Teams announce line-ups for Tour de Suisse
Team Gerolsteiner is among those using the Tour de Suisse for final preparations for the Tour de...
Team Gerolsteiner is among those using the Tour de Suisse for final preparations for the Tour de France. Stefan Schumacher will lead his team in tackling the Swiss mountains.
Gerolsteiner: Johannes Fröhlinger, David Kopp, Volker Ordowski, Matthias Russ, Stefan Schumacher, Marcel Strauss, Beat Zberg and Marcus Zberg.
Andreas Klöden will lead his Team Astana is his final warm-up for the Tour de France. He will be joined by lieutenant Matthias Kessler and three Swiss riders.
Astana: Igor Abakoumov, Thomas Frei, Matthias Kessler, Andreas Klöden, Andrej Mizurov, Daniele Navarro, Gregory Rast and Michael Schär.
The T-Mobile Team is headed by Michael Rogers in the Tour de Suisse. The team features two riders who have finished second in the race, Rogers in 2005 and Giuseppe Guerini in 2003.
T-Mobile: Marcus Burghardt, Linus Gerdemann, Giuseppe Guerini, Roger Hammond, Kim Kirchen, Andreas Klier and Patrik Sinkewitz.
Predictor-Lotto: Bart Dockx, Chris Horner, Leif Hoste, Robbie McEwen, Fred Rodriguez, Jurgen Vandenbroeck, Wim Vanhuffel and Wim Vannsevenant.
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