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The teams and rosters have been announced for the Tour of the Algarve, starting tomorrow. There are 22 teams total, 11 of which have Pro Tour classification.

As previously reported, the race will mark the 2009 season debut of Astana’s Alberto Contador. Stijn Devolder is the defending champion and will wear race number 1.

Full teams and rosters after the jump:

Quick.Step

1. Stijn Devolder

2. Sylvain Chavanel

3. Steven de Jongh

4. Dries Devenyns

5. Matteo Tosatto

6. Sebastien Rosseler

7. Kevin van Impe

8. Wouter Weylandt

Astana

11 Albert Contador

12 Andreas Klöden

13 Dmitry Muravyew

14 Benjamin Noval

15 Sergio Paulinho

16 Sergej Renev

17 Tomas Vaitkus

18 Michael Schär

Silence-Lotto

21 Philippe Gilbert

22 Greg van Avermaet

23 Christophe Brandt

24 Mickael Delage

25 Michal Elijzen

26 Staf Scheirlinckx

27 Roy Sentjens

28 Johan van Summeren

Euskaltel

31 Koldo Fernandez

32 Aitor Hernandez

33 Markel Irizar

34 Inaki Isasi

35 Egoi Martinez

36 Ruben Moreno

37 Alan Perez

38 Pablo Urtasun

Fdjeux

41 Sebastien Chavanel

42 Jerome Coppel

43 Anthony Geslin

44 Tim Gudsell

45 Frederic Guesdon

46 Mathieu Ladagnous

47 Gianni Meersman

48 Benoit Vaugrenard

Garmin-Slipstream

51 Magnus Backstedt

52 Blake Caldwelle

53 Julian Dean

54 Hans Dekkers

55 Michael Friedmann

56 William Frischkorn

57 Martijn Maaskant

58 David Millar

Lampre

61 Damiano Cunego

62 Manuele Mori

63 Francesco Gavazzi

64 Angelo Furlan

65 Pietro Caucchioli

66 Simone Ponzi

67 Mauro Santambrogio

68 Marco Marzano

Cofidis

71 David Moncoutié

72 Reny Pauriol

73 Rein Taaramae

74 Leonardo Duque

75 Sebastien Minard

76 Nico Sijmens

77 Alexandre Usov

78 Romain Villa

Columbia-Highroad

81 Bernhard Eisel

82 Bert Grabsch

83 Marcel Sieberg

84 Edvald Boasson Hagen

85 Marcus Burghardt

86 Tony Martin

87 Vicente Reynes

Team Milram

91 Robert Förster

92 Gerald Ciolek

93 Markus Fothen

94 Thomas Fothen

95 Artur Gajek

96 Björn Schröder

97 Niki Terpstra

98 Peter Wrolich

Katjuscha

101 Robbie McEwen

102 Kenny de Haes

103 Sergej Ivanov

104 Toni Colom

105 Stijn Vandenbergh

106 Nikolai Trussov

107 Gennady Mikhailov

108 Joan Horrach

Topsport Vlaanderen

111 Johan Coenen

112 Geert Steuers

113 Kristof Goddaert

114 Stihn Neirynck

115 Maarten Neyens

116 Kristof Vandewalle

117 Preben van Hecke

118 Bert Van Heule

Vacansoleil

121 Matteo Carrara

122 Reinier Honig

123 Aart Vierhouten

124 Wouter Mol

125 Martin Mortensen

126 Jens Mouris

127 Wouter Poels

128 Matte Pronk

Cervelo TestTeam

131 Xavier Florencio

132 Simon Gerrans

133 José Angel Gomez Marchante

134 Volodymir Gustov

135 Roger Hammond

136 Heinrich Haussler

137 Jeremy Hunt

138 Andreas Klier

CC Loulé

141 Eladio Jimenez

142 Joao Cabreira

143 Pedro Romero

144 Cesar Quiterio

145 Pedro Lopes

146 Pablo De Pedro

147 Pedro Soeiro

148 Hugo Vitor

Madeinox Boavista

151 Tiago Machado

152 Jaaquim Sampaio

153 Sergio Sousa

154 Celio Sousa

155 Danail Petrov

156 Santiago Perez

157 Nelson Rocha

158 Joao Benta

Liberty Seguros

161 Filipe Cardoso

162 José Mendes

163 Hector Guerra

164 Manuel Cardoso

165 Ruben Plaza

166 Isidro Nozal

167 Rui Sousa

168 Hernani Broco

Barbot-Siper

171 Carlos Pinho

172 Vidal Celis

173 David Bernabeu

174 Bruno Castanheira

175 Bruno Pires

176 Samuel Coelho

177 Antonio Amorim

178 Helder Olivieira

Palmeiras Resort

181 David Blanco

182 Candido Barbosa

183 Nelson Vitorino

184 Krassimir Vasilev

185 Luis Silva

186 Alejandro Marques

187 Samuel Caldeira

188 Martin Garrido

Paredes Rota Moveis

191 Constantino Zaballa

192 Hugo Sabido

193 Joaquin Andrade

194 Vergilio Dos Santos

195 Celestino Pinho

196 Ruben Calvo

197 Miguel Candil

198 David Vaz

Rabobank CT

201 Thomas Berkhout

202 Theo Bos

203 Sergej Fuchs

204 Michel Kreder

205 Steven Kruijswijk

206 Tejay van Garderen

207 Michael van Stayen

An Post Sean Kelly Team

211 Niko Eeckhout

212 Jef Peeters

213 Stephen Gallagher

214 Mark Cassidey

215 Kenny Lisabeth

216 David O`Loughlin

217 Benny de Schrooder

218 Steven van Vooren

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