List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France
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The list of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2007 Tour de France
2007 Tour de France
The 2007 Tour de France, the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 July to 29 July 2007. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain...

 from July 7 to July 29, 2007. Of the 20 UCI ProTour
2007 UCI ProTour
The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences...

 teams, Unibet.Com
Unibet.com Cycling Team
Cycle Collstrop was a Swedish UCI Professional Continental cycling team. It was the successor to Unibet.com, which was mainly sponsored by the online gambling website Unibet.com and as a continuation of the MrBookmaker.com cycling team...

 was not allowed to participate because their gambling sponsor conflicts with the law in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Of the non-ProTour teams, the organisation invited
Agritubel and Barloworld.

Selection information

In the weeks before the start, many rumours and speculations were heard about which riders would or would not be selected for the race.
  • Gilberto Simoni
    Gilberto Simoni
    Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race...

     declared to be feeling too tired to participate in the tour this year. His team manager Mauro Gianneti mentioned that Saunier Duval-Prodir
    Saunier Duval-Prodir
    Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián....

     intended sending Francisco Ventoso
    Francisco Ventoso
    Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi is a Spanish road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . Ventoso turned professional with in 2004 before moving to in 2008. He won the 2010 Paris-Bruxelles in a bunch sprint...

    , Juan José Cobo
    Juan José Cobo
    Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial....

    , José Ángel Gómez Marchante
    José Ángel Gómez Marchante
    José Ángel Gómez Marchante is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team...

    , David de la Fuente
    David De La Fuente
    David de la Fuente Rasilla is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the cycling team. De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France for a number of stages, donning the Polka Dot jersey after stage 2, and then again after stage 11 until Michael...

    , Iker Camaño
    Iker Camaño
    Iker Camaño Ortuzar is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Endura Racing. Camaño turned professional in 2002 with Phonak Hearing Systems and moved to Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2004, but did not record any professional victories until 2011...

    , Rubén Lobato
    Rubén Lobato
    Rubén Lobato Elvira is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who has ridden for , Domina Vacanze-Elitron and Saunier Duval...

    , Christophe Rinero
    Christophe Rinero
    Christophe Rinero is a former French professional road racing cyclist. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the King of the Mountains in the 1998 Tour de France. In 2002, he won stage 2 at Tour du Limousin. He retired at the end of 2008- Palmares :1996...

    , Iban Mayo
    Iban Mayo
    Iban Mayo Diez is a professional road bicycle racer. His successes have been overshadowed by doping....

     and David Millar
    David Millar
    David Millar is a British road racing cyclist riding for . He has won three stages of the Tour de France, two of the Vuelta a España and one Stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007...

     to the Tour. This leaves Riccardo Riccò
    Riccardo Riccò
    Riccardo Riccò is a professional road bicycle racer from Italy, currently under contract to UCI Continental team Meridiana-Kamen, and suspended from competition. He was ejected from the 2008 Tour de France for doping violations and suspended...

     and Leonardo Piepoli
    Leonardo Piepoli
    Leonardo Piepoli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He most recently rode for on the UCI ProTour, but had his contract suspended in July 2008 during the Tour de France amid allegations of the use of the blood boosting drug EPO in the team.-Career:He is a record four-time winner of the...

     out of the team.
  • Marc Sergeant
    Marc Sergeant
    Marc Sergeant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. After Sergeant stopped his cycling career, he became team manager at Silence-Lotto.- Palmarès :19811982...

     declared on June 2 that for Predictor-Lotto six riders(Robbie McEwen
    Robbie McEwen
    Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...

    , Cadel Evans
    Cadel Evans
    Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

    , Chris Horner
    Chris Horner
    Christopher Horner is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . A native and current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.-PAA-NutraFig...

    , Leif Hoste
    Leif Hoste
    Leif Hoste is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist since 1998. He rides on the UCI ProTour for . His career highlights include winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001 and 2006 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second place finish...

    , Wim Vansevenant
    Wim Vansevenant
    Wim Vansevenant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.In his early years he was active mainly in Bovekerke - where he lived with his parents - and its surroundings...

     and Dario Cioni
    Dario Cioni
    Dario David Cioni is an English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Mountain bike career:...

    ) had already been selected, while six others (Bjorn Leukemans
    Björn Leukemans
    Björn Leukemans is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. For 2009 he joined the .- Palmares :2011...

    , Mario Aerts
    Mario Aerts
    Mario Aerts is a professional road bicycle racer since 1997. He has since shifted residence to Molenstede and currently rides for , and has done so since 2005 under the team's various names....

    , Fred Rodriguez
    Fred Rodriguez
    Fred Rodriguez is an American professional road racing cyclist. His nickname is Fast Freddie due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. He is a three-time US national champion as winner of the US Pro Cycling Championship. He came up through the ranks of the U.S...

    , Roy Sentjens
    Roy Sentjens
    Roy Sentjens is a Belgian ex-professional road bicycle racer who last competed for UCI ProTour team . The highlight of his career was victory in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2003. Sentjens started his career with Rabobank in 2002, and transferred to Predictor-Lotto for the...

    , Bert Roesems
    Bert Roesems
    Bert Roesems was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:1996Bert Roesems was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:1996...

     and Josep Jufré Pou are still competing for the last three spots. need to prove themselves to join the certainties in France this summer.
  • For Rabobank
    Rabobank (cycling)
    Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...

    , Manager Erik Breukink
    Erik Breukink
    Erik Breukink is a former professional road racing cyclist. In 1988, Breukink won the youth competition in the Tour de France. In 1990, Breukink reached the podium in Paris, finishing 3rd in the 1990 Tour de France...

     created a shortlist of 13 riders who are still in contention on June 8, those are: Michael Boogerd
    Michael Boogerd
    Michael Boogerd is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker, even inspiring Dutch authors to write a book called "Michael & Erik" about this generation, and the...

    , Bram de Groot
    Bram de Groot
    Bram de Groot is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :* Uniqa Classic - Overall * Delta Ronde van Midden-Zeeland * Volta a Catalunya - 1 stage...

    , Thomas Dekker
    Thomas Dekker (cyclist)
    Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007...

    , Theo Eltink
    Theo Eltink
    Theo Eltink is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.-Biography:In his youth, Eltink also was a good ice skater, but finally chose for cycling. He competed in cyclo-cross and road races at cycling club "Het snelle wiel]]...

    , Juan Antonio Flecha
    Juan Antonio Flecha
    Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni is an Argentine-born Spanish professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour team .-Career:...

    , Óscar Freire
    Óscar Freire
    Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx...

    , Mathew Hayman
    Mathew Hayman
    Mathew Hayman is an Australian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Hayman is an experienced and respected domestique, as he typically takes on a supporting role within his team.-Palmares:1996...

    , Pedro Horrillo
    Pedro Horrillo
    Pedro Horrillo Muñoz is a retired Spanish racing cyclist who rode for in the UCI ProTour from 2005 to 2009....

    , Denis Menchov
    Denis Menchov
    Denis Nikolayevich Menchov , born 25 January 1978 in Oryol, is a professional Russian road bicycle racer for . He is a general classification rider and a climber. In 2005 he won the Vuelta a España, which he won for a second time in 2007...

    , Koos Moerenhout
    Koos Moerenhout
    Jacobus Moerenhout is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19941996...

    , Grischa Niermann
    Grischa Niermann
    Grischa Niermann is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He started his professional career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998 and the Regio-Tour in 1999. He moved on to Rabobank in 2000...

