SEARCH ON THIS SITE: Type a word and submit(please do not use capitals) 15th Gala Tour de France - 28.07.2011 - Luxembourg Riders: Heroes from the last Tour de France ... Andy Schleck LEOPARD-TREK Andy Schleck certainly is one of the most talented riders of his generation and his performances as well as his charisma make him stand out as one of the most important characters in world cycling for the moment. His 2011 season was mainly built up around the Tour de France and for the third year in a row, he animated the Grande Boucle during three weeks and finished second on the podium in Paris. Photo: ACC Contern Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de France 2nd overall at the Tour de France owner of the yellow jersey at the Tour de France 2nd best climber at the Tour de France 3rd of Liège-Bastogne-Liège prior performances: winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège double stage winner at the Tour de France best young rider at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France 2nd overall of the Tour de France 2nd overall at the Giro d'Italia Frank Schleck LEOPARD-TREK Frank Schleck knew international glory at first in 2006, when he won the Amstel Gold Race and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the Tour de France within a few months. Since then, he never stopped progressing as is witnessed by the overall win at the Tour de Suisse 2010. This year, Frank took another step upwards as he was able to climb next to his brother on the final podium at the Tour de France. Photo: ACC Contern Results 2011: reigning Luxemburg National champion 2nd of Liège-Bastogne-Liège 3rd overall at the Tour de France final overall winner of the Critérium International 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 2x 8th and 9th of stages at the Tour de France prior performances: final overall winner at the Tour de Suisse double stage winner at the Tour de France owner of the yellow jersey at the Tour de France winner of the Amstel Gold Race stage winner at the Tour de Suisse final overall winner at the Tour de Luxembourg Thomas Voeckler Europcar Thomas Voeckler became famous in 2004, when he took the yellow jersey and defended it during 10 days with penty of fighting spirit, before handling it over to Lance Armstrong. This year, he did just the same and raised the highest hopes in the French cycling community, before having to surrender in the very last mountain stage and finishing fourth overall in Paris Photo: Europcar Results 2011: 4th overall at the Tour de France owner of the yello jersey at the Tour de France during 10 days final winner at the four days of Dunkerque winner of Cholet - Pays de Loire winner of the Tour du Haut-Var winner of 2 stages at Paris-Nice stage winner of the Tour Méditéranéen prior performances: double French National Champion winner of 2 stages at the Tour de France winner of the Grand-prix de Plouay overall winner at the Route du Sud overall winner at the Tour de Luxembourg winner of Paris-Bourges Tony Martin Team HTC-Columbia Tony Martin has had a very good season begin with overall wins at Paris-Nice and the Volta Algarve. He has done the Tour de France mostly in support of Mark Cavendish, but has shown on the penultimate day once again that he is one of the best time-trialers in the world, the only one maybe capable of beating Cancellara in a big race. Photo: Team HTC Columbia Results 2011: stage winner of the Tour de France overall winner of Paris-Nice overall winner of the Volta Algarve winner of a stage at the Dauphiné Libéré winner of a stage at the Volta Catalunya prior performances: overall winner of the Eneco-Tour stage winner at the Tour de Suisse stage winner at the Tour of California stage winner at the Deutschland-Tour stage winner of the Critérium International stage winner at the Tour de Romandie winner of the Hel van het Mergelland Maxime Montfort LEOPARD-TREK He is known as a complete rider who can be brillant in each type of race. Maxime Monfort was particularly appreciated by the fans from Luxembourg when he was able to help Andy Schleck to win the Galibier stage in the Tour de France. But his friendship with the Grand-Duchy started already several years ago, when he won the Tour de