Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Here is the full list of racers for the 2007 Tour de France. The race icks off Saturday in London with a very picturesque prologue. Homeboys and TT specialists David Millar and Bradley Wiggins will be gunning for the prologue stage win.

As for an overall winner, stay tuned for my prediction on this year’s Tour

Caisse d’Epargne
11. Oscar Pereiro (ESP)
12. David Arroyo (ESP)
13. Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP)
14. José Ivan Gutierrez (ESP)
15. Vladimir Karpets (RUS)
16. Francisco Perez (ESP)
17. Nicolas Portal (FRA)
18. Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
19. Xabier Zandio (ESP)

T-Mobile
21. Michael Rogers (AUS)
22. Marcus Burghardt (GER)
23. Mark Cavendish (GBR)
24. Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
25. Linus Gerdemann (GER)
26. Bert Grabsch (GER)
27. Kim Kirchen (LUX)
28. Axel Merckx (BEL)
29. Patrick Sinkewitz (GER)

CSC
31. Carlos Sastre (ESP)
32. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (NOR)
33. Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
34. Inigo Cuesta (ESP)
35. Stuart O’Grady (AUS)
36. Frank Schleck (LUX)
37. Christian Vandevelde (USA)
38. Jens Voigt (GER)
39. David Zabriskie (USA)

Predictor Lotto
41. Cadel Evans (AUS)
42. Mario Aerts (BEL)
43. Dario Cioni (ITA)
44. Chris Horner (USA)
45. Leif Hoste (BEL)
46. Robbie McEwen (AUS)
47. Fred Rodriguez (USA)
48. Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
49. Wim Vansevenant (BEL)

Rabobank
51. Denis Menchov (RUS)
52. Michael Boogerd (NED)
53. Bram de Groot (NED)
54. Thomas Dekker (NED)
55. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)
56. Oscar Freire (ESP)
57. Grischa Niermann (GER)
58. Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
59. Pieter Weening (NED)

AG2R
61. Christophe Moreau (FRA)
62. Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP)
63. Sylvain Calzati (FRA)
64. Cyril Dessel (FRA)
65. Martin Elmiger (SUI)
66. John Gadret (FRA)
67. Simon Gerrans (AUS)
68. Stéphane Goubert (FRA)
69. Ludovic Turpin (FRA)

Euskaltel
71. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)
72. Igor Anton (ESP)
73. Mikel Astarloza (ESP)
74. Jorge Azanza (ESP)
75. Inaki Isasi (ESP)
76. Inigo Landaluze (ESP)
77. Ruben Perez (ESP)
78. Amets Txurruka (ESP)
79. Gorka Verdugo (ESP)

Lampre Fondital
81. Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
82. Daniele Bennati (ITA)
83. Paolo Bossoni (ITA)
84. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)
85. Claudio Corioni (ITA)
86. Danilo Napolitano (ITA)
87. Daniele Righi (ITA)
88. Tadej Valjavec (SLO)
89. Patxi Vila (ESP)

Gerolsteiner
91. Stefan Schumacher (GER)
92. Robert Förster (GER)
93. Markus Fothen (GER)
94. Heinrich Haussler (GER)
95. Bernhard Kohl (AUT)
96. Sven Krauss (GER)
97. Ronny Scholz (GER)
98. Fabian Wegmann (GER)
99. Peter Wrolich (AUT)

Crédit Agricole
101. Thor Hushovd (NOR)
102. William Bonnet (FRA)
103. Alexandre Botcharov (RUS)
104. Anthony Charteau (FRA)
105. Julian Dean (NZL)
106. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ)
107. Patrice Halgand (FRA)
108. Sébastien Hinault (FRA)
109. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA)

Discovery Channel
111. Levi Leipheimer (USA)
112. Alberto Contador (ESP)
113. Vladimir Gusev (RUS)
114. George Hincapie (USA)
115. Egoi Martinez (ESP)
116. Benjamin Noval (ESP)
117. Sergio Paulinho (POR)
118. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)
119. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU)

Bouygues Telecom
121. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)
122. Stef Clement (NED)
123. Xavier Florencio (ESP)
124. Anthony Geslin (FRA)
125. Laurent Lefèvre (FRA)
126. Jérôme Pineau (FRA)
127. Matthieu Sprick (FRA)
128. Johann Tschopp (SUI)
129. Thomas Voeckler (FRA)

Agritubel
131. Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP)
132. Freddy Bichot (FRA)
133. Moïse Duenas (ESP)
134. Romain Feillu (FRA)
135. Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP)
136. Cédric Hervé (FRA)
137. Nicolas Jalabert (FRA)
138. Benoît Salmon (FRA)
139. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA)

Cofidis
141. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
142. Stéphane Augé (FRA)
143. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA)
144. Cristian Moreni (ITA)
145. Nick Nuyens (BEL)
146. Ivan Parra (COL)
147. Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL)
148. Rik Verbrugghe (BEL)
149. Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Liquigas
151. Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
152. Michael Albasini (SUI)
153. Manuel Beltran (ESP)
154. Kjell Calström (SWE)
155. Murilo Fischer (BRA)
156. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR)
157. Manuel Quinziato (ITA)
158. Charles Wegelius (GBR)
159. Frederik Willems (BEL)

Française des Jeux
161. Sandy Casar (FRA)
162. Sébastien Chavanel (FRA)
163. Mickaël Delage (FRA)
164. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA)
165. Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
166. Lilian Jégou (FRA)
167. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA)
168. Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)
169. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA)

Quick Step Innergetic
171. Tom Boonen (BEL)
172. Carlos Barredo (ESP)
173. Steven De Jongh (NED)
174. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP)
175. Sébastien Rosseler (BEL)
176. Gert Steegmans (BEL)
177. Bram Tankink (NED)
178. Matteo Tosatto (ITA)
179. Cédric Vasseur (FRA)

Milram
181. Erik Zabel (GER)
182. Alessandro Cortinovis (ITA)
183. Ralf Grabsch (GER)
184. Andriy Grivko (UKR)
185. Christian Knees (GER)
186. Brett Lancaster (AUS)
187. Alberto Ongarato (ITA)
188. Enrico Poitschke (GER)
189. Marcel Sieberg (GER)

Astana
191. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ)
192. Antonio Colom (ESP)
193. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ)
194. Serguei Ivanov (RUS)
195. Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)
196. Andreas Klöden (GER)
197. Daniel Navarro (ESP)
198. Gregory Rast (SUI)
199. Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

Saunier Duval Prodir
201. David Millar (GBR)
202. Iker Camano (ESP)
203. David Canada (ESP)
204. Juan Jose Cobo (ESP)
205. David de la Fuente (ESP)
206. Ruben Lobato (ESP)
207. Iban Mayo (ESP)
208. Christophe Rinero (FRA)
209. Francisco Ventoso (ESP)

Barloworld
211. Alexander Efimkin (RUS)
212. Félix Cardenas (COL)
213. Gianpaolo Cheula (ITA)
214. Enrico Degano (ITA)
215. Geraint Thomas (GBR)
216. Robert Hunter (RSA)
217. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA)
218. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR)
219. Mauricio Soler (COL)