Today Slipstream/Chipotle H3O received official word from the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) that the team was selected to participate in the 95th Tour de France on July 5-27! The Argyle Armada will be one of twenty teams from nine different countries who will compete this July in one of the world’s greatest sporting events.

Vaughters told Velonews: “I feel relieved after all the work we put in. We proved we are one of the better teams in the world right from the start… The bigger picture has been A+ work for a new team, so I’m glad ASO agreed with that. Off we go.”

Vaughters said it was too early to talk about which team riders would go to the Tour.

Here are the 20 teams listed by country:

United States
High Road (THR)
Slipstream Chipotle (TSL)

Germany
Gerolsteiner (GST)
Team Milram (MRM)

Belgium
Quick Step (QST)
Silence - Lotto (SIL)

Denmark
Team CSC (CSC)

Spain
Caisse d’Epargne (GCE)
Euskaltel - Euskadi (EUS)
Saunier Duval - Scott (SDV)

France
Bouygues Telecom (BTL)
Crédit Agricole (C.A)
Cofidis le crédit par téléphone (COF)
Française Des Jeux (FDJ)
AG2R - La Mondiale (ALM)
Agritubel (AGR)

Great Britian
Barloworld (BAR)

Italy
Lampre (LAM)
Liquigas (LIQ)

Holland
Rabobank (RAB)