24 Ploegen, 192 rennersThe list of participants of the 44th Amstel Gold Race is complete.
Twenty four teams each counting ofeight cyclists, make that Sunday the 19th of April there will show up 192 cyclists at the start of theDutch ProTourclassic in Maastricht. The teams, coming from twelve different countries, and theirmost important cyclists are:
The Netherlands
Rabobank: Robert Gesink, Juan Antonio Flecha and Nick Nuyens.
Vacansoleil: Matteo Carrara, Bjorn Leukemans and Clement Lhotellerie.
Skil-Shimano: Jonathan Hivert, Theo Eltink and Koen de Kort.
Belgium:Quick Step: Sylvain Chavanel, Carlos Barredo and Allan Davis.
Silence-Lotto: Philippe Gilbert, Thomas Dekker and Jurgen Vandenbroeck.
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago: Bert De Waele, Dirk Bellemakers and Bert Scheirlinckx.
Topsport Vlaanderen: Preben Van Hecke, Johan Coenen and Ben Hermans.
Denmark:Team Saxo Bank: Frank en Andy Schleck and Karsten Kroon.
Germany:Team Milram: Gerald Ciolek, Fabian Wegmann and Niki Terpstra.
France:AG2R La Mondiale: Alexander Efimkin, Rinaldo Nocentini and Martin Elmiger.
Bbox Bouygues Telecom: Laurent Lefevre, Matthieu Sprick and Yohann Gene.
Cofidis: Bingen Fernandez, Nico Sijmens and Leonardo Duque.La Francaise des Jeux: Sandy Casar, Jussi Veikkanen and Gianni Meersman. Italy:Lampre-NGC: Damiano Cunego, Enrico Gasparotto and Francesco Gavazzi.
Liquigas: Roman Kreuziger, Alexandre Kushynski and Frederik Willems.
Kazakhstan:Astana: Assan Basayev, Chris Horner and Maxim Inglinski.
Russia:Team Katusha: Sergei Ivanov, Christian Pfannberger and Alexandre Botcharov.
Spain:Caisse d’Epargne: Alejandro Valverde, Oscar Pereiro and Luis Pasamontes.
Euskaltel-Euskadi: Samuel Sanchez, Inigo Landaluze and Egoi Martinez.
Fuji-Servetto: David de la Fuente, Juan Jose Cobo and Daniele Nardello.
United States:Team Columbia-High Road: Kim Kirchen, Michael Rogers and Tony Martin.
Garmin-Slipstream: Martijn Maaskant, Ryder Hesjedal and Ricardo van der Velde.
Venezuela:Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni: Davide Rebellin, Michele Scarponi, Alessandro Bertolini.
Switserland:Cervélo Test Team: Heinrich Hausler, Andreas Klier and Xavier Florencio.
For more information and the complete list of participants visit our website www.amstelgoldrace.nl