Check out this partial tentative roster for a bicycle race:
Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde.
It might read like the Farewell Tour for the Postal Service/Discovery revival team, but it's actually some of the cyclists who will probably ride (although on different teams) in the 2009 Tour of California bicycle race.
The Tour of California announced Thursday the nine pro continental and continental teams that will join the eight previously announced Pro Tour teams at the race, which runs Feb. 14 through Feb. 22.
All those cyclists rode at one time of another on the Postal Service or Discovery pro cycling teams during Armstrong's string of 7 Tour de France victories. Hincapie, of course, accompanied Armstrong on all those championships.
Now they're all top riders on teams of their own. The breakdown is Armstrong and Leipheimere (Astana), Hincapie (Columbia), Vande Velde (Garmin), Hamilton (Rock Racing) and Landis (OUCH).
Here's the complete list of teams competing at the Tour of California. The actual rosters will be announced prior to the race:
Ag2r-La Mondiale (France)
Astana (Kazakhstan)
Bissell Pro Cycling Team (United States)
BMC Racing Team (U.S.)
Cervelo Test Team (Switzerland)
Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light (U.S.)
Fly V Australia presented by Successful Living Foundation Team (Australia)
Garmin-Chipotle (U.S.)
Jelly Belly Cycling Team (U.S.)
Liquigas (Italy)
Ouch Step (Presented by Maxxis (U.S.)
Quick Belgium), Rabobank (Netherlands)
Rock Racing (U.S.), Saxo Bank (Denmark)
Team Columbia (U.S.) and
Team Type 1 (U.S.).
Interestingly, Tour of California doesn't have this info online at its website yet. Maybe later today.
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