Paris - Russian Denis Menchov, who finished second on the 2010 Tour de France, will head the Katusha team for this year's edition of the Grande Boucle.
Menchov will be accompanied by former three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain, a winner of four Tour stages who claimed the green jersey in 2008.
Katusha team:
Giampaolo Caruso (ITA), Oscar Freire (ESP), Vladimir Gusev (RUS), Joan Horrach (ESP), Aliaksandr Kuchynski (BLR), Denis Menchov (RUS), Luca Paolini (ITA), Yuriy Trofimov (RUS), Eduard Vorganov (RUS)