Ag2r/ Have they named their TdF lineup?

I remember reading that they didn't get a wildcard for the tour... or maybe it was another race.

wicklow200 said:

Just interested to know if Mark Scanlon, the Irish rider will make it this year.

He's young, finished the tour last year in a respectable position, and is our major hope for the future.

Scanlon confirmed to the Irish media yesterday that he will not be doing the TDF in 2005.
He was offered a place on Ag2r but turned it down - he's only recovering from a bout of tonsilitis.

Mikel Astarloza, Sylvain Calzati, Samuel Dumoulin, Simon Gerrans, Stéphane Goubert, Yuriy Krivtsov, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Nicolas Portal and Ludovic Turpin

limerickman said:

Scanlon confirmed to the Irish media yesterday that he will not be doing the TDF in 2005.
He was offered a place on Ag2r but turned it down - he's only recovering from a bout of tonsilitis.

Any insight into how he's progressed since this time last year?

wicklow200 said:

Any insight into how he's progressed since this time last year?

he just said to the media that finishing his first TDF in 2004 was great but that in hindsight he probably dug too deep in finishing it.
He said that since the 04 TDF, he had had poor form (he pulled out of Athens for example) and had a lot of colds etc since then.
Therefore he decided to skip this years TDF with the idea of having to a more extended season and racing more after the TDF.