Luxembourg 2004 as a young neo-pro. Photo: Leopard-Trek Results 2011: 4th of a stage at the Tour de France 4th overall of the Tour de Luxembourg 6th of a stage at the Vuelta Pais Vasco 10th overall at the Tour de Suisse 10th overall of Paris-Nice prior performances: overall winner of the Tour de Luxembourg overall winner of the Bayern-rundfahrt stage winner at the Tour de Luxembourg stage winner at the Bayern-rundfahrt Belgian National time-trial champion ... sprinters ... André Greipel Omega-Pharma Lotto During a long while, André Greipel was overshadowed by his team-mate and rival Mark Cavendish, but this year, he was allowed for the first time to ride the Tour de France and lived up to the expectations with a stage win in Carmaux, ahead of Cavendish. Counting 66 professionnal wins in his career, the young German is one of the few capable of beating the Manxman in a bunch sprint. Photo: Team Omega-Pharma Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de France winner of 2 stages at the Tour of Belgium stage winner at the Tour of Turkey stage winner at the 3 days of de Panne stage winner at the Tour of Algarve prior performances: winner of 2 stages at the Giro d'Italia double overall winner of the Tour Down Under winner of 4 stages at the Vuelta winner of the points classification at the Vuelta winner of Paris-Bourges winner of 3 stages at the Tour de Pologne Robbie McEwen RadioShack Robbie McEwen also is one of the best sprinters in the world, as is witnessed by 219 victories during his professionnal career, among them 5 Paris-Bruxelles, 12 stages each at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, as well as three green jerseys in Paris. In 2011, he was not able to ride the Tour after a bad season opening, but seems to come back to form recently with a win the the Tour de Wallonnie. Photo: Team RadioShack Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de Wallonie winner of a criterium in Ninove 2nd and 8th at stages of the Giro d'Italia 2nd at the Tour de Mumbai 3rd at the Down Under Classic 5th of the Grand-prix de l'Escaut prior performances: winner of 12 stages at the Tour de France winner of 12 stages at the Giro d'Italia 5 times winner of Paris-Bruxelles 3 times winner of the points competition at the Tour de France winner of the world cup in Hamburg multiple Australian champion Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - ISD People say that sprinters loose some of their rapidity when they come to age, but this doesn't seem true as far as Alessandro Petacchi is concerned. At 37 and after 15 years of career, he is still amongst the fastest in the world with among others a stage win in the Giro this year, the 23rd so far in his home Tour. Photo: Team Lampre-ISD Results 2011: stage winner at the Giro d'Italia stage winner at the Tour of Turkey stage winner at the Vuelta Catalunya 2nd, 3rd and 8th in stages at the Tour de France 12th of Milano - San Remo prior performances: winner of 6 stages at the Tour de France winner of 22 stages in the Giro d'Italia winner of 21 stages in the Vuelta Espana winner of the points classification at the Tour de France winner of the points classification at the Vuelta Espana winner of the points classification at the Giro d'Italia winner of Milano - San Remo winner of Paris-Tours Photo: Team Lampre Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD Results: 5th of a stage Tour d'Oman 2011 winner of 10 stages Peace Race winner of 2 stages Giro d'Italia winner of 2 stages Vuelta Catalunya world champion poursuit track German National champion Photo: Leopard-Trek Robert Wagner Leopard-Trek Results: reigning German National Champion 2nd stage 3 days Westvlaanderen 2011 3rd GP Samyn 2011 winner of 3 stages Delta Tour Zeeland stage winner Bayern-rundfahrt 2 times winner Ronde van Noord-Holland stage winner 3 days Westvlaanderen Photo: Omega Pharma Jürgen Roelands Omega Pharma Results: 2nd Grand-prix E3 2011 7th stage Paris-Nice 2011 14th Paris-Roubaix 2011 Belgian National champion stage winner Tour de Pologne stage winner Franco-Belge Photo: Team Cofidis Leonardo Duque Cofidis Results: 12nd of a stage Tour 2011 overall winner Coupe de France winner Cholet - Pays de Loire overall winner Tour du Limousin stage