[Heidi]

WARNIING - set your tivo's or dvr's or whatever...

Created in 1932, le Critérium International in France will welcome the cycling elite from around the world for a traditional three part race, a flat stage, a mountain stage and an individual time trial, taking place over two days. It's on Versus Sunday @5pm ET

 

[ire]

thank you for posting in advance, so those of us who are to lazy to check the schedule can watch it. Anybody know what the field looks like?

 

[Heidi]

I haven't seen it published yet.

 

[ire]

found it
http://www.cyclingnews.com.au/news.php?id=news/2008/feb08/feb29news

19 teams for Critérium International

Critérium International organiser ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) announced nineteen teams for this year's edition on Wednesday. Six French teams and thirteen Foreign were selected to contest the three-stage, two-day event which takes place on March 29-30.

Team High Road, Milram, Team CSC, Caisse d'Epargne, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Ag2r, Bouygues Telecom, Cofidis, Crédit Agricole, Française des Jeux, Agritubel, Lampre and Rabobank were selected from the ProTour ranks and Karpin-Galicia, Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner, Team Slipstream-Chipotle, BMC, Barloworld and Skil-Shimano from the Professional Continental division.

The race will follow its usual format with a point-to-point first stage of 193 km from Signy-le-Petit to Charleville-Mezieres, followed by dual stages on the next day. The second stage will be a 98.5 km mountainous parcours from Les Vieilles Forges to Monthermé in the morning, and will be followed by a time trial stage in Charleville-Mezieres of 8.3 km in the afternoon.

Its quite the mix between Protour and Continental Teams

 

[Heidi]

I want a start list, not just the team names dammit! It will be out soon I imagine.

 

[ire]

I want a start list, not just the team names dammit! It will be out soon I imagine.

It should be out soon