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[What's Burning?]

Well it's that time again, I'll be up early Saturday watching the prologue!

P Prologue Sat 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km
1 Road stage Sun 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km
2 Road stage Mon 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km
3 Road stage Tues 3 July Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km
4 Road stage Weds 4 July Abbeville > Rouen 214 km
5 Road stage Thurs 5 July Rouen > Saint-Quentin 197 km
6 Road stage Fri 6 July Épernay > Metz 210 km
7 Road stage Sat 7 July Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km
8 Road stage Sun 8 July Belfort > Porrentruy 154 km
9 Time trial Mon 9 July Arc-et-Senans > Besançon 38 km
10 Road stage Weds 11 July Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194 km
11 Mountains Thurs 12 July Albertville > La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 140 km
12 Mountains Fri 13 July Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay 220 km
13 Road stage Sat 14 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap d’Agde 215 km
14 Road stage Sun 15 July Limoux > Foix 192 km
15 Road stage Mon 16 July Samatan > Pau 160 km
16 Mountains Weds 18 July Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km
17 Mountains Thurs 19 July Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes 144 km
18 Road stage Fri 20 July Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde 215 km
19 Time trial Sat 21 July Bonneval > Chartres 52 km
20 Road stage Sun 22 July Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées 130 km

[geetface9]

Oooooh yeah!!! I was watching a stream of the tour de swiss a couple weeks ago and my coworker asked "why do you like watching men it tights ride bikes?" I said hey man this is my vacation of sorts, look at the scenery!!!!!! That's half the reason to watch it right there!

[What's Burning?]

Here's the start list.

BMC Racing Team
1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
2 Steven Cummings (GBr)
3 Cadel Evans (Aus)
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
5 George Hincapie (USA)
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
8 Michael Schär (Swi)
9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)

RadioShack-Nissan
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
12 Tony Gallopin (Fra)
13 Christopher Horner (USA)
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
17 Fränk Schleck (Lux)
18 Jens Voigt (Ger)
19 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)

Team Europcar
21 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn)
22 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra)
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra)
24 Yohann Gène (Fra)
25 Vincent Jérôme (Fra)
26 Christophe Kern (Fra)
27 Davide Malacarne (Ita)
28 Pierre Rolland (Fra)
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)

Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa)
32 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa)
33 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa)
34 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa)
35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa)
36 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa)
37 Amets Txurruka (Spa)
38 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa)
39 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa)

Lampre - ISD
41 Grega Bole (Slo)
42 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)
44 Matthew Lloyd (Aus)
45 Marco Marzano (Ita)
46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
47 Michele Scarponi (Ita)
48 Simone Stortoni (Ita)
49 Davide Viganò (Ita)

Liquigas-Cannondale
51 Ivan Basso (Ita)
52 Federico Canuti (Ita)
53 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
54 Dominique Nerz (Ger)
55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
56 Daniel Oss (Ita)
57 Peter Sagan (Svk)
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
59 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)

Garmin-Barracuda
61 Thomas Danielson (USA)
62 Tyler Farrar (USA)
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
64 Robert Hunter (RSA)
65 Daniel Martin (Irl)
66 David Millar (GBr)
67 Johan Vansummeren (Bel)
68 Christian Vande Velde (USA)
69 David Zabriskie (USA)

AG2R La Mondiale
71 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
72 Mickaël Chérel (Fra)
73 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
74 Blel Kadri (Fra)
75 Sébastien Minard (Fra)
76 Lloyd Mondory (Fra)
77 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
78 Christophe Riblon (Fra)
79 Nicolas Roche (Irl)

Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
81 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra)
82 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
83 Nicolas Edet (Fra)
84 Julien Fouchard (Fra)
85 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel)
86 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa)
87 David Moncoutie (Fra)
88 Rein Taaramae (Est)
89 Romain Zingle (Bel)

Omega censored - QuickStep
91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
92 Kevin De Weert (Bel)
93 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
94 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
95 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
96 Tony Martin (Ger)
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
98 Martin Velits (Svk)
99 Peter Velits (Svk)

Saur - Sojasun
101 Jérôme Coppel (Fra)
102 Anthony Delaplace (Fra)
103 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
104 Brice Feillu (Fra)
105 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra)
106 Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
107 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra)
108 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra)
109 Julien Simon (Fra)

FDJ-Big Mat
111 Sandy Casar (Fra)
112 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra)
113 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr)
114 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
115 Cédric Pineau (Fra)
116 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
117 Anthony Roux (Fra)
118 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
119 Arthur Vichot (Fra)

