Tour kick-off

The Tour de France gets underway tomorrow with an ill-suited 6,4km prologue in and around Liège. Here are the start times for the guys in orange:

• 14:18 - Rubén Pérez
• 14:40 - Gorka Verdugo
• 15:02 - Amets Txurruka
• 15:24 - Jorge Azanza
• 15:46 - Mikel Astarloza
• 16:08 - Egoi Martínez
• 16:30 - Pablo Urtasun
• 16:52 - Gorka Izagirre
• 17:40 - Samuel Sánchez

Full start list here.

The Euskaltel riders got in two and a half hours of training in the rain today, while they reconned the closing stages of stage 1 to Seraing in between the health checks and team presentation yesterday. 

Click this link for a video interview with Mikel Astarloza. The Gipuzkoan makes his first Tour appearance in three years.