gummibear Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK 201230 riders, 14 nationalities Jan Bakelants (BEL)Climber and Tour de l’Avenir winner.Daniele Bennati (ITA)51 professional victories, including 10 Grand Tour stages.George Bennett (NZL)Tour of Wellington winner and as a stagiaire instrumental in Team RadioShack 2011 victories in Tour of Utah and USA Pro Cycling Challenge.Matthew Busche (USA)2011 USA Pro Champion.Fabian Cancellara (SUI)Olympic and four-time World TT Champion, National Road (2x) and TT (4x) Champion, winner of Paris-Roubaix (2x), Tour of Flanders, Milan-Sanremo, E3-Prijs Harelbeke (2x) and 9 Grand Tour stages. Overall winner Tirreno-Adriatico and Tours of Switzerland, Denmark and Oman.Laurent Didier (LUX)Podium placings in 2011 National Road and TT Championships.Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)Three-time Overall winner Tour of Denmark, Overall winner Tour of Slovenia. 2010 National TT Champion. 2007 U23 World Champion Mountain Bike Cross Country.Tony Gallopin (FRA)2011 Coupe de France winner. Pro stage wins in Tours of Luxembourg and Limousin, U23 Paris-Tours winner and bronze medals at Junior World TT and Road Championships.Linus Gerdemann (GER)Stage winner (and yellow jersey) in Tour de France, Overall winner Tours of Luxembourg, Germany, Ain and Bayern.Ben Hermans (BEL)2011 silver medalist National TT Championships and winner Trofeo Inca. 2010 queen stage winner Tour of Belgium. 2004 Junior National TT champion.Chris Horner (USA)2011 Tour of California Champion, winner of 18 professional stage races.Markel Irizar (ESP)2011 Tour of Andalucia Overall winner.Ben King (USA)2010 National Road Race Champion after winning in the same year the U23 Road and Criterium Titles as well. 2007 Junior National Road and TT Champion.Andreas Klöden (GER)Two-time Tour de France runner-up and overall winner of Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour de Romandie and Tour of the Basque Country (2x).Tiago Machado (POR)National TT Champion 2009 (elite) and 2006 (U23). 2007 U23 National Road Champion. Finished ten times in top ten stage races in his two years at Team RadioShack.Maxime Monfort (BEL)2009 National TT Champion. Overall winner Tour du Luxembourg. Impressive 6th place in 2011 Tour of Spain.Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)Sprinter. 2011 stage winner Bayern Rundfahrt, beating Degenkolb and Boasson Hagen.Nelson Oliveira (POR)Four-time and current National TT Champion. Silver medal at U23 World TT Championship (2009) and U23 European Road Championship (2010)Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)Indispensable teammate in the mountains as well as classics specialist. White jersey Tour de France 2005, 3rd Overall in Tour of Italy, 2001 U23 World Champion and U23 Paris-Roubaix winner.Joost Posthuma (NED)Overall winner Tour du Luxembourg, Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Tour of Andalucia, Sachsen Tour and stage winner Paris-Nice.Gregory Rast (SUI)Three-time National Road Champion and 2007 Tour du Luxembourg winnerThomas Rohregger (AUT)Tour of Austria winner. Instrumental in 2011 Tour of Spain success of Monfort and Fuglsang.Hayden Roulston (NZL)Silver and bronze medalist 2008 Olympic Games (pursuit and team pursuit). 2011 and 2006 national road champion.Andy Schleck (LUX)Three-time runner-up Tour de France (three-times stage winner (Morzine, Tourmalet and Galibier), runner-up Tour of Italy and winner Liège-Bastogne-Liège. National Road (2x) and TT Champion.Fränk Schleck (LUX)3rd Overall 2011 Tour de France. Winner of Amstel Gold Race, Tour of Switzerland, Tour du Luxembourg, Critérium International and two Tour de France stages (Alpe d’Huez and Le Grand-Bornand). Three-time National Road Champion. Seven podium placings in classics.Jesse Sergent (NZL)In his first year as pro rider Overall winner of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and the Eneco Tour TT. 2010 silver medalist of the World Pursuit Championships. Bronze medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics (team pursuit).Jens Voigt (GER)81 professional victories, including 16 stage races like Critérium International (5x), Deutschland Tour (2x) and Tour of Poland. Winner of 2 stages in the Tour de France and 1 stage in the Tour of Italy.Robert Wagner (GER)2011 German national champion.Oliver Zaugg (SUI)2011 Tour of Lombardy winner. Instrumental in 2011 Tour of Spain success of Monfort and Fuglsang.Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)Finished in the top ten in four Grand Tours. General ManagerJohan Bruyneel Team DirectorsKim Andersen, José Azevedo, Dirk Demol, Alain Gallopin, Luca Guercilena & Lars Michaelsen
Squier Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Strong team, although I don't really see anyone that will contest for the top step of the Tour this year... unless the Schlecks' TT'ing miraculously improve. I see Levi Leipheimer moved to QuickStep. Didn't expect him to leave Radioshack.
scotty Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Jens Voight, 40 yrs old and still able to remain at the top.
TNT1 Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Jens Voight, 40 yrs old and still able to remain at the top. Yeah, the dope must be strong with this one.
splat Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 They only just scaped in with thier licence - lucky!UCI and Johan arent best of mates...
TNT1 Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 They only just scaped in with thier licence - lucky!UCI and Johan arent best of mates... Remember when Johan won that tour stage, and at the time it was the fastest ever average speed for a non-TT stage? I still wonder what cover-ups and what not went on (probably still do) back in the day.
Sharkie 2 Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Impressive team, Andy has to either better his TT skills and limit losses or has to become even stronger on the mountains
MTB_Roadie Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Andy Schleck (LUX)Three-time runner-up Tour de France (three-times stage winner (Morzine, Tourmalet and Galibier), runner-up Tour of Italy and winner Liège-Bastogne-Liège. National Road (2x) and TT Champion. That is kind of ironic
Jeepdude Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 with a team with such credentials i wonder if levi would ever get of the bench... and Chris horner? wonder if he is going to ride TOC as leader?
'Dale Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 The PROS always look so cool when they train, me think: Training camp in Calpe, Spain, for the R N T dudes: http://cdn4.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/12/09/1/p1000620_600.jpghttp://cdn1.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/12/09/1/p1000599_600.jpghttp://cdn0.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/12/09/1/p1000589_600.jpg
gummibear Posted January 9, 2012 Author Posted January 9, 2012 Fark steaks, that is fugly kit. It's better than the 2011 Leopard kit.
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