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Full rosters for all of the 2014 Tour de France teams, with race numbers

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The final start list for the 2014 Tour de France (July 5-27) has been released.

A total of 22 teams will line up in Leeds, Yorkshire, on Saturday, July 5 to take part in the 101st edition of the Tour de France. Each squad fields nine riders, bringing the total number of participants to 198.

Riders with names crossed out have withdrawn from the race.

Great Britain (SKY)

1. Chris Froome (Great Britain)

2. Bernhard Eisel (Austria)

3. Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)

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4. David Lopez (Spain)

5. Mikel Nieve (Spain)

6. Danny Pate (USA)

7. Richie Porte (Australia)

8. Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)

9. Xabier Zandio (Spain)

DS: Nicolas Portal

Movistar Team

Spain (MOV)

11. Alejandro Valverde (Spain)

12. Imanol Erviti (Spain)

13. John Gadret (France)

14. Jesus Herrada* (Spain)

15. Benat Intxausti (Spain)

16. Ion Izagirre* (Spain)

17. Ruben Plaza (Spain)

18. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain)

19. Giovanni Visconti (Spain)

DS: Jose Arrieta

Katusha Team

Russia (KAT)

21. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain)

22. Vladimir Isaychev (Russia)

23. Alexander Kristoff (Norway)

24. Luca Paolini (Italy)

25. Alexander Porsev (Russia)

26. Egor Silin (Russia)

27. Gatis Smukulis (Latvia)

28. Simon Spilak (Slovenia)

29. Yuri Trofimov (Russia)

DS: José Azevedo

Tinkoff-Saxo

Russia (TCS)

31. Alberto Contador (Spain)

32. Daniele Bennati (Italy)

33. Jesus Hernandez (Spain)

34. Rafal Majka* (Poland)

35. Michael Morkov (Denmark)

36. Sergio Paulinho (Portugal)

37. Nicolas Roche (Ireland)

38. Michael Rogers (Australia)

39. Matteo Tossato (Italy)

DS: Philippe Mauduit

Astana Pro Team

Kazakhstan (AST)

41. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)

42. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)

43. Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)

44. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan)

45. Maxim Iglinsky (Kazakhstan)

46. Tanel Kangert (Estonia)

47. Michele Scarponi (Italy)

48. Alessandro Vanotti (Italy)

49. Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands)

DS: Giuseppe Martinelli

Cannondale Pro Cycling

Italy (CAN)

51. Peter Sagan* (Slovakia)

52. Maciej Bodnar (Poland)

53. Alessandro De Marchi (Italy)

54. Ted King (USA)

55. Kristijan Koren (Slovenia)

56. Marco Marcato (Italy)

57. Jean-Marc Marino (France)

58. Fabio Sabatini (Italy)

59. Elia Viviani* (Italy)

DS: Stefano Zanatta

Belkin Pro Cycling Team

Netherlands (BEL)

61. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands)

62. Lars Boom (Netherlands)

63. Stef Clement (Netherlands)

64. Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands)

65. Tom Leezer (Netherlands)

66. Bram Tankink (Netherlands)

67. Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands)

68. Sep Vanmarcke (Belgium)

69. Maarten Wynants (Belgium)

DS: Nico Verhoeven

Omega Pharma-QuickStep

Belgium (OPQ)

71. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)

72. Jan Bakelants (Belgium)

73. Michal Golas (Poland)

74. Michal Kwiatkowski* (Poland)

75. Tony Martin (Germany)

76. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy)

77. Mark Renshaw (Australia)

78. Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)

79. Matteo Trentin* (Italy)

DS: Wilfried Peeters

  Ag2r La Mondiale

France (ALM)

81. Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)

82. Romain Bardet* (France)

83. Mikael Cherel (France)

84. Samuel Dumoulin (France)

85. Ben Gastauer (Luxembourg)

86. Blel Kadri (France)

87. Sebastian Minard (France)

88. Matteo Montaguti (Italy)

89. Christophe Riblon (France)

DS: Vincent Lavenu

Garmin-Sharp

91. Andrew Talansky (USA)

92. Janier Acevedo (Colombia)

93. Jack Bauer (New Zealand)

94. Alex Howes (USA)

95. Ben King* (USA)

96. Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands)

97. Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)

98. Tom-Jelte Slagter* (Netherlands)

99. Johan Vansummeren (Belgium)

DS: Charly Wegelius

Team Giant-Shimano

Netherlands (GIA)

