Ireland.com
Today's Paper Your E-Mail Site Map   
You Are Here:   HOME > SPORTS > TOUR DE FRANCE Thursday, December 04, 2008

Sports Extra GAA Soccer Golf Athletics Formula 1 Rugby Tennis Racing Other
Tour de France Tour de France
News Standings Riders Route Map Tour Talk
STAGES: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 TODAY'S STAGE

Teams
| Mercatone
| Telekom
| Cofidis
| Mapei
| Rabobank
| ONCE
| Polti
| Saecco
| Lotto
| Memory Card
| Vini Caldirola
| Kelme
| Bonjour
| Credit Agricole
| Festina
| AG2R Prevoyance
| Banesto
| Farm Frites
| US Postal
| Francaise Des Jeux

Latest News
Armstrong triumphant again

Zabel ends drought

Armstrong proves point in Ullrich's backyard

Armstrong almost there

Commesso edges out Vinokourov

Riders’ blood tests clear

Third victory for Dekker

Driver may face prison term

Pantani out of le tour

Frenchman Virenque wins 16th stage

Riders observe minute's silence

Millar's Sydney aim

Ullrich finds talent is not enough

Second success for Pantani

Botero savours 'incredible moment'

French fight dampened on Bastille Day

First win for Garcia-Acosta

Bartoli retires from Tour

Millar’s hopes high despite crash

Pirate Pantani plunders prize

Dekker does it again

Otxoa wins, Armstrong stars

Bettini takes Dax sprint

Dekker doubles up

Agnolutto Delivers French Victory

O'Grady out of tour

Double joy for Rabobank

Big guns ready to fire

Wust gains unlikely victory

ONCE and Jalabert celebrate

Steels wins again

Riders missing Cipollini

Steels sprints to glory

Millar's dream comes true

Three riders fail blood tests

Fewer climbs and time-trials leave Tour open

Tough course to test Armstrong's title bid

Tough course to test Armstrong's title bid

Tonkov withdraws to focus on Olympics

Race faces credibility test

Tight drug controls at Tour

Boardman won't compete in Tour

Samples to be frozen

Super Mario’s season worsens

Fewer races for Museeuw

More News »

Riders
Mercatone
Marco Pantani (Ita), Simone Borgheresi (Ita), Ermanno Brignoli (Ita), Fabioano Fontanelli (Ita), Ricardo Forconi (Ita), Massimo Podenzana (Ita), Marcello Siboni (Ita), Marco Vello (Ita), Enrico Zaina.
Sporting directors: Guiseppe Martinelli and Alessandro Giannelli.
 
Telekom
Erik Zabel (Ger), Udo Bolts (Ger), Guiseppe Guerini (Ita), Steffen Wesemann (Ger), Jan Ulrich (Ger), Albeto Elli (Ita), Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita), Jens Heppner (Ger), Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz).
Sporting directors: Walter Godefroot and Rudy Pevenage.
 
Cofidis
Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel), Laurent Desbiens (Spa), Laurent Lefevre (Fra), Massimiliano Lelli (Ita), Nico Mattan (Bel), Roland Meier (Swi), David Millar (Gbr), David Moncoutie (Fra), Chris Peers (Bel).
Sporting Directors: Bernard Quilfen and Alain Deloeuil.
 
Mapei
Michele Bartoli (Ita), Munuel Bertran (Spa), Paulo Bettini (Ita), Chann McRae (USA), Daniele Nardello (Ita), Fred Rodriguez (USA), Max Van Heeswijk (Ned), Stefano Zanini (Ita), Tom Steels (Bel).
Sporting directors: Marc Sergeant and Serge Parsani.
 
Rabobank
Michael Boogerd (Ned), Jan Boven (Ned), Erik Dekker (Ned), Maarten den Bakker (Ned), Marc Lotz (Ned), Grischa Nierman (Ger), Leon Van Bon (Ned), Marc Wauters (Bel), Markus Zberg (Swi).
Sporting Directors: Theo De Rooy and Adri Van Houwelingen.
 
ONCE
Laurent Jalabert (Fra), David Canada (Spa), David Etxebarria (Spa), Ivan Gutierrez (Spa), Nicolas Jalabert (Fra), Peter Luttenberger (Aut), Abraham Olano (Spa), Miguel Angel Pena (Spa), Marcos Serrano (Spa).
Sporting directors: Manuel Saiz and Sebastian Pozo.
 
Polti
Richard Virenque (Fra), Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned), *Rossano Brasi (Ita), Enrico Cassani (Ita), Mirco Crepaldi (Ita), Pascal Herve (Fra), Rafael Mateos (Spa), Fabio Sacchi (Ita), Bart Voskamp (Ned).
Sporting Directors: Gianluigi Stanga and Vittorio Algeri.
* Expelled

 
Saecco
Laurant Dufaux (Swi), Daniel Atienza (Spa), Salvatore Commesso (Ita), Armin Meier (Swi), Massimiliano Mori (Ita), Pavel Padrnos (Cze), Dario Pieri (Ita), Paulo Savoldelli (Ita), Mario Scirea (Ita).
Sporting directors: Guido Bontempi and Antonio Salutini.
 
