Tour of Ireland 2008 - final start list

The Tour of Ireland begins the first of five stages on August 27 and ends 900km later in Cork on August 31.

Team Columbia (THR)
Manager: Brian Holm
1 Mark Cavendish GBR
2 Bernard Eisel AUT
3 Adam Hansen AUS
4 Marco Pinotti ITA
5 Morris Possoni ITA
6 Frantisek Rabon CZE
7 Michael Barry CAN

Garmin Chipotle H30 (TSL)
Manager: Matt White
11 David Millar GBR
12 Dan Martin IRL
14 Magnus Backstedt SWE
15 Julian Dean NZL
16 Martijn Maaskant NED
17 Trent Lowe AUS
18 Chris Sutton AUS

Tinkoff - Credit Systems (TCS)
Manager: Omar Piscina
22 Serguei Klimov RUS
23 Alexander Gottfried GER
24 Ilya Chernetskiy RUS
25 Luca Mazzanti ITA
26 Bernardo Riccio ITA
27 Massimo Graziato ITA

CSF Group Navigare (CSF)
Manager: Fabiano Fontanelli
31 Filippo Savini ITA
32 Matteo Priamo ITA
33 Francesco Tomei ITA
34 Ruben Bongiorno ARG
35 Mauro Richeze ARG
36 Max Richeze ARG

Team Type 1 Cycling Team
Manager: Edward Beamon
41 Moises Aldape MEX
42 Alex. Surutkovych UKR
43 Fabio Calabria AUS
44 Glen Chadwick NZL
45 Valeriy Kobzarenko UKR
46 Matt Wilson AUS
47 Emile Abraham TRI

Topsport Vlaanderen (TSV)
Manager: Walter Planckaert
51 Johan Coenen BEL
52 De Haes,Kenny BEL
53 Kurt Hovelijnck BEL
54 Nikolas Maes BEL
55 Maarten Neyens BEL
56 Frederiek Nolf BEL
57 Sven Renders BEL

An Post Sean Kelly Team
Manager: Kurt Bogaerts
61 Paidi O'Brien IRL
62 Mark Cassidy IRL
63 Stephen Gallagher IRL
64 Daniel Lloyd GBR
65 Daniel Fleeman GBR
66 Kenny Lisabett BEL
67 De Schrooder,Kurt BEL

Irish National Team (IRL)
Manager: Tim Barry
71 David McCann IRL
72 Paul Griffen IRL
73 Paul Healion IRL
74 Roger Aiken IRL
75 Sean Lacey IRL
76 Miceal Concannon IRL
77 Stephen O'Sullivan IRL

Karpin Galicia Cycling Team (KGZ)
Manager: Jesus Blanco Villar
81 Ramon Troncoso Sobrino, ESP
82 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios, ESP
83 Juan Mouron Doldan, ESP
84 Delio Fernandez Cruz, ESP
85 Alberto Fernandez Sainz,ESP
86 David Abal Diego,ESP
87 Alejandro Paleo Mosquera, ESP

SouthAustralia.com/AIS
Manager: Brian Stephens
91 Simon Clarke Simon AUS
92 Wesley Sulzberger Wesley AUS
93 Travis Meyer Travis AUS
94 Johnnie Walker Johnnie AUS
95 Adam Semple Adam AUS
96 Matt King Matt AUS
97 Zakkari Dempster Zakkari AUS

Rabobank (RB3)
Manager: Piet Kuijs
101 Bart Aernouts Bart BEL
102 Joeri Adams Joeri BEL
103 Thomas Berkhout Thomas NED
104 Van Poppel,Boy NED
105 Ramon Sinkeldam Ramon NED
106 Thomas Rabou Thomas NED
107 Van Staeyen,Michael NED

MTN Energade (MTN)
Manager: Kandice Buys
111 Neil MacDonald Neil RSA
112 David George David RSA
113 Waylon Woolcock Waylon RSA
114 Jay Thomson Jay RSA
115 Bradley Potgieter Bradley RSA
116 Kevin Evans Kevin RSA
117 van Heerden,Juan RSA

Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk (RCR)
Manager: John Herety
121 Dean Downing Dean GBR
122 Kristian House Kristian GBR
123 Ben Greenwood Ben GBR
124 Rob Partridge Rob GBR
125 Graham Briggs Graham GBR
126 Dale Appleby Dale GBR
127 Simon Holt Simon GBR

Pinarello CandiTV (POT)
Manager: Phil Griffiths
131 Russell Downing Russell GBR
132 Malcom Elliott Malcom GBR
133 Andy Roche Andy IRL
134 Lee Davis Lee GBR
135 Tom Murray Tom GBR
136 Peter Williams Peter GBR
137 Mathew Kipling Mathew GBR

Joker Bianchi Team (TMB)
Manager: Gino Van Oudenhove
141 Alexander Kristoff Alexander NOR
142 Lars Nordhaug Lars Petter NOR
143 Ingar Stokstad Ingar NOR
144 Joachim Bohler Joachim NOR
145 Svein Vold Svein Erik NOR
146 Frederik Wilman Frederik NOR
147 Stian Sommerseth Stian NOR

Pezula (PZR)
Manager: Brian O'Loughlin
151 David O'Loughlin David IRE
152 Ciaran Power Ciaran IRE
153 Kieran Page Kieran GBR
154 Cameron Jennings Cameron AUS
155 Alex Wetterhall Alex SWE
156 Fredrik Ericsson Fredrik SWE
157 Martyn Irvine Martyn IRL

Riders for this stage: 110

Stages
Stage 1: Dublin to Waterford, 192km - Wednesday 27th August
Stage 2: Thurles to Loughrea, 158km – Thursday 28th August
Stage 3: Ballinrobe – Galway, 201km – Friday 29th August
Stage 4: Limerick to Dingle, 186km – Saturday 30th August
Stage 5: Killarney to Cork, 155km - Sunday 31st August

Website - www.tourofireland.ie