Cycling Grand Tour Squads - List of Teams and Cyclists in the 1998 Tour de France, List of Teams and Cyclists in the 2003 Tour de France, List of (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2003 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2010 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2010 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2010 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Vuelta a Espana, List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Giro d'Italia, List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Tour de France, List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Vuelta a Espana. Excerpt: The 2010 Giro d'Italia began on May 8 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and ended on May 30 in Verona. Twenty-two professional cycling teams entered the race, who each entered a squad of nine riders. This group includes 15 UCI ProTour teams and seven UCI Professional Continental teams. Sixteen teams were guaranteed entry by a September 2008 contract between the UCI and the organizers of the season's three Grand Tours. Two from this group - Euskaltel-Euskadi and Francaise des Jeux - declined to participate in the race, freeing up spots for two more teams. Two new teams joined the ProTour in 2010, but only one, Team Sky, participated in the Giro, as Team RadioShack opted instead to send their best riders to the 2010 Tour of California, which was partly concurrent to the Giro. Of the seven Professional Continental teams in the race, two, Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis, were covered by the September 2008 contract, as they were members of the ProTour at that time. The other five Professional Continental teams had to be selected by race organizers. There was minor controversy in that although the Giro begins in the Netherlands, the only Dutch-registered team in the race was Rabobank, which was guaranteed entry. Skil-Shimano and Vacansoleil both sought places in the race, but did not receive them. The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. This Tour featured 180 riders from 30 countries on 20 cycling teams, starting in the principality of Monaco on 4 July and finishing on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on 26 July. Of the teams taking part in the Giro, 17 were ProTour teams, and 3 were Professional Continental teams. Fuji-Servetto were the only ProTour team not to receive an invitation. The three Professional Continental teams included were Agritubel, Skil-Shimano and Cervelo TestTeam. Each of the 20 teams invited to the race entered a squad of nine riders. Twenty-four riders abandoned the three-week race before reaching Pa