GCN look at their top ten favourites in the first World Tour stage race of the year, the Tour Down Under. Includes start sheet.
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The 2014 Tour Down Under is the first World Tour test of the year. Previously a sprinter’s race dominated by the likes of Andre Greipel, the course is now hillier, so we’re expecting to see riders like Simon Gerrans, Cadel Evans and Robert Gesink to the fore. There are still some stages for the sprinters though, and we can’t wait to see how the battle between Greipel, Marcel Kittel and Caleb Ewan shapes up.
START LIST
BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
1. EVANS Cadel (AUS)
2. BOOKWALTER Brent (USA)
3. HERMANS Ben (BEL)
4. MOINARD Amael (FRA)
5. MORABITO Steve (SUI)
6. ZABEL Rick (GER)
7. WYSS Danilo (SUI)
ORICA GREENEDGE (AUS)
11. GERRANS Simon (AUS)
12. CLARKE Simon (AUS)
13. GOSS Matthew (AUS)
14. HAYMAN Mathew (AUS)
15. IMPEY Daryl (RSA)
16. MATTHEWS Michael (AUS)
17. DURBRIDGE Luke (AUS)
TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO (NED)
21. KITTEL Marcel (GER)
22. PETERSON Thomas (USA)
23. ARNDT Nikias (GER)
24. HUPOND Thierry (FRA)
25. FRÖHLINGER Johannes (GER)
26. DE KORT Koen (NED)
27. GESCHKE Simon (GER)
LOTTO-BELISOL (BEL)
31. GREIPEL Andre (GER)
32. HANSEN Adam (AUS)
33. DEBUSSCHERE Jens (BEL)
34. KAISEN Olivier (BEL)
35. ROELANDTS Jurgen (BEL)
36. SIEBERG Marcel (GER)
37. BROECKX Stig (BEL)
TREK FACTORY RACING (LUX)
41. SCHLECK Frank (LUX)
42. VOIGT Jens (GER)
43. VAN POPPEL Boy (NED)
44. FELLINE Fabio (ITA)
45. VAN POPPEL Danny (NED)
46. DIDIER Laurent (LUX)
47. WATSON Calvin (AUS)
TINKOFF-SAXO (DEN)
51. SORENSEN Nicki (DEN)
52. MCCARTHY Jay (AUS)
53. ANDERSEN Michael (DEN)
54. TRUSOV Nicolay (RUS)
55. JUUL JENSEN Christpher (DEN)
56. KOLAR Michael (SLO)
57. SUTHERLAND Rory (AUS)
TEAM SKY (GBR)
61. PORTE Richie (AUS)
62. DEIGNAN Philip (IRL)
63. THOMAS Geraint (GBR)
64. EISEL Bernard (AUT)
65. ROWE Luke (GBR)
66. SUTTON Christopher (AUS)
67. STANNARD Ian (GBR)
AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
71. BOUET Maxime (FRA)
72. BERARD Julien (FRA)
73. BONNAFOND Guillaume (FRA)
74. DANIEL Maxime (FRA)
75. DOMONT Axel (FRA)
76. GAUDIN Damien (FRA)
77. TURGOT Sébastien (FRA)
ASTANA (KAZ)
81. GASPAROTTO Enrico (ITA)
82. GRIVKO Andriy (UKR)
83. GAVAZZI Francesco (ITA)
84. WESTRA Lieuwe (NED)
85. HUFFMAN Evan (USA)
86. AGNOLI Valerio (ITA)
87. GUARNIERI Jacopo (ITA)
TEAM EUROPCAR (FRA)
91. VOECKLER Thomas (FRA)
92. ARASHIRO Yukiya (JPN)
93. QUEMENEUR Perrig (FRA)
94. HURAU Bjorn (GER)
95. REZA Kevin (FRA)
96. COUSIN Jérome (FRA)
97. TULIK Angelo (FRA)
KATUSHA (RUS)
101. BELKOV Maxim (RUS)
102. HALLER Marco (AUT)
103. IGNATYEV Mikhail (RUS)
104. KOCHETKOV Pavel (RUS)
105. SILIN Egor (RUS)
106. PORSEV Aleksandr (RUS)
107. VORGANOV Eduard (RUS)
FDJ. fr (FRA)
111. VEIKKANEN Jussi (FIN)
112. BONNET William (FRA)
113. COURTEILLE Arnaud (FRA)
114. ELISSONDE Kenny (FRA)
115. LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri (FRA)
116. ROUX Anthony (FRA)
117. SOUPE Geoffrey (FRA)
MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
121. ROJAS Jose Joaquin (ESP)
122. ERVITI Imanol (ESP)
123. GUTIERREZ Jose Ivan (ESP)
124. LOBATO Juan José (ESP)
125. VISCONTI Giovanni (ITA)
126. MORENO Javier ESP
127. PLAZA MOLINA Ruben (ESP)
GARMIN-SHARP (USA)
131. DENNIS Rohan (AUS)
132. BAUER Jack (NZL)
133. HAAS Nathan (AUS)
134. DEKKER Thomas (NED)
135. MORTON Lachlan (AUS)
136. FAIRLY Caleb (USA)
137. VONHOFF Steele (AUS)
OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK STEP (BEL)
141. BAKELANTS Jan (BEL)
142. ALAPHILIPPE Julian (FRA)
143. FENN Andrew (GBR)
144. PAUWELS Serge (BEL)
145. RENSHAW Mark (AUS)
146. TRENTIN Matteo (ITA)
147. VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos (ESP)
BELKIN PRO CYCLING TEAM (NED)
151. GESINK Robert (NED)
152. BOBRIDGE Jack (AUS)
153. CLEMENT Stef (NED)
154. BROWN Graeme (AUS)
155. FLENS Rick (NED)
156. TANNER David (AUS)
157. TANKINK Bram (NED)
LAMPRE-MERIDA (ITA)
161. ULISSI Diego (ITA)
162. BONO Matteo (ITA)
163. CIMOLAI Davide (ITA)
164. FERRARI Roberto (ITA)
165. MORI Manuele (ITA)
166. VALLS FERRI Rafael (ESP)
167. WACKERMANN Luca (ITA)
CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (ITA)
171. BENNETT George (NZL)
172. BETTIOL Alberto (ITA)
173. BOIVIN Guillaume (CAN)
174. KRIZEK Matthias (AUT)
175. MOHORIC Matejv (SLO)
176. VIVIANI Elia (ITA)
177. WURF Cameron (AUS)
DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING (AUS)
181. CANTWELL Jonathan (AUS)
182. PALMER Thomas (AUS)
183. MEYER Travis (AUS)
184. CLARKE William (AUS)
185. SULZBERGER Bernard (AUS)
186. SULZBERGER Wesley (AUS)
187. LAPTHORNE Darren (AUS)
UniSA – Australia
191. EWAN Caleb (AUS)
192. HAIG Jack (AUS)
193. O’BRIEN Mark (AUS)
194. GIACOPPO Anthony (AUS)
195. VAN DER PLOEG Neil (AUS)
196. FLAKEMORE Campbell (AUS)
197. LINFIELD Bradley (AUS)
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