In the 2012 Official Tour de France Guide (Australian Edition) we list details of every rider on teams who are eligible for the 99th Tour de France. From these groups a selection of nine men per squad will be made by the end of June. As print deadlines didn’t allow RIDE Media to publish the exact details of who will start in 2012, here is a summary of the 22 squads and the nine riders selected for Le Tour 2012.

We will update this page when new selections are announced.

Click the image of the jersey for the link to the official team sites. Teams are currently listed in alphabetical order but, once the official start sheet is issued, we shall put it in ‘dossard‘ order, complete with race numbers.

• AG2R La Mondial • Argos-Shimano • Astana • BMC • Cofidis • Europcar • Euskaltel-Euskadi • FDJ-BigMat • Garmin-Sharp • Katusha • Lampre-ISD • Liquigas-Cannondale • Lotto-Belisol • Movistar • Omega Pharma-Quickstep • Orica-GreenEdge, • Rabobank • RadioShack-Nissan • Saur-Sojasun • Saxo Bank-Tinko Bank • Sky Procycling • Vacansoleil-DCM

The Teams for Le Tour 2012

NOTE: List will only be updated once formal notification from each respective team has been announced. (We will not publish information received from external sources.)

AG2R La Mondiale (FRA) ALM

Directeurs sportif:

• Maxime Bouet (FRA)

• Mikael Cherel (FRA)

• Hubert Dupont (FRA)

• Blel Kadri (FRA)

• Sébastien Minard (FRA)

• Sebastien Hinault (FRA)

• Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)

• Christophe Riblon (FRA)

• Nicolas Roche (IRL)

Argos-Shimano (NED) ARG

Directeurs sportif: Not yet confirmed…

• Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)

• Patrick Gretsch (GER)

• Marcel Kittel (GER)

• Yann Huguet (FRA)

• Matthieu Sprick (FRA)

• Tom Veelers (NED)

• Koen de Kort (NED)

• Albert Timmer (NED)

• Roy Curvers (NED)

Astana Pro Team (KAZ) AST

Directeurs sportif: Giuseppe Martinelli (ITA) and Guido Bontempi (ITA)

• Alexandr Vinokourov (KAZ)

• Janez Brajkovic (SLO)

• Borut Bozic (SLO)

• Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ)

• Andriy Grivko (UKR)

• Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ)

• Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)

• Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)

• Robert Kiserlovski (HRV)

BMC Racing Team (USA) BMC

Directeurs sportif: John Lelangue (BEL) and Fabio Baldato (ITA)

• Marcus Burghardt (GER)

• Steve Cummings (GBR)

• Cadel Evans (AUS)

• Philippe Gilbert (BEL)

• George Hincapie (USA)

• Amaël Moinard (FRA)

• Manuel Quinziato (ITA)

• Michael Schär (SUI)

• Tejay van Garderen (USA)

Cofidis (FRA) COF

• Remy Di Gregorio (FRA)

• Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)

• Nicolas Edet (FRA)

• Julien Fouchard (FRA)

• Jan Ghyselinck (BEL)

• Luis Angel Maté (ESP)

• David Moncoutie (FRA)

• Rein Taaramäe (EST)

• Romain Zingle (FRA)

Europcar (FRA) EUC

• Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)

• Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA)

• Cyril Gautier (FRA)

• Yohann Gene (FRA)

• Vincent Jerome (FRA)

• Christophe Kern (FRA)

• Davide Malacarne (ITA)

• Pierre Rolland (FRA)

• Thomas Voeckler (FRA)

Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP) EUS

• Samuel Sanchez (ESP)

• Mikel Astarloza (ESP)

• Jorge Azanza (ESP)

• Gorka Izaguirre (ESP)

• Egoi Martinez (ESP)

• Alan Perez (ESP)

• Ruben Perez (ESP)

• Pablo Urtasun (ESP)

• Gorka Verdugo (ESP)

FDJ-BigMat (FRA) FDJ

Directeurs sportif: Marc Madiot (FRA)

• Sandy Casar (FRA)

• Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)

• Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)

• Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA)

• Cédric Pineau (FRA)

• Thibaut Pinot (FRA)

• Anthony Roux (FRA)

• Jérémy Roy (FRA)

• Arthur Vichot (FRA)

Garmin-Sharp (USA) GRM

Directeurs sportif: Bingen Fernandez (ESP), Allan Peiper (AUS) and Jonathan Vaughters (USA)

• Tom Danielson (USA)

• Tyler Farrar (USA)

• Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)

• Robbie Hunter (RSA)

• Dan Martin (IRL)

• David Millar (GBR)

• Christian Vande Velde (USA)

• Johan Vansummeren (BEL)

• Dave Zabriskie (USA)

(*Note: The title sponsor name change – from Garmin-Barracuda to Garmin-Sharp – was announced on 25 June.)

Katusha (RUS) KAT

Directeurs sportif: Valerio Piva (ITA), Dmitry Konyshev (RUS) and Torsten Schmidt (GER)

• Giampaolo Caruso (ITA)

• Oscar Freire (ESP)

• Vladimir Gusev (RUS)

• Joan Horrach (ESP)

• Aliaksandr Kuchynski (BLR)

• Denis Menchov (RUS)

• Luca Paolini (ITA)

• Yuriy Trofimov (RUS)

• Eduard Vorganov (RUS)

Lampre-ISD (ITA) LAM

• Michele Scarponi (ITA)

• Grega Bole (SLO)

• Danilo Hondo (GER)

• Yuriy Krivstov (UKR)

• Matthew Lloyd (AUS)

• Marco Marzano (ITA)

• Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

• Simone Stortoni (ITA)

• Davide Vigano (ITA)

Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA) LIQ

• Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)

• Ivan Basso (ITA)

• Federico Canuti (ITA)

• Kristjan Koren (SLO)

• Daniel Oss (ITA)

• Maciej Paterski (POL)

• Peter Sagan (SVK)

• Sylvester Szmyd (POL)

• Alessandro Vanotti (ITA)

Lotto-Belisol (BEL) LTB

Directeurs sportif: Not yet confirmed

• Lars Bak (DEN)

• Francis De Greef (BEL)

• André Greipel (GER)

• Adam Hansen (AUS)

• Greg Henderson (NZL)

• Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)

• Marcel Sieberg (GER)

• Jurgen van den Broeck (BEL)

• Jelle Vanendert (BEL)

Reserve: Jurgen van de Walle

Movistar (ESP) MOV

• Juan José Cobo (ESP)

• Rui Costa (POR)

• Imanol Erviti (ESP)

• Ivan Gutierrez (ESP)

• Vladimir Karpets (RUS)

• Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)

• Ruben Plaza (ESP)

• José Joaquin Rojas (ESP)

• Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

Omega Pharma-Quickstep (BEL) QPQ

Directeurs sportif: Davide Bramati (ITA), Brian Holm (DEN) and Wilfried Peeters (BEL)

• Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)

• Kevin De Weert (BEL)

• Dries Devenyns (BEL)

• Bert Grabsch (GER)

• Levi Leipheimer (USA)

• Tony Martin (GER)

• Jérôme Pineau (FRA)

• Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)

• Peter Velits (SVK)

Orica-GreenEdge (AUS) OGE

Directeurs sportif: Matt White (AUS)

• Baden Cooke (AUS)

• Brett Lancaster (AUS)

• Daryl Impey (RSA)

• Matt Goss (AUS)

• Michael Albasini (SUI)

• Pieter Weening (NED)

• Sebastian Langeveld (NED)

• Simon Gerrans (AUS)

• Stuart O’Grady (AUS)

Rabobank (NED) RAB

Directeurs sportif: Nico Verhoeven (NED), Adri van Houwelingen (NED) and Frans Maassen (NED)

• Laurens ten Dam (NED)

• Robert Gesink (NED)

• Steven Kruijswijk (NED)

• Bauke Mollema (NED)

• Mark Renshaw (AUS)

• Luis Léon Sanchez (ESP)

• Bram Tankink (NED)

• Maarten Tjallingii (NED)

• Maarten Wynants (BEL)

RadioShack-Nissan (LUX) RNT

Directeurs sportif: Dirk De Mol (BEL) and Allain Gallopin (FRA)

• Fabian Cancellara (SUI)

• Tony Gallopin (FRA)

• Chris Horner (USA)

• Andreas Klöden (GER)

• Maxime Monfort (BEL)

• Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)

• Fränk Schleck (LUX)

• Jens Voigt (GER)

• Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)

Saur-Sojasun (FRA) SAU

• Jérôme Coppel (FRA)

• Anthony Delaplace (FRA)

• Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA)

• Brice Feillu (FRA)

• Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA)

• Cyril Lemoine (FRA)

• Guillaume Levarlet (FRA)

• Jean-Marc Marino (FRA)

• Julien Simon (FRA)

Saxo Bank (DEN) SAX

Directeurs sportif:

• Jonathan Cantwell (AUS)

• Juan José Haedo (ARG)

• Karsten Kroon (NED)

• Anders Lund (DEN)

• Michael Morkov (DEN)

• Nick Nuyens (BEL)

• Sergio Paulinho (POR)

• Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN)

• Nicki Sorensen (DEN)

Sky Procycling (GBR) SKY

Directeurs sportif: Not yet confirmed

• Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)

• Mark Cavendish (GBR)

• Bernhard Eisel (AUT)

• Chris Froome (GBR)

• Christian Knees (GER)

• Richie Porte (AUS)

• Michael Rogers (AUS)

• Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR)

• Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Vacansoleil-DCM (NED) VCD

Directeurs sportif: Hilaire van der Schueren (BEL) and Michel Cornelisse (NED)

• Kris Boeckmans (BEL)

• Johnny Hoogerland (NED)

• Gustav Larsson (SWE)

• Marco Marcato (ITA)

• Wout Poels (NED)

• Rob Ruijgh (NED)

• Rafael Valls (ESP)

• Kenny van Hummel (NED)

• Lieuwe Westra (NED)

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