Teams for the Tour announced 07

By David Arthur

Yesterday the organisers behind the 2007 Tour de France revealed the teams that will take part in the race on July 7 2007 in London. In total 21 teams will line up, with three of those teams being wild card entries.

Barloworld, Astana and Agritubel are the three lucky teams to get a wildcard entry. The South African sponsored Barloworld have had a good start to 2007 and are currently leading the 66-team UCI Professional Continental rankings.

Astana, a team registered in Switzerland is lead by previous Tour de France podium finisher Alexandre Vinokourov and is the home of ex T-Mobile rider Andreas Kloeden, who also finished on the podium.

Agritubel is a French based outfit that competed in the Tour last year.

Gerolsteiner

T-Mobile Team

Predictor - Lotto

Quick Step - Innergetic

Team CSC

Caisse d'Épargne

Euskaltel - Euskadi

Saunier Duval - Prodir

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

AG2R Prévoyance

Bouygues Telecom

Cofidis, le Crédit par téléphone

Those wild cards

Agritubel

Astana

Barloworld

The only team we thought might just be able to scrape into the Tour this year was Unibet.com, but amid controversy surrounding French betting advertising laws they've not been given a wildcard entry.

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