In the year 2010, there are 22 teams.
TEAM SKY is the team that are in the 2014 Tour de France.
there is no national teams at the tour de france, every team is multinational
You cannot enter the Tour de France; the UCI and ASO invite ProTour/UCI sanctioned teams to compete.
Garmin and Team Columbia highroad
The most well known Tour de France is a bicycle race, not a running race.
Professional riders arranged in teams.
Mark Cavendish
Between 18-22 teams with 9 riders in each.
21 Years 9 Months (1993)
Tour de France isn't raced by countries, it's raced by teams consisting of professional riders, usually from several different countries.
By helping their star rider to get the shortest accumulated time.