There are also a number of WorldTour riders who previously rode for the team.
The Manxman was part of the Valvoline Padgett's Honda team last year and previously rode for John Burrows Cookstownn BE Racing outfit.
It would contain almost exclusively Kazakhstani and Spanish riders, in the image of the former Liberty Seguros team, for which Contador previously rode.
Kashechkin, who previously rode for Astana before being suspended following a positive doping test at the 2007 Tour de France, transferred to the team from effective at the beginning of August.
London-based New Zealander Gretchen Miller has previously ridden the Alps and Pyrenees routes and called them "the best two weeks of my life.
The Prime Minister, who has previously ridden with the Heythrop Hunt in Oxfordshire, said he believed in the "freedom to hunt" and wanted fox hunting legalised.
The PM, who has previously ridden with the Heythrop Hunt in Oxfordshire, said he believed in the "freedom to hunt" and wanted fox hunting legalised.
The Surgeon is seen as friendly with Putin, and the Russian president has previously ridden with the gang in a photo opportunity aimed at boosting his macho image.
Having previously ridden from Alaska to Argentina on a trail bike (covered in her 2003 book, "Lois on the Loose"), Ms. Pryce is clearly tough and resourceful.
Richard Sumner, 68, and Julian Barnfield, 49, of the 176-year-old Heythrop Hunt with which Cameron has previously ridden, each pleaded guilty at Oxford magistrates court to four charges of unlawfully hunting a wild fox with dogs.
Clancy is a relative novice in the discipline, having never previously ridden a flying 200m before yesterday – he asked sprint coach Iain Dyer and Olympic team sprint champion Jamie Staff for advice moments before the start.
