Three WorldTour teams to start Europe season opener
While the racing has already started in Australia and Argentina, Europe has its chance today to start the 2012 season in full swing. The traditional season opener on the old continent will again be the Grand Prix La Marseillaise in France.
Last year FDJ-Big Mat’s Jeremy Roy outclassed his breakaway companions to win the race in solo fashion. The Frenchman won’t be present to defend his title but his WorldTour team, FDJ-BigMat, is sending a strong line up in an attempt to make it two wins in a row.
Another WorldTour team that will be closely watched is the always aggressive Vacansoleil-DCM. Romain Feillu and Björn Leukemans are expected to be starters for the Dutch squad.
A range of Pro Continental and Continental squads will also take part and includes Project 1t4i, Cofidis and Europcar.
FDJ-BigMat :
1 Kenny ELISSONDE
2 Arnaud GÉRARD
3 Anthony GESLIN
4 Arnold JEANNESSON
5 Rémi PAURIOL
6 Cédric PINEAU
7 Thibaut PINOT
8 Arthur VICHOT
Vacansoleil – DCM Procycling Team:
11 Kris BOECKMANS
12 Romain FEILLU
13 Martijn KEIZER
14 Björn LEUKEMANS
15 Bert-jan LINDEMAN
16 Marco MARCATO
17 Frederik VEUCHELEN
18 Lieuwe WESTRA
Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne :
21 Yohan BAGOT
22 Rein TAARAMAE
23 Samuel DUMOULIN
24 Rémy DI GRÉGORIO
25 Nicolas EDET
26 Arnaud LABBE
27 Jean Eudes DEMARET
28 Romain ZINGLE
Projet 1t4i:
31 Thomas DAMUSEAU
32 Yann HUGUET
33 Thomas BONNIN
34 Matthieu SPRICK
35 Thierry HUPOND
36 Bert DE BACKER
37 Tom STAMSNIJDER
38 Ronan VAN ZANDBEEK
Team Europcar:
41 Giovanni BERNAUDEAU
42 Anthony CHARTEAU
43 Angelo TULIK
44 Alexandre PICHOT
45 Jérôme COUSIN
46 Tony HUREL
47 Vincent JEROME
48 Davide MALACARNE
Landbouwkrediet:
51 Bert DE WAELE
52 Frédéric AMORISON
53 Koen BARBE
54 Dirk BELLEMAKERS
55 Egidijus JUODVALKIS
56 Bobbie TRAKSEL
57 Davy COMMEYNE
58 Kurt HOVELYNCK
AG2R La Mondiale :
61 Anthony RAVARD
62 Romain BARDET
63 Guillaume BONNAFOND
64 Maxime BOUET
65 Mikael CHÉREL
66 Ben GASTAUER
67 Lloyd MONDORY
68 Hubert DUPONT
Auber 93 :
71 Romain BACON
72 Nicolas ROUSSEAU
73 Guillaume FAUCON
74 Johan MOMBAERTS
75 Ronan RACAULT
76 Benoit DRUJON
77 Jonathan THIRE
78 Steven TRONET
Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator:
81 Pieter SERRY
82 Sander ARMEE
83 Dominique CORNU
84 Jelle WALLAYS
85 Laurens DE VREESE
86 Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK
87 Preben VAN HECKE
88 Steven VAN VOOREN
Bretagne – Schuller :
91 Florian VACHON
92 Romain HARDY
93 Jean-Marc BIDEAU
94 Jean-Luc DELPECH
95 Laurent PICHON
96 Dimitri CHAMPION
97 Armindo FONSECA
98 Gaël MALACARNE
Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis :
101 Lazlo BODROGI
102 Remi CUSIN
103 Julien EL FARES
104 Julien ANTOMARCHI
105 Javier MEGIAS LEAL
106 Jure KOCJAN
107 Daniele COLLI
108 Georg PREIDLER
Saur-Sojasun:
111 Anthony DELAPLACE
112 Jérémie GALLAND
113 Jonathan HIVERT
114 David LE LAY
115 Cyril LEMOINE
116 Stéphane POULHIES
117 Julien SIMON
118 Yannick TALABARDON
Accent Jobs – Willems Véranda’s:
121 Stefan VAN DIJK
122 Leif HOSTE
123 Kevin ISTA
124 Wim DE VOCHT
125 Andy CAPPELLE
126 Jean-Pierre DRUCKER
127 Staf SCHEIRLINCKX
128 Rob GORIS
Roubaix Lille Metropole :
131 Anthony COLIN
132 Loic DESRIAC
133 Pierre DRANCOURT
134 Denis FLAHAUT
135 Julien GUAY
136 Morgan KNEISKY
137 Kevin LALOUETTE
138 Fabien SCHMIDT
La Pomme-Marseille :
141 Yohan CAUQUIL
142 Mathieu DELAROZIERE
143 Yannick MARTINEZ
144 Toms SKUJINS
145 Evaldas SISKEVICIUS
146 Benjamin GIRAUD
147 Grégoire TARRIDE
148 Clément KORETZKY
An Post – Sean Kelly Team:
151 Niko EECKHOUT
152 Kenneth VAN BILSEN
153 Pieter GHYLLEBERT
154 Gediminas BAGDONAS
155 Sean DOWNEY
156 Mark MCNALLY
157 Stijn ENNEKENS
158 Ronan MCLAUGHLIN
Veranda Rideau – Super U:
161 Freddy BICHOT
162 Justin JULES
163 Arnaud MOLMY
164 Frank VERMEULEN
165 Benoit JARRIER
166 Guillaume MALLE
167 Tomasz OLEJNIK
168 Michael OLEJNIK