winner Vuelta Espana overall winner world-cup track Photo: ACC Contern Jempy Drucker Team Willems-Accent Results: Luxembourg cyclo-cross champion 5 and 7 at stages Tour South Africa 2011 11th Tour du Finistère 2011 multiple Luxembourg champoion stage winner Flèche du Sud sprint winner Flèche du Sud 2nd of a stage GP Tell Photo: Team AG2R Sebastien Hinault AG2R - La Mondiale Results: 4th and 2 x 7th stages Tour 2011 3rd of a stage Dauphiné 2011 8th Grand-prix E3 2011 stage winner Tour de France (TTT) stage winner Vuelta Espana overall winner Tour de Limousin stage winner Tour de Pologne ... classics riders ... Nick Nuyens Team SAXO-Bank Nick Nuyens is a very talented classics rider, who can be brilliant in any race. He has narrowly missed a big win quite a few times and won some semi-classics like Het Nieuwsblad or Paris-Bruxelles. But this spring, Nuyens finally fulfilled his childhood dream by winning the "Mooiste" for a Flemish rider, the most beautifull one, the Tour of Flanders, ahead of Fabian Cancellara. Photo: Team Saxo-Bank Results 2011: winner Tour of Flanders winner Dwaars door Vlaanderen 3rd at the Klasika Primavera prior performances: three times winner of the Grand-prix de Wallonie winner at Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne winner at Omloop Het Volk winner at Paris-Bruxelles overall winner of the Etoile de Bessèges overall winner of the Tour of Britain stage winner at the Tour de Suisse Photo: Team Willems Staf Scheirlinckx Team Willems-Accent Results: 8th Tour of Flanders 2011 17th Frankfurt-Eschborn 2011 23rd Amstel Gold Race 2011 stage winner Tour de la Somme winner Seraing-Aix-Seraing winner Ninove and Houtem Photo: Landbouwkrediet Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet Results: winner GP Pino Cerami 2011 winner Oetingen 2011 2nd Classique Loire-Atlantique 2011 winner Dwaars door het Hageland winner GP de Grammont stage winner Japan Tour Photo: Team Leopard-Trek Will Clarke Team Leopard-Trek Results: 7th stage Volta Catalunya 2011 winner Tour of Canberra winner Tour of Geelong winner Launceston Cycling Classic 2nd stage Tour of Taiwan 3rd overall Tour of Taiwan Photo: Rabobank Paul Martens Rabobank Results: 10th Amstel Gold Race 2011 10th Flèche Wallonne 2011 3rd stage Vuelta Pais Vasco 3rd stage Dauphiné 2011 winner GP de Wallonie stage winner Ster ElektroTour stage winner Tour de Luxembourg ... allrounders ... Jakob Fuglsang Team Leopard-Trek Jakob Fuglsang did not appear under the spotlights in the Tour de France 2011, simply because he was entirely commited to teamwork and supporting the Schleck brothers. He has however the talent to win big races, as is shown by a third place overall in the Tour de Suisse. This former MTB world champion is a very complete rider and he is capable of performing well in the mountains as well as against the clock. Photo: Team Leopard-Trek Results 2011: 4th at the Amstel Gold Race 4th overall of the Tour de Suisse 2nd Danish TT championships 2nd, 7th and 9th at stages of the Tour de Suisse 4th and 11th at stages of the Tour de France prior performances: U23 MTB world champion three times winner of the Tour de Danemark Danisch TT and MTB National Champion winner of the Tour de Slovenia 2nd at the Giro Emilia 3rd overall of the Tour de Suisse 4th of the Giro Lombardia Nicolas Roche AG2R - La Mondiale It isn't easy to fill the expectations when you are the son of Stephen Roche, but Nicolas is completing the challenge very well. What people like with the Irish rider is his offensive spirit which was obvious in all of the three Tour de France in which he participated, even if he did not quit reach his very ambitious goals in the overall classification this year, which was his main concern during this season. Photo: AG2R Results 2011: 4th Irisch National championships 5th of a stage at the Dauphiné Libéré 7th of a stage at the Volta Catalunya 8th of a stage at the Tour de Romandie prior performances: Irish National champion road-race Irish National champion time-trial winner of a stage at the Tour du Limousin winner of a stage at the Tour de l'Avenir 2nd, 4th and 5th of stages at the Tour de France Photo: Leopard-Trek Marten Mortensen Leopard - Trek Results: winner Holstebro (DEN) 2011 2nd Danish