10th Gala Tour de France - August 14, 2005 - Luxemburg
Riders:
| Yvan Basso | 2nd of the Tour de France 2005 and 3rd of the Tour de France 2004 |
winner of a stage at the Tour de France 2004 | ||
best young rider of the Tour de France 2002 | ||
winner of 4 out of 6 stages at the Danmark Rundt (2005) | ||
winner of 2 stages at the Giro d'Italia (2005) | ||
winner of the Giro dell'Emilia | ||
winner of stages at Tour Med, Regio and Austria Tour as well as Bicicleta Vasca |
| Rik Verbrugghe | winner of the prologue of the Benelux-tour (2005) |
temporary leader and 6th of the Benelux-tour (2005) | ||
winner of the Fleche Wallonne (2001) | ||
stage winner at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia (2001 - 2002) | ||
Stage winner at Critérium International, at the TRW and the Tour de Romandie (1997,2001,2002) | ||
Belgish National time-trial champion (2000) |
| Frank Schleck | Luxemburgish Elite National Road-race champion 2005 |
4th of the Tour of Switzerland 2005 | ||
several podium places in 2004 and 2005 | ||
multiple Luxembugish National champion in lower age categories |
| Benoît Joachim | Luxemburgish National champion time-trial 2004 |
Leader of the Vuelta à Espana 2004 during 2 days | ||
Luxemburgish National champion road-race 2003 | ||
winner of a stage in the Tour of Great-Britain 1999 | ||
2nd overall in the Tour of Great-Britain 1999 |
| Lars Michaelsen | Overall winner of the Tour of Qatar (+ 1 stage) in 2005 |
5th at Paris-Roubaix 2005 | ||
Winner of Gent-Wevelgem 1995 | ||
Stage winner in Hessen and in Dunkerque 2003 | ||
Stage winner at the Danmark rundt 2000 | ||
Stage winner at the Vuelta a Espana 1997 | ||
Winner of Paris-Bourges and GP Denain 1994 |
| Marcus Ljungqvist | Three times Swedish National Champion (1998, 1999, 2001) |
Winner of the Scandinavian Open Road Race 2004 | ||
Winner of Paris-Camembert 2002 | ||
Stage winner at the Tour de Luxembourg 2002 | ||
Overall winner of the Tour de Luxembourg 2002 | ||
Winner of the route Adelie 2002 |
| Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Three times Norvegian National Champion (1999, 2001, 2002) |
2nd of stage 17 at the 2005 Tour de France | ||
Stage winner at the Giro d'Italia (2003) | ||
Winner of the Danmark-rundt and the CSC Classic (2004) | ||
Winner of the Post-Giro Open 2003 | ||
Stage-winner of the Danmark-rundt 2002 | ||
Stage-winner of the Herald Sun Tour 2001 |
| Philippe Gilbert | leader of the Coupe de France 2005 |
Stage winner at Tour Med and Dunkerque 2005 | ||
winner of the Tour du Haut Var and the Trophée des Grimpeurs 2005 | ||
winner of Paris-Corrèze 2004 | ||
stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir 2004 |
| Lars Bak | Danish National road-race champion 2005 |
winner of a stage at the Tour de Luxembourg (2004) | ||
9th overall at the Tour de Luxembourg 2004 |
Pictures: ACC Contern / team-csc.com / teamliquigasbianchi.it / fdjeux.com
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