    , Michael Rasmussen
    Michael Rasmussen
    Michael Rasmussen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the Danish team Christina Watches-Onfone. In the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by his team and was removed from the Tour...

     and Pieter Weening
    Pieter Weening
    Pieter Weening is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for .-2005:In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won...

    . The final selection was announced on June 25.
  • Will ride for Caisse d'Epargne: Alejandro Valverde
    Alejandro Valverde
    Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...

    , Vladimir Karpets
    Vladimir Karpets
    Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets is a Russian road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam , most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France. Karpets is a two-time Olympian. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Karpets competed in the men's team pursuit and...

    , Óscar Pereiro, Florent Brard
    Florent Brard
    Florent Brard is a retired French road bicycle racer. He won three national championships, including the professional road race. He became a professional in 1999 and stopped racing in November 2009 after not finding a place in a team.-Childhood:Florent Brard was born into a cycling family...

    , José Vicente García
    José Vicente García
    José Vicente García Acosta is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rode his entire career for the team last known as . In his career, he has won a stage of the Tour de France, two stages in the Vuelta a España and the GP Eddy Merckx with Abraham Olano...

    , Francisco Pérez, Nicolas Portal
    Nicolas Portal
    Nicolas Portal is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he missed much of the racing season with cardiac arrhythmia problems.- Palmares :* 2004 Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré - 1 stage* Tour de France...

    , Luis León Sánchez
    Luis León Sánchez
    Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación...

     and Xabier Zandio
    Xabier Zandio
    Xabier Zandio Echaide is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Biography :Zandio grew up in a sporting family—one brother is a footballer and another a pelota player—and decided at the age of 17 to become a cyclist rather than work for his parents' butchery...

    .
  • On June 11, team AG2R Prévoyance
    AG2R Prévoyance
    Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...

     named the following riders as certainties for the tour: Cyril Dessel
    Cyril Dessel
    Cyril Dessel is a French professional road racing cyclist for on the UCI ProTour. He made his professional debut in 2000.In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour...

    , Christophe Moreau
    Christophe Moreau
    Christophe Moreau is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005...

    , José Luis Arrieta
    José Luis Arrieta
    José Luis Arrieta Lujambio is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . He is now a sporting director for , the same franchise for which he rode earlier in his career when it was known as .Arrieta was a devoted domestique for Miguel Indurain...

    , Martin Elmiger
    Martin Elmiger
    Martin Elmiger is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of from 2002–2006...

    , Stéphane Goubert
    Stéphane Goubert
    Stéphane Goubert is a French retired professional road bicycle racer.- Tour de France :* 1999: 74th* 2001: 31st* 2002: 17th* 2003: 31st* 2004: 20th* 2005: 34th* 2006: 37th* 2007: 27th* 2008: 21st* 2009: 16th...

     and John Gadret
    John Gadret
    John Gadret is a French professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing disciplines for UCI ProTour team . He became a stagiaire for Cofidis in 2003 before turning professional with the team in 2004....

    . Seven other riders were still in contention for the three remaining places, namely: Simon Gerrans
    Simon Gerrans
    Simon Gerrans is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for the British UCI ProTour team, .-Biography:Gerrans was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up in Mansfield, Victoria....

    , Sylvain Calzati
    Sylvain Calzati
    Sylvain Calzati is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Bretagne-Schuller. He turned professional during the year 2003 with Team Barloworld. His biggest success is winning the 8th Stage in the 2006 Tour de France. He also won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2004. He currently...

    , Jean-Patrick Nazon
    Jean-Patrick Nazon
    Jean-Patrick Nazon is a French professional road bicycle racer who turned professional in 1997.1998 - Française des Jeux* 2 stages, Circuit des Mines2000 - Française des Jeux* 2 stages, Étoile de Bessèges...

    , Ludovic Turpin
    Ludovic Turpin
    Ludovic Turpin is a French professional road racing cyclist. He rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Career accomplishments :1999 – Casino...

    , Hubert Dupont
    Hubert Dupont
    Hubert Dupont is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Palmares:2006...

    , Alexandre Usov
    Alexandre Usov
    Alexandre Usov is a Belarusian racing cyclist. His specialty is sprinting.- Palmarès :20002001Alexandre Usov is a Belarusian racing cyclist. His specialty is sprinting.- Palmarès :2000...

     and Yuriy Krivtsov
    Yuriy Krivtsov
    Yuriy Krivtsov is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Ukrainian by birth, he became a naturalized French citizen in May 2010, and was able to change his nationality per the UCI effective with the 2011 season.- Palmares :1996...

    .
  • Also on June 11, both Astana Team
    Astana Team
    Astana is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007...

    , Team CSC
    Team CSC
    Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

     and T-Mobile Team
    T-Mobile Team
    HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...

     announced their candidates for the Tour. For Astana Team
    Astana Team
    Astana is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007...

     12 riders were still in contention: Alexander Vinokourov
    Alexander Vinokourov
    Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, is an ethnically Russian Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer who currently competes with the UCI ProTeam Astana...

    , Andreas Klöden
    Andreas Klöden
    Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France...

     and 7 other riders from this list: Andrey Kashechkin
    Andrey Kashechkin
    Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic....

    , Matthias Kessler
    Matthias Kessler
    Matthias Kessler , is a German professional road racing cyclist who rode for .Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1999, a year in which he also took the bronze medal in the under 23 cycling world championships...

    , Maxim Iglinsky
    Maxim Iglinsky
    Maxim Iglinsky is a Kazakh road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team , who he joined in 2007. Iglinsky turned professional in 2005 with Domina Vacanze and rode for in 2006. Iglinsky won stage 6 of the 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.He is the elder brother of Valentin Iglinsky.-...

    , Antonio Colom
    Antonio Colom
    Antonio Colom Mas is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002....

    , Benoît Joachim
    Benoît Joachim
    Benoît Joachim is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him...

    , Gennady Mikhaylov
    Gennady Mikhaylov
    Gennady Mikhaylov , is a former professional road bicycle racer from Russia. He last rode for UCI ProTour . He was part of the successful team , in which he assisted Robbie McEwen to numerous sprint victories. He won his first professional race in 2002...

    , Eddy Mazzoleni
    Eddy Mazzoleni
    Eddy Mazzoleni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team....

    , Gregory Rast
    Grégory Rast
    Grégory Rast is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He will ride for from 2012.- Palmares :20022004...

    , Paolo Savoldelli
    Paolo Savoldelli
    Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....

     and Sergei Ivanov
    Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov
    Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov is a professional road bicycle racer since 1996. He cycles with Team Katusha. He has, however, been a professional since 1996 - being a member of four previous teams - CSKA Lada-Samara, TVM-Farm Frites, Fassa Bortolo, and T-Mobile Team...

    . T-Mobile Team
    T-Mobile Team
    HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...

     selected 6 riders (Michael Rogers, Marcus Burghardt
    Marcus Burghardt
    Marcus Burghardt is a German professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .Burghardt turned pro in 2005, having already raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he had already tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004...

    , Patrik Sinkewitz
    Patrik Sinkewitz
    Patrik Sinkewitz is a professional German road racing cyclist for . He is a climbing specialist who can ride well over a stage race, as in winning the 2004 nine-stage Deutschland Tour. He has also ridden well in one-day races such as Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he finished in the top 10 in 2006...

    , Linus Gerdemann
    Linus Gerdemann
    Linus Gerdemann is a German professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for .-Career:After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for after a recommendation from Jens Voigt, signing on for a 2-year contract...