championships 2011 multiple Danish National champion winner Duo Normand stage winner Boucles de l'Artois winner Grand-prix de Bourges Photo: AG2R John Gadret AG2R - La Mondiale Results: stage winner Giro 2011 4th overall Giro 2011 2nd French cyclo-cross championships winner Tour de l'Ain 7th Flèche Wallonne French National champion cyclo-cross Photo: Team HTC Patrick Gretsch HTC - Columbia Results: stage winner Giro 2011 winner prologue Ster ZLM Tour 2011 3rd stage Giro 2011 junior TT world champion multiple German Champion track multiple German Champion road and TT overall winner Thüringen-rundfahrt Photo: AG2R Sébastien Minard AG2R - La Mondiale Results: 12nd stage Volta Catalunya 2011 winner Paris-Camembert stage winner Tour de l'Avenir winner Ronde de l'Oise winner Boucles de Picquigny 5, 8 and 14th stages Tour de France Photo: Cofidis Romain Zingle Cofidis Results: 7th Flèche Brabançonne 7th stage Tour de Lorraine winner Circuit de Wallonie winner Tour de la Province Namur 2nd stage Vuelta Espana Photo: Omega Pharma Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma Results: 5th stage Tirreno-Adriatico 2011 7th German championships 2011 winner GP Jeff Scherens winner Tour de Drenthe 2nd Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ... Luxemburgish and Japanese riders ... Photo: AG2R Ben Gastauer AG2R - La Mondiale Results: 3rd sprint classification Catalunya 2011 12th of a stage Giro 2011 winner Tour de Savoie stage winner Tour de Savoie winner Trophée Clermontois winner Ruota d'Oro multiple champion of Luxembourg Photo: ACC Contern Laurent Didier Team Saxo-Bank Results: 3rd Luxembourg championships 2011 stage winner Flèche du Sud stage winner Peace race multiple champion of Luxembourg 9th of a stage Giro d'Italia Photo: Radio Shack Fumyuku Beppu Radio Shack Results: National champion of Japan 2011 6th stage Tour de Romandie 2011 winner Asia championships 2nd stage Route du Sud 2nd stage Tour de Romandie 7th and 8th stages Tour de France multiple Japanese champion Photo: Skil Shimano Yukihiro Doi Skil-Shimano Results: 7 and 10th stages Tour of Andalusia 2011 winner Tour du Hokkaido 2nd Tour of Siam 6th Tour of Turkey 7th Tour of Japan ... and even ... climbers David Moncoutié Cofidis He surely is the best French climber of recent years and has a very aggressive riding style. When the road rises upwards, David Moncoutié is on the attack and he was rewarded with some beautifull victories in the past, like stage wins in Tour de France and Vuelta Espana. Photo: Cofidis Results 2011: overall winner of the Tour Méditéranéen stage winner at the Tour Méditéranéen 2nd of a stage at the Tour de France 12th overall of the Dauphiné Libéré prior performances: two times stage winner at the Tour de France three times stage winner of the Vuelta Espana three times best climber Vuelta Espana overall winner of the Route du Sud double stage winner at the Dauphiné Libéré stage winner at the Vuelta Pais Vasco Photo: Astana Remi Di Gregorio Astana Results: stage winner Paris-Nice 2011 4th stage Paris-Nice 2011 21st Flèche Wallonne 2011 stage winner Tour de l'Avenir best climber Dauphiné Libéré multiple French champion Photo: Team Europcar Anthony Charteau Europcar Results: winner Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2011 stage winner Route du Sud 2011 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne 2011 best climber at the Tour de France winner Tour de Langkawi winner Polynormande Photo: Team Skil Johannes Fröhlinger Skil-Shimano Results: 6th overall Bayern-rundfahrt 2011 2nd stage Tour of Austria 2011 winner Tour d'Alsace winner Trophée des Champions 2nd stage Giro d'Italia 3rd stage Tour de France Photo: Europcar Perrig Quemeneur Europcar Results: 2nd stage Tour de Langkawi 2011 4th Tour of South Africa 2011 5th Tour Rhône-Alpes-Isère 2011 8th stage Tour de Bretagne 8th Tro Bro Leon 10th Tour du Limousin More contenders will be present at the Gala Tour de France like a National team from Luxemburg, from Israel and also from Kenya, in addition to some Dutch, German or French riders ... complete start list
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15th Gala Tour de France - 28.07.2011 - Luxembourg
Riders:
Heroes from the last Tour de France ...
Andy Schleck LEOPARD-TREK
Andy Schleck certainly is one of the most talented riders of his generation and his performances as well as his charisma make him stand out as one of the most important characters in world cycling for the moment. His 2011 season was mainly built up around the Tour de France and for the third year in a row, he animated the Grande Boucle during three weeks and finished second on the podium in Paris.
Photo: ACC Contern
Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de France 2nd overall at the Tour de France owner of the yellow jersey at the Tour de France 2nd best climber at the Tour de France 3rd of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
prior performances: winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège double stage winner at the Tour de France best young rider at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France 2nd overall of the Tour de France 2nd overall at the Giro d'Italia
Frank Schleck LEOPARD-TREK
Frank Schleck knew international glory at first in 2006, when he won the Amstel Gold Race and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the Tour de France within a few months. Since then, he never stopped progressing as is witnessed by the overall win at the Tour de Suisse 2010. This year, Frank took another step upwards as he was able to climb next to his brother on the final podium at the Tour de France.
Results 2011: reigning Luxemburg National champion 2nd of Liège-Bastogne-Liège 3rd overall at the Tour de France final overall winner of the Critérium International 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 2x 8th and 9th of stages at the Tour de France
prior performances: final overall winner at the Tour de Suisse double stage winner at the Tour de France owner of the yellow jersey at the Tour de France winner of the Amstel Gold Race stage winner at the Tour de Suisse final overall winner at the Tour de Luxembourg
Thomas Voeckler Europcar
Thomas Voeckler became famous in 2004, when he took the yellow jersey and defended it during 10 days with penty of fighting spirit, before handling it over to Lance Armstrong. This year, he did just the same and raised the highest hopes in the French cycling community, before having to surrender in the very last mountain stage and finishing fourth overall in Paris
Photo: Europcar
Results 2011: 4th overall at the Tour de France owner of the yello jersey at the Tour de France during 10 days final winner at the four days of Dunkerque winner of Cholet - Pays de Loire winner of the Tour du Haut-Var winner of 2 stages at Paris-Nice stage winner of the Tour Méditéranéen
prior performances: double French National Champion winner of 2 stages at the Tour de France winner of the Grand-prix de Plouay overall winner at the Route du Sud overall winner at the Tour de Luxembourg winner of Paris-Bourges
Tony Martin Team HTC-Columbia
Tony Martin has had a very good season begin with overall wins at Paris-Nice and the Volta Algarve. He has done the Tour de France mostly in support of Mark Cavendish, but has shown on the penultimate day once again that he is one of the best time-trialers in the world, the only one maybe capable of beating Cancellara in a big race.
Photo: Team HTC Columbia
Results 2011: stage winner of the Tour de France overall winner of Paris-Nice overall winner of the Volta Algarve winner of a stage at the Dauphiné Libéré winner of a stage at the Volta Catalunya
prior performances: overall winner of the Eneco-Tour stage winner at the Tour de Suisse stage winner at the Tour of California stage winner at the Deutschland-Tour stage winner of the Critérium International stage winner at the Tour de Romandie winner of the Hel van het Mergelland
Maxime Montfort LEOPARD-TREK
He is known as a complete rider who can be brillant in each type of race. Maxime Monfort was particularly appreciated by the fans from Luxembourg when he was able to help Andy Schleck to win the Galibier stage in the Tour de France. But his friendship with the Grand-Duchy started already several years ago, when he won the Tour de Luxembourg 2004 as a young neo-pro.
Photo: Leopard-Trek
Results 2011: 4th of a stage at the Tour de France 4th overall of the Tour de Luxembourg 6th of a stage at the Vuelta Pais Vasco 10th overall at the Tour de Suisse 10th overall of Paris-Nice
prior performances: overall winner of the Tour de Luxembourg overall winner of the Bayern-rundfahrt stage winner at the Tour de Luxembourg stage winner at the Bayern-rundfahrt Belgian National time-trial champion
... sprinters ...
