2014 Tour de France
101st edition: July 5- July 27, 2014
June 3: Pre-Race Press Conferences photos, Leeds
Tinkoff-Saxo French cobbles recon photos
Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Trek Factory Racing | BMC | Bretagne-Séché Environnement | FDJ | Sky | Tinkoff-Saxo |
Mark Cavendish shakes hands with Tour boss Christian Prudhomme. Photo ©Sirotti
The Omega Pharma-Quick Step conference was well attended. Photo ©Sirotti
Alessandro Petacchi. Photo ©Sirotti
Tony Martin on Mark Cavendish's (with glasses) left. Photo ©Sirotti
The man in the car, Omega Pharma director sportif Wilfird Peeters. Photo ©Sirotti
Fabian Cancellara arrives in the Trek team bus. Photo ©Sirotti
Frank Schleck in his Luxembourg national champion kit. Photo ©Sirotti
Andy Schleck. Photo ©Sirotti
The Trek Factory Racing squad for the 2014 Tour de France. 2014 TDF startlist. Photo ©Sirotti
The Schleck bros, a handful for any team director. Photo ©Sirotti
Fabian Cancellara, Andy Schleck and Danny van Poppel. Photo ©Sirotti
Jens Voigt. Photo ©Sirotti
Tejay van Garderen in the center and Jim Ochowisz on the right. Photo ©Sirotti
Tejay van Garderen. Photo ©Sirotti
BMC owner Andy Rihs. Photo ©Sirotti
Close-up of BMC bike. Photo ©Sirotti
Honchos and riders from Bretagne-Séché Environnement. Photo ©Sirotti
Brice Feillu. Photo ©Sirotti
FDJ press meeting. Photo ©Sirotti
FDJ boss Marc Madiot. Madiot was a terrific racer. He won Paris-Roubaix in 1991. Photo ©Sirotti
Madiot had to choose between Arnaud Démare (pictured) or Nacer Bouhanni (points winner in this year's Giro) as his top sprinter for the Tour. Madiot chose Démare, and Bouhanni is going to join another team for 2015. Photo ©Sirotti
Sky honcho Dave Brailsford
Dave Brailsford (with microphone) with Chris Froome and Richie Porte on his right.
Before traveling for the Tour's grand depart at Leeds, the Tinkoff-Saxo team check out the cobbles coming up in this year's Tour.
Alberto Contador.
Tinoff-Saxo on the pavé.
With team leader Contador in sparkling form, we may be treated to all-out war between these gents and Chris Froome's Sky squad.
Like the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team of old, the Tinkoff-Saxo team doesn't have to fly commercial, they traveled to Leeds on the Tinkoff jet.