Team Colombia HTC rider Mark Cavendish, who has a book out called 'Boy Racer' spoke at a Press Conference at the Grimandi Forum on Monaco's sea front this lunch time.
Amidst a scrum of some of the 1400 writen press, Cavendish, said that it was an honour to be racing in the same race as Lance Armstrong and he was aiming for at least three stages wins (four would make him the most prolific British cyclist in the tour ever).
Team Garmin Slipstream had based themselves in the Colombus Hotel, close to the Heliport and we caught up with David Millar.
The relaxed looking Scot said he was looking forward to the tour. "Monaco is a great place to start the race," he added. "I'm hoping the weather holds up."
This will be Bradley Wiggins third tour and the Londoner who was happy to be part of a team where the main language was English and was one that was very progressive said: "I have my own goals and don't worry what everyone else is doing. I just go out and ride my bike. The race is three weeks long and a lot can happen"
Although he does not like to speak about his goals,preferring to comment on them after they have happened, he did say that 'finishing the tour after you have done it once was easy but the aim is to finish in the top twenty or fifteen.'
The former West Ham U12 keeper said to Covsupport News Service: "I'm in great shape and am six kilos lighter than I was in the 2007 tour."
Wiggins, who now resides in Gerona, admitted that for the three weeks of the tour he had become obsessive about his diet and worried that a pound extra in weight would slow him down on mountain climbs.
It looks unlikely that Wiggins will be riding for Team Sky next season. He is six months into a two year contract with Garmin but did not know after that.
The rider numbers were announced this morning and Mark Cavendish will wear number 71, David Millar 56, Bradley Wiggins 58, fourth Brit Silence Lotto's Charles Wegelius 19.
Lance Armstrong will have 22 with favourites Denis Menchov 41, Alberto Contador 21 and Cadel Evans 11.