July 1, 2008 — Here is the provisional roster for the 20 teams with 180 riders competing at the 2008 Tour de France, July 5-27. This list is not final as teams are making last minute changes for instance Quick Step announced today that they’ve replaced Kevin Van Impe with Mauro Facci. The list will be finalized on July 4.

Tour de France 2008 – Teams and Riders

Ag2r (France)
– Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa)
– Cyril Dessel (Fra)
– Hubert Dupont (Fra)
– Vladimir Efimkin (Rus)
– Martin Elmiger (Swi)
– John Gadret (Fra)
РSt̩phane Goubert (Fra)
– Christophe Riblon (Fra)
– Tadej Valjavec (Slo)

Agritubel (France)
– Freddy Bichot (Fra)
– Jimmy Casper (Fra)
– Romain Feillu (Fra)
– Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa)
– Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
– David Le Lay (Fra)
– Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
– Christophe Moreau (Fra)
– Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)

Barloworld (Great Britain)
– John-Lee Augustyn (RSA)
– Felix Cardenas (Col)
– Giampaolo Cheula (Ita)
– Baden Cooke (Aus)
РMois̩s Due̱as (Spa
– Chris Froome (GB)
– Robert Hunter (RSA)
– Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita)
– Juan Mauricio Soler (Col)

Bouygues Telecom (France)
– Stef Clement (Ned)
РPierrick F̩drigo (Fra)
– Xavier Florencio (Esp)
РLaurent Lef̬vre (Fra)
РJ̩r̫me Pineau (Fra)
– Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
– Yuri Trofimov (Rus)
– Johann Tschopp (Swi)
– Thomas Voeckler (Fra)

Caisse d’Epargne (Spain)
– David Arroyo (Spa)
– Arnaud Coyot (Fra)
– Jose Luis Garcia Acosta (Spa)
– Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
– David Lopez (Spa)
– Oscar Pereiro (Spa)
– Nicholas Portal (Fra)
– Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)
– Alejandro Valverde (Spa)

Cofidis (France)
РSt̩phane Aug̩ (Fra)
– Florent Brard (Fra)
– Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
РHerv̩ Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
– Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
– Leonardo Duque (Col)
– David Moncoutie (Fra)
– Amael Moinard (Fra)
– Maxime Monfort (Bel)

Columbia (USA) – formerly High Road
– Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
– Mark Cavendish (GB)
– Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
– Bernhard Eisel (Aut
– Adam Hansen (Aus)
– George Hincapie (USA)
– Kim Kirchen (Lux)
– Thomas Lovkvist (Swe)
– Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)

Credit Agricole (France)
– William Bonnet (Fra)
– Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
– Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
– Dmitry Fofonov (Kaz)
– Simon Gerrans (Aus)
– Thor Hushovd (Nor)
– Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
РR̩mi Pauriol (Fra)
– Mark Renshaw (Aus)

CSC-Saxo Bank (Denmark)
– Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Den)
– Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
– Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
– Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
– Carlos Sastre (Spa)
– Andy Schleck (Lux)
– Frank Schleck (Lux)
– Nicki Sorensen (Den)
– Jens Voigt (Ger)

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)
– Mikel Astarloza (Spa)
РI̱aki Flores (Spa)*
– Egoi Martinez (Spa)
– Juanjo Oroz (Spa)
– Ruben Perez (Spa)
– Samuel Sanchez (Spa)
– Amets Txurruka (Spa)
– Gorka Verdugo (Spa)
– Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)

Française des Jeux (France)
– Sandy Casar (Fra)
РS̩bastien Chavanel (Fra)
– Remy Di Gregorio (Fra)
– Arnaud Gerard (Fra)
– Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
РLilian J̩gou (Fra)
– Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra)
– Jeremy Roy (Fra)
РBenǫt Vaugrenard (Fra).

Garmin-Chipotle (USA) – formerly Slipstream-Chipotle
– Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
– Julian Dean (NZ)
– Will Frischkorn (USA)
– Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
– Trent Lowe (Aus)
– Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
– David Millar (GB)
– Danny Pate (USA)
– Christian Vande Velde (USA)

Gerolsteiner (Germany)
– Robert Forster (Ger)
– Markus Fothen (Ger)
– Bernhard Kohl (Aut)
– Sven Krauss (Ger)
– Sebastian Lang (Ger)
– Ronny Scholz (Ger)
– Stefan Schumacher (Ger)
– Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
– Oliver Zaugg (Swi)

Lampre (Italy)
– Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
– Matteo Bono (Ita)
– Marzio Brueseghin (Ita)
– Damiano Cunego (Ita)
– Marco Marzano (Ita)
– Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
– Daniele Righi (Ita)
– Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
– Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)

Liquigas (Italy)
– Manuel Beltran (Spa)
– Francesco Chicchi (Ita)
– Murilo Fischer (Ita)
– Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
– Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
– Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
– Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
– Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
– Frederik Willems (Bel)

Milram (Germany)
– Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
– Christian Knees (Ger)
– Brett Lancaster (Aus)
– Martin Müller (Ger)
– Bjorn Schroder (Ger)
– Niki Terpstra (Hol)
– Peter Velits (Svk)
– Marco Velo (Ita)
– Erik Zabel (Ger)

Quick Step-Innergetic (Belgium)
– Carlos Barredo (Spa)
– Matteo Carrara (Ita)
– Stijn Devolder (Bel)
– Mauro Facci (Ita)
– Steven De Jongh (Hol)
– Sebastien Rosseler (Bel)
– Gert Steegmans (Bel)
– Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
– Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel)

Rabobank (Netherlands)
– Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa)
– Oscar Freire (Spa)
– Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)
– Denis Menchov (Rus)
– Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
– Joost Posthuma (Ned)
– Bram Tankink (Ned)
– Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)
– Pieter Weening (Ned)

Saunier Duval-Scott (Spain)
– Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
– Juan Jose Cobo (Spa)
– Jesus Del Nero (Spa)
– David De La Fuente (Spa)
– Josep Jufre (Spa)
– Angel Litu Gomez (Spa)
– Aurelien Passeron (Fra)
– Leonardo Piepoli (Spa)
– Riccardo Ricco (Ita)

Silence-Lotto (Belgium)
– Mario Aerts (Bel)
– Christophe Brandt (Bel)
– Dario David Cioni (Ita)
– Cadel Evans (Aus)
– Leif Hoste (Bel)
– Robbie McEwen (Aus)
– Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
– Johan Van Summeren (Bel)
– Wim Vansevenant (Bel)