    , Kim Kirchen
    Kim Kirchen
    Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...

     and Mark Cavendish
    Mark Cavendish
    Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...

    ) with three more named nearer the start of the race.
  • Damiano Cunego
    Damiano Cunego
    Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...

     announced on June 14 that he would not be taking part in the Tour de France this year.
  • On June 25 it was decided that for Cofidis
    Cofidis (cycling team)
    Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf team of the 1980s...

     this year's team would consist of Stéphane Augé
    Stéphane Augé
    Stéphane Augé is a French former road racing cyclist. He is currently a sporting director for UCI Professional Continental team...

    , Sylvain Chavanel
    Sylvain Chavanel
    Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...

    , Geoffroy Lequatre
    Geoffroy Lequatre
    Geoffroy Lequatre is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best win so far is the 2008 Tour of Britain.- Notable Results :2003*...

    , Cristian Moreni
    Cristian Moreni
    Cristian Moreni is an Italian road racing cyclist who rode for Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone in the UCI ProTour....

    , Nick Nuyens
    Nick Nuyens
    Nick Nuyens is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins to date include the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He is generally viewed as a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple...

    , Iván Parra
    Iván Parra
    Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...

    , Staf Scheirlinckx
    Staf Scheirlinckx
    Staf Scheirlinckx is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . One of the tallest riders in the pro peloton, Scheirlinckx is a domestique who helps his star teammates, particularly in the northern classic cycle races. His brother is Bert Scheirlinckx.-...

    , Rik Verbrugghe
    Rik Verbrugghe
    Rik Verbrugghe is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes...

     and Bradley Wiggins
    Bradley Wiggins
    Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....

    . The reserves in case of injury or illness were Leonardo Duque
    Leonardo Duque
    Leonardo Fabio Duque is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. After stage 19 of the 2009 Tour de France, Duque was named the most combative rider of the stage after aggressively pacing a breakaway....

     and Kevin De Weert
    Kevin De Weert
    Kevin De Weert is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Quick Step.- Palmares :* U17 Time Trial Champion * U19 Time Trial Champion * Giro della Toscana U19...

    .
  • Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
    Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. It was the continuation of the 2004 U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, was its leader until July 2005...

     announced their full team on June 27. Johan Bruyneel
    Johan Bruyneel
    Johan Bruyneel is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team . Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of , a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team...

    , Discovery sport director, announced that Levi Leipheimer
    Levi Leipheimer
    Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...

     would lead assisted by George Hincapie
    George Hincapie
    George Hincapié Garcés is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina...

    , Egoi Martínez
    Egoi Martínez
    Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....

    , Benjamin Noval
    Benjamín Noval
    Benjamín Noval González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Noval turned professional in 2001, riding for Relax-Gam for three years before switching to , where he stayed for four years...

    , Yaroslav Popovych
    Yaroslav Popovych
    Yaroslav Popovych is a Ukrainian cyclist with the UCI ProTour team . He was born in Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Under-23 road race champion in 2001, Popovych turned professional in 2002 with , where he performed particularly strongly in the Giro d'Italia, finishing third in 2003...

    , Alberto Contador
    Alberto Contador
    Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro...

    , Vladimir Gusev, Sérgio Paulinho
    Sérgio Paulinho
    Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He was a domestique in the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Tour de France....

     and Tomas Vaitkus
    Tomas Vaitkus
    Tomas Vaitkus is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Vaitkus, nicknamed Tomas the Tank Engine, made his Tour de France debut in the 2007 edition but had to abandon after a serious crash at the end of stage two. announced that he would be joining the team in 2010....

     . Following recent illness, there was no space for Tom Danielson
    Tom Danielson
    Tom Danielson is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of , but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.Danielson currently holds the record for the...

    .
  • For Team CSC
    Team CSC
    Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

    , the full squad was announced on June 29. Carlos Sastre
    Carlos Sastre
    Carlos Sastre Candil is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer and champion of the 2008 Tour de France. Sastre rides in 2011 for UCI Professional Continental team...

     leads the team with Fränk Schleck
    Fränk Schleck
    Fränk René Schleck is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on , and they split the 2005 national championships between them, with Fränk winning the road race and Andy winning the time trial...

    , Fabian Cancellara
    Fabian Cancellara
    Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...

    , David Zabriskie
    David Zabriskie
    David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...

    , Stuart O'Grady
    Stuart O'Grady
    Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

    , Kurt Asle Arvesen
    Kurt Asle Arvesen
    Kurt Asle Arvesen is a former Norwegian professional road bicycle racer for . Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. From 2012 he will be manager of ....

    , Íñigo Cuesta
    Íñigo Cuesta
    Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the Basque team. Here his results included a second place in 1995 Vuelta a Asturias, and in 1996 he signed a contract with Spanish team ONCE...

    , Jens Voigt
    Jens Voigt
    Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton...

    , Christian Vandevelde
    Christian Vandevelde
    Christian Vande Velde is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for . The son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal.He twice rode on the Tour de France team that brought Lance Armstrong to...

     Due to his 1996 doping admission, Bjarne Riis
    Bjarne Riis
    Bjarne Lykkegård Riis , nicknamed The Eagle from Herning , is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank Sungard...

     will not be the team director this year, being replaced by Kim Andersen.
  • On 5 July, Team Milram
    Team MILRAM
    Team Milram was a German pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch company...

     announced that Alessandro Petacchi
    Alessandro Petacchi
    Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...

     will not race the Tour de France after his non-negative doping test at this year's Giro d'Italia
    Giro d'Italia
    The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

    .
  • On 3 July, it was announced that no one will use #1 during 2007 Tour.
  • The full list of riders with race numbers was confirmed by the tour organisers on Friday 6 July

Teams

Caisse d'Epargne
  GCE
Nr. Age Pos.
11 Óscar Pereiro  29   10th
12 David Arroyo
David Arroyo
David Arroyo Durán is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding on the UCI ProTeam . He is one of the best climbers on his team along with team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed on the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Pereiro claimed...

 
27   13th
13 Vicente García Acosta
José Vicente García
José Vicente García Acosta is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rode his entire career for the team last known as . In his career, he has won a stage of the Tour de France, two stages in the Vuelta a España and the GP Eddy Merckx with Abraham Olano...

 
34   91st
14 Iván Gutiérrez
Iván Gutiérrez
José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was Spanish Road national champion, three time Spanish time trial champion and won a silver medal in the 2005 Time Trial World Championships...

 
28   22nd
15 Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets is a Russian road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam , most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France. Karpets is a two-time Olympian. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Karpets competed in the men's team pursuit and...

 
26   14th
16 Luis León Sánchez
Luis León Sánchez
Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación...

 
23   72nd
17 Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he missed much of the racing season with cardiac arrhythmia problems.- Palmares :* 2004 Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré - 1 stage* Tour de France...

 
28   57th
18 Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...

 
27   6th
19 Xabier Zandio
Xabier Zandio
Xabier Zandio Echaide is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Biography :Zandio grew up in a sporting family—one brother is a footballer and another a pelota player—and decided at the age of 17 to become a cyclist rather than work for his parents' butchery...

 
30   DNF-4
Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia
T-Mobile Team
T-Mobile Team
HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...

 
  TMO
Nr. Age Pos.
21 Michael Rogers  27   DNF-8
22 Marcus Burghardt
Marcus Burghardt
Marcus Burghardt is a German professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .Burghardt turned pro in 2005, having already raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he had already tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004...

 
24   127th
23 Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...

 
22   DNF-8
24 Bernhard Eisel
Bernhard Eisel
Bernhard Eisel is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for . He will join Team Sky for the 2012 season.-Career:...

