Originally Posted by jock
It was a list of possibles and probables:
Confirmed are:
• Baden Cooke (fdjeux.com)
• Bradley McGee (fdjeux.com)
• Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
• Michael Rogers (Quick Step-Davitamon)
• Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo)
• Cadel Evans (Lotto-Domo)
• Luke Roberts (CSC)
Still to be confirmed:
• Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) - PROBABLE
• Matthew White (Cofidis) - PROBABLE
• Matthew Wilson (fdjeux.com) - UNLIKELY
• Matthew Hyman (Ribbon) OUTSIDE CHANCE
Goooone:
• Nick Gates (Lotto-Domo) BUGGER
• Henk Vogels (Lotto-Domo) NEVER HAD A CHANCE
• Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) NEVER HAD A CHANCE
left out Simon Gerrans as an outsider. I believe Flickinger and JPN are the only riders from AG2R beside Gerrans to win this year. Very disappointing season. So Gerrans is one of their stars. Vatkus might have won a Lithuanina tt champs this week.
Gerrans should be on the team due to legs, but with his neo-pro status they may not risk him, and burn-out considerations, plus the politics of getting enough Frenchies on the squad. That should not be a problem though. Astarloza of AG2r grew up in Sydney too, he is going for sure.