André Greipel Omega-Pharma Lotto
During a long while, André Greipel was overshadowed by his team-mate and rival Mark Cavendish, but this year, he was allowed for the first time to ride the Tour de France and lived up to the expectations with a stage win in Carmaux, ahead of Cavendish. Counting 66 professionnal wins in his career, the young German is one of the few capable of beating the Manxman in a bunch sprint.
Photo: Team Omega-Pharma
Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de France winner of 2 stages at the Tour of Belgium stage winner at the Tour of Turkey stage winner at the 3 days of de Panne stage winner at the Tour of Algarve
prior performances: winner of 2 stages at the Giro d'Italia double overall winner of the Tour Down Under winner of 4 stages at the Vuelta winner of the points classification at the Vuelta winner of Paris-Bourges winner of 3 stages at the Tour de Pologne
Robbie McEwen RadioShack
Robbie McEwen also is one of the best sprinters in the world, as is witnessed by 219 victories during his professionnal career, among them 5 Paris-Bruxelles, 12 stages each at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, as well as three green jerseys in Paris. In 2011, he was not able to ride the Tour after a bad season opening, but seems to come back to form recently with a win the the Tour de Wallonnie.
Photo: Team RadioShack
Results 2011: stage winner at the Tour de Wallonie winner of a criterium in Ninove 2nd and 8th at stages of the Giro d'Italia 2nd at the Tour de Mumbai 3rd at the Down Under Classic 5th of the Grand-prix de l'Escaut
prior performances: winner of 12 stages at the Tour de France winner of 12 stages at the Giro d'Italia 5 times winner of Paris-Bruxelles 3 times winner of the points competition at the Tour de France winner of the world cup in Hamburg multiple Australian champion
Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - ISD
People say that sprinters loose some of their rapidity when they come to age, but this doesn't seem true as far as Alessandro Petacchi is concerned. At 37 and after 15 years of career, he is still amongst the fastest in the world with among others a stage win in the Giro this year, the 23rd so far in his home Tour.
Photo: Team Lampre-ISD
Results 2011: stage winner at the Giro d'Italia stage winner at the Tour of Turkey stage winner at the Vuelta Catalunya 2nd, 3rd and 8th in stages at the Tour de France 12th of Milano - San Remo
prior performances: winner of 6 stages at the Tour de France winner of 22 stages in the Giro d'Italia winner of 21 stages in the Vuelta Espana winner of the points classification at the Tour de France winner of the points classification at the Vuelta Espana winner of the points classification at the Giro d'Italia winner of Milano - San Remo winner of Paris-Tours
Photo: Team Lampre
Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD
Results: 5th of a stage Tour d'Oman 2011 winner of 10 stages Peace Race winner of 2 stages Giro d'Italia winner of 2 stages Vuelta Catalunya world champion poursuit track German National champion
Robert Wagner Leopard-Trek
Results: reigning German National Champion 2nd stage 3 days Westvlaanderen 2011 3rd GP Samyn 2011 winner of 3 stages Delta Tour Zeeland stage winner Bayern-rundfahrt 2 times winner Ronde van Noord-Holland stage winner 3 days Westvlaanderen
Photo: Omega Pharma
Jürgen Roelands Omega Pharma
Results: 2nd Grand-prix E3 2011 7th stage Paris-Nice 2011 14th Paris-Roubaix 2011 Belgian National champion stage winner Tour de Pologne stage winner Franco-Belge
Photo: Team Cofidis
Leonardo Duque Cofidis
Results: 12nd of a stage Tour 2011 overall winner Coupe de France winner Cholet - Pays de Loire overall winner Tour du Limousin stage winner Vuelta Espana overall winner world-cup track
Jempy Drucker Team Willems-Accent
Results: Luxembourg cyclo-cross champion 5 and 7 at stages Tour South Africa 2011 11th Tour du Finistère 2011 multiple Luxembourg champoion stage winner Flèche du Sud sprint winner Flèche du Sud 2nd of a stage GP Tell
Photo: Team AG2R
Sebastien Hinault AG2R - La Mondiale
Results: 4th and 2 x 7th stages Tour 2011 3rd of a stage Dauphiné 2011 8th Grand-prix E3 2011 stage winner Tour de France (TTT) stage winner Vuelta Espana overall winner Tour de Limousin stage winner Tour de Pologne
... classics riders ...
