Dennis Menchov Headlines Rabobank Team For Tour de France (Tdf Roster)
THE HAGUE, June 24, 2008 (AFP) - Russian Denis Menchov, one of the pre-race favorites, has been named as team leader for the nine-man Rabobank squad for the July 5-27 Tour de France, the Dutch team announced here on Tuesday.
Menchov, a double winner of the Tour of Spain who finished fifth in the
2006 Tour de France, will be able to count on team-mate Oscar Freire, the Spaniard who is a triple world road race champion (1999, 2001 and 2004).
Freire won the Gent-Wevelgem ProTour one-day classic in April and is considered a likely stage winner during the gruelling event. Dutch rider Thomas Dekker failed to make the line-up due to poor form.
Rabobank team
Laurens ten Dam (NED), Pieter Weening (NED), Sebastian Langeveld (NED), Koos Moerenhout (NED), Bram Tankink (NED), Joost Posthuma (NED), Denis Menchov (RUS), Oscar Freire (ESP), Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)
Photo courtsey of Rabobank
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