Scleck Boonen Lövkvist Kirchen Fothen Förster Haussler Isasi Gadret Millar Vaitkus Grivko Nuyens Di Grégorio DZI shouldn't be to hard to catch with such a loaded team Especially since I've heard that Wodans Wanderers are testing their patented dutch clipless clogs during the Tour.

    Kashechin, Bennati, Contador, Eisel, Patxi, Gusev, Dessel, Gerdemann, Zubeldia, Kohl, Forster, Fothen, Cioni, Fast Freddy, Isasi.  

    When 15 wet dogs start shaking the water off you're all going to get soaked.  Then we'll track mud onto your carpet.  Just some of the simple joys in life.  Being a Rain Dog has it's rewards.
   

Now that Petacchi is suspended, Brooklyn Chewing Gum's hopes have gone downhill faster than Ivan Quananta Free-wheeling.

But, we do have a bunch of folks participating, so I may snag a stage win or something:

Frank Schleck
Stefan Schumacher
Leif Hoste
Linus Gerdemann
Bernhard Kohl
Igor Anton
John Gadret
Chris Horner
Markus Fothen
Axel Merckx
Dario Cioni
Peter Weening
David Millar

13 not too bad riders, but nobody likely to make the podium or win the sprints or mountains competition. We'll do all right in the white jersey contest: with Kohl, Anton, and Gerdemann.

I think we could poach a stage or three, but will be far down the rankings on overall points.

Levi Leipheimer
Frank Schleck
Thomas Dekker
Nick Nuyens
Vladimir Gusev
David Zabriskie
Christopher Horner
Michael Rasmussen
David Millar
Markus Fothen
Fred Rodriguez
Ivan Parra
Sergio Paulinho  
Heinrich Haussler
 14 riders all totaled... not bad

Team Fahrradrenner:
Valverde
"Tony" Cancellara
Jens
Gusev
Danilo Napolitano
Dave Z
Egoi Martinez
Christian Vande Velde
Gerald Ciolek
David de la Fuente
Ivan Parra
Markus Fothen
Sergio Paulinho
Tadej Valjavec
Tomas Vaitkus

for the Fighting Cocks

Vino
Karpets
Popo
Little Tommy Voeckler
Egoi Martinez
Axel "gimme a vowel" Merckx
Fofonov
Paulhino
M. Fothen
Bram Tankink
Matteo Tosatto
David Millar
Chris Horner
David De la Fuente

If ya'll get lost, you can find your way by looking for the ad for the Kasakh railroad.

are ready to get back into the Top 10 with these fine 15:
Boonen
Schleck
Schumi
Napolitano
Anton
Grivko
Calzati
Ventoso
Chicken
Millar
Cavendish
De La Fuente
Cioni
Isasi
Righi

hoping for a dominant Giro, but expecting a lackluster Tour.  Mission accomplished.  I like my current year Long VDS guys that are still there like Boonen, Forster, Kirchen, Steegmans, Florencio et al.  My TDF VDS was built with all GC/TT guys.  My one throw-in Frenchman was Sebastien Chavenal who picked up a rather nice 4th today.