BBC Sport went behind the scenes with Team Sky at the recent Tour of Andalucia
Team Sky have received an invitation to compete in this year's Tour de France which begins on 3 July in Rotterdam.
The British-based team was put together in 2009, with the aim of winning the world famous race within five years.
Triple Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins is likely to spearhead their challenge as he looks to improve on his fourth-placed finish in 2009.
A total of 22 teams will take part - 16 ProTour outfits and six, including Sky, with special wildcard invitations.
Lance Armstrong's RadioShack and world champion Cadel Evans's BMC Racing have also secured invitations to the 97th Tour.
Organisers left out the Dutch outfit Vacansoleil, the team of France's Brice Feillu, who won a mountain stage in Arcalis in last year's edition. France's Saur Sojasun were also left out.
ProTour teams: AG2R-La Mondiale, Astana, BBox Bouygues Telecom, Caisse d'Epargne, Cofidis, Euskaltel, Française des Jeux, Footon-Servetto, HTC-Columbia, Lampre-Farnese, Liquigas-Doimo, Milram, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Quick Step, Rabobank, Saxo Bank.
Special Invite teams: RadioShack, Sky, Katusha, Garmin, Cervelo, BMC.
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