Nick Nuyens Team SAXO-Bank
Nick Nuyens is a very talented classics rider, who can be brilliant in any race. He has narrowly missed a big win quite a few times and won some semi-classics like Het Nieuwsblad or Paris-Bruxelles. But this spring, Nuyens finally fulfilled his childhood dream by winning the "Mooiste" for a Flemish rider, the most beautifull one, the Tour of Flanders, ahead of Fabian Cancellara.
Photo: Team Saxo-Bank
Results 2011: winner Tour of Flanders winner Dwaars door Vlaanderen 3rd at the Klasika Primavera
prior performances: three times winner of the Grand-prix de Wallonie winner at Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne winner at Omloop Het Volk winner at Paris-Bruxelles overall winner of the Etoile de Bessèges overall winner of the Tour of Britain stage winner at the Tour de Suisse
Photo: Team Willems
Staf Scheirlinckx Team Willems-Accent
Results: 8th Tour of Flanders 2011 17th Frankfurt-Eschborn 2011 23rd Amstel Gold Race 2011 stage winner Tour de la Somme winner Seraing-Aix-Seraing winner Ninove and Houtem
Photo: Landbouwkrediet
Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet
Results: winner GP Pino Cerami 2011 winner Oetingen 2011 2nd Classique Loire-Atlantique 2011 winner Dwaars door het Hageland winner GP de Grammont stage winner Japan Tour
Photo: Team Leopard-Trek
Will Clarke Team Leopard-Trek
Results: 7th stage Volta Catalunya 2011 winner Tour of Canberra winner Tour of Geelong winner Launceston Cycling Classic 2nd stage Tour of Taiwan 3rd overall Tour of Taiwan
Photo: Rabobank
Paul Martens Rabobank
Results: 10th Amstel Gold Race 2011 10th Flèche Wallonne 2011 3rd stage Vuelta Pais Vasco 3rd stage Dauphiné 2011 winner GP de Wallonie stage winner Ster ElektroTour stage winner Tour de Luxembourg
... allrounders ...
Jakob Fuglsang Team Leopard-Trek
Jakob Fuglsang did not appear under the spotlights in the Tour de France 2011, simply because he was entirely commited to teamwork and supporting the Schleck brothers. He has however the talent to win big races, as is shown by a third place overall in the Tour de Suisse. This former MTB world champion is a very complete rider and he is capable of performing well in the mountains as well as against the clock.
Results 2011: 4th at the Amstel Gold Race 4th overall of the Tour de Suisse 2nd Danish TT championships 2nd, 7th and 9th at stages of the Tour de Suisse 4th and 11th at stages of the Tour de France
prior performances: U23 MTB world champion three times winner of the Tour de Danemark Danisch TT and MTB National Champion winner of the Tour de Slovenia 2nd at the Giro Emilia 3rd overall of the Tour de Suisse 4th of the Giro Lombardia
Nicolas Roche AG2R - La Mondiale
It isn't easy to fill the expectations when you are the son of Stephen Roche, but Nicolas is completing the challenge very well. What people like with the Irish rider is his offensive spirit which was obvious in all of the three Tour de France in which he participated, even if he did not quit reach his very ambitious goals in the overall classification this year, which was his main concern during this season.
