With their team barred from this year's Tour de France, Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner have decided to race in the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic instead. The five-day race will take place in and around Bend, Oregon, on July 9-13.

Horner (a Bend resident) and Leipheimer will line up with top squads including Garmin-Chipotle, Health Net-Maxxis, Toyota-United, Rock Racing, and Bissell. The Health net team will include 2007 Cascade champ Phil Zajicek, and the Garmin-Chipotle team will include 2004 Cascade winner Tom Danielson.