101. Marcel Kittel (Germany)

102. Roy Curvers (Netherlands)

103. Koen De Kort (Netherlands)

104. John Degenkolb* (Germany)

105. Dries Devenyns (Belgium)

106. Tom Dumoulin* (Netherlands)

107. Cheng Ji (China)

108. Albert Timmer (Netherlands)

109. Tom Veelers (Netherlands)

DS: Christian Guiberteau

Lampre-Merida

Italy (LAM)

111. Rui Costa (Portugal)

112. Davide Cimolai* (Italy)

113. Kristijan Durasek (Croatia)

114. Chris Horner (USA)

115. Sacha Modolo (Italy)

116. Nelson Oliveira* (Portugal)

117. Maximiliano Richeze (Argentina)

118. Jose Serpa (Colombia)

119. Rafael Valls (Spain)

DS: Jose Fernandez

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France (FDJ)

121. Arnaud Demare* (France)

122. William Bonnet (France)

123. Mickael Delage (France)

124. Arnold Jeannesson (France)

125. Matthieu Ladagnous (France)

126. Cedric Pineau (France)

127. Thibaut Pinot* (France)

128. Jeremy Roy (France)

129. Arthur Vichot (France)

DS: Thierry Bricaud

  Lotto-Belisol

Belgium (LTB)

131. Jurgen van den Broeck (Belgium)

132. Lars Bak (Denmark)

133. Bart De Clercq (Belgium)

134. Tony Gallopin (France)

135. Andre Greipel (Germany)

136. Adam Hansen (Australia)

137. Greg Henderson (New Zealand)

138. Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)

139. Marcel Sieberg (Germany)

DS: Herman Frison

BMC Racing Team

141. Tejay van Garderen (USA)

142. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia)

143. Marcus Burghardt (Germany)

144. Amael Moinard (France)

145. Daniel Oss (Italy)

146. Michael Schar (Switzerland)

147. Peter Stetina (USA)

148. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)

149. Peter Velits (Svk)

DS: Yvon Ledanois

  Team Europcar

France (EUC)

151. Pierre Rolland (France)

152. Yukiya Arashiro (Japan)

153. Bryan Coquard* (France)

154. Cyril Gautier (France)

155. Yohann Gène (France)

156. Alexandre Pichot (France)

157. Perrig Quémeneur (France)

158. Kévin Reza (France)

159. Thomas Voeckler (France)

DS: Andy Flickinger

  Trek Factory Racing

161. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg)

162. Matthew Busche (USA)

163. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)

164. Markel Irizar (Spain)

165. Gregory Rast (Switzerland)

166. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)

167. Danny Van Poppel* (Netherlands)

168. Jens Voigt (Germany)

169. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain)

DS: Kim Andersen

France (COF)

171. Daniel Navarro (Spain)

172. Nicolas Edet (France)

173. Egoitz Garcia (Spain)

174. Cyril Lemoine (France)

175. Luis Angel Mate (Spain)

176. Rudy Molard* (France)

177. Adrien Petit* (France)

178. Julien Simon (France)

179. Rein Taaramae (Estonia)

DS: Didier Rous

Orica-GreenEdge

Australia (OGE)

181. Simon Gerrans (Australia)

182. Michael Albasini (Switzerland)

183. Simon Clarke (Australia)

184. Luke Durbridge* (Australia)

185. Mathew Hayman (Australia)

186. Jens Keukeleire (Belgium)

187. Christian Meier (Canada)

188. Svein Tuft (Canada)

189. Simon Yates* (Great Britain)

DS: Matthew White

IAM Cycling

Switzerland (IAM)

191. Mathias Frank (Switzerland)

192. Sylvain Chavanel (France)

193. Martin Elmiger (Switzerland)

194. Heinrich Haussler (Australia)

195. Reto Hollenstein (Switzerland)

196. Roger Kluge (Germany)

197. Jerome Pineau (France)

198. Sebastien Reichenbach* (Switzerland)

199. Danilo Wyss (Switzerland)

DS: Kjell Carlstrom

Team NetApp–Endura

Germany (TNE)

