Amore e Vita 

The oldest professional cycling team in the world is led by former Russian champion Vladislav Borisov. Bernardo Colex is a seasoned climber who had a stage win and finished second overall at the 2009 Tour de Beauce

Bissell Pro Cycling

Kyle Wamsley (USA), who hails from the Lehigh Valley, will bring his strong sprinting ability to the TD Bank race following his win last weekend at the Wilmington Grand Prix Road Race. Also on Bissell is sprinter Shane Kline from Bally, Pa., a superstar track cyclist who had a fantastic road season last year.

Champion System        

A new team from Hong Kong boasts veteran Jaan Kirsipuu (EST), multiple Estonia time trial and road racing champion and multiple Tour de France stage winner.

Chipotle Development Team

The development team for powerhouse pro team Garmin-Cervelo, Chipotle features some of the strongest young talent in the world, including Lachlan Morton (AUS) who just finished third overall at the Tour of the Gila. A great climber who is making waves stateside, Morton won one of the biggest junior races in the world in 2010, Canada’s Tour de l’ Abitibi.

Team CykelCity

CykelCity is a Swedish-American team that turned professional for the first time in 2011. Known as Sweden’s top team, the squad seeks international notoriety by competing outside of Sweden in the world’s best races for most of the year. Mostly under 25 years of age, the young team has a shot at victory with the fearsome sprinter and reigning champion of Sweden, Jonas Ahlstrand.

Banking 39 victories in 2010, CykelCity is already off to a strong start with wins in France, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia, and now the United States this year.

Danish National Team

46 year-old Soren Petersen is a veteran racer. He finished 16th last year and 12th in 2009. He had a stage win at Tour de Beauce in 2007.

Team Exergy

Returning riders Remi McManus (USA),Andres Diaz (COL) , Chris Hong (USA) and Kai Applequist (USA)

HTC-Highroad

The world’s most winning cycling team will work to defend its 2010 and 2009 first place titles with riders like Irish national road race champ, Matt Brammeier; 22-year-old American phenom, Tejay Van Garderen, a 10-time U.S. national champion who is just coming off his role as team leader for the Tour of California, where he earned the Best Young Rider jersey; and Alex Rasmussen (DEN), a four-time world track champion and Olympic track silver medalist.

Jamis / Sutter Home

Argentinean Alejandro Alberto Borrajo is no stranger to Philadelphia – he was on the podium for the PCT Triple Crown in 2007 and fourth in the Philly race last year; teammate Luis Romero Amaran (CUB) was top last year in overall NRC individual points.

Jelly Belly Cycling

Jeremy Powers (USA), otherwise known as J-Pow!, puts his winning personality to work as one of the best cyclocross racers in the world. Powers is a seven-time member of the U.S. Cyclocross World Championship team and took first place in the 2009 NRC Cyclocross ranking.

Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth

Performance Manager Jonas Carney brings one of the state’s top continental pro cycling teams back to Philadelphia. Headliner Alex Candelario (USA) is just off an impressive showing at the Tour of California. A highlight for Candelario was Stage 5 where he demonstrated his versatility and power, finishing fifth place in a selective bunch sprint. Teammate Jesse Anthony (USA) also rode aggressively during the Tour’s Stage 5, winning one KOM climb and placing on another in a breakaway that lasted for the majority of the race.

Kenda – 5-Hour Energy Cycling

In its third season as a UCI Continental team, Kenda – 5-Hour Energy will hit Philadelphia following its first appearance at the Tour of California. Former U.S. Postal team member, Frankie Andreu is team directeur sportif.

Liquigas-Cannondale

This Italian powerhouse will return to Philadelphia after a strong showing in the Tour of California. Peter Sagan (SVK) will look to best his second place finish at the 2010 TD Bank race, on the heels of his performance in California where he narrowly grabbed the Stage 5 win (the Tour’s longest at 135 miles), was second on the podium for Stage 2, and was awarded the overall Sprints Points jersey.

