His team jersey - Silence Lotto
No. You have to be a part of a team to be allowed to race in the Tour de France
TEAM SKY is the team that are in the 2014 Tour de France.
you have to ride for a team that participates in the tour then your team manager picks 9 riders who he thinks will be good,helpful in the tour.
It was an all Aboriginal team
There were 433 athletes that were in the Australian Olympic team went to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games.
Cadel Evans an Australian cyclist, riding for the BMC Racing Team. He beat Andy and Frank Schleck, who were second and third respectively.
Australia start their tour on 26th feb 2010
From what I've read so far, it seems like Robbie McEwen is in Team Katusha in the for this years (2009) Tour de France.
There is no official purple jersey in the Tour de France. You might have seen a team jersey in that colour.
Team BMC racing
First condition in order to participate in Tour de France, you will have to be part of a Pro Tour team (UCI licensed) or a team that recives a wildcard invitation from the organisation. Second condition is that you must be selected as one of the 9 riders of the team. For De Hoog it will be necessary to be part of a Pro Tour team. Then there are chances to participate in Le Tour.