Twenty-nine First Endurance riders, will be taking part in the 2008 Olympic Games this August.
 Some such as Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain and Judith Arndt of Germany are already medal winners in the Olympics, others like Michael Barry - a participant in the 1996 Games in Atlanta -  will be racing in their third Olympics in 12 years, whilst yet others like Edvald Boassen Hagen of Norway are taking part in the Games for the first time. 

Of the eighteen Columbia riders, there will be three each racing for Australia, Great Britain and Germany, with the other nine representing Belarus, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the USA respectively.  “To have so many riders representing their countries at the Olympics, a showcase event, is truly exceptional for Team Columbia. It’s actually made it a little tricky finding riders for all the usual competitions.” commented team owner Bob Stapleton.  “Columbia is a team with a real international flavour. The high level of participation at the Olympics is both a reflection on that  and the depth of widespread, upcoming talent within our team.”  

Olympic Games 2008:

Columbia riders


Australia: Michael Rogers Kate Bates Oenone Wood 

Belarus: Konstantin Sivtsov 

Canada: Michael Barry 

Denmark: Linda Villumsen 

Germany: Gerald Ciolek,Bert Grabsch Judith Arndt 

Great Britain:  Mark Cavendish, Roger Hammond, Bradley Wiggins 

Luxembourg: Kim Kirchen 

Netherlands: Chantal Beltman 

New Zealand: Greg Henderson 

Norway: Edvald Boasson Hagen 

Sweden: Thomas Lovkvist 

USA: George Hincapie 

Astana Riders

Spain: Alberto Contador  

Kazakhstan: Andrey Mizurov, Maxim Iglinskiy  

USA: Levi Leipheimer  

Russia: Sergey Ivanov

Gerolsteiner Riders:
Italy: Davide Rebellin  

Germany: Stephan Shumacher, Fabian Wegmann

Austria: Bernhard Kohl

Other:
David Zabriskie