Latest TdF Cycling News for June 21, 2005
Edited by Anthony Tan
Gerolsteiner names its nine
On Monday, assistant directeur-sportif Christian Henn together with team
manager Hans Michael Holczer confirmed the team's nine-man line-up for
the Tour de France. Five Germans, two Austrians, one Swiss and an American
make it a multicultural crew of sorts, with the team spearheaded by Levi
Leipheimer and Georg Totschnig, both proven performers at this level.
Gerolsteiner's TdF team: Robert Förster, Sebastian Lang, Levi
Leipheimer, Michael Rich, Ronny Scholz, Georg Totschnig, Fabian Wegmann,
Peter Wrolich and Beat Zberg.
Reserves: René Haselbacher and Markus Zberg
Liberty's Eleven
This week, the 11 shortlisted riders for the Tour de France from Liberty
Seguros-Würth will spend their time in the Spanish town of Puente Viesgo,
Cantabria. Here, the summoned cyclists will complete a final block of
training, but more importantly, Puente Viesgo will be the place where
team manager Manolo Saiz will select his nine-man line-up for La Grand
Boucle, which begins on the west coast of France in Fromentine on July
2, commencing with a 19 kilometre individual time trial.
Liberty Seguros-Würth short-list for TdF: René Andrle, Joseba
Beloki, Alberto Contador, Allan Davis, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, Roberto
Heras, Jörg Jaksche, Luis León Sanchez, Marcos Serrano, Ángel Vicioso
and Jan Hruska.
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