The Women's Tour 2014: Provisional start list
List of starters for the inaugural Women's Tour, May 7 to 11

Rabo-Liv
DS: Koos Moerenhout
1 Marianne Vos (Ned)
2 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned)
3 Anna Knauer (Ger)
4 Roxane Knetemann (Ned)
5 Iris Slappendel (Ned)
6 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned)
Astana-BePink
DS: Walter Zini
11 Alena Amialiuski (Blr)
12 Georgia Williams (NZl)
13 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita)
14 Susanna Zorzi (Ita)
15 Michela Maltese (Ita)
16 Alice Algisi (Ita)
Boels-Dolmans
DS: Danny Stam
21 Lizzie Armitstead (GBr)
22 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned)
23 Romy Kasper (Ger)
24 Christini Majerus (Lux)
25 Emma Trott (GBr)
26 Kasia Pawlowska (Pol)
Estado de Mexico-Faren
DS: Fortunato Lacquaniti
31 Uenia de Souza Fernandes (Bra)
32 Lucy Martin (GBr)
33 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
34 Rossella Ratto (Ita)
35 Erika Leticia Yepez (Mex)
36 Elena Cecchini (Ita)
Great Britain
DS: Darren Tudor
41 Lucy Garner (GBr)
42 Hayley Jones (GBr)
43 Ciara Horne (GBr)
44 Emily Kay (GBr)
45 Katie Archibald (GBr)
46 Amy Hill (GBr)
Hitec Products
DS: Marc Bracke
51 Thea Thorsen (Nor)
52 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA)
53 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita)
54 Miriam Bjørnsrud (Nor)
55 Chloe Hosking (Aus)
56 Audrey Cordon (Fra)
Lointek
DS: Jorge Sanz
61 Aude Biannic (Fra)
62 Mélanie Bravard (Fra)
63 Lucia González (Esp)
64 Sheyla Gutierrez (Esp)
65 Mélodie Lesueur (Fra)
66 Aida Nuno Esp)
Lotto-Belisol Ladies
DS: Dany Schoonbaert
71 Emma Pooley (GBr)
72 Amy Cure (Aus)
73 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel)
74 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel)
75 Isabelle Söderberg (Swe)
76 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux)
Matrix Fitness-Vulpine
DS: Stefan Wyman
81 Helen Wyman (GBr)
82 Sigrid Jochems (GBr)
83 Harriet Owen (GBr)
84 Jessie Walker (GBr)
85 Jo Tindley (GBr)
86 Louise Borthwick (GBr)
Netherlands
DS: Johan Lammerts
91 Amy Pieters (Ned)
92 Anouska Koster (Ned)
93 Ersa Tromp (Ned)
94 Ashlynn van Baarle (Ned)
95 Vera Koedooder (Ned)
96 Janine van de Meer (Ned)
Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies
DS: Kevin Field
101 Lauren Hall (USA)
102 Janel Holcomb (USA)
103 Leah Kirchmann (Can)
104 Joelle Numainville (Can)
105 Denise Ramsden (Can)
106 Jade Wilcoxson (USA)
Orica-AIS
DS: Gene Bates
111 Emma Johansson (Swe)
112 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned)
113 Shara Gillow (Aus)
114 Annette Edmondson (Aus)
115 Valentina Scandolara (Ita)
116 Gracie Elvin (Aus)
Specialized-Lululemon
DS: Ronny Lauke
121 Chantal Blaak (Ned)
122 Lisa Brennauer (Ger)
123 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can)
124 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus)
125 Elise Delzenne (Fra)
126 Trixi Worrack (Ger)
Switzerland
DS: Edmund Telser
131 Jolanda Neff (Sui)
132 Linda Indergrand (Sui)
133 Katrin Leumann (Sui)
134 Ramona Forchini (Sui)
135 Caroline Bauer (Sui)
136 Jutta Stienen (Sui)
UnitedHealthcare
DS: Rachel Heal
141 Hannah Barnes (GBr)
142 Katharine Hall (USA)
143 Caroline Higgins (USA)
144 Sharon Laws (GBr)
145 Lauren Tamayo (USA)
146 Ruth Winder (USA)
Wiggle-Honda
DS: Franky Van Haesebroucke
151 Laura Trott (GBr)
152 Dani King (GBr)
153 TBC
154 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita)
155 Joanna Rowsell (GBr) - withdrawn due to illness
156 Linda Villumsen (NZl)
The Women's Tour 2014: Ones to watch
The 2014 Friends Life Women’s Tour fields a peloton steeped in power, pace and talent. Here we preview a handful
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