ASO announced the names of the 20 teams selected for the 2009 Tour de France:
There will be 180 riders at the start line in Monaco on July 4. These are the teams selected:
Allemagne
Team Milram (MRM)
Belgique
Quick Step (QST)
Silence – Lotto (SIL)
Danemark
Team Saxo Bank (SAX)
Espagne
Caisse d’Epargne (GCE)
Euskaltel – Euskadi (EUS)
Etats-Unis
Garmin – Slipstream (GRM)
Team Columbia – High Road (THR)
France
AG2R La Mondiale (ALM)
Agritubel (AGR)
BBox Bouygues Telecom (BTL)
Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne (COF)
Française des Jeux (FDJ)
Italie
Lampre – N.G.C. (LAM)
Liquigas (LIQ)
Kazakhstan
Astana (AST)
Pays-Bas
Rabobank (RAB)
Skil-Shimano (SKS)
Russie
Team Katusha (KAT)
Suisse
Cervélo Test Team (CTT)
