Tour de Georgia: Who’s Racing?

The Tour de Georgia jumps off from Tybee Island this coming Monday.   It’s not entirely certain, but I hope to make it down to Georgia for at least part of it.  Had a blast doing it last year.

Today, the organizers released a provisional startlist. No big surprises (tho’ yes, Hamilton, Botero, and Sevilla will there), and the talent bench is pretty deep. Also some new (to the North American scene, anyway) talent is on tap with the Discovery Marco Polo squad. In any event, here’s who to expect at the line next week:

Bib # Pro Tour Teams Team
Riders: last first

1.) Astana LUX AST
2 Horner Christopher
3 Leipheimer Levi Road
4 Colom Mas Antonio
5 Kireyev Roman
6 Schar Michael
7 Kemps Aaron
8 Mizurov Andrey
9 RUBIERA VIGIL José Luis

2.) Team CSC DEN CSC
11 Julich Bobby
12 McGee Bradley
13 CUESTA LOPEZ DE CASTRO Inigo
14 McCartney Jason
15 Lund Anders
16 Haedo Juan Jose
17 Bochman Lasse
18 Blaudzun Michael

3.) High Road USA THR
21 Hincapie George
22 Devine John
23 Greipel Andre
24 Henderson Greg
25 Lewis Craig
26 LÖVKVIST Thomas
27 Grabsch Bert
28 Siutsou Kanstantsin

4.) Gerolsteiner GER GST
31 Forster Robert
32 Fothen Thomas
33 Gatto Oscar
34 Krauss Sven
35 Lang Sebastian
36 Ordowski Volker
37 Russ Matthias
38 Schreck Stephan

5.) Symmetrics Cycling Team CAN SYM
41 Tuft Svein
42 Wohlberg Eric
43 Bell Zachary
44 Randell Andrew
45 Pinfold Andrew
46 Meier Christian
47 Evans Cameron Road
48 Erker Jacob

6.) Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team CHN MPC
51 Van Bon Leon
52 Crawford Jai
53 Koudentsov Sergey
54 Li Fuyu
55 Liu Yilin
56 Keong Loh Sea
57 Pollock Rhys
58 Xing Yan Dong

7.) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 USA P Cont TSL
61 Danielson Thomas
62 Farrar Tyler
63 Duggan Timothy
64 Euser Lucas
65 Lowe Trent
66 Pate Danny
67 VANDEVELDE Christian
68 Zabriskie David TT

8.) BMC Racing Team USA P Cont BMC
71 Lill Darren
72 Garcia Jonathan
73 Nydam Scott
74 Wyss Danilo
75 Galvin David
76 Sayers Mike
77 Tolleson Taylor
78 Stewart Jackson

9.) Bissell Pro Cycling USA Cont BPC
81 Jacques-Maynes Ben
82 Zirbel Tom
83 Olson Aaron
84 Vennell Jeremy
85 England Richard
86 Peltonen Garrett
87 Zwizanski Scott
88 King Edward

10.) Health Net Presented by Maxxis USA Cont HNM
91 Sutherland Rory
92 Zajicek Phil
93 Collier Corey
94 Cooke Matt
95 Crane Matthew
96 Johnson Timothy
97 Menzies Karl
98 Pipp Frank

11.) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team USA Cont TUP
101 Baldwin Christopher
102 Clarke Hilton
103 Day Benjamin
104 Dominguez Ivan
105 England Justin
106 Stevic Ivan
107 Rollin Dominique
108 Vogels Henk

12.) Team Type 1 USA Cont TT1
111 ALDAPE CHAVEZ Moises
112 Chadwick Glen Alan
113 Jones Christopher
114 Kobzarenko Valery
115 MacGregor Ian
116 Calabria Fabio
117 Abraham Emile
118 Wilson Matthew

13.) The Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team USA Cont JIT
121 Wilson Trent
122 Shirley Neil
123 Shriver Matt
124 Elken Evan
125 Stevenson Cody
126 Barrilleaux Jared
127 Cantwell Jonathan
128 Sullivan Ryan

14.) Jelly Belly Cycling Team USA Cont JBC
131 Mead Bryce
132 Lange Michael
133 Van Ulden Bernard
134 Powers Jeremy
135 Reistad Nick
136 Sanderson Nicholas
137 Rice Matthew
138 Tuckerman Aaron Barry

15.) Rock Racing USA Cont RRC
141 Botero Santiago
142 Sevilla Oscar
143 Pena Victor Hugo
144 Hamilton Tyler
145 Rodriguez Fred
146 Creed Michael
147 Leogrande Kayle
148 Ollerenshaw Doug