100th Tour de France Teams

OPQS: Mark Cavendish, Sylvain Chavanel, Michal Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Jerome Pineau, Gert Steegmans, Niki Terpstra, Matteo Trentin, Peter Velits.

BlancoBelkin: Lars Boom, Laurens ten Dam, Robert Gesink, Tom Leezer, Bauke Mollema , Lars-Petter Nordhaug, Bram Tankink, Sep Vanmarcke, Maarten Wynants.

Cannondale: Maciej Bodnar, Alessandro De Marchi, Kristijan Koren, Alan Marangoni, Moreno Moser, Fabio Sabatini, Peter Sagan, Ted King, Brian Vandborg.

RadioShack-Leopard: Jan Bakelants, Laurent Didier, Tony Gallopin, Markel Irizar, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Andy Schleck, Jens Voigt and Haimar Zubeldia.

Orica-GreenEdge: Brett Lancaster, Cameron Meyer, Daryl Impey, Matt Goss, Michael Albasini, Simon Clarke, Simon Gerrans, Stuart O’Grady, Svein Tuft

Saxo-Tinkoff: Michael Rogers, Roman Kreuziger, Nicolas Roche, Matteo Tosatto, Daniele Bennati, Sergio Paulinho, Alberto Contador, Jesus Hernandez, Benjamin Noval

Team Vacansoleil-DCM: Kris Boeckmans, Juan Antonio Flecha, Thomas De Gendt, Johnny Hoogerland, Sergey Lagutin, Wout Poels, Boy van Poppel, Danny van Poppel, Lieuwe Westra

Team Sky: Chris Froome, Richie Porte, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Peter Kennaugh, Vasil Kiryienka, David Lopez, Kanstantsin Siutsou, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas

Lotto-Belisol: Lars Bak, Bart De Clercq, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Frederik Willems.

Katusha: Pavel Brutt, Alexander Kristoff, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Alberto Losada, Daniel Moreno, Joaquim Rodriguez, Gatis Smukulis, Yuriy Trofimov, Eduard Vorganov

Europcar: Pierre Rolland, Thomas Voeckler, David Veilleux, Kevin Reza, Jerome Cousin, Yukiya Arashiro, Davide Malacarne, Cyril Gautier, Yohann Gene 

Lampre: Damiano Cunego, Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai, Elia Favilli, Roberto Ferrari, Adriano Malori, Manuele Mori, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Josè Rodolfo Serpa Perez 

Euskatel-Euskadi: Igor Antón, Mikel Astarloza, Gorka Izaguirre, Ion Izaguirre, Juan José Lobato, Mikel Nieve, Juanjo Oroz, Rubén Pérez, Romain Sicard 

Sojasun: Anthony Delaplace, Julien El Fares, Brice Feillu, Jonathan Hivert, Cyril Lemoine, Jean-Marc Marino, Julien Simon, Maxime Mederel, Alexis Vuillermoz

Movistar: Alejandro Valverde, Rui Costa, Nairo Quintana, Andrey Amador, Jonathan Castroviejo, Rubén Plaza, Imanol Erviti, Iván Gutiérrez, José Joaquín Rojas

Garmin-Sharp: Andrew Talansky, Christian Vande Velde, Dan Martin, David Millar, Jack Bauer, Ramunas Navardauskas, Rohan Dennis, Ryder Hesjedal, Tom Danielson

Cofidis: Daniel Navarro, Rein Taaramäe, Christophe Le Mével, Jérôme Coppel, Yoann Bagot, Egoitz Garcia, Guillaume Levarlet, Luis Angel Maté, Rudy Molard

Ag2r:Jean-Christophe Péraud, Romain Bardet, Samuel Dumoulin, Maxime Bouet, Blel Kadri, Sébastien Minard, John Gadret, Hubert Dupont, Christophe Riblon

FDJ: Nacer Bouhanni, William Bonnet, Murillo Fisher, Jérémy Roy, Pierrick Fédrigo, Arnold Jeannesson, Alexandre Geniez, Thibaut Pinot, Arthur Vichot

Argos-Shimano: Roy Curvers, John Degenkolb, Tom Dumoulin, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Marcel Kittel, Koen de Kort, Albert Timmer, Tom Veelers

Astana: Assan Bazayev, Janez Brajkovic, Jakob Fuglsang, Enrico Gasparotto, Francesco Gavazzi, Andrey Kashechkin, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Alexey Lutsenko,Dmitri Muravyev

BMC: Brent Bookwalter, Marcus Burghardt, Cadel Evans, Tejay van Garderen, Philippe Gilbert, Amaël Moinard, Steve Morabito, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär

Ag2r-La Mondiale 2012 in Review

The first of the 2012 team reviews begins with Ag2r-La Mondiale who have been a stable of the peloton since 1992 but in the past few seasons their presence on the podium has diminished. With only a handful wins in 2012 Ag2r find themselves second last on the team classification in the World Tour standings. With Nicholas Roche and Sébastien Hinault leaving for greener pastures in 2013, next season will be on of change for the French outfit who have also brought in some exciting new riders to chase those elusive wins.

UCI World Tour Standings: Wiggins and Sky lead the way

Standings after Clàssica San Sebastian

Individual 

1st Bradley Wiggins (UK) Team Sky 601 Points
2nd Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP) Katusha 414 points
3rd Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondale 400 points
4th Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 370 points
5th Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale 351 points
6th Simon Gerrans (AUS) Orica-GreenEdge 270 points
7th Chris Froome (UK) Team Sky 266 points
8th Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel Euskadi 252 points
9th Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) Lotto-Belisol 237 points

Contador Returns to the Vuelta de Espana in 2012

Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 

Alberto Contador
Nicki Sorensen
Matteo Tosatto
Rafal Majka
Sergio Paulinho
Bruno Pires Benjamin Noval
Jesus Hernandez Dani Navarro