26   121st
25 Linus Gerdemann
Linus Gerdemann
Linus Gerdemann is a German professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for .-Career:After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for after a recommendation from Jens Voigt, signing on for a 2-year contract...

 
24   36th
26 Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch is a German road bicycle racer racing for UCI ProTour squad . He is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch, and is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on September 25, 2008.He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games...

32   105th
27 Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...

 
29   7th
28 Axel Merckx
Axel Merckx
Axel Merckx , is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from the sport in August 2007. Since he began his professional career in 1993, he has won an Olympic Bronze medal and competed in 8 Tours de France, finishing in 6 as the highest-placed Belgian rider...

34   62nd
29 Patrik Sinkewitz
Patrik Sinkewitz
Patrik Sinkewitz is a professional German road racing cyclist for . He is a climbing specialist who can ride well over a stage race, as in winning the 2004 nine-stage Deutschland Tour. He has also ridden well in one-day races such as Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he finished in the top 10 in 2006...

 
26   DNS-9
Team manager: Bob Stapleton
Bob Stapleton
Bob Stapleton is an American entrepreneur and the team owner of cycling team . Stapleton was previously the team manager of when it was known as...


Team CSC
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...


  CSC
Nr. Age Pos.
31 Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre Candil is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer and champion of the 2008 Tour de France. Sastre rides in 2011 for UCI Professional Continental team...

 
32   4th
32 Kurt Asle Arvesen
Kurt Asle Arvesen
Kurt Asle Arvesen is a former Norwegian professional road bicycle racer for . Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. From 2012 he will be manager of ....

 
32   67th
33 Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...

 
26   100th
34 Íñigo Cuesta
Íñigo Cuesta
Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the Basque team. Here his results included a second place in 1995 Vuelta a Asturias, and in 1996 he signed a contract with Spanish team ONCE...

 
38   51st
35 Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
33   DNF-8
36 Fränk Schleck
Fränk Schleck
Fränk René Schleck is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on , and they split the 2005 national championships between them, with Fränk winning the road race and Andy winning the time trial...

 
27   17th
37 Christian Vandevelde
Christian Vandevelde
Christian Vande Velde is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for . The son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal.He twice rode on the Tour de France team that brought Lance Armstrong to...

 
31   25th
38 Jens Voigt
Jens Voigt
Jens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton...

 
35   28th
39 David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...

 
28   DSQ-11
Team manager: Kim Andersen
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Predictor-Lotto
  PRL
Nr. Age Pos.
41 Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans
Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

 
30   2nd
42 Mario Aerts
Mario Aerts
Mario Aerts is a professional road bicycle racer since 1997. He has since shifted residence to Molenstede and currently rides for , and has done so since 2005 under the team's various names....

 
32   70th
43 Dario Cioni
Dario Cioni
Dario David Cioni is an English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Mountain bike career:...

 
32   56th
44 Chris Horner
Chris Horner
Christopher Horner is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . A native and current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.-PAA-NutraFig...

 
35   15th
45 Leif Hoste
Leif Hoste
Leif Hoste is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist since 1998. He rides on the UCI ProTour for . His career highlights include winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001 and 2006 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second place finish...

 
29   110th
46 Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...

 
35   DSQ-8
47 Fred Rodriguez
Fred Rodriguez
Fred Rodriguez is an American professional road racing cyclist. His nickname is Fast Freddie due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. He is a three-time US national champion as winner of the US Pro Cycling Championship. He came up through the ranks of the U.S...

 
33   DNF-15
48 Johan Vansummeren  26   63rd
49 Wim Vansevenant
Wim Vansevenant
Wim Vansevenant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.In his early years he was active mainly in Bovekerke - where he lived with his parents - and its surroundings...

 
35   141st
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Marc Sergeant
Marc Sergeant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. After Sergeant stopped his cycling career, he became team manager at Silence-Lotto.- Palmarès :19811982...


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Rabobank
Rabobank (cycling)
Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...


  RAB
Nr. Age Pos.
51 Denis Menchov
Denis Menchov
Denis Nikolayevich Menchov , born 25 January 1978 in Oryol, is a professional Russian road bicycle racer for . He is a general classification rider and a climber. In 2005 he won the Vuelta a España, which he won for a second time in 2007...

 
29   DNF-17
52 Michael Boogerd
Michael Boogerd
Michael Boogerd is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker, even inspiring Dutch authors to write a book called "Michael & Erik" about this generation, and the...

 
35   12th
53 Bram de Groot
Bram de Groot
Bram de Groot is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :* Uniqa Classic - Overall * Delta Ronde van Midden-Zeeland * Volta a Catalunya - 1 stage...

 
32   134th
54 Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker (cyclist)
Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007...

 
22   35th
55 Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni is an Argentine-born Spanish professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour team .-Career:...

 
29   85th
56 Óscar Freire
Óscar Freire
Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx...

 
31   DNS-7
57 Grischa Niermann
Grischa Niermann
Grischa Niermann is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He started his professional career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998 and the Regio-Tour in 1999. He moved on to Rabobank in 2000...

 
32   86th
58 Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rasmussen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the Danish team Christina Watches-Onfone. In the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by his team and was removed from the Tour...

 
33   DNS-17
59 Pieter Weening
Pieter Weening
Pieter Weening is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for .-2005:In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won...

 
26   128th
Team manager: Erik Breukink
Erik Breukink
Erik Breukink is a former professional road racing cyclist. In 1988, Breukink won the youth competition in the Tour de France. In 1990, Breukink reached the podium in Paris, finishing 3rd in the 1990 Tour de France...


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AG2R Prévoyance
AG2R Prévoyance
Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...


  A2R
Nr. Age Pos.
61 Christophe Moreau
Christophe Moreau
Christophe Moreau is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005...

 
36   37th
62 José Luis Arrieta
José Luis Arrieta
José Luis Arrieta Lujambio is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . He is now a sporting director for , the same franchise for which he rode earlier in his career when it was known as .Arrieta was a devoted domestique for Miguel Indurain...

 
36   52nd
63 Sylvain Calzati
Sylvain Calzati
Sylvain Calzati is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Bretagne-Schuller. He turned professional during the year 2003 with Team Barloworld. His biggest success is winning the 8th Stage in the 2006 Tour de France. He also won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2004. He currently...

 
28   DNF-11
64 Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel is a French professional road racing cyclist for on the UCI ProTour. He made his professional debut in 2000.In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour...

 
32   DNF-15
65 Martin Elmiger
Martin Elmiger
Martin Elmiger is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of from 2002–2006...

 
28   74th
66 John Gadret
John Gadret
John Gadret is a French professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing disciplines for UCI ProTour team . He became a stagiaire for Cofidis in 2003 before turning professional with the team in 2004....

 
28   54th
67 Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for the British UCI ProTour team, .-Biography:Gerrans was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up in Mansfield, Victoria....

 
27   94th
68 Stéphane Goubert
Stéphane Goubert
Stéphane Goubert is a French retired professional road bicycle racer.- Tour de France :* 1999: 74th* 2001: 31st* 2002: 17th* 2003: 31st* 2004: 20th* 2005: 34th* 2006: 37th* 2007: 27th* 2008: 21st* 2009: 16th...

 
37   27th
69 Ludovic Turpin
Ludovic Turpin
Ludovic Turpin is a French professional road racing cyclist. He rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Career accomplishments :1999 – Casino...

