Museeuw vs Battaglin
Ciocc vs EMC
Anchor vs Milani
Lotto-Belisol
Lotto-Belisol is the Belgian version of French team FDJ: Primarily Belgian riders, sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Belgian corporate sponsor, riding, of course, Belgian Ridley’s. They took three stages last year, all by pure sprinter André Greipel. A German – close enough.
The team rides on Ridley Noah and Ridley Dean TT bike, equipped with Campagnolo’s electronic Super Record drivetrain.
Team Europcar
Another wildcard team for this year’s Tour de France, this might be the last year that the team rides under the Europcar banner, a French rental car company. Last year Thomas Voeckler became a media darling after taking stages 10 and 16 in the Tour, and winning the King of the Mountain jersey, while Pierre Rolland took stage 11. Yes, that’s Voeckler doing a wheelie right behind Cadel Evans.
They’ll ride on Colnago’s C59 Italia, with of course, Campagnolo groupset and wheels.