Computer Science Corporation, the first software firm to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Tour heritage

Not bad. Nine stage wins in their seven Tours, including the victory at l'Alpe d'Huez last year for Fränk Schleck, two podium appearances with Ivan Basso, two King of the Mountains title wins with Laurent Jalabert, plus the team standings in 2003. Currently they head the ProTour rankings.

Past controversies

CSC have one of the strictest anti-doping policies in the peloton and have never had a positive test. However, the Puerto files named Basso and Tyler Hamilton and questions are being asked about their time with the team. And the presence of the former Tour "winner" Bjarne Riis is a PR shambles.

£4.7m is enough for the bikes and still leaves change for the IT bloke to buy himself a Pot Noodle and a can of Tizer.

The boss

Riis was the first finisher in the 1996 Tour but is no longer the winner after he confessed in May to five years' drug use. The Dane has been a progressive manager, taking his team on commando-style training camps, but he is now a liability.

Team leader

Carlos Sastre, a Spanish climber who has crept into the top 10 in four of the past five Tours, came into his own last year after Basso was thrown off the race. He's touchingly loyal to Riis: "I have total faith in Bjarne," he recently insisted, before jamming his fingers in his ears and lalala-ing at the top of his voice. His father runs a cycle shop.

Wild man of the saddle

The German Jens Voigt is the Tour's ultimate escape artist, with a penchant for getting in lengthy, impossible-looking breaks and making them succeed.

They'll be happy with ...

Sastre on the podium, Fabian Cancellara winning the prologue.

Fans will paint on the road

"Schleck is an ogre, the rest are donkeys"; "Riis had dodgy piis"

William Fotheringham predicts

Sastre will be in the mix, Schleck will improve but Riis has to stay away from the Tour.

If they were cheese... Edam

Classic, consistent performer that travels well and is many people's idea of a big cheese. But there's one part of it which a lot of people say they can't stomach, a part that should be totally cut off and take no part in the feast. We couldn't comment.

Based Lyngby, Denmark

Bike Cervèlo frame, Zipp wheels

Jerseys Descente Team leader Carlos Sastre (Sp, age 32. 6 Tours, 1 stage win. Best 4th, 2006)

Climber Fränk Schleck (Lux, 27)

Sprinters Matti Breschel (Den, 22), Stuart O'Grady (Aus, 33)

Time-triallists Lars Ytting Bak (Den, 27), Fabian Cancellara (Switz, 26), Bobby Julich (US, 35), Karsten Kroon (Neth, 31), Luke Roberts (Aus, 30), Nicki Sørensen (Den, 32), David Zabriskie (US, 28)

Puncheurs Jens Voigt (Ger, 35)

Team manager Bjarne Riis

Team founded 2001

Tours de France entered 6

Team wins 1 (2003)

Stage wins 9

King of Mountains 2

2006 best 4th, Sastre

2006 stage wins 2 (Voigt, Schleck)

ProTour ranking 1st

Website www.team-csc.com