Tour de France: the teams
Team Sky
Nationality - Great Britain
Leaders - Chris Froome, Sir Bradley Wiggins
British interest - Geraint Thomas, Pete Kennaugh, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Yorkshire interest - Ben Swift, Josh Edmondson
BMC Racing
Nationality - USA
Leaders - Cadel Evans, Tejay van Garderen
British interest - Steve Cummings
Omega Pharma-QuickStep
Nationality - Belgium
Leaders - Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin
British interest - Andrew Fenn
Movistar
Nationality - Spain
Leaders - Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde
British interest - Alex Dowsett
Cannondale
Nationality - Italy
Leaders - Peter Sagan, Ivan Basso
Europcar
Nationality - France
Leaders - Thomas Voeckler, Pierre Rolland
Tinkoff-Saxo
Nationality - Denmark
Leaders - Alberto Contador, Nicholas Roche
NetApp Endura
(need a wild card)
Nationality - Germany
Leaders - Leopold Konig
British interest - Erick Rowsell, Jonathan McEvoy
Yorkshire interest - Scott Thwaites
Garmin Sharp
Nationality - United States
Leaders - Ryder Hesjedal, Tyler Farrar
British interest - David Millar
Orica GreenEDGE
Nationality - Australia
Leaders - Simon Gerrans, Matt Goss
British interest - Adam Yates, Simon Yates
Giant Shimano
Nationality - Holland
Leaders - Marcel Kittel
Katusha
Nationality - Russia
Leaders - Joaquim Rodriquez
Ag2r-La Mondialle
Nationality - France
Leaders - Christophe Riblon, Carlos Betancur
Belkin ProCycling
Nationality - Holland
Leaders - Bauke Mollema
Lotto-Belisol
Nationality - Belgium
Leaders - Andre Griepel
Astana
Nationality - Kazakhstan
Leaders - Vincenzo Nibali, Jakob Fuglsang
Trek
Nationality - United States
Leaders - Andy Schleck, Franck Schleck