 
32   44th
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
Vincent Lavenu
Vincent Lavenu is a French former professional road bicycle racer and is currently the team manager of the UCI ProTour cycling team.-Professional career:...


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Euskaltel-Euskadi
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling...


  EUS
Nr. Age Pos.
71 Haimar Zubeldia
Haimar Zubeldia
Haimar Zubeldia Agirre is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who rides for on the UCI ProTour....

28   5th
72 Igor Antón
Igor Antón
Igor Antón Hernández is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....

24   DNF-11
73 Mikel Astarloza
Mikel Astarloza
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .In 2003 he won his first race, when he finished just in front of Lennie Kristensen in the overall rankings of the Tour Down Under...

27   9th
74 Jorge Azanza
Jorge Azanza
Jorge Azanza Soto is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He competes for the UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....

25   82nd
75 Iñaki Isasi
Iñaki Isasi
Iñaki Isasi Flores is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for the Euskaltel-Euskadi team in the UCI ProTour. Isasi turned professional in 2001 and has yet to record a major result of note in his five years as a professional...

30   90th
76 Iñigo Landaluze
Iñigo Landaluze
Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga is a professional road bicycle racer, currently under suspension.Landaluze turned professional in 2001 with Euskaltel-Euskadi, his present team...

30   43rd
77 Rubén Pérez
Rubén Pérez
Rubén Pérez Moreno is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....

25   50th
78 Amets Txurruka
Amets Txurruka
Amets Txurruka Ansola is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team ....

24   23rd
79 Gorka Verdugo
Gorka Verdugo
Gorka Verdugo Markotegui is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....

28   48th
Team manager: Julian Gorospe
Julián Gorospe
Julián Gorospe Artabe is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He was also the directeur sportif of Euskaltel-Euskadi between 1998 and 2006.- Palmarès :19771981...


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Lampre-Fondital
Lampre-Fondital
Lampre-ISD is an Italian road bicycle racing team. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and teams. Lampre is an Italian manufacturer of prefinished steel sheet materials. ISD is a Ukrainian steel manufacturer. The team is a member of the UCI ProTour, and has...


  LAM
Nr. Age Pos.
81 Alessandro Ballan
Alessandro Ballan
Alessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years...

27   88th
82 Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train...

26   75th
83 Paolo Bossoni
Paolo Bossoni
Paolo Bossoni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :* 2nd, National Road Race Championship ** 3rd * Trofeo Citta' di Castelfidardo * Coppa Sabatini...

31   95th
84 Marzio Bruseghin
Marzio Bruseghin
Marzio Bruseghin is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best achievement is winning the 2006 Italian time-trial championship, as well as winning two time trial stages in the Giro d'Italia...

33   41st
85 Claudio Corioni
Claudio Corioni
Claudio Corioni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :* Setmana Catalana - 1 stage & Points Competition * Giro del Belvedere * Milano-Busseto...

24   126th
86 Danilo Napolitano
Danilo Napolitano
Danilo Napolitano is an Italian professional road racing cyclist on , and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities....

26   DSQ-8
87 Daniele Righi
Daniele Righi
Daniele Righi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Fondital.- External links :*...

31   96th
88 Tadej Valjavec
Tadej Valjavec
Tadej Valjavec is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Zheroquadro Radenska. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia...

30   19th
89 Patxi Vila
Patxi Vila
Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia...

31   29th
Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni , also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.-Biography:Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races...


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Team Gerolsteiner
Team Gerolsteiner
Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized....

 
  GST
Nr. Age Pos.
91 Stefan Schumacher
Stefan Schumacher
Stefan Schumacher is a German professional road racing cyclist.-Career:First professionally employed with Team Telekom in 2002, he was released the following year...

25   87th
92 Robert Förster
Robert Förster
Robert Förster is a German professional road racing cyclist, specialising in bunch sprints, currently riding for .He turned professional in 2001, initially riding for Team Nürnberger...

 
29   135th
93 Markus Fothen
Markus Fothen
Markus Fothen is a German road racing cyclist, currently riding for the German continental team NSP.In 2003 Fothen won the under-23 World Championship time trial in Hamilton, Canada. He completed the 30.8 km course in 38:35.29, beating his nearest rival by nearly 20 seconds...

 
25   34th
94 Heinrich Haussler
Heinrich Haussler
Heinrich Haussler is an Australian road racing cyclist with German heritage. Haussler races for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:...

 
23   129th
95 Bernhard Kohl
Bernhard Kohl
thumb|Bernhard Kohl wears the polka dot jersey of theTour the France at the city centre criterium inWels on 30 July 2008Bernhard Kohl is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer and recognized climbing specialist...

 
25   31st
96 Sven Krauss  24   137th
97 Ronny Scholz
Ronny Scholz
Ronny Scholz is a former professional road racing cyclist from Germany who retired after the 2009 season.- Major achievements :20022003- Tour de France Participations :*2004 - 53rd overall*2005 - 91st overall...

29   81st
98 Fabian Wegmann
Fabian Wegmann
Fabian Wegmann is a German road racing cyclist, known as a climbing specialist. He is currently riding for UCI ProTeam ....

27   60th
99 Peter Wrolich
Peter Wrolich
Peter Wrolich is a retired Austrian professional road bicycle racer. He was known as a sprinter. He was in the top 10 of the last stage of the 2006 Tour de France, with a total of 65 points.-Races won:2002...

33   133rd
Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer
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Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole (cycling team)
Crédit Agricole was a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay and sponsored by the French bank, Crédit Agricole, since 1997. Before 1997 the team was known as GAN. Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 that compete in the UCI ProTour. Crédit Agricole announced that they would...


  C.A
Nr. Age Pos.
101 Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer riding . He has signed for from 2012 onwards. He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion. He is the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road...

 
29   139th
102 William Bonnet
William Bonnet
William Bonnet is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :200020052006...

 
25   109th
103 Alexandre Botcharov
Alexandre Botcharov
Alexander Bocharov , is a Russian professional road bicycle racer most recently riding for UCI ProTeam .-Palmares:19992001Alexander Bocharov , is a Russian professional road bicycle racer most recently riding for UCI ProTeam .-Palmares:1999...

 
32   33rd
104 Anthony Charteau
Anthony Charteau
Anthony Charteau is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . Charteau turned professional in 2001...

 
27   136th
105 Julian Dean
Julian Dean
Julian Dean is a road racing cyclist who rides for . Dean rode in the 2008 Tour de France, 2007 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France and the 2004 Tour de France, finishing all four times. In 2008, he finished 9th in the points classification...

 
32   107th
106 Dmitry Fofonov
Dmitry Fofonov
Dmitry Fofonov is a Kazakh professional road bicycle racer who was fired from UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole for doping.Fofonov tested positive for heptaminol after the 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France. Fofonov had completed the race in 19th place, and was fired by Crédit Agricole after the test...

 
30   26th
107 Patrice Halgand
Patrice Halgand
Patrice Halgand is a French professional road racing cyclist, who is not currently signed to any team. He was one of only three Festina team riders who were named as clean during the Festina doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France.Halgand indicated on 28 December 2008 that he is considering...

 
33   30th
108 Sebastien Hinault
Sébastien Hinault
Sébastien Hinault is a French road racing cyclist. He debuted in 1997 with the French team , which later became Crédit Agricole, and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined .He is not related to former cyclist Bernard Hinault.-Race...

 
33   132nd
109 Christophe Le Mevel
Christophe Le Mevel
Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:...

