The 98th Tour de France officially starts this Saturday at at the Passage du Gois, promising another gruelling race for the teams taking part.
The 22 teams will face a race of over 3,430km over 21 stages including high mountain passes and culminating with a finish at the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
But how will the teams perform and who are the favourite riders to watch? We here at the Datablog have collated the information on all the participating teams and have included riders to watch along with information on their bikes and the their team best for the Tour last year.
Click here for the full interactive
The interactive linked above, created by the Guardian team, shows detailed stage by stage information, the full route and tactics.
Pro Team Astana led the way at the 2010 race but will they managed to hang on to the title this year? Are Team Sky a contender for the prize and how will Mark Cavendish perform? The full coverage can be seen by our sport reporters here.
Along with data gathered from the Official Tour de France site we have created a summary of all the teams taking part in this years Tour de France. Find the cyclists to watch and see how well they performed last year on the table below.
Data summary
Tour de France 2011 teams
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Pro Team Astana
AST
Kazakhstan
Alexandre Vinokourov
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan), Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
16th Alexndre Vinokourov
AG2R – La Mondiale
ALM
France
Nicolas Roche
Cyril Dessel (France), Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy)
15th Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
COF
France
David Moncoutie
Samuel Dumoulin (France), David Moncoutie (France)
27th Julien El Fares (France)
Europcar
EUC
France
Thomas Voeckler
Sebastien Chavanel (France, Pierre Rolland (France)
44th Anthony Charteau (France)
Garmin – Cervelo
GRM
USA
Christian Vande Velde
Thor Hushovd (Norway), Daniel Martin (Ireland), Christian Vande Velde (USA)
7th Ryder Hesjedal
Katusha
KAT
Russia
Vladimir Karpets
Pavel Brutt (Russia), Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia)
8th Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain)
Omega Pharma -Lotto
OLO
Belgium
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Philippe Gilbert (Belgium), Andre Greipel (Germany)
5th Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium)
Euskaltel – Euskadi
EUS
Spain
Samuel Sanchez
Egoi Martinez (Spain), Alan Perez (Spain) Amets Tuxurruka (Spain)
4th Samuel Sanchez (Spain)
Radioshack
RSH
USA
Janez Brajkovic
Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Levi leipheimer (USA)
10th Chris Honer (USA)
Lampre – ISD
LAM
Italy
Damiano Cunego
Simon Spilak (Slovenia), Grega Bole (Slovenia)
29th Damiango Cunego (Italy)
FDJ
FDJ
France
Sandy Casar
Anthony Roux (France), Yoann Offredo (France)
25th Sandy Casar (France)
Movistar
MOV
Spain
David Arroyo
Rui Costa (Portugal), Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain)
12th Ruben Plaza Molina (Spain)
Quick – Step Cycling Team
QST
Belgium
Tom Boonen
Sylvian Chavanel (France), Gerald Ciolek (Germany)
18th Kevin De Weert (Belgium)
Vacansoleil – DCM Pro
VCD
Netherlands
Romain Feillu
Thomas De Gendt (Belgium), Johnny Hoogerland (Netherlands)
N/A
Saur – Sojasun
SAU
France
Jerome Coppel
Jimmy Casper (France), Jonathan Hivert ( France)
N/A
Rabobank
RAB
Netherlands
Robert Gesink
Juan Manuel Garate (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain)
3rd Dennis Menchov
BMC Racing Team
BMC
USA
Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans (Australia), Amaël Moinard (France)
26th Cadel Evans
HTC – Highroad
THR
USA
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man), Matthew Goss (Australia)
N/A
Leopard – Trek
LEO
Luxembourg
Andy Schleck
Andy Schleck (Luxembourg), Frank Schleck (Luxembourg)
N/A
Liquigas Cannondale
LIQ
Italy
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso (Italy) Sylvester Szmyd (Poland)
N/A
Sky – Pro
SKY
UK
Bradley Wiggins
Edvald Boaasson Hagen (Norway), Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain)
6th Robert Gesink
Saxo Bank Sunguard
SBS
Denmark
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador (Spain), Richie Porte (Australia)
2nd Andy Schleck
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