The French team BBox-Bouygues Telecom has announced their squad for the 2009 Tour de France. The team will be led by Frenchman Thomas Vöckler, who will looking breakaways to try to pick up stage wins. Vöckler has had a good season so far winning the Tour du Haut Var, Étoile de Bessèges, Trophée des Grimpeurs and nearly taking stage 20 in the Giro d’Italia last month.
Pierrick Fedrigo will also be coming into the race with a strong first half of the season, capping it off with a stage win in the Daupine Libere.
Alongside of the mostly French contingent will be Russian Yuri Trofimov and Japanese rider Yukiya Arashiro.
The BBox-Bouygues Telecom Tour de France team:
Thomas Vöckler, William Bonnet, Pierrick Fedrigo, Saïd Haddou, Laurent Lefèvre, Alexandre Pichot, Pierre Rolland, Yuri Trofimov, Yukiya Arashiro