Le Tour 2015

[UK Redsox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/33310612

Chris Froome will be one of 10 Britons in this year's Tour de France, which begins on Saturday.

The 2013 winner will be joined on the Team Sky roster by Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe and newly-crowned British champion Peter Kennaugh.

Meanwhile, Alex Dowsett rides for Movistar while Mark Cavendish has been named in the Etixx - Quick-Step team.

They are joined by twins Adam and Simon Yates (Orica GreenEdge) with Steve Cummings riding for MTN-Qhubeka.

It equals the record for the biggest British contingent in the Tour

[Chris Jameson]

Can't believe they are giving Yorkshire a miss, no interest in it any longer.

[class-of-82]

Will be watching 2 weeks of this from the west coast of Barbados every day with an ice cold rum and coke I hand. Bummer I know but someone's got to do it

[johnboy]

Love this event and now with added interest with the BRit contingent

[Hillbilly]

Don't forget to keep an eye out for Dan Martin too!

[lovejoy]

Heart says Quintana, head says Contador and his steak sandwiches. I think the French will do worse than last year despite the course tailored for them. With no Kittel, Cav should sweep up in the sprints but Sagan will get green if he cares enough to.

[Eckybloke]

I think a Giro and Tour double could be quite tricky for Contador especially seeing how close he came to cracking on the last couple of days of the Giro so I think Froome will do it.  I'd love to see one of the Yates' getting the white jersey although Quintana is still eligible for that I think.

[SteveN]

A Nibali double for me with Froome in second.  Both have very strong teams around them but I think Astana just a little bit better in the mountains.

Cav, Kristoff and Bouhanni fighting out the sprints.

Really looking forward to it.

[Jon Crofts]

Will be watching 2 weeks of this from the west coast of Barbados every day with an ice cold rum and coke I hand. Bummer I know but someone's got to do it

I have a similar issue, I'll miss the mountain stages as I'll be slumming it in Antigua and Guadeloupe. Quintana for me with the steak muncher running it close, Nibali for KOM.

[aj2k77]

When I first started watching cycling there would only ever be at best 1 Brit in the tour, normally Yates, then Boardman took the mantle on. It's amazing that this year there's going to be 10.

[AV82EC]

When I first started watching cycling there would only ever be at best 1 Brit in the tour, normally Yates, then Boardman took the mantle on. It's amazing that this year there's going to be 10.

My first memory was of Robert Millar winning KOM back in the early eighties. What a beast of a climber he was.

[richard moore]

Love this event and now with added interest with the BRit contingent

Same here, the sports event of the summer for me and always a lovely prelude to my French holidays. It always comes along just in time to rescue me from avoiding Wimbledon which I can't stand

[TopDeck113]

The Giro/Tour double is really difficult and I don't think that Contador will be on the podium come Paris.  Nairo Quintana for GC (and if he doesn't, I'd back him for KOM), Vincenzo Nibali second and Chris Froome third. 

Cav will pick up a couple or so stage wins, but Peter Sagan will take Green in Paris.

[bertlambshank]

Anybody see the crash earlier?......ouch,ouch and ouch again.

[Eckybloke]

Was just typing about the crash.  Only benefit to being in yellow is you're more visible cartwheeling through the air into a field.

Spartacus going backwards with 14km to go.  I don't think he'll be there tomorrow.