I'm excited about the TdF-only VDS comp, but heart is with my year-long team. Like Mr Van P, I hedged and picked different riders for my Tour-only team (except for Thor as a last minute sub for Freire.)  My boys had a great Giro, then didn't show their Tour cards by pretty much DNS/DNF'ing the Dauphine and Suisse.  After a 30 postion freefall in the standings, I'm rolling out this 13 rider-strong Le Tour startlist for the fabulous Thunder Crickets (sans Cricket):

1. Sastre
   
2. Hushovd
   
3. Zubeldia
   
4. Valjavec
   
5. Flecha
   
6. Calzati (Seul homme)
   
7. Cioni
   
8. Vandevelde
   
9. De La Fuente
   
10. Ventoso
    
11. Millar
    
12. Vaitkus
    
13. Merckx
    
14. Magnus (in spirit/driving the team Peugeot)