Tour de France 1997 / field of drivers

The list of drivers in the 1997 Tour de France shows all participants in the 84th Tour de France . A total of 198 drivers in 22 teams took part in the prologue in Rouen . 139 drivers reached the destination in Paris .

Legend

• Suspension: exclusion by own team
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the stage
• Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
• : Stage winner
• : Yellow jersey for the overall leader
• : Green jersey for the best in points
• : Dotted jersey for the best mountain rider
• : White jersey for the best young professional (The white jersey was not worn in 1997. It is used here for illustration, since the evaluation of the best young driver was given at the end of the tour.)
• : Yellow number on the back of the team leading in the team classification (The yellow number on the back was not yet assigned in 1997. In this illustration, it is only intended for visualization.)
• : Red number on the back for the most combative driver of the tour. (Not taken daily in 1997.)

Overview of participants

No.	country	Attendees	Reached destination in Paris
01	Italy	53	37
02	France	45	29
03	Spain	24	20th
04th	Netherlands	11	09
05	Belgium	09	05
06th	Switzerland	08th	04th
07th	Germany	07th	07th
08th	United States	06th	06th
09	Australia	05	05
10	Denmark	05	04th
11	Russia	05	01
12	Estonia	02	01
13	Colombia	02	01
14th	Austria	02	02
15th	Poland	02	02
16	Ukraine	02	01
17th	United Kingdom	02	01
18th	Finland	01	01
19th	Canada	01	00
20th	Kazakhstan	01	00
21st	Lithuania	01	01
22nd	Mexico	01	01
23	Portugal	01	01
24	Czech Republic	01	00
25th	Uzbekistan	01	00
total		198	139

Teams

X stands for an early exit; T for the rank in the team classification. The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold .

Team Deutsche Telekom

UCI code: TEL

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
1	Bjarne Riis			7th
2	Rolf Aldag			51
3	Udo Bölts			21st
4th	Christian Henn			84
5	Jens Heppner			60
6th	Giovanni Lombardi			118
7th	Georg Totschnig			34
8th	Jan Ullrich		: 10th & 12th stage; : 10-21 Stage; : 1. – 21. Stage - winner overall and junior ranking	1
9	Erik Zabel		: 3rd, 7th & 8th stage; : 4th - 21st Stage - winner points evaluation	66
			: 1st – 5th, 10th & 13th – 21st Stage - Winner team classification	T1

Festina Watches

UCI code: FES

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
11	Richard virusesque		: 14th stage; : 11-21 Stage; : 1. – 21. Stage - mountain classification winner and most combative driver	2
12	Gianluca Bortolami			46
13	Laurent Brochard		: 9th stage; : 3rd – 10th stage	31
14th	Laurent Dufaux			9
15th	Pascal Hervé			36
16	Joona Laukka			35
17th	Christophe Moreau			19th
18th	Didier Rous		: 18th stage	45
19th	Neil Stephens		: 17th stage	54
			: 11th & 12th stage	T3

Mapei GB

UCI code: MAP

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
21st	Johan Museeuw		Task during the 18th stage	X
22nd	Oscar Camenzind			12
23	Valentino Fois		Task during the 12th stage	X
24	Zenon Jaskuła			59
25th	Daniele Nardello			18th
26th	Wilfried Peeters			89
27	Tom Steels		Disqualified after the 6th stage (throwing a bottle)	X
28	Andrea Tafi			57
29	Frank Vandenbroucke			50
				T6

ONCE

UCI code: ONC

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
31	Laurent Jalabert			43
32	Iñigo Cuesta			70
33	David Etxebarria		Task during the 14th stage	X
34	Marcelino Garcia			121
35	Aitor Garmendia			63
36	Francisco Javier Mauleón			85
37	Roberto Sierra			78
38	Mikel Zarrabeitia		Task during the 16th stage	X
39	Alex Zülle		Not started the 5th stage (consequences of the fall)	X
				T16

MG Technogym

UCI code: MAG

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
41	Michele Bartoli		Task during the 10th stage	X
42	Fabio Baldato		Task during the 15th stage	X
43	Carlo Finco			129
44	Fabiano Fontanelli		Task during the 4th stage	X
45	Angelo Lecchi		Task during the 9th stage	X
46	Nicola Loda			110
47	Luca Scinto			120
48	Gilberto Simoni			116
49	Matteo Tosatto			132
				T21

Team Polti

UCI code: PLT

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
51	Luc Leblanc		Not started for the 14th stage	X
52	Rossano Brasi			130
53	Íñigo Chaurreau			92
54	Mirco Crepaldi			123
55	Gerrit de Vries			125
56	Mirko Gualdi		Task during the 9th stage	X
57	Giuseppe Guerini			53
58	Serguei Outshakov			113
59	Gianluca Valoti			86
				T19

Cofidis

UCI code: COF

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
61	Tony Rominger		Task during the 4th stage (broken collarbone)	X
62	Frankie Andreu			79
63	Laurent Desbiens		: 11th stage	127
64	Philippe Gaumont			139
65	Nicolas Jalabert			135
66	Bobby Julich			17th
67	Kevin Livingston			38
68	Christophe Rinero			115
69	Cyril Saugrain		Task during the 14th stage	X
				T14

La Française des Jeux

UCI code: FDJ

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
71	Mauro Gianetti		Task during the 16th stage	X
72	Frédéric Guesdon			111
73	Stéphane Heulot			20th
74	Christophe Mengin		: 16th stage	48
75	Damien Nazon		Task after the 9th stage	X
76	Andrea Peron			56
77	Davide rebel			58
78	Maximilian Sciandri			67
79	Flavio Vanzella			106
				T9

Roslotto-ZG Mobili

UCI code: ROS

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
81	Alexander Gontchenkow		Task after the 16th stage	X
82	Vyacheslav Djawanian		Task during the 16th stage	X
83	Marco Fincato		Task during the 15th stage	X
84	Vitali Kokorin		Task during the 11th stage	X
85	Pavel Padrnos		Task during the 9th stage	X
86	Torsten Schmidt			136
87	Daniele Sgnaolin			72
88	Massimo Strazzer		Task during the 9th stage	X
89	Marco Zen			73
				T18

GAN

UCI code: GAN

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
91	Chris Boardman		: Prologue; : 1st stage; : 1st stage - task during the 13th stage	X
92	Frédéric Moncassin			114
93	Stuart O'Grady			109
94	Eros Poli			134
95	Arnaud Pretot			105
96	Gérard Rué		Task after the 14th stage	X
97	François Simon			32
98	Cédric Vasseur		: 5th stage; : 6-10 stage	40
99	Henk Vogels			99
			: 6-9 stage	T17

TVM

UCI code: TVM

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
101	Maarten den Bakker			64
102	Jeroen Blijlevens		: 6th stage	126
103	Bo hamburger		Task during the 14th stage	X
104	Tristan Hoffman			126
105	Servais Knaven			107
106	Laurent Roux			23
107	Jesper Skibby			82
108	Peter Van Petegem			102
109	Bart Voskamp			98
				T15

Saeco-Estro

UCI code: SAE

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
111	Ivan Gotti		Not started for the 7th stage	X
112	Philipp Buschor			137
113	Francesco Casagrande			6th
114	Mario Cipollini		: 1st & 2nd stage; : 2nd - 5th Stage; : 2nd & 3rd stage - task during the 7th stage	X
115	Gian Matteo Fagnini			103
116	Paolo Fornaciari		Task during the 14th stage	X
117	Dario Frigo		Task during the 14th stage	X
118	Giorgio Furlan			74
119	Massimiliano Lelli			47
				T12

Rabobank

UCI code: RAB

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
121	Peter Luttenberger			13
122	Michael Boogerd			16
123	Erik Breukink			52
124	Erik Dekker			81
125	Patrick Jonker			62
126	Robbie McEwen			117
127	Danny Nelissen		Not started for the 12th stage	X
128	Rolf Sørensen			68
129	Léon van Bon		Not started for the 7th stage	X
				T7

Casino "C'est votre équipe"

UCI code: CSO

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
131	Alberto Elli			30th
132	Christophe Agnolutto			94
133	Lauri Aus			124
134	Pascal Chanteur			26th
135	Fabrice Gougot			42
136	Rolf Järmann		Task during the 16th stage	X
137	Artūras Kasputis		: 2nd stage	93
138	Jaan Kirsipuu		Task during the 9th stage	X
139	Marco Saligari			95
				T8

Batik-Del Monte

UCI code: BAT

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
141	Eugeni Berzin		Not started for the 7th stage	X
142	Andrea Brognara		Task during the 11th stage	X
143	Bruno Cenghialta			112
144	Luca Colombo		Task during the 14th stage	X
145	Francesco Frattini		Not started for the 14th stage	X
146	Nicola Minali		: 4th & 21st stage	122
147	Jon Odriozola			65
148	Gianluca Pierobon			133
149	Giuseppe Tartaggia			97
				T20

Banesto

UCI code: BAN

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
151	Abraham Olano		: 20th stage	4th
152	Marino Alonso			61
153	José Luis Arrieta			75
154	Manuel Beltran			14th
155	Santiago Blanco			27
156	Ángel Casero			29
157	José Acosta		Task during the 4th stage	X
158	José María Jiménez			8th
159	Orlando Rodrigues			33
				T4

Lotto Mobistar insulating glass

UCI code: LOT

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
161	Laurent Madouas			25th
162	Jamolidin Abduschaparov		Disqualified after the 6th stage (doping 2nd stage)	X
163	Peter Farazijn			39
164	Jo Planckaert		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
165	Benoît Salmon		Task after the 18th stage	X
166	Andrej Tschmil		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
167	Andrej Teteriouk		Not started for the 12th stage	X
168	Paul van Hyfte			90
169	Marc Wauters		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
				T11

Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport

UCI code: KEL

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
171	Fernando Escartín			5
172	Francisco Benítez			71
173	Hernán Buenahora			22nd
174	Francisco Cabello			108
175	José De Los Angeles			55
176	Arsenio Gonzales		Task during the 2nd stage	X
177	José Jaime González Pico		Task during the 18th stage	X
178	Javier Pascual Rodríguez			37
179	José Angel Vidal			77
				T5

Mercatone Uno

UCI code: MER

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
181	Marco Pantani		: 13th & 15th stage	3
182	Marco Artunghi			91
183	Roberto Conti			10
184	Oscar Pellicioli			80
185	Giusvan Piovaccari		Task during the 15th stage	X
186	Massimo Podenzana			24
187	Marcello Siboni			41
188	Mario Traversoni		: 19th stage	100
189	Beat Zberg			11
				T2

US Postal Service

UCI code: USP

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
191	Vyacheslav Yekimov			44
192	Adriano Baffi			119
193	Dariusz Baranowski			87
194	Pascal Deramé			131
195	Tyler Hamilton			69
196	George Hincapie			104
197	Marty Jemison			96
198	Peter Meinert-Nielsen			49
199	Jean-Cyril Robin			15th
				T10

La Mutuelle de Seine et Marne

UCI code: MUT

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
201	Jean-Philippe Dojwa		Task during the 15th stage	X
202	Jean-François Anti		Task during the 11th stage	X
203	Stéphane Cueff			138
204	David Delrieu		Task during the 16th stage	X
205	Gordon Fraser		Disqualified after the 9th stage (time limit)	X
206	Claude Lamour		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
207	Gilles Maignan		Task during the 14th stage	X
208	Laurent Pillon		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
209	Dominique Rault			83
			No final placement: 3 classified drivers required	-

Big Mat Auber 93

UCI code: BIG

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
211	Pascal Lino		Task during the 15th stage	X
212	Miguel Arroyo			76
213	Ludovic Auger		Not started for the 18th stage	X
214	Thierry Bourguignon			28
215	Laurent Genty			101
216	Thierry Gouvenou			88
217	Pascal Lance		Disqualified after the 14th stage (time limit)	X
218	Anthony Morin		Not started for the 15th stage	X
219	Gilles Talmant		Task during the 1st stage	X
				T13

literature

• Tour de France 1997 - Jan Ullrich and the team . H + L Verlag, Cologne 1997.
• Thierry Deketelaere (Ed.): Tour de France 1997 . In: Winning - Radsport Live: Special edition 1 . Triathlete Sport Group SA, Brussels 1997.

Web links

• Memoire du Cyclisme: Tour de France 1997 (French)