Last year, I posted a list of teams in the Tour de France and their sponsors. Again, as we watch, we wonder about some of the sponsors. Here's the list of cycling teams and their sponsors.
2010 Tour de France Teams & Sponsors
AG2R-LaMondiale- French team sponsored by Ag2r Group, a French retirement fund, and LaMondiale, a French insurance firm
Astana - Kazak team, sponsored by the Astana Group, a group of Astana government run companies
Bbox Bouygues Télécom - French team, sponsored by Bouygues Télécom, a French mobile phone company
BMC - American team, sponsored by BMC, a Swiss bicycle maker
Caisse d'Epargne - Spanish team, sponsored by Caisse d'Epargne, a French bank
Cervélo Test Team - Swiss Team, sponsored by Cervélo, a Canadian maker of bicycle frames
Cofidis - French team, sponsored by Cofidis, a French consumer lending company
Euskaltel-Euskadi - Basque Spanish team, sponsored by Euskaltel, a Basque telecom company
Footon-Servetto-Fuji - Spanish team, sponsored by Footon, a shoe insole maker, Servetto, a maker of wardrobe lifts, and Fuji, an American bicycle maker
Française des Jeux - French team, sponsored by Française des Jeux, the French National Lottery
HTC-Columbia - American team, sponsored by Columbia Sportswear, an American maker of sportwear, and HTC, a Taiwanese maker of mobile phones
Garmin-Transitions - American team, sponsored by Garmin, an American maker of global positioning devices and Transitions, an American maker of glasses
Lampre - Italian team, sponsored by Lampre Group, an Italian maker of pre-coated steel
Liquigas - Italian team, sponsored by Liquigas, an Italian provider of liquified gas products
Quick Step - Belgian team, sponsored by Quick Step, a maker of laminate flooring
Rabobank - Dutch team, sponsored by Rabobank, a Dutch bank
Radio Shack - American team, sponsored by Radio Shack, and American electronics retailer
Silence-Lotto - Belgian team, sponsored by Lotto, the Dutch National Lottery, and Omega Pharma, a Belgian pharmaceutical company
Team Katusha - Russian team, sponsored by Russian Global Cycling Project, a foundation funded by Gazprom,
Itera and Rostechnologii
Team Milram - German team, sponsored by Milram, a German maker of cheese and dairy products
Team Saxo Bank - Danish team, sponsored by Saxo Bank, a Danish investment bank
Team Sky - British team, sponsored by Sky, a British television and media company
Missing from last year: Agritubel, Skil-Shimano
New this year: BMC, Footon-Servetto-Fuji, Radio Shack, Sky