Teams and Rosters announced for the Tour of the Mediterranean Sea

February 10th, 2009 by Al Fresco 419 views No Comment

The teams and rosters have been announced for the 36th edition of the Tour of the Mediterranean Sea, starting tomorrow.

The race has seen a rise in its UCI classification, and as such, they have increased the amount of climbing in the race, with the final stage from Nice to Mont-Faron culminating in a mountaintop finish.

Favorites for the race include Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d’Epargne), who won the race and will have two helpers in the person of Oscar Pereiro and Luis Leon Sanchez at his side. Also on the bill are Frenchman Remy di Gregorio (FdJ), Clement Lhottelerie (Vacansoleil) and David Moncoutie (Cofidis), who last year took second place. Even the South African John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld), Russians Vladimir and Alexander Efimkin (both Ag2r), David Millar (Slipstream) and the Italian Giampaolo Caruso (Ceramica Flamina) may have some ambitions for the podium.

Full teams and rosters below:

Caisse d’Epargne

1 José Ivan Gutierrez
2 Oscar Pereiro
3 Daniel Moreno
4 Imanol Erviti
5 Anthony Charteau
6 Mathieu Drujon
7 Mathieu Perget
8 Luis Leon Sanchez

Ag2r

11 Vladimir Efimkin
12 Renaud Dion
13 Alexander Efimkin
14 Lloyd Mondory
15 Cedric Pineau
16 Stephane Poulhies
17 Nicolas Roche
18 Gatis Smukulis

Bouygues Telecom

21 William Bonnet
22 Mathieu Claude
23 Damien Gaudin
24 Cyril Gautier
25 Vincent Jerome
26 Rony Martias
27 Alexandre Pichot
28 Perriq Quemeneur

Cofidis

31 Mickael Buffaz
32 Damien Monier
33 Julien El-Fares
34 Amael Moinard
35 David Moncoutie
36 Remi Pauriol
37 Sebastien Portal
38 Rein Taaramae

Barloworld

41 John Lee Augustyn
42 Felix Cardenas
43 Stephen Cummings
44 Chris Froome
45 Robert Hunter
46 Dary Impey
47 Mauricio Soler
48 Geraint Thomas

Fdjeux:

51 Mickael Cherel
52 Jerome Coppel
53 Remy Di Gregorio
54 Yauheni Hutarovich
55 Christophe Le Mevel
56 Anthony Roux
57 Jeremy Roy
58 Jussi Veikkanen

Ceramic Flamina

61 Filippo Simoni
62 Mikhailo Khalilov
63 Giampaolo Caruso
64 Vladymir Duma
65 Massimilano Gentili
66 Adriano Angeloni
67 Alessandro Maserati
68 Enrico Rossi

Garmin-Slipstream

71 Jason Donald
72 Dan Martin
73 Ryder Hesjedal
74 David Millar
75 Kilian Patour
76 Danny Pate
77 Bradley Wiggins

Acqua e Sapone

81 Dario Andriotto
82 Alessandro Donati
83 Francesco Die Paolo
84 Diego Milan
85 Francisco Masciarelli
86 Luca Paolini
87 Giuseppe Palumbo
88 Luca Pierfelici

Agritubel

91 Steven Caethoven
92 Nicolas Jalabert
93 Maxime Bouet
94 Emilien Berges
95 Geoffroy Lequatre
96 Kevin Ista
97 Yann Huguet
98 David Le Lay

Bretagne Schuller

101 Stephane Bonsergent
102 Dmitri Champion
103 Antoine Dalibard
104 Stephane Duret
105 Nicolas Hartmann
106 Lilian Jegou
107 Noan Lelarge
108 Cyrille Monnerais

Skil-Shimano

111 Jonathan Hivert
112 Steve Houanard
113 Thierry Hupond
114 Theo Eltink
115 Piet Rooyakkers
116 Albert Timmer
117 Fumiyuki Beppu
118 Simon Geschke

Team Centri Della Calzatura

121 Miguel Rubiano
122 Daniele Callegarin
123 Luca Zanasca
124 Dimitry Nikandrov
125 Artur Krol
126 Zsolt Der
127 Esad Hasanovic

Roubaix Lille Metropole

131 Pierre Cazaux
132 Bastien Delrot
133 Mickael Larpe
134 Alexandre Lemair
135 Florian Guillou
136 Paul Moucheraud
137 Gil Suray
138 Fabien Taillefer

Vacansoleil

141 Clement Lhottelerie
142 Wim de Vocht
143 Sergej Lagutin
144 Wouter Mol
145 Bobbie Traksel
146 Aart Vierhouten
147 Lieuwe Westra
148 Jens Mouris

Besson Chaussures

151 Jimmy Casper
152 Jimmy Engoulvent
153 Jeremie Galland
154 Laurent Mangel
155 Florian Morizot
156 Julien Simon
157 Cedric Coutouly
158 Yannick Talabardon