Team Astana earlier today reduced their list of riders for the 2009 Tour de France from 13 to the final 9 allowed to start in the world's biggest bike race, beginning on July 4th in Monaco.
The nine riders are:
Lance Armstrong
Alberto Contador
Levi Leipheimer
Andreas Klöden
Yaroslav Popovych
Haimar Zubeldia
Dmitriy Muravyev
Sergio Paulinho
Gregory Rast
No reserves were announced.