 
26   DNF-15
Team manager: Roger Legeay
Roger Legeay
Roger Legeay is a French former professional racing cyclist and the manager of Crédit Agricole cycling team. Legeay had managed the Peugeot cycling team in its last year of existence in 1986, before it was reinvented as Z-Peugeot. The team was renamed GAN in 1994 under new sponsorship and once...


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Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. It was the continuation of the 2004 U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, was its leader until July 2005...


  DSC
Nr. Age Pos.
111 Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...

33   3rd
112 Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, the 2009 Tour de France, the 2010 Tour de France and won 2011 Giro...

24   1st
113 Vladimir Gusev 25   38th
114 George Hincapie
George Hincapie
George Hincapié Garcés is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina...

 
34   24th
115 Egoi Martínez
Egoi Martínez
Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....

29   61st
116 Benjamin Noval
Benjamín Noval
Benjamín Noval González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Noval turned professional in 2001, riding for Relax-Gam for three years before switching to , where he stayed for four years...

26   115th
117 Sérgio Paulinho
Sérgio Paulinho
Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He was a domestique in the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Tour de France....

27   65th
118 Yaroslav Popovych
Yaroslav Popovych
Yaroslav Popovych is a Ukrainian cyclist with the UCI ProTour team . He was born in Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Under-23 road race champion in 2001, Popovych turned professional in 2002 with , where he performed particularly strongly in the Giro d'Italia, finishing third in 2003...

27   8th
119 Tomas Vaitkus
Tomas Vaitkus
Tomas Vaitkus is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Vaitkus, nicknamed Tomas the Tank Engine, made his Tour de France debut in the 2007 edition but had to abandon after a serious crash at the end of stage two. announced that he would be joining the team in 2010....

25   DNS-3
Team manager: Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneel is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team . Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of , a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team...


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Bouygues Télécom 
  BTL
Nr. Age Pos.
121 Pierrick Fédrigo
Pierrick Fédrigo
Pierrick Fédrigo is a French racing cyclist who rides for . He was the French national road champion in 2005 and won Stage 14 of the 2006 Tour de France in Gap, Stage 9 of the 2009 Tour de France in Tarbes, and Stage 16 of the 2010 Tour de France in Pau...

28   84th
122 Stef Clement
Stef Clement
Stef Clement is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He specializes in the time trial, in which discipline he is the reigning Dutch national champion. He also won the bronze medal at the Time Trial of the 2007 UCI Road World Championships.- Palmarès :20032005...

24   DSQ-12
123 Xavier Florencio
Xavier Florencio
Xavier Florencio Cabré is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team...

27   46th
124 Anthony Geslin
Anthony Geslin
Anthony Geslin is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .He was born in Alençon and became a professional in 2002, when he signed with the Bonjour team...

27   98th
125 Laurent Lefevre
Laurent Lefèvre
Laurent Lefèvre is a French former professional road bicycle racer, last for UCI Professional Continental team...

31   58th
126 Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau is a French professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he rides on the UCI ProTour for .- Major achievements :20022003-External links:*...

27   68th
127 Matthieu Sprick
Matthieu Sprick
Matthieu Sprick is a French cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Major results :200320072008-External links:...

25   DNF-16
128 Johann Tschopp
Johann Tschopp
Johann Tschopp is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He has been a professional since 2004 with Phonak Hearing Systems, during which time he has raced twice in the Giro d'Italia. He is an especially good climber since he is lightweight and his training environment is mainly...

25   93rd
129 Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for the cycling team.- Biography :Voeckler has been a professional cyclist since 2001. He rides for , formerly known as Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Bouygues Télécom, Brioches la Boulangère, and Bonjour...

28   66th
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Jean-René Bernaudeau
Jean-René Bernaudeau is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1978 to 1988. Bernaudeau is currently directeur sportif of the Team Europcar cycling team...


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  AGR
Nr. Age Pos.
131 Juan Miguel Mercado
Juan Miguel Mercado
Juan Miguel Mercado Martín is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who turned professional with Vitalicio Seguros in 1998...

28   80th
132 Freddy Bichot
Freddy Bichot
Freddy Bichot is a French road racing cyclist who rides for Team Véranda Rideau Sarthe.After rising from relative obscurity, in 2002 he won the French Amateur National Championship, yet later tested positive for testosterone...

27   102nd
133 Moisés Dueñas 26   39th
134 Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the older brother of Brice Feillu, who is also a road racing cyclist....

23   DNF-8
135 Eduardo Gonzalo
Eduardo Gonzalo
Eduardo Gonzalo Ramírez is a Spanish road racing cyclist. He currently rides for Bretagne-Schuller.In 2005, he won the overall rankings of the under-23 Tour de l'Isard d'Ariège. A year later he signed his first professional contract when he joined Agritubel...

23   DNF-1
136 Cédric Herve
Cédric Hervé
Cédric Hervé is a French former road racing cyclist.Hervé became a professional rider in 2002. His first win came in 2006 when he won the Manche Atlantique. Later that year he would also win the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan...

27   DSQ-8
137 Nicolas Jalabert
Nicolas Jalabert
thumbNicolas Jalabert is a French former road racing cyclist. In 1997 he turned professional with the French team Cofidis. He is the younger brother of Laurent Jalabert, and followed him to ONCE in 2000 and Team CSC in 2001. In 2004, after his brother's retirement, he followed Tyler Hamilton to...

34   114th
138 Benoît Salmon
Benoit Salmon
Benoît Salmon is a French former professional road racing cyclist. In 1999, Salmon won the young rider classification in the Tour de France and the overall title of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre.- Major achievements :...

33   125th
139 Nicolas Vogondy
Nicolas Vogondy
Nicolas Vogondy is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .Vogondy won the Tour de Lorraine in 1995 as a junior. He became a professional rider in 1997 when he signed for Française des Jeux. His first professional win came in that same year when he won the...

29   92nd
Team manager: David Fornes
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Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
Cofidis (cycling team)
Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf team of the 1980s...


  COF
Nr. Age Pos.
141 Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...

 
28   DNS-17
142 Stéphane Augé
Stéphane Augé
Stéphane Augé is a French former road racing cyclist. He is currently a sporting director for UCI Professional Continental team...

 
32   DNS-17
143 Geoffroy Lequatre
Geoffroy Lequatre
Geoffroy Lequatre is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best win so far is the 2008 Tour of Britain.- Notable Results :2003*...

 
26   DNS-6
144 Cristian Moreni
Cristian Moreni
Cristian Moreni is an Italian road racing cyclist who rode for Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone in the UCI ProTour....

 
34   DNS-17
145 Nick Nuyens
Nick Nuyens
Nick Nuyens is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins to date include the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He is generally viewed as a classics rider. He is married to the Belgian multiple...

 
27   DNS-17
146 Iván Parra
Iván Parra
Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...

 
31   DNF-8
147 Staf Scheirlinckx
Staf Scheirlinckx
Staf Scheirlinckx is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . One of the tallest riders in the pro peloton, Scheirlinckx is a domestique who helps his star teammates, particularly in the northern classic cycle races. His brother is Bert Scheirlinckx.-...

 
28   DNS-17
148 Rik Verbrugghe
Rik Verbrugghe
Rik Verbrugghe is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes...

 
32   DNS-17
149 Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....

 
27   DNS-17
Team manager: Eric Boyer
Eric Boyer
Eric Boyer was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the 1988 Tour de France, Boyer finished on the 5th place in the overall classification. Boyer won a stage in the 1991 Giro d'Italia. After his cycling career, Boyer worked for television and newspapers. He is currently manager of the...


