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Teams named for Liège, Flèche

by VeloNews.com

• March 27, 2009
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There were a few surprises Friday as race organizers released the names of 25 squads that will start Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Flèche Wallonne next month in the Belgian Ardennes.

The LPR team of Danilo Di Luca, winner of Liège in 2007, was left out along with Fuji-Servetto, the Spanish ProTour team.

Wild-card teams include new Dutch squad Vacansoleil, the Diquigiovanni team of Davide Rebellin, Belgian teams Landbouwkrediet-Colnago and Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, Barloworld and Cervélo. Agritubel and Skil-Shimano are also both in.

25 teams for 73rd Flèche Wallonne (April 22) and
95th Liège-Bastogne-Liège (April 26)

Milram (Ger)
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (Bel)
Quick Step (Bel)
Silence-Lotto (Bel)
Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (Bel)
Saxo Bank (Den)
Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Garmin-Slipstream (USA)
Columbia-Highroad (USA)
Ag2r-La Mondiale (Fra)
Agritubel (Fra)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
Cofidis (Fra)
FDJeux (Fra)
Barloworld (GB)
Lampre (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
Astana (Kaz)
Rabobank (Nl)
Skil-Shimano (Nl)
Vacansoleil (Nl)
Katusha (Rus)
Cervélo TestTeam (Swi)
Diquigiovanni (Ven)