201. Leopold Koenig (Czech Republic)

202. Jan Barta (Czech Republic)

203. David de la Cruz* (Spain)

204. Zak Dempster (Australia)

205. Bartosz Huzarski (Poland)

206. Tiago Machado (Portugal)

207. Jose Mendes (Portugal)

208. Andreas Schillinger (Germany)

209. Paul Voss (Germany)

DS: Enrico Poitschke

Bretagne-Séché Environnement

France (BSE)

211. Brice Feillu (France)

212. Jean-Marc Bideau (France)

213. Anthony Delaplace* (France)

214. Romain Feillu (France)

215. Armindo Fonseca* (France)

216. Arnaud Gerard (France)

217. Florian Guillou (France)

218. Benedict Jarrier* (France)

219. Florian Vachon (France)

DS: Emmanuel Hubert

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2014 Tour de France 101st edition: July 5 - July 27, 2014

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The 2014 Tour de France opens on Sunday in England, with the first stage beginning in Leeds and ending in Harrogate. The first three stages of the 21-stage, 23-day premiere event in cycling are all in England, the first time the Tour de France has had more than two stages in the United Kingdom.

The "Grand Start," as the first three stages through England are referred, covers an area of roughly 15,000 square kilometers and will see stops in Leeds, Harrogate, York, Sheffield, Cambridge and London.

Stage 1, from Leeds to Harrogate, runs 190.5 klilometers, or roughly 118 miles, and is considered a relative flat stage of the three-week event. It starts at 6 a.m. ET, with coverage on NBC Sports Network and NBC on Sunday. Harrogate is no stranger to cycling, a common stage city of the Tour of Britain.

Mark Cavendish, with 25 stage wins to his credit, is called the favorite to wear the yellow jersey after Stage 1 by The Telegraph , which also provided this video flyover of the 190.5 kilometers from Leeds to Harrogate:

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• Date: 27 July 2014
• Start time: -
• Avg. speed winner: 41.08 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 137.5 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 6
• Vert. meters: 805
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Ag2r La Mondiale Romain Bardet (FRA) Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA) Christophe Riblon (FRA) Mikael Chérel (FRA) Ben Gastauer (FRA) Sébastian Minard (FRA) Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Biel Kadri (FRA) Matteo Montaguti (ITA)

Astana Jakob Fulgsang (DEN) Andriy Grivko (UKR) Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ) Tanel Kangert (EST) Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Michele Scarponi (ITA) Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) Lieuwe Westra (NED)

Belkin Cycling Team Bauke Mollema (NED) Laurens ten Dam (NED) Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) Lars Boom (NED) Maarten Wynants (BEL) Bram Tankink (NED) Stef Clement (NED) Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Tom Leezer (NED)

BMC Racing Team Tejay van Garderen (USA) Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) John Darwin Atapuma (COL) Peter Velits (SLO) Marcus Burghardt (GER) Amael Moinard (FRA) Michael Schar (SWI) Peter Stetina (USA) Daniel Oss (ITA)

Cannondale Damiano Caruso (ITA) Peter Sagan (SVK) Edward King (USA) Maciej Bodnar (POL) Kristijan Koren (SLO) Elian Viviani (ITA) Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) Marco Marcato (ITA) Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)

FDJ.fr Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA) William Bonnet (FRA) Mickael Delage (FRA) Arnaud Démare (FRA) Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Arthur Vichot (FRA) Jérémy Roy (FRA) Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) Cédric Pineau (FRA)

Garmin-Sharp Andrew Talansky (USA) Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) Janier Acevedo (COL) Johan Vansummeren (BEL) Alex Howes (USA) Jack Bauer (NZL) Ben King (USA) Sebastian Langeveld (NED) Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU)

IAM Cycling Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Martin Elmiger (SUI) Mathias Frank (SUI) Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Reto Hollenstein (SUI) Roger Kluge (GER) Jérôme Pineau (FRA) Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Marcel Wyss (SUI)

Katusha Vladimir Isaychev (RUS) Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Luca Paolini (ITA) Aleksandr Porsev (RUS) Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP) Egor Silin (RUS) Gatis Smukulis (LAT) Simon Spilak (SLO) Yury Trofimov (RUS)

Lampre-Merida Rui Costa (POR) Max Richeze (ARG) José Serpa (COL) Kristijan Durasek (CRO) Sacha Modolo (ITA) Davide Cimolai (ITA) Nelson Oliveira (POR) Chris Horner (USA) Rafael Valls (SPA)

Lotto-Belisol Lars Bak (DEN) Bart De Clercq (BEL) Tony Gallopin (FRA) Andre Greipel (GER) Adam Hansen (AUS) Greg Henderson (NZL) Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) Marcel Sieberg (GER) Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)

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When does Tour de France 2014 start? Race preview, where to watch it and everything you need to know as Chris Froome defends title

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When does it begin?

For only the second time in its 111-year history, the Tour de France will kick off on British soil when Leeds plays host to the Grand Départ on Saturday, 5 July. Unusually, this year’s race begins with a road stage rather than a prologue, giving an opportunity for Mark Cavendish or his great German rival Marcel Kittel to slip into the leader’s yellow jersey. And were Cavendish to require any extra motivation, his mother used to live in Harrogate - within spitting distance of the first stage finish.

Where can I watch it in the UK?

For a glimpse of the riders before the race even begins, head to Victoria Gardens in Leeds town centre, where the teams will be signing in on the morning of the Grand Départ.

Of the three British-based stages, the second from York to Sheffield should provide the most scenic delights. The 201 kilometres cross the Pennines and take in some of this country’s most iconic hills. The climb of Holme Moss in particular is expected to attract thousands of people- but the stage will be decided atop the brutally steep Jenkin Road, where you will be able to see the likes of Slovak powerhouse Peter Sagan in full flow.

The best vantage point for Stage 3 is obvious- the finish is on The Mall in London, as it was the first and last time the Tour visited Britain back in 2007. The long drag up to Buckingham Palace was also the site of the finish to the 2012 Olympic Road Race, when the Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov spoiled Mark Cavendish’s party with a hugely unpopular victory.

What are the key stages?

The favourites for the yellow jersey will have been having recurring nightmares about Stage 5. That’s because it features cobbles- many of the same sections used in the Spring Classic Paris-Roubaix, otherwise known as the ‘Hell of the North,’ which can end a contender’s race in an instant.

Stage 10 is the first major mountain test- and it ends at La Planche des Belles Filles, the site of Chris Froome’s maiden Tour win in 2012. On its way from Mulhouse, the stage passes over the Petit Ballon- the very first mountain ever used in the Tour de France.

If the yellow jersey contenders have not been separated by the Alps and Pyrenees, then Stage 20’s 54 kilometre time-trial to Bergerac will be crucial.

Where can defending champion Chris Froome win it and lose it?

A rider of Froome’s build will have to watch out for those cobbles - in 2010, they ended the Luxembourger Frank Schleck’s race via a broken collarbone. The defending champion will relish the ‘Queen Stage’ that takes in the legendary climb of the Tourmalet before a summit finish atop Hautacam, the scene of many memorable Tour battles over the years. And with Alberto Contador in ominous form, Froome will be grateful for the length of the Stage 20 time-trial which suits his abilities better than the Spaniard’s.

Who are the main contenders?

Froome is the undoubted favourite, despite a patchy season thus far. But Contador is not far behind- he was superior to the Briton at the Dauphiné-Libéré warm-up race in June.

Behind those two sit a group of riders surrounded by uncertainty. Alejandro Valverde will head the powerful Movistar team’s challenge and will expect a podium place. However he has never won the Tour and Froome may be thankful that his teammate, the diminutive Colombian climber Nairo Quintana is not riding after winning the Giro d’Italia in May. Joaquim Rodriguez of Team Katusha who finished third last year will ride for stage wins rather than overall glory this time around, after an injury-disrupted season.

Who could surprise the front-runners?

Perhaps this may be the year the French finally produce at their own race. The 2013 race was a Gallic annus horribilis saved only by Christophe Riblon’s memorable win on Alpe d’Huez, but in 2014 home prospects look brighter. Pierre Rolland performed strongly at the Giro d’Italia to finish 4- the highest Grand Tour placing by a French rider in 3 years- whilst the youthful Romain Bardet turned in a series of strong performances at the Dauphiné.

For an American surprise of the nice rather than Lance Armstrong-flavoured kind, look to Garmin-Sharp’s Andrew Talansky. The man nicknamed ‘Pitbull’ by his team manager Jonathan Vaughters finished 10 last year, and returns in 2014 with a team fully committed to riding for him in the mountains.

If it's a British outside bet you're after, look no further than Orica-GreenEdge’s Simon Yates. The first-year pro was a late inclusion in the Australian squad- but the steep hills of Stage 2 into Sheffield should suit his talents well.

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