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Liquigas
Liquigas
Liquigas-Cannondale is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has led to a small...


  LIQ
Nr. Age Pos.
151 Filippo Pozzato
Filippo Pozzato
Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI ProTour Team Katusha.-Career:...

25   DNS-15
152 Michael Albasini
Michael Albasini
Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season...

26   59th
153 Manuel Beltrán
Manuel Beltrán
Manuel Beltrán Martinez is a professional road bicycle racer from Spain. Beltrán won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader...

36   18th
154 Kjell Carlström
Kjell Carlström
Kjell Carlström is a Finnish road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He has raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007...

30   76th
155 Murilo Fischer
Murilo Fischer
Murilo Antonio Fischer is a Brazilian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Prior to moving to Garmin, Fischer had raced his whole career with Italian teams, having begun his career with Domina Vacanze in 2004, before moving to UCI Professional Continental team...

28   101st
156 Aleksandr Kuschynski
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Aleksandr Kuschynski is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He turned pro in 2004.Kuschynski is the current Belarusian National Road Race Champion.-Victories:2004*...

27   89th
157 Manuel Quinziato
Manuel Quinziato
Manuel Quinziato is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam .- Palmares :19972001...

27   113th
158 Charlie Wegelius
Charlie Wegelius
Charles "Charlie" Wegelius is an English former professional road racing cyclist.Never a winner of an individual race, Wegelius nevertheless made a career out of being a reliable and strong domestique, most notably in the mountains.-Early career:Wegelius' cycling aspirations suffered an early...

29   45th
159 Frederik Willems
Frederik Willems
Frederik Willems is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . His greatest achievement to date is in winning the 2006 Étoile de Bessèges while riding for , with whom he began his career in 2003 and rode until the end of 2006.-Palmarès:20022006*...

27   73rd
Team manager: Roberto Amadio
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Française des Jeux
  FDJ
Nr. Age Pos.
161 Sandy Casar
Sandy Casar
Sandy Casar is a French professional racing cyclist.Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. As a professional he has always ridden for FDJ.Severo...

28   71st
162 Sébastien Chavanel
Sébastien Chavanel
Sébastien Chavanel is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He is a younger brother, by just under 2 years, to fellow pro cyclist Sylvain Chavanel.- Palmares :20032004...

26   130th
163 Mickael Delage
Mickaël Delage
Mickaël Delage is a French professional racing cyclist. He rides for . He is also active as a track cyclist.As a junior he participated at the World Championships in track cycling in Moscow 2003, where he won the silver medal at the points race, after Australian Miles Olman...

21   117th
164 Rémy Di Gregorio
Rémy Di Gregorio
Rémy Di Gregorio is a French professional road bicycle racer. He currently rides for , but will move to for the 2012 season....

21   DNS-5
165 Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Gilbert is a classics specialist...

25   DNS-15
166 Lilian Jegou
Lilian Jégou
Lilian Jégou is a French road racing cyclist.Jégou made his professional debut in 2002 when he signed for Crédit Agricole as stagiaire. A year later he would make his Tour de France debut, but withdrew after stage 8 which led to l'Alpe d'Huez...

31   97th
167 Mathieu Ladagnous
Mathieu Ladagnous
Mathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...

22   112th
168 Thomas Lövkvist
Thomas Lövkvist
Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...

23   64th
169 Benoît Vaugrenard
Benoît Vaugrenard
Benoît Vaugrenard is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares:2005...

25   83rd
Team manager: Marc Madiot
Marc Madiot
Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Française des Jeux, a UCI ProTour cycling team....


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Quick Step-Innergetic
Quick Step-Innergetic
Quick Step is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directors are Rik Verbrugghe, Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke and Luca Guercilena. The mechanics are Jeanick Verstraete and Kurt Roose...


  QSI
Nr. Age Pos.
171 Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...

26   119th
172 Carlos Barredo
Carlos Barredo
Carlos Barredo Llamazales is a Spanish road racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam . He was issued a suspension for the first two months of the 2011 season in response to a fight with Rui Costa after a 2010 Tour de France stage, with Barredo claiming that Costa had ridden dangerously in the final stages...

26   42nd
173 Steven De Jongh
Steven de Jongh
Steven de Jongh is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.de Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of , while he made the move to in 2006...

33   123rd
174 Juan Manuel Gárate
Juan Manuel Gárate
Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He currently rides for the Rabobank team. He is perceived to be a climbing specialist, and to date his greatest achievements have been in the Giro d'Italia, where he placed fourth overall in 2002, fifth overall in 2005 and won...

31   21st
175 Sebastien Rosseler
Sébastien Rosseler
Sébastien Rosseler is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team whose forte is time trials. As part of Quick Step, he usually rode in support of the team's stars, such as Tom Boonen.-Main Victories:20012003...

25   104th
176 Gert Steegmans
Gert Steegmans
Gert Steegmans is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . He has a strong finishing sprint and can compete in the sprint with fellow Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen.-Career overview:...

26   138th
177 Bram Tankink
Bram Tankink
Bram Tankink is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He started his career as a mountainbiker, but in 1999 he became a road rider. In 2000 he became Dutch champion of the espoirs which resulted in a professional contract for 2001 at Domo-Farm Frites...

28   40th
178 Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto is an Italian road racing cyclist who rides for in the UCI ProTour.- Tour de France participations :*1997 - 132nd*2001 - 60th*2004 - 110th*2006 - 125th- Major achievements :...

33   108th
179 Cedric Vasseur
Cédric Vasseur
Cédric Vasseur is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was born in Hazebrouck, France and currently resides in Lille with his wife and young son...

36   55th
Team manager: Patrick Lefevere
Patrick Lefévère
Patrick Lefevere is the Belgian cycling team manager of the Quick Step-Innergetic cycling team. He is from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of the north. He was a professional racer from 1976 to 1979, winning Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and the fourth stage in the Vuelta a España, both in 1978...


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Team Milram
Team MILRAM
Team Milram was a German pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch company...


  MRM
Nr. Age Pos.
181 Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history...

37   79th
182 Alessandro Cortinovis
Alessandro Cortinovis
Alessandro Cortinovis is a former Italian road racing cyclist who rode for Team Milram.Cortinovis became professional in 1999 when he signed for Team Polti. A year later he would make a switch to Team Colpack. For this team he made his Giro d'Italia debut in 2001, finishing in a 90th position...

29   122nd
183 Ralf Grabsch
Ralf Grabsch
Ralf Grabsch is a German road racing cyclist. He is the older brother of fellow road racing cyclist Bert Grabsch.- Major victories :1994...

34   116th
184 Andriy Hryvko
Andriy Hryvko
Andriy Grivko is a Ukrainian racing cyclist for . He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the road race, in which he did not finish, and the individual time trial, where he finished 31st.-Palmarès:200520062008-External links:...

23   78th
185 Christian Knees
Christian Knees
Christian Knees is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for . He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010...

26   47th
186 Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...

27   DNF-5
187 Alberto Ongarato
Alberto Ongarato
Alberto Ongarato is an Italian road racing cyclist for .-Professional career:Ongarato signed his first professional contract in 1998 for Ballan-Alessio. For them he finished third in the Rund um den Henniger Turm in 1999. In 2000 he moved to Mobilvetta Design and made his Giro d'Italia debut in...

31   DNF-12
188 Enrico Poitschke
Enrico Poitschke
Enrico Poitschke is a German former road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :2001...

37   131st
189 Marcel Sieberg
Marcel Sieberg
Marcel Sieberg is a German road racing cyclist who rides for .- Palmarès :1998...