Lotto Belisol Team
121 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
122 Francis De Greef (Bel)
123 Andre Greipel (Ger)
124 Adam Hansen (Aus)
125 Gregory Henderson (NZl)
126 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
127 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
128 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
129 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
131 Kris Boeckmans (Bel)
132 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
133 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe)
134 Marco Marcato (Ita)
135 Wout Poels (Ned)
136 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
137 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa)
138 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned)
139 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)

Katusha Team
141 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)
142 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
143 Vladimir Gusev (Rus)
144 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa)
145 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
146 Denis Menchov (Rus)
147 Luca Paolini (Ita)
148 Yury Trofimov (Rus)
149 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)

Sky Procycling
151 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
152 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
154 Christopher Froome (GBr)
155 Christian Knees (Ger)
156 Richie Porte (Aus)
157 Michael Rogers (Aus)
158 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)

Rabobank Cycling Team
161 Robert Gesink (Ned)
162 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)
163 Bauke Mollema (Ned)
164 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
165 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa)
166 Bram Tankink (Ned)
167 Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
168 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
169 Maarten Wijnants (Bel)

Movistar Team
171 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa)
172 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
173 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por)
174 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
175 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
176 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr)
177 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
178 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa)
179 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa)

Team Saxo Bank
181 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus)
182 Juan José Haedo (Arg)
183 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
184 Anders Lund (Den)
185 Michael Mørkøv (Den)
186 Nick Nuyens (Bel)
187 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por)
188 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
189 Nicki Sørensen (Den)

Pro Team Astana
191 Borut Bozic (Slo)
192 Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
193 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
194 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
195 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
196 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz)
197 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe)
198 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro)
199 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz)

Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
201 Michael Albasini (Swi)
202 Baden Cooke (Aus)
203 Simon Gerrans (Aus)
204 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus)
205 Daryl Impey (RSA)
206 Brett Lancaster (Aus)
207 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned)
208 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
209 Pieter Weening (Ned)

Argos-Shimano
211 Roy Curvers (Ned)
212 Koen de Kort (Ned)
213 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
214 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
215 Yann Huguet (Fra)
216 Marcel Kittel (Ger)
217 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
218 Albert Timmer (Ned)
219 Tom Veelers (Ned)

[What's Burning?]

Cadel is going to be serious for a repeat. Not only is he bringing a stronger and rested support team but the course really favors him, with long TTs and just 3 mountain finishes. I'm keeping an eye on Tejay Van Garderen but I'll be hoping for a good team result for team Garmin.

[Frontrunner]

Go Cadel

[bud]

Looking forward to le tour!

[scotty]

Obviously want Brad Wiggins to win, and he can really do it this time barring misfortune. Cadel Evans is another of my favourite riders, so i'm spoilt this year, either as a winner is fine with me and they're the two heavy favourites!

[bud]

I'd be happy with a Wiggins yellow Jersey, he's in with a good shot!

[What's Burning?]

I'm glad Contador is paying the price for his doping and having to miss this year's Tour because of his two year ban. I'm actually a little saddened however that Andy Schleck is missing this year's tour because of a fractured something... I think hip? It would have made the battles that much more worth while. Every tour defender needs a worthy challenger.

[scotty]

I don't care about Andy Schleck i think he's a bit of a bitch, moans too much...

Wiggo is a 'worthy challenger', wait and see

[What's Burning?]

I don't care about Andy Schleck i think he's a bit of a bitch, moans too much...

Wiggo is a 'worthy challenger', wait and see

I have nothing against Wiggins, he's had a great year to date, the fact that there are long TTs and not many mountain finishes actually helps him a bit.

But the team split with Cavendish on board is a question and Sky can't possibly be chasing both a green and a yellow jersey. If they spend major effort within the team to get Mark wins, it will ultimately hurt Wiggins. BMC has only one agenda and that's yellow in Paris. Let's see how it all plays out.

[scotty]

Sky won't be chasing the green, GC is way more important. Even Cav knows that (he has changed his prepartion this year anyway with the Olympics and such in mind - there was a good article, if i find it i'll post). Good start for Wiggins though!

[What's Burning?]

Fabian Cancellara is a beast in the short TTs. Tejay did a solid ride, perhaps some day he'll be the next American to wear yellow into Paris. All the GC riders showed up today though, everyone looks to be on form!

[geetface9]

I'm watching the stream right now That Tacx stuff looks entertaining!! Probably expensive as all Hell though

[bud]

the stage today is in the same region as the Spa Francorchamps circuit.