Gaerne's Lampre-ISD Team Choose Their Riders for the Tour de France

Team Lampre-ISD have chosen their 9 riders to represent them at the 2011 Tour de France. The 9 riders will be kept comfortable by their Gaerne G.Mythos Plus shoes.

The team heading to France for the first stage on July 2nd are:

Leonardo Bertagnolli: 33 years old, Italy. 15 victories in career, 1 Tour de France.

Grega Bole: 26 years old, Slovenia. 11 victories in career, 1 Tour de France. Slovenian national championship.

Matteo Bono: 27 years old, Italy. 2 victories in career, 1 Tour de France.

Damiano Cunego: 29 years old, Italy. 45 victories in career, 3 Tour de France with 1 victory in the young riders classification.

Danilo Hondo: 37 years old, Germany. victories, 3 Tour de France.

Denys Kostyuk: 29 years old, Ukraine. 3 victories in career, debut in Tour de France.

David Loosli: 31 years old, Switzerland. 1 victory in career, 3 Tour de France.

Adriano Malori: 23 years old, Italy. 2 victories, 1 Tour de France. Time trial Italian champion.

Alessandro Petacchi: 37 years old, Italy. 180 victories in career, 3 Tour de France with 6 stages victories and 1 victory in the points classification.

Krivtsov and Kashechkin have been selected as substitutes.

In the team staff, in addition to the sport directors Maini and Lerici, there will be the sport manager Damiani, the doctors Beltemacchi and De Grandi, the mechanics Baron, Bortoluzzo, Kunchenko and Pengo, the masseurs Borgognoni, Capelli, Inselvini, Napolitano and Padlo, the driver Bozzolo and the communication managers Appiani and Carlo Saronni.