183. Steven Kleynen (Bel)
184. Bert De Waele (Bel)
185. Jan Kuyckx (Bel)
186. Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel)
187. Kevin Neirynck (Bel)
188. Tom Steels (Bel)

Topsport Vlaanderen

191. Koen Barbe (Bel)
192. Johan Coenen (Bel)
193. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel)
194. Niko Eeckhout (Bel)
195. Sven Renders (Bel)
196. Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
197. Bart Vanheule (Bel)
198. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel)

Mitsubishi-Jartazi

201. Allan Davis (Aus)
202. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
203. Geert Omloop (Bel)
204. Janek Tombak (Est)
205. Sven Nevens (Bel)
206. Jens Mouris (Ned)
207. James Vanlandschoot (Bel)
208. Geert Verheyen (Bel)

Barloworld

211. Marco Corti (Ita)
212. Patrick Calcagni (Swi)
213. Baden Cooke (Aus)
214. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita)
215. Robert Hunter (RSA)
216. Daryl Impey (RSA)
217. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita)
218. Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita)

Cycle Collstrop

221. Bastian Giling (Ned)
222. Michal Golas (Pol)
223. David Kopp (Ger)
224. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb)
225. Marco Marcato (Ita)
226. Matthé Pronk (Ned)
227. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita)
228. Steffen Wesemann (Swi)

Skil-Shimano

231. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
232. Roy Curvers (Ned)
233. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
234. Floris Goesinnen (Ned)
235. Piet Rooijakkers (Ned)
236. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned)
237. Tom Veelers (Ned)
238. Robert Wagner (Ger)

Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30

241. Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
242. Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
243. Huub Duyn (Ned)
244. Tyler Farrar (USA)
245. Michael Friedman (USA)
246. William Frischkorn (USA)
247. Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
248. Danny Pate (USA)