Lotto
Rik Verbrugghe (Bel), Mario Aerts (Bel), Serge Baguet (Bel), Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel), Jacky Durand (Fra), Thierry Marichal (Bel), Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel), Paul Van Hyfte (Bel), Geert Verheyen (Bel).
Sporting directors: Jos Braeckevelt and Claudy Criquielion.
 
Memory Card Technology
Bo Hamburger (Den), Michael Blaudzun (Den), Tristan Hoffman (Ned), Allan Johansen (Den), Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den), Arvis Piziks (Lat), Martin Rittsel (Swe), Michael Sandstod (Den), *Jesper Skibby (Den).
Sporting directors: Alex Pedersen and Johnny Weltz.
*Withdrew
 
Vini Caldirola
Romans Vainsteins (Lat), Massimo Apolonio (Ita), Gianluca Bortolami (Ita), Filippo Casagrande (Ita), Roberto Conti (Ita), *Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Mauro Radaelli (Ita), Guido Trentin (Ita).
Sporting Directors: Giosue Zenoni and Fabrizio Bontempi.
* Expelled

 
Kelme
Fernando Escartin (Spa), Santiago Botero (Col), Carlos Contreras (Col), Roberto Heras (Spa), Francisco Leon (Spa), Javier Otxoa (Spa), Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa), Antonio Tauler (Spa), Jose Angel Vidal (Spa).
Sporting directors: Vincente Belda and Jose-Ignacio Labarta.
 
Bonjour
Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra), Walter Beneteau (Fra), Franck Bouyer (Fra), Pascal Derame (Fra), Christophe Fuudot (Fra), Olivier Perraudeau (Fra), Dider Rous (Fra), Francois Simon (Fra).
Sporting Directors: Jean-Rene Bernaudeau and Thierry Bricaud.
 
Credit Agricole
Bobby Julich (USA), Magnus Backstedt (Swe), Fabrice Gougot (Fra), Sébastien Hinault (Fra), Anthony Langella (Fra), Anthony Morin (Fra), *Stuart O'Grady (Aus), Jonathan Vaughters (USA), Jens Voigt (Ger).
Sporting Directors: Roger Legeay and Serge Beucherie. *Withdrew
 
Festina
Christophe Moreau (Fra), Joseba Beloki (Spa), Angel Casero (Spa), Felix Garcia Cassas (Spa), Jaime Hernandez (Spa), Pascal Lino (Fra), Laurent Madouas (Fra), David Plaza (Spa), Marcel Wust (Ger).
Sporting Directors: Juan Fernandez and Yvon Sanquer.
 
AG2R Prevoyance
Jaan Kirispuu (Est), Christophe Agnolutto (Fra), Lauri Aus (Est), Pascal Chanteur (Fra), David Delrieu (Fra), Arturas Kasputis (Ltu), Andrei Kivilev (Kaz), Giles Maignan (Fra), Benoit Salmon (Fra).
Sporting Directors: Vincent Lavenu and Laurent Biondi.
 
Banesto
Alex Zulle (Swi), Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa), Dariusz Baranowski (Pol), Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa), Jose Maria Jiminez (Spa), Francisco Mancebo (Spa), Jon Odriozola (Spa), Leonardo Piepoli (Ita), Orlando Rodrigues (Por).
Sporting Directors: Eusebio Unzue and Jose Luis Jaimerena.
 
Farm Frites
*Sergui Ivanov (Rus), Andreas Klier (Ger), Servais Knaven (Ned), Jans Koerts (Ned), Michel Lafis (Swe), Glen Magnusson (Swe), Robbie McKewen (Aus), Koos Moerenhout (Ned), Geert Van Bondt.
Sporting Directors: Teun Van Vliet and Hendrik Redant.
*Expelled

 
US Postal
Lance Armstrong (USA), Frankie Andreu (USA), Ekimov Vjatceslav (Rus), Tyler Hamilton (USA), George Hincapie (USA), Benoit Joachim (Lux), Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor), Kevin Livingstone (USA), Cedric Vasseur (Fra).
Sporting Directors: Johan Bruyneel and Dirk Demol.
 
Francaise Des Jeux
Stephane Heulot (Fra), Frederic Guesdon (Fra), Frederic Guesdon (Fra), Gregory Gwiazdowski (Pol), Frank Hoj (Den), Xavier Jan (Fra), Emmanuel Magnien (Fra), Christophe Mengin (Fra), Sven Montgommery (Swi), Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra).
Sporting Directors: Marc Madiot and Yvon Madiot.


© 2006 ireland.com About Us   Privacy Policy   Contact Us   Media Kit