2014 Tour de France
101st edition: July 5- July 27, 2014
Leeds Teams Presentation Ceremony photos
The Tour de France presented the teams and riders at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, UK. Fotoreporter Sirotti was there and here is what he saw:
Ag2r | Astana | Belkin | BMC | Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Cannondale | Cofidis | Europcar | FDJ | Garmin-Sharp | Giant-Shimano | IAM Cycling | Katusha | Lampre-Merida | Lotto-Belisol | Movistar | NetApp-Endura | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Orica-GreenEdge | Sky | Tinkoff-Saxo | Trek Factory Racing |
Jean-Christophe Peraud. Photo ©Sirotti
Smile. Matteo Montaguti wants to remember this moment. Photo ©Sirotti
Vincenzo Nibali is Astana's GC man for the Tour and here he wears his newly won Italian Champion's jersey. Photo ©Sirotti
Michele Scarponi. Photo ©Sirotti
Bauke Mollema has shown fine form lately. Photo ©Sirotti
Laurens Ten Dam. Photo ©Sirotti
Tejay van Garderen. Photo ©Sirotti
Daniel Oss. Photo ©Sirotti
BMC. Photo ©Sirotti
Brice Feillu. Photo ©Sirotti
Cannondale
Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti
Cofidis. Photo ©Sirotti
Rein Taaramae. Photo ©Sirotti
Europcar. Photo ©Sirotti
Bryan Coquard. Photo ©Sirotti
Pierre Rolland. Photo ©Sirotti
Kevin Reza and Thomas Voeckler. Photo ©Sirotti
Yukiya Arashiro. Photo ©Sirotti
Thibaut Pinot. Photo ©Sirotti
Sprinter Arnaud Démare in his new French Champion's jersey. Photo ©Sirotti
FDJ. Photo ©Sirotti
If he's not out of suds from winning the Dauphiné (and that is the usual case) Andrew Talansky is going to be a force in this Tour and certainly Grand Tours of the future. Photo ©Sirotti
Dutch Road Champion Sebastian Langeveld. Photo ©Sirotti
Johan van Summeren. Photo ©Sirotti
Marcel Kittel. Photo ©Sirotti
Mathias Frank and Sylvain Chavanel. Photo ©Sirotti
Heinrich Haussler. Photo ©Sirotti
Katusha. Photo ©Sirotti
Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti
Luca Paolini. Photo ©Sirotti
Lampre-Merida. World champion Rui Costa is being interviewed. Photo ©Sirotti
Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti
Chris Horner. Photo ©Sirotti
André Greipel. The Gorilla won the German championships last week. Photo ©Sirotti
Alejandro Valverde. I like his chances for a podium spot. French racing expert Bertrand Duboux has written that Valverde is looking better than Nibali for that third place. This assumes Froome and Contador will be at the top of the standings. Photo ©Sirotti
NetApp-Endura. Photo ©Sirotti
Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Photo ©Sirotti
Mark Cavendish. Photo ©Sirotti
Alessandro Petacchi. Photo ©Sirotti
Michal Kwiatkowski . Photo ©Sirotti
Matteo Trentin. Photo ©Sirotti
Orica-GreenEdge. Photo ©Sirotti
Simon Gerrans. Photo ©Sirotti
Team Sky. Photo ©Sirotti
Three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond with Last year's Tour Champion Christopher Froome. Photo ©Sirotti
Richie Porte. Photo ©Sirotti
Geraint Thomas. Photo ©Sirotti
Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti
Daniele Bennati, Contador is on his right. Photo ©Sirotti
Nicolas Roche. Photo ©Sirotti
Trek Factory Racing. Photo ©Sirotti
Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti