2004 Team PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS TYLER’S TEAM There were doubters who said that Tyler Hamilton was making a mistake leaving CSC for a team that had never ridden the Tour. Hamilton himself has said all along that moving to Phonak was a good decision, and a partial confirmation came when his team dominated the six-day Tour de Romandie in May, with Hamilton winning the race for a second time. Impressive in both the time trials and the mountains, the American can achieve his Tour goal of finishing on the podium. He’ll have Spanish star Oscar Sevilla as his lieutenant and a solid support cast that includes Niki Aebersold, Oskar Camenzind, Oscar Pereiro and Alex Zülle. TEAM Tyler Hamilton United States Age: Wins: 18 Oscar Sevilla Spain Age: Wins: 5 Santiago Perez Spain Age: Wins: 1 José Enrique Gutierrez Spain Age: Wins: 2 Oscar Pereiro Spain Age: Wins: 3 Santos Capilla Gonzalez Spain Age: Wins: 5 Bert Grabsch German Age: Wins: 7 Nicolas Jalabert France Age: Wins: 7 Martin Elmiger Switzerland Age: Wins: 3 Reserve: Cyril Dessel France Age: Wins: 1 Sponsor: Hearing aid systems Web site: www.phonak.com 2004 budget: $9.6 million Manager: Urs Freuler Directeur sportif: Alvaro Pino Assistants: Jacques Michaud, René Savary Team created: 2000 2003 wins: 8 Past Tours: 1st year participating EQUIPMENT Bike: BMC Components: Campagnolo Wheels: Zipp Apparel: Nalini   OTHER TEAMS: Ag2R - AB - BLB - COF - CA - CSC - DV - EE - FB - FDJ - GERO - IBB - LS - LOTO - PHO - QSD - RABO - RAGT - SAE - TMO - USPS