11th Gala Tour de France - 05.08.2007 - Luxembourg-Gare

Contracted riders:

Kim Kirchen

Picture: T-Mobile Team

7th overall at the Tour de France 2007 2nd and 4th at stages of the Tour de France 2007 4th and 6th of stages at the Tour de France 2005 2nd and 5th at stages of the Tour de France 2004 Three times Luxemburgish champion (elite) Winner of the Tour de Pologne 2005 Winner of Paris-Bruxelles 2003 Winner of the Tour of Netherlands 2002 Second of the Tour de Suisse 2007 Second at the Flèche Wallonne 2005

Frank Schleck

Picture: Team CSC

17th overall at the Tour de France 2007 5th of a stage at the Tour de France 2007 Winner of the Alpe d'Huez stage at the Tour 2006 Winner of the Amstel Gold Race 2006 Luxemburgish National Champion 2005 Second of the Züri-Metzgete 2005 Third at Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2007 Third of the Giro die Lombardia 2005 Fourth of the Flèche Wallonne 2006 Fourth of the Tour de Suisse 2005

Andy Schleck

Picture: Team CSC

Second overall of the Giro d'Italia 2007 Best young rider at the Giro d'Italia 2007 3 times 3rd, 4th and 6th of stages at the Giro 2007 Double stage winner at the Sachsen-rundfahrt 2006 Luxemburgish time-trial champion 2006 8th of the Tour de Romandie 2007 8th of the Tour of Britain 2006 best climber at the Tour of Britain 2006 best climber at the Sachsen-rundfahrt 2006

Fabian Cancellara

Picture: Team CSC

Double stage winner at the Tour 2007 wearer of the yellow jersey at the Tour 2007 winner of the prologue at the Tour de France 2004 World time-trial champion 2006 Winner of Paris-Roubaix 2006 5 times Swiss Champion (Elite) Three times stage winner at the Tour de Suisse Winner of the Danmark Rundt 2006

Gilberto Simoni

Picture: Team Saunier Duval

Stage winner at the Tour de France 2003 Two times overall winner of the Giro d'Italia 8 stage victories at the Giro d'Italia 7 podium spots at the Giro d'Italia Three times stage winner at the Vuelta winner of the Tour de Romandie 2001 winner of the Giro di Trentino 2003 4th at the Giro d'Italia 2007

Axel Merckx

Picture: T-Mobile Team

2nd of a stage at the Tour de France 2007 2 x 3rd and 2 x 6th at stages of the Tour de France Belgian National Champion 2000 Winner of the Tour de la Région Wallonne 2000 Stage winner at the Giro d'Italia 2000 Winner of the Grand-prix de Wallonie 2001 Stage winner of the Dauphiné Libéré 2005 Overall winner at the Tour de l'Ain 2003 Stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir 1992 3rd at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004

Sébastien Chavanel

Photo: Française des Jeux

2 x 4th, 7th, 8th and 9th of stages at the Tour 2007 5th of the points classification at the Tour 2007 winner of a stage at the Etoile de Bessèges 2007 winner of the Grand-prix de Denain 2007 stage winner at the Tour de Picardie 2007 4th of Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 2007 five times stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir winner of a stage at the GP Costa Azul 2006 stage winner at the Tour de la Région Wallonne 2004 winner of the points classification at the Tour de l'Avenir 2004

Philippe Gilbert

Picture: Française des Jeux

8th of a stage at the Tour de France 2007 Winner of the Het Volk 2006 Winner of the Grand-prix des Fourmies 2006 Winner of the Grand-prix de Wallonie 2006 Stage winner at the Dauphiné Libéré 2006 Stage winner at the Benelux Tour 2006 Winner of the Tour du Haut Var 2005 Winner of the Trophée des Grimpeurs 2005 Stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir 2003

Cédric Vasseur

Picture: ASO

Stage winner at the Tour de France 2007 Stage winner at the Tour de France 1997 Wearer of the yellow jersey at the Tour 1997 Two times winner of the Grand-prix d'Isbergues Two times stage winner of the Tour du Limousin Winner of the Hessenrundfahrt 2003 Winner of Paris-Corrèze 2003 Stage winner at the Midi-Libre 1996 Stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir 1993

