Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

(Damiano Cunego will scope out the Tour course just to get a taste)

The Italian contingent looks fairly strong in a race that traditionally is not a high priority. Twenty four Italians ranging from the oldest Giovanni Lombardi at 37 years old to Ricardo Ricco at 23 years old. Paolo Savoldelli and Ivan Basso are contenders for overall victory and several Italians such as Danilo DiLuca, Paolo Bettini and Stefano Garzelli will be hunting for stage wins. Sprinter Daniele Bennati will try to contest the sprints and possibly go for the Green Jersey against the like of Boonen, McEwen and Hushovd. Here is the list of Italians.

Discovery Channel
Paolo Savoldelli

CSC
Ivan Basso
Giovanni Lombardi

T Mobile
Giuseppe Guerini e Eddy Mazzoleni

Lampre
Damiano Cunego, Alessandro Ballan, Daniele Bennati, Marzio Bruseghin, Salvatore Commesso, Daniele Righi, Paolo Tiralongo

Quick Step
Filippo Pozzato e Matteo Tossato

Credit Agricole
Pietro Caucchioli

Cofidis
Cristian Moreni

Saunier Duval Prodir
Riccardo Ricco e Gilberto Simoni

Liquigas
Danilo Di Luca, Stefano Garzelli, Luca Paolini, Manuel Quinziato

Milram
Mirko Celestino, Fabio Sacchi, Marco Velo

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