Are there any americans favored in this years tour de france?

Question

I am just wondering if I sould watch and who to root for since levi cant race.

Answer 1

Unfortunately not, since Astana was pulled out of the race.  Otherwise Levi Leipheimer would have been the American favorite.  Make sure and root for Garmin-Chipotle the are a heavily weighted US team and if they do well this year they will sign some big name riders soon.

Answer 2

there are barely any americans in the race.

Garmin (slipstream) Chipotle is entering 3 (Will Frischkorn, Danny Pate, Christian Vande Velde) and I think George Hincapie on Columbia (High Road, aka T-Mobile)

I don't think any of them are favorites for the overall victory, but Hincapie has won multiple stages (and worn yellow) before, Vande Velde had pink last month at the Giro, and there are a couple great time-trialers on Garmin and they could do very well in a Team-Time-Trial (as they showed at TdGeorgia and the Giro).  I'll be rooting for Garmin-Chipotle all month.

I think Valverde or Sastre are probably the favorites for the overall, but the Schleck brothers could be impressive too.  With Boonen out Robbie the pocket rocket McEwen is probably in line for Green.

Answer 3

The Creadon brothers from Northeast Ohio. Their names are Johnny and Michael. They wont compete this year though, however these super athletes will be the ones to watch in the near future, Johnny is a former powerlifting champion and Michael a college football standout.