The Tour of Britain organisers have released the final start list for the race, following some late changes to several team line-ups
Tony Gibb is out of the Plowman Craven RT team after breaking his arm. Ben Greenwood is out of the Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk team after breaking his leg in the Tour of Ireland. Gibb has been replaced by Alex Higham, while Rhys Lloyd takes Greenwood?s place.
Barloworld have changed three of their riders. Mauricio Soler had visa problems and has been replaced by Daryl Impey, Diego Caccia has taken Baden Cooke?s place and Hugo Sabido replaces Paolo Longo Borghini.
The 16 teams in the race are a mixture of ProTour, Continental Professional and Continental giving plenty of interest to fans following the race as the British talent pit themselves against some very well known international riders.
Last year's winner Romain Feillu (Agritubel) wears number one. Each squad is made up of six riders, bringing the total of participants to 96.
The eight-stage race starts in Westminster on Sunday, September 7, and finishes in Liverpool the following Sunday, September 14. Along the way it visits the west country, the Midlands and Scotland.
FINAL START LIST
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Agritubel
Manager: Emmanuel Hubert
1Feillu, RomainFRA
2Bergès, EmilienFRA
3Caethoven, StevenBEL
4Bichot, FreddyFRA
5Lequatre, GeoffroyFRA
6Vogondy, NicolasFRA
Team Columbia
Manager: Allan Peiper
11Kirchen, KimLUX
12Boasson Hagen, Edval NOR
13Hammond, RogerGBR
14Henderson, GregNZL
15Reynes, VicenteESP
16Wiggins, BradleyGBR
Great Britain
Manager: Max Sciandri
21Hayles, RobGBR
22McEvoy, JonathanGBR
23Stannard, IanGBR
24Southam, TomGBR
25Swift, BenGBR
26Tennant, Andrew GBR
Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
Manager: Vidal Fitas
31Garrido, MartinARG
32Blanco, DavidESP
33Gomis, JuanESP
34Marque, AlejandroESP
35Sneeboer, PaulNED
36Swift-Metcalfe, TomasGBR
Pinarello RT- Canditv
Manager: Phil Griffiths
41Downing, RussellGBR
42Elliott, MalcolmGBR
43Davis, Lee GBR
44Murray, TomGBR
45Roche, AndrewIRL
46Williams, PeterGBR
Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk
Manager: John Herety
51Newton, ChrisGBR
52Appleby, DaleGBR
53Downing, DeanGBR
54Lloyd, Rhys GBR
55House, KristianGBR
56Partridge, RobGBR
Barloworld
Manager: Alberto Volpi
61Cummings, SteveGBR
62Thomas, GeraintGBR
63Caccia, Diego ITA
64Hunter, RobbieRSA
65Impey, Daryl RSA
66Sabido, Hugo POR
Rock Racing
Manager: Mariano Friedick
71Hamilton, TylerUSA
72Bahati, RahsaanUSA
73Botero, SantiagoCOL
74Peña, Victor HugoCOL
75Rodriguez, FredUSA
76Sevilla, OscarESP
Plowman Craven RT
Manager: Garry Beckett
81Oliphant, EvanGBR
82Barras, TomGBR
83Higham, AlexGBR
84Gaywood, SimonGBR
85Millard, JamesGBR
86Richardson, SimonGBR
Team Garmin-Chipotle-presented by H30
Manager: Matt White
91Millar, DavidGBR
92Backstedt, MagnusSWE
93Dean, JulianNZL
94Martin, DanIRL
95Sutton, ChrisAUS
96Lowe Trent USA
Topsport Vlaanderen
Manager: Walter Planckaert
101Goddaert, KristofBEL
102Barbe, Koen BEL
103Pauwels, SergeBEL
104Vandewalle, KristofBEL
105Vanspeybrouck, PieterBEL
106Veuchelen, FrederikBEL
Team CSC-Saxo Bank
Manager: Dan Frost
111O'Grady, StuartAUS
112Goss, MatthewAUS
113Bellis, JonathanGBR
114Lund, AndersDEN
115McGee, BradleyAUS
116Sorensen, ChrisDEN
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