Today sees the start of an interesting race; the Tour Méditerranéen.

Many of the sports big names are starting, and especially André Greipel, Roman Kreuziger, Michael Rogers, Lars Boom, Bauke Mollema, Andy Schleck, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Nieve, Thomas Voeckler, Pierre Rolland, Thibaut Pinot, Rein Taaramae, Jean-Christophe Peraud, Andrew Talansky, Thor Hushovd and Franco Pellizotti are expected to play crucial roles and be contenders for overall victory.

For Andy Schleck this is a much anticipated comeback after he was forced to retire from Tour Down Under. Today’s stage from Limoux to Gruissan is expected to end in a bunch sprint.

The Participants
 

TEAM EUROPCAR
1 VOECKLER Thomas (FRA)
2 PICHOT Alexandre (FRA)
3 MALACARNE Davide (ITA)
4 JEROME Vincent (FRA)
5 KERN Christophe (FRA)
6 ROLLAND Pierre (FRA)
7 TURGOT Sébastien (FRA)
8 VEILLEUX David (CAN)

AG2R-LA MONDIALE
11 PERAUD Jean-Christophe (FRA)
12 BELLETTI Manuel (ITA)
13 BONNAFOND Guillaume (FRA)
14 CHEREL Mikaël (FRA)
15 GASTAUER Ben (LUX)
16 MONTAGUTI Matteo (ITA)
17 KADRI Blel (FRA)
18 KERN Julian (GER)

FDJ
21 FEDRIGO Pierrick (FRA)
22 PICHON Laurent (FRA)
23 GENIEZ Alexandre (FRA)
24 VICHOT Arthur (FRA)
25 PINOT Thibaut (FRA)
26 ROUX Anthony (FRA)
27 ROY Jérémy (FRA)
28 VEIKKANEN Jussi (FIN)

COFIDIS
31 LE MEVEL Christophe (FRA)
32 BAGOT Yoann (FRA)
33 EDET Nicolas (FRA)
34 GHYSELINCK Jan (BEL)
35 LEMARCHAND Romain (FRA)
36 MOLARD Rudy (FRA)
37 TAARAMAE Rein (EST)
38 ZINGLE Romain (BEL)

BMC RACING TEAM
41 HUSHOVD Thor (NOR)
42 PINOTTI Marco (ITA)
43 LODEWYCK Klaas (BEL)
44 OSS Daniel (ITA)
45 MOINARD Amaël (FRA)
46 MORABITO Steve (SUI)
47 SANTAROMITA Ivan (ITA)
48 WYSS Danilo (SUI)

RADIOSHACK-LEOPARD
51 SCHLECK Andy (LUX)
52 HONDO Danilo (GER)
53 JUNGELS Bob (LUX)
54 KISERLOVSKI Robert (CRO)
55 MONFORT Maxime (BEL)
56 NIZZOLO Giacomo (ITA)
57 ROHREGGER Thomas (AUT)
58 KING Benjamin (USA)

LOTTO-BELISOL
61 GREIPEL André (GER)
62 BULGAC Brian (NED)
63 KAISEN Olivier (BEL)
64 DEBUSSCHERE Jens (BEL)
65 ROELANDTS Jurgen (BEL)
66 SIEBERG Marcel (GER)
67 DOCKX Gert (BEL)
68 WILLEMS Frederik (BEL)

GARMIN-SHARP
71 DEKKER Thomas (NED)
72 KREDER Michel (NED)
73 KREDER Raymond (NED)
74 MARTIN Daniel (IRL)
75 FERNANDEZ Koldo (ESP)
76 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas (LTU)
77 RATHE Jacob (USA)
78 TALANSKY Andrew (USA)

TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF
81 ROCHE Nicolas (IRL)
82 KREUZIGER Roman (CZE)
83 PIRES Bruno (POR)
84 ROGERS Michael (AUS)
85 JUUL JENSEN Christopher (DEN)
86 PETROV Evgeny (RUS)
87 SUTHERLAND Rory (AUS)
88 ZAUGG Oliver (SUI)

BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM
91 BOOM Lars (NED)
92 BROWN Graeme (AUS)
93 CLEMENT Stef (NED)
94 MOLLEMA Bauke (NED)
95 BOL Jetse (NED)
96 FLENS Rick (NED)
97 HOFLAND Moreno (NED)
98 TEN DAM Laurens (NED)

EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
101 SICARD Romain (FRA)
102 NIEVE Mikel (ESP)
103 IZAGUIRRE Jon (ESP)
104 AZANZA Jorge (ESP)
105 BRAVO Garikoitz (ESP)
106 URTASUN Pablo (ESP)
107 LOBATO Juan Jose (ESP)
108 PEREZ Ruben (ESP)

VACANSOLEIL-DCM
111 FEILLU Romain (FRA)
112 BOLE Grega (SLO)
113 LIGTHART Pim (NED)
114 LAMMERTINK Maurits (NED)
115 NOVIKOV Nikita (RUS)
116 VALLS FERRI Rafael (ESP)
117 KEIZER Martijn (NED)
118 WAUTERS Willem (BEL)

IAM CYCLING
121 LÖFKVIST Thomas (SWE)
122 DENIFL Stefan (AUT)
123 ISTA Kevyn (BEL)
124 KLEMME Dominic (GER)
125 LARSSON Gustav (SWE)
126 PELUCCHI Matteo (ITA)
127 BRANDLE Matthias (AUT)
128 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs (LAT)

CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE
131 REBELLIN Davide (ITA)
132 CHARUCKI Pawel (POL)
133 GAWRONSKI Piotr (POL)
134 HONKISZ Adrian (POL)
135 OWSIAN Lukasz (POL)
136 KIENDYS Tomasz (POL)
137 MIHAYLOV Nikolay (BUL)
138 TACIAK Mateusz (POL)

SOJASUN
141 EL FARES Julien (FRA)
142 FEILLU Brice (FRA)
143 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice (FRA)
144 DANIEL Maxime (FRA)
145 LE LAY David (FRA)
146 MARINO Jean-Marc (FRA)
147 PAURIOL Rémi (FRA)
148 SIMON Julien (FRA)

ACCENTS JOBS-WANTY
151 NAPOLITANO Danilo (ITA)
152 VOGONDY Nicolas (FRA)
153 DEGAND Thomas (BEL)
154 GILBERT Jérôme (BEL)
155 ROUTLEY Will (CAN)
156 CAETHOVEN Steven (BEL)
157 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf (BEL)
158 VAN GOOLEN Jurgen (BEL)

LA POMME MARSEILLE
161 ANTOMARCHI Julien (FRA)
162 GIRAUD Benjamin (FRA)
163 ROSTOLLAN Thomas (FRA)
164 LAVIEU Antoine (FRA)
165 GONÇALVES José (POR)
166 PAILLOT Yoann (FRA)
167 TARRIDE Grégoire (FRA)
168 VAUBOURZEIX Thomas (FRA)

COLOMBIA
171 DUQUE Leonardo Fabio (COL)
172 ARANGO Juan Esteban (COL)
173 PANTANO Jarlinson (COL)
174 CHAVES Johan Esteban (COL)
175 DUARTE Fabio (COL)
176 CAMACHO Julio Alexis (COL)
177 QUINTERO Carlos Julian (COL)
178 SUAREZ Juan Pablo (COL)

BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNENT
181 JARRIER Benoît (FRA)
182 LEQUATRE Geoffroy (FRA)
183 GUILLOU Florian (FRA)
184 DURET Sébastien (FRA)
185 GERARD Arnaud (FRA)
186 KORETZKY Clément (FRA)
187 PERICHON Pierre-Luc (FRA)
188 MALACARNE Gael (FRA)

BIGMAT-AUBER 93
191 BACON Romain (FRA)
192 BACQUET Fabien (FRA)
193 DRUJON Mathieu (FRA)
194 FAUCON Guillaume (FRA)
195 LE BOULCH Dimitri (FRA)
196 ROSSETTO Stéphane (FRA)
197 TRONET Steven (FRA)
198 VIMPERE Théo (FRA)

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
201 PELLIZOTTI Franco (ITA)
202 FELLINE Fabio (ITA)
203 SELLA Emanuele (ITA)
204 CHIARINI Riccardo (ITA)
205 GAVAZZI Mattia (ITA)
206 ROSA Diego (ITA)
207 REDA Francesco (ITA)
208 FACCHINI Patrick (ITA)