Matteo Tosatto

Photo: Team Quick-Step

6th of stages in the Tour de France 2007 and 2004 stage winner at the Tour de France 2006 winner of the TTT at the Tour of Qatar 2007 stage winner at the Giro d'Italia 2001 stage winner at Paris-Nice 2000 winner of the Tour of Tuscany and the GP Gippingen 2004 stage winner at the Settiman Coppi Bartali 2004 2nd of the prologue at the Giro d'Italia 2005 3 times 3rd of stages at the Giro d'Italia

Sebastien Rosseler

Photo: Team Quick-Step

winner of the TTT at the Tour of Qatar 2007 2nd of a stage in the Tour of Belgium 2007 6th at the 3 days of La Panne 2007 2nd of the Tour of Belgium 2006 7th and 8th at the 4 days of Dunkerque 9th of Gent-Wevelgem 2004 3 times stage winner at the Olympia's Tour U23

Rik Verbrugghe

Picture: Team Cofidis

Stage winner at the Tour de France 2001 Three times stage winner at the Giro d'Italia Winner of the Flèche Wallonne 2001 Belgian National Champion 2000 Winner of the Critérium International 2001 Winner of the Grand-prix de Lugano 2006 Winner of the prologue at the Tour de Benelux 2006 Winner of the prologue at the Tour de Romandie 2002 Wearer of the pink jersey at the Giro 2001

Mario Aerts

Picture: Team Predictor-Lotto

2 x 2nd, 6th and 8th of stages at the Tour de France Second best young rider at the Tour de France 1999 Second best climber of the Tour de France 2002 Winner of the Flèche Wallonne 2002 Winner of the Giro di Lucca 2001 Winner of the Circuit Franco-Belge 1997 Winner of the Grand-prix d'Isbergues 1996 3rd at the Flèche Wallonne 1999 4th of the Vuelta Pais Vasco 1999

Frederik Willems

Photo: Team Liquigas

winner of the Etoile de Bessèges 2006 stage winner at the Etoile de Bessèges 2006 stage winner at the Ster Elektrotoer 2006 stage winner at the Tour of Britain 2006 stage winner at the Tour of Cuba 2002

Benoît Joachim

Picture: benoitjoachim.com

Current Luxemburgish National Champion Five times National Champion (Elite) Wearer of the yellow jersey at the Vuelta 2005 Stage winner of the Tour of Britain 1999 Second overall at the Tour of Britain 1999 Stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir 1998

Christian Poos

current Luxemburgish National TT champion winner of 4 races in 2007 six times Luxemburgish elite champion winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23 1997 6th at the Flèche du Sud 1999 13th at the Hessen-Tour 2001 3rd of the Duo Normand 2002 4th and 9th of the Hel van Mergelland 9th at the Bayern-rundfahrt 2003 13th at the Sachsen-rundfahrt 2003

Laurent Didier

winner of a race in Überherrn 8th at the Ronde Van Overrijsel 2007 9th of a stage at the Sachsen-Tour 2007 5th at Rund um Düren 2006 3rd at the Flèche du Sud 2005 stage winner at the Flèche du Sud 2005

Jempy Drucker

Photo: team fidea

3rd of a stage at the Volta a Lleida 2007 2nd of the Luxemburgish Championships U23 2007 6th at the Mainfranken-Tour 2007 2nd of a stage at the Mainfranken-Tour 2007 6 times Luxemburgish cyclo-cross champion winner of a junior cyclo-cross world-cup race 6th European championships cyclo-cross juniors 2004 8th World championships cyclo-cross U23 2006

and also the participation of Frank Hoj (former Danish champion), Staf Scheirlinckx (16th of Paris-Roubaix this year), Igor Abakoumov (former stage winner at Tour de l'Ain), Christophe Detilloux (former winner of the Boucles de l'Artois), Denis Flahaut, a Luxemburgish National U23 selection and more ...

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