RealCyclist.com

Accomplished racer Francisco Mancebo Perez (ESP) will lead the this team. Mancebo is a former white jersey winner in the Tour de France, a former Spanish national champion and is currently first in the USA Cycling Men’s National Race Calendar (NRC) standings.

SpiderTech powered by C10

Canada’s first ever professional cycling team to achieve UCI Professional Continental status. Led by Steve Bauer, Canada’s most decorated male cyclist and a former yellow jersey wearer in the Tour de France, Team SpiderTech just won King of the Mountain (KOM) at the Tour of California. The team features Keven Lacombe (CAN), who placed in three of the Tour’s stages and logged three UCI wins in 2010, and the current world cup track champion, Zach Bell.

Team Type 1

Rubens Bertogliati (SUI) is a former yellow jersey wearer at the Tour de France, and the Swiss national time trial champion in 2009 and 2010; teammate Alexander Efimkin (RUS) recently captured the 2011 Tour of Turkey GC win.

United Healthcare

Hometown favorite Scott Zwizanski is continuing his remarkable climb back from a devasting crash in 2004. Zwizanski was the fastest American this spring in the Giro del Trentino’s opening time trial, just 21 seconds down from the top spot. The West Chester, Pa., native will be joined in Philly by German teammate Robert Förster, a stage winner at Giro and Vuelta, and Boy van Poppel (NED), former U23 Dutch national road racing champion.

V Australia

Heading into a second year following a successful 2010 season as both Australian and U.S. National Race Champions, including Jonathan Cantwell

Wonderful Pistachios Cycling

This team signed former Footon-Servetto rider Tom Faiers (GBR) and notable U.S. criterium racer, Iggy Silva, who was most recently with Trek-Livestrong.

Colavita Forno d'Asolo

One of the pre-race favorites, this team boasts current world champion Giorgia Bronzini of Italy, who won her title in a sprint finish. Philly resident Theresa Cliff-Ryan is also sprinter by nature and finished third here last year, packing a powerful 1-2 punch for this team

Diadora Pasta Zara

This is a well-rounded team that has cards to play in a breakaway or a field
sprint. The current US national champion Mara Abbott has is a top road rider and time trialist which would serve her well in a breakaway. Teammate Shelley Olds is also a successful track rider, specializing in the endurance events.

HTC-Columbia

This team brings endurance to the race this year. Amber Neben is a former
world champion in the time trial and already has posted results this year,
finishing on the podium at the Pan American Championships. Teammate Evelyn Stevens had her best year in 2010, culminating with the US time trial championship and a top-ten finish in the world time trial championship.

HumanZoom

There is no discussion here, as the most successful female cyclist ever Jeannie Longo is always a threat to win any race she enters. She is once again the French national time trial champion and finished fifth at the world championships in 2010.

JUVEDERM - SPECIALIZED

Jenny Trew is one of the talented Canadians on this mostly-Canadian team. She is a national champ on the track in the team pursuit and is also adept on the road, winning a stage of the Tour of Prince Edward Island in 2009.

Mellow Mushroom

One of the most consistent and veteran racers in the US is Laura Van Gilder. The Cresco, Pennsylvania native has won more races in her nearly two decades as a pro than some of the riders in the field have even entered. She is one of the top sprinters in the field and knows how to win out of the field.

NOW Cycling

Anne Samplonius is a two-time Canadian national time trial champion who has many time trial wins in her career. If she gets into a breakaway look for her to pick a time to attack and try to win all alone.

TIBCO - To The Top

Veteran racer Meredith Miller is one of the tough riders who race year-round – road in the summer and cyclocross in the winter. A tireless domestique, Miller is likely to be in a breakaway and is an engine that could power it to the finish. Joelle Numainville is the current Canadian road race champion and has plenty of top results in her young career, including a sixth in the prestigious Tour of Flanders this year.