Astana Cycling Team, with Team Director Alain Gallopin, comes with a strong team to the 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré to defend its first place in the ProTour Team Classification. On the menu: a prologue, two flat stages, an individual time trial and, at the end, three difficult stages in the Alps (Col du Joux-Plane in Stage 5, Col de la Croix de Fer and La Toussuire in Stage 6 and Col du Granier, Col du Cucheron and Col de Porte in Stage 7).

The team line-up for the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (Fra) on June 8th to June 15th 2008:

Riders: Jani Brajkovic, Chris Horner, Levi Leipheimer, Daniel Navarro, Sergio Paulinho, Benjamin Noval, José Luis Rubiera & Tomas Vaitkus