Teams are starting to announce their 2012 Tour De France line ups ahead of the race which starts in Liege on June 30th.
Radio Shack Nissan were amongst the first to announce their team and they line up as follows: Fabian Cancellara, Tony Gallopin, Chris Horner, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Yaroslav Popovych, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt and Haimar Zubeldia.
Argos-Shimano's team are:Marcel Kittel (Ger), Patrick Gretsch (Ger), Roy Curvers (Ned), Koen de Kort (Ned), Tom Veelers (Ned), Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger), Matthieu Sprick (Fra), Albert Timmer (Ned) and Yann Huguet (Fra).
Rabobank's team are Laurens Ten Dam, Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk, Bauke Mollema, Mark Renshaw, Luis Leon Sanchez, Bram Tankink, Maarten Tjallingii and Maarten Wynants.
Lotto Bellisol: Bak, De Greef, Greipel, Hansen, Henderson, Roelandts, Sieberg, Van den Broeck & Vanendert.
BMC: Marcus Burghardt, Steve Cummings (GBR), Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, George Hincapie, Amaël Moinard, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Tejay van Garderen.
Katusha: Caruso, Freire, Gusev, Horrach, Kuchynski, Menchov, Paolini, Trofimov & Vorganov