It’s hard to believe but the 2011 Tour de France starts tomorrow!

I’ve picked the For the Love of Bikes team, but will still be able to make changes to the roster through the practice period, which ends July 5th. 

I managed to spend $497 of the $500 allotted for riders on the team.  For the first time I didn’t spend the big bucks on a very top contender – the problem with doing that is you have no money left for the rest of the team.  New strategy, hopefully better results.

Our Team:

1. Thomas Voeckler                   Europcar

2. David Moncoutie                    Cofidis

3. Alexander Vinokourav            Astana

4. Romain Feillu                        Vacansoleil-DCM

5. Phillippe Gilbert                     Omega-Pharma-Lotto

6. Sammy Sanchez                   Euskaltel-Euskadi

7. Ryder Hesjedal                      Garmin-Cervelo

8. Nicholas Roche                     AG2R

9. Ben Swift                              Sky

10. Chris Horner                       Radio Shack

11. Juan Manuel Garate             Rabobank

12. Remy Di Gregorio                Astana

13. Thomas DeGent                   Vacansoleil-DCM

14. Robert Gesink                     Rabobank

15. Vladamir Karpets                 Katusha