Tom Boonen

Britain's biggest bike race starts on Tuesday, August 29 in Glasgow. Sixteen teams are taking part in this year's Tour of Britain, and there are some big names taking to the UK roads.

Updated 28/8/06

Quick Step-Innergetic

Directeur Sportif: Wilfred Peeters

Category: ProTour

Country: Belgium

www.qsi-cycling.com

1Nuyens, NickBEL

2Boonen, TomBEL

3Chicchi, FrancescoITA

4Cretskens, WilfredBEL

5Garate, Juan ManuelESP

6Pozzato, FilippoITA

T-Mobile

Directeur Sportif: Brian Holm

Category: ProTour

Country: Germany

www.t-mobile-team.com

11Kloden, AndreasGER

12Cavendish, MarkGBR

13Sinkewtiz, PatrikGER

14Pollack, Olaf GER

15Kessler, Mattias GER

16Rogers, MichaelAUS

Great Britain

Directeur Sportif: Rod Ellingworth

Category: National

Country: Great Britain

www.britishcycling.org.uk

21Hammond, RogerGBR

22Tennant, AndrewGBR

23Thomas, GeraintGBR

24Sander, RossGBR

25Stannard, IanGBR

26Swift, BenGBR

Davitamon Lotto

Directeur Sportif: Allan Peiper

Category: ProTour

Country: Belgium

www.davitamon-lotto.com

31Gates, NickAUS

32Mattan, NicoBEL

33Rosems, BertBEL

34Steegmans, GertBEL

35Leon Van BonBEL

36Vansummeren, JohanBEL

Ceramica Panaria-Navigare

Directeur Sportif: Roberto Reveberi

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Ireland

www.panariasport.com

41Dall' Antonia, TizianoITA

42Galdos, AitorESP

43Grilo, ParideITA

44Matveyev, SergiyUKR

45Piramo, MatteoITA

46Richeze, MaximilianoARG

Recycling.co.uk

Directeur Sportif: John Herety

Category: Continental

Country: Great Britain

www.recyclingteam.com

51Greenwood, BenGBR

52House, KristianGBR

53Newton, ChristopherGBR

54Oliphant, EvanGBR

55Partridge, RobertGBR

56Sharman, RobinGBR

Phonak iShares

Directeur Sportif: Juan Martin Fernandez

Category: ProTour

Country: Switzerland

www.phonak-cycling.ch

61Merckx, AxelBEL

62Hunter, Robert RSA

63Moerenhout, KoosNED

64Pena, Victor HugoCOL

65Tschopp, JohannSUI

66Vitoria, DavidSUI

CSC

Directeur Sportif: Scott Sunderland

Category: ProTour

Country: Denmark

www.team-csc.com

71Breschel, MattiDEN

72Kroon, KarstenNED

73Roberts, LukeAUS

74Schleck, AndyLUX

75Sörensen, NickiDEN

76Vandevelde, ChristianUSA

DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed

Directeur Sportif: Gilbert De Weerdt

Category: Continental

Country: Great Britain

www.teamdfl-cyclingnews.com

81Coutts, AlexGBR

82Downing, DeanGBR

83Downing, RussellGBR

84Jennings, CameronAUS

85Barras, TomGBR

86Kane, OakleyAUS

Landbouwkrediet-Colnago

Directeur Sportif: Jef de Bilde

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Belgium

www.landbouwkrediet-colnago.be

91Clancy, Edward GBR

92Lebeau, Jean-ClaudeBEL

93Manning, PaulGBR

94Neirynck, KevinBEL

95Simon, Jean-PaulBEL

96Vanlandschoot, JamesBEL

Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

Directeur Sportif: Walter Planckaert

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Belgium

www.jacques-vlaanderen.be

101De Haes, KennyBEL

102D'Hollander, GlennBEL

103Keisse, IljoBEL

104Veuchelen, FrederikBEL

105Wijnants, MaartenBEL

106Willems, FrederikBEL

Denmark

Directeur Sportif: Heiko Salzwedel

Category: National

Country: Denmark

www.cyclingworld-dcu.dk

111Christensen, MichaelDEN

112Jorgensen, CasperDEN

113Madsen, Jens-ErikDEN

114Morkov, MichaelDEN

115Rasmussen, AlexDEN

116Steensen, AndreDEN

Unibet

Directeur Sportif: Hilaire Vanderschueren

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Belgium

www.unibetcycling.com

121Cooke, BadenAUS

122Domingue, JuanESP

123Gardeyn, GorikBEL

124Hunt, JeremyGBR

125Pasamontes, LuisESP

126Wilson, MathewAUS

Skil-Shimano

Directeur Sportif: Rudie Kemna

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Netherlands

www.professionalcyclingteam.com

131Kano, TomoyaJAP

132Reinerink, RikNED

133Rooijakkers, PietNED

134Tjallingii, MaartenNED

135Vierhouten, AartNED

136Weiisenger, RenéGER

Barloworld

Directeur Sportif: Velerio Tebaldi

Category: Professional Continental

Country: Great Britain

www.teambarloworld.com

141Bonomi, GiosuèITA

142Caccia, DiegoITA

143Christensen, MadsDEN

144Cox, RyanRSA

145Degano, EnricoITA

146Sabido, HugoPOR

South Australia.com-AIS

Directeur Sportif: Brian Stephens

Category: Continental

Country: Australia

www.southaustralia-ais.com

151Clarke, JonathanAUS

152Clarke, SimonAUS

153Goss, MathewAUS

154Higgerson, ShaunAUS

155Lloyd, MathewAUS

156Meadley, JamesAUS

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