25   120th
Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga
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Astana Team
Astana Team
Astana is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007...


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Nr. Age Pos.
191 Alexandre Vinokourov 33   DNS-16
192 Antonio Colom
Antonio Colom
Antonio Colom Mas is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002....

29   DNS-16
193 Maxim Iglinsky
Maxim Iglinsky
Maxim Iglinsky is a Kazakh road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team , who he joined in 2007. Iglinsky turned professional in 2005 with Domina Vacanze and rode for in 2006. Iglinsky won stage 6 of the 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.He is the elder brother of Valentin Iglinsky.-...

26   DNS-16
194 Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov
Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov is a professional road bicycle racer since 1996. He cycles with Team Katusha. He has, however, been a professional since 1996 - being a member of four previous teams - CSKA Lada-Samara, TVM-Farm Frites, Fassa Bortolo, and T-Mobile Team...

32   DNS-16
195 Andrey Kashechkin
Andrey Kashechkin
Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic....

27   DNS-16
196 Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France...

32   DNS-16
197 Daniel Navarro Garcia 23   DNS-16
198 Gregory Rast
Grégory Rast
Grégory Rast is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He will ride for from 2012.- Palmares :20022004...

 
27   DNS-16
199 Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....

34   DNS-16
Team manager: Mario Kummer
Mario Kummer
Mario Kummer is a retired track and road racing cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann...


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Saunier Duval-Prodir
Saunier Duval-Prodir
Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián....


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Nr. Age Pos.
201 David Millar
David Millar
David Millar is a British road racing cyclist riding for . He has won three stages of the Tour de France, two of the Vuelta a España and one Stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007...

 
30   69th
202 Iker Camaño
Iker Camaño
Iker Camaño Ortuzar is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Endura Racing. Camaño turned professional in 2002 with Phonak Hearing Systems and moved to Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2004, but did not record any professional victories until 2011...

 
28   53rd
203 David Canada
David Cañada
David Cañada Gracia is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment to date. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 ; he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues...

 
32   103rd
204 Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial....

 
26   20th
205 David de la Fuente
David De La Fuente
David de la Fuente Rasilla is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the cycling team. De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France for a number of stages, donning the Polka Dot jersey after stage 2, and then again after stage 11 until Michael...

 
26   49th
206 Rubén Lobato
Rubén Lobato
Rubén Lobato Elvira is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who has ridden for , Domina Vacanze-Elitron and Saunier Duval...

 
28   DNS-7
207 Iban Mayo
Iban Mayo
Iban Mayo Diez is a professional road bicycle racer. His successes have been overshadowed by doping....

 
29   16th
208 Christophe Rinero
Christophe Rinero
Christophe Rinero is a former French professional road racing cyclist. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the King of the Mountains in the 1998 Tour de France. In 2002, he won stage 2 at Tour du Limousin. He retired at the end of 2008- Palmares :1996...

 
33   77th
209 Francisco Ventoso
Francisco Ventoso
Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi is a Spanish road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . Ventoso turned professional with in 2004 before moving to in 2008. He won the 2010 Paris-Bruxelles in a bunch sprint...

 
25   DNS-14
Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Mauro Gianetti
Mauro Gianetti is a Swiss directeur sportif, and a former rider in professional road bicycle racing. Gianetti is employed as team manager for the cycling team....


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Barloworld 
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Nr. Age Pos.
211 Alexander Efimkin
Alexander Efimkin
Alexander Alexandrovich Efimkin is a Russian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . His twin brother is Vladimir Efimkin. Alexander Efimkin burst on to the professional cycling scene in 2005 with a 2nd place overall at the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, a highly...

 
25   99th
212 Félix Cárdenas
Félix Cárdenas
Félix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.-Palmarès:*1996...

 
34   106th
213 Giampaolo Cheula
Giampaolo Cheula
Giampaolo Cheula is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- External links :*...

 
28   111th
214 Enrico Degano
Enrico Degano
Enrico Degano is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise....

 
31   DNF-7
215 Geraint Thomas
Geraint Thomas
Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...

 
21   140th
216 Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter (cyclist)
Robert Hunter is a South African professional road cyclist, for UCI ProTour team . He became in 2001 the first South African to compete in the Tour de France. In 2006 he rode for the Phonak Hearing Systems team on the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits...

 
30   118th
217 Paolo Longo Borghini
Paolo Longo Borghini
Paolo Longo Borghini is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.In the 2011 season, Palo will ride for the UCI ProTeam .He formerly rode for , and ....

 
26   124th
218 Kanstantsin Siutsou
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Kanstantsin Sivtsov is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team . He will ride for Team Sky in 2012.-Palmares:2004...

 
24   32nd
219 Mauricio Soler
Mauricio Soler
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning stage 9 having broken away on the Col du Galibier. He won that year's King of the Mountains title. Soler stated the stage win...

 
24   11th
Team manager: Claudio Corti

Summary of the field

  • Spain has most riders with 41. France has 36.
  • 26 nations are represented.
  • Euskaltel is the only team that has all its riders from the same country.
  • There are six current road race national champions: Dean, Hincapie, Iglinsky, Moreau, Valjavec and Wegmann, and seven current time trial national champions: Zabriskie, Cancellara, Clement, B. Grabsch, Gusev, Gutierrez and Vaugrenard.
  • There is no earlier Tour de France general classification winner in the Tour. (Pereiro was awarded 2006 win in September 2007)
  • Three riders have won a Grand Tour
    Grand Tour (cycling)
    In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

    : Savoldelli (Giro 2002&2005), Menchov (Vuelta 2005) and Vinokourov (Vuelta 2006).
  • Three riders have won points competition in Tour de France: Zabel (1996–2001), McEwen (2002, 2004, 2006) and Hushovd (2005).
  • Two riders have won the King of the Mountains competition in Tour de France: Rinero (1998) and Rasmussen (2005–06).
  • Four riders have won the U25 competition in Tour de France: Salmon (1999), Menchov (2003), Karpets (2004) and Popovych (2005).
  • 36 riders have won a stage in Tour de France earlier: Boogerd, Boonen, Calzati, Cancellara, Cardenas, Fedrigo, Flecha, Freire, García Acosta, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, Ivanov, Mayo, McEwen, Menchov, Mercado, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Popovych, Pozzato, Rasmussen, Sastre, Savoldelli, Schleck, Tosatto, Valverde, Vasseur, Verbrugghe, Vinokourov, Voigt, Weening, Zabel and Zabriskie.
  • Riders who won their first Tour de France stage in 2007: Bennati, Casar, Contador, Gerdemann, Hunter, Leipheimer, Soler, Steegmans. Evans and Kirchen were awarded stage wins in 2008, after Alexandre Vinokourov was removed from the stage results.
  • 15 riders who have worn the yellow jersey: Boonen, Cancellara, Dessel, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Vasseur, Voeckler, Voigt, Zabel and Zabriskie.
  • Riders who wore yellow jersey for the first time in 2007: Contador, Gerdemann, Rasmussen.
  • 21 riders who finished Giro d'Italia earlier this year: Aerts, Arroyo, Arvesen, Bruseghin, Cañada, Cioni, Cortinovis, Dean, Förster, Jegou, Knees, Krauss, Lancaster, Mayo, Merckx, Parra, Rasmussen, Savoldelli, Tosatto, Vila, Zabriskie.
  • 10 riders who started Giro but abandoned: Cancellara, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Napolitano, Ongarato, Popovych, Voeckler, Wegelius.
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