Tour de France

29-06-2009 21:12:48

Today at Apeldoorn’s Omnisportcentrum, the Skil-Shimano cycling team announced its line-up of riders for the Tour de France, which starts Saturday 4 July.
The Skil-Shimano cycling team line-up for the Tour de France is as follows: Thierry Hupond, Cyril Lemoine, Jonathan Hivert, Simon Geschke, Fumiyuki Beppu, Piet Rooijakkers, Albert Timmer, Koen de Kort and Kenny van Hummel.
The 2009 Tour de France starts in Monaco on 4 July and ends with the traditional finish on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on 26 July.
Manager Iwan Spekenbrink also announced that Rudie Kemna and Merijn Zeeman would assume the role of directeurs sportifs on the Tour de France, while directeur sportif Piet Hoekstra would take a Skil-Shimano squad to participate in the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China, which is also scheduled for July.