Photo: AG2R
Results 2011: 4th Irisch National championships 5th of a stage at the Dauphiné Libéré 7th of a stage at the Volta Catalunya 8th of a stage at the Tour de Romandie
prior performances: Irish National champion road-race Irish National champion time-trial winner of a stage at the Tour du Limousin winner of a stage at the Tour de l'Avenir 2nd, 4th and 5th of stages at the Tour de France
Marten Mortensen Leopard - Trek
Results: winner Holstebro (DEN) 2011 2nd Danish championships 2011 multiple Danish National champion winner Duo Normand stage winner Boucles de l'Artois winner Grand-prix de Bourges
John Gadret AG2R - La Mondiale
Results: stage winner Giro 2011 4th overall Giro 2011 2nd French cyclo-cross championships winner Tour de l'Ain 7th Flèche Wallonne French National champion cyclo-cross
Photo: Team HTC
Patrick Gretsch HTC - Columbia
Results: stage winner Giro 2011 winner prologue Ster ZLM Tour 2011 3rd stage Giro 2011 junior TT world champion multiple German Champion track multiple German Champion road and TT overall winner Thüringen-rundfahrt
Sébastien Minard AG2R - La Mondiale
Results: 12nd stage Volta Catalunya 2011 winner Paris-Camembert stage winner Tour de l'Avenir winner Ronde de l'Oise winner Boucles de Picquigny 5, 8 and 14th stages Tour de France
Photo: Cofidis
Romain Zingle Cofidis
Results: 7th Flèche Brabançonne 7th stage Tour de Lorraine winner Circuit de Wallonie winner Tour de la Province Namur 2nd stage Vuelta Espana
Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma
Results: 5th stage Tirreno-Adriatico 2011 7th German championships 2011 winner GP Jeff Scherens winner Tour de Drenthe 2nd Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
... Luxemburgish and Japanese riders ...
Ben Gastauer AG2R - La Mondiale
Results: 3rd sprint classification Catalunya 2011 12th of a stage Giro 2011 winner Tour de Savoie stage winner Tour de Savoie winner Trophée Clermontois winner Ruota d'Oro multiple champion of Luxembourg
Laurent Didier Team Saxo-Bank
Results: 3rd Luxembourg championships 2011 stage winner Flèche du Sud stage winner Peace race multiple champion of Luxembourg 9th of a stage Giro d'Italia
Photo: Radio Shack
Fumyuku Beppu Radio Shack
Results: National champion of Japan 2011 6th stage Tour de Romandie 2011 winner Asia championships 2nd stage Route du Sud 2nd stage Tour de Romandie 7th and 8th stages Tour de France multiple Japanese champion
Photo: Skil Shimano
Yukihiro Doi Skil-Shimano
Results: 7 and 10th stages Tour of Andalusia 2011 winner Tour du Hokkaido 2nd Tour of Siam 6th Tour of Turkey 7th Tour of Japan
... and even ... climbers
David Moncoutié Cofidis
He surely is the best French climber of recent years and has a very aggressive riding style. When the road rises upwards, David Moncoutié is on the attack and he was rewarded with some beautifull victories in the past, like stage wins in Tour de France and Vuelta Espana.
Results 2011: overall winner of the Tour Méditéranéen stage winner at the Tour Méditéranéen 2nd of a stage at the Tour de France 12th overall of the Dauphiné Libéré
prior performances: two times stage winner at the Tour de France three times stage winner of the Vuelta Espana three times best climber Vuelta Espana overall winner of the Route du Sud double stage winner at the Dauphiné Libéré stage winner at the Vuelta Pais Vasco
Photo: Astana
Remi Di Gregorio Astana
Results: stage winner Paris-Nice 2011 4th stage Paris-Nice 2011 21st Flèche Wallonne 2011 stage winner Tour de l'Avenir best climber Dauphiné Libéré multiple French champion
Photo: Team Europcar
Anthony Charteau Europcar
Results: winner Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2011 stage winner Route du Sud 2011 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne 2011 best climber at the Tour de France winner Tour de Langkawi winner Polynormande
Photo: Team Skil
Johannes Fröhlinger Skil-Shimano
Results: 6th overall Bayern-rundfahrt 2011 2nd stage Tour of Austria 2011 winner Tour d'Alsace winner Trophée des Champions 2nd stage Giro d'Italia 3rd stage Tour de France
Perrig Quemeneur Europcar
Results: 2nd stage Tour de Langkawi 2011 4th Tour of South Africa 2011 5th Tour Rhône-Alpes-Isère 2011 8th stage Tour de Bretagne 8th Tro Bro Leon 10th Tour du Limousin
More contenders will be present at the Gala Tour de France like a National team from Luxemburg, from Israel and also from Kenya, in addition to some Dutch, German or French riders ...
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