Tour de France 2004 / field of drivers

The following riders and teams took part in the 2004 Tour de France :

The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold .

Legend:

• Suspension: Exclusion by own team before the start of the race
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
• 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 driver under 25 years of age
• : Red number for the most combative driver of the previous day
• : Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification

US Postal - Berry Floor (USA)

• Established: 1998 - Manager: Johan Bruyneel

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	: 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 & 19th stage , : 5th , 16th - 20th stage , winning the championship (disallowed placement and stage wins)
2	José Azevedo	Portugal	Fifth overall
3	Manuel Beltran	Spain	46th overall
4th	Vyacheslav Yekimov	Russia	80th overall
5	George Hincapie	United States	33rd overall
6th	Floyd Landis	United States	23rd overall
7th	Benjamin Noval	Spain	66th overall
8th	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	79th overall
9	José Luis Rubiera	Spain	19th overall
			: Stage 4 , : 1st - 5th stage

T-Mobile Team (GER)

• Founded: 1991 - Manager: Walter Godefroot

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Fourth overall
12	Rolf Aldag	Germany	69th overall
13	Santiago Botero	Colombia	75th overall
14th	Giuseppe Guerini	Italy	25th overall
15th	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	57th overall
16	Matthias Kessler	Germany	: 5th stage , abandoned after 10th stage because of a fall: broken rib, bruise in the lungs
17th	Andreas Klöden	Germany	Second overall
18th	Daniele Nardello	Italy	48th overall
19th	Erik Zabel	Germany	59th overall
			: 15th , 17th - 20th stage , winner of the team classification

Phonak Cycling Team (SUI)

• Founded: 2000 - Manager: Urs Freuler

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	Tyler Hamilton	United States	Retired during the 13th stage due to back problems
22nd	Martin Elmiger	Switzerland	108th overall
23	Santos González	Spain	31st overall
24	Bert Grabsch	Germany	81st overall
25th	José Enrique Gutierrez	Spain	28th overall
26th	Nicolas Jalabert	France	: 15th stage , 82nd overall
27	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	Tenth overall
28	Santiago Perez	Spain	49th overall
29	Oscar Seville	Spain	24th overall

Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)

• Founded: 1994 - Manager: Julian Gorospe

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Iban Mayo	Spain	Task: not started after the second day of rest for the 15th stage
32	Iker Camaño	Spain	26th overall
33	David Etxebarria	Spain	77th overall
34	Unai Etxebarria	Venezuela	91st overall
35	Iker Flores	Spain	60th overall
36	Iñigo Landaluze	Spain	: 10th stage , 52nd overall
37	Egoi Martínez	Spain	41st overall
38	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	Task during the 13th stage
	Gorka González	Spain	Exclusion due to high blood values, suspected doping

Fassa Bortolo (ITA)

• Founded: 2000 - Manager: Giancarlo Ferretti

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	Alessandro Petacchi	Italy	Abandoned after the 5th stage because of a fall
42	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	68th overall
43	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	: Prologue , : 1st & 2nd stage , : Stage 1 , : 1st - 4th stage , 109th overall
44	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	93rd overall
45	Aitor González Jiménez	Spain	: 14th stage , 45th overall
46	Kim churches	Luxembourg	63rd overall
47	Filippo Pozzato	Italy	: 7th stage , 116th overall
48	Matteo Tosatto	Italy	110th overall
49	Marco Velo	Italy	Surrendered due to a fall during the 3rd stage

Crédit Agricole (FRA)

• Founded: 1987 - Manager: Roger Legeay

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Christophe Moreau	France	12th overall
52	Alexander Bocharov	Russia	36th overall
53	Julian Dean	New Zealand	127th overall
54	Pierrick Fédrigo	France	76th overall
55	Patrice Halgand	France	39th overall
56	Sébastien Hinault	France	Task because of a fall during the 10th stage : fracture of a vertebra
57	Thor Hushovd	Norway	: Stage 8 , : Stage 3 , : 2nd & 3rd stage , 104th overall
58	Sébastien Joly	France	146th overall
59	Benoît Salmon	France	73rd overall

Team CSC (DEN)

• Founded: 2001 - Manager: Bjarne Riis

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Ivan Basso	Italy	: 12th stage , third overall
62	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Denmark	123rd overall
63	Michele Bartoli	Italy	Task during the 17th stage
64	Bobby Julich	United States	40th overall
65	Andrea Peron	Italy	64th overall
66	Jacob Piil	Denmark	: 3rd & 9th stage , task: not started for the 15th stage
67	Carlos Sastre	Spain	Eighth overall
68	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	88th overall
69	Jens Voigt	Germany	: Stage 2 , : 2nd & 4th stage , 35th overall
			: 6th - 14th , 16th stage

Illes Balears-Banesto (ESP)

• Founded: 2004 - Manager: Euzebio Unzue

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Sixth overall
72	Daniel Becke	Germany	Task during the 17th stage
73	Vicente García Acosta	Spain	: 19th stage , 86th overall
74	José Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	51st overall
75	Vladimir Karpez	Russia	: 19th & 20th stage , winner of the junior ranking, 13th overall
76	Denis Menshov	Russia	Task during the 13th stage
77	Aitor Osa	Spain	50th overall
78	Mikel Pradera Rodriguez	Spain	Task during the 12th stage
79	Xabier Zandio	Spain	97th overall

Gerolsteiner (GER)

• Founded: 1998 - Manager Hans-Michael Holczer

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Seventh overall
82	René Haselbacher	Austria	Resignation after 6th stage because of a fall: double fracture of 3 ribs, nasal bone fracture
83	Danilo Hondo	Germany	106th overall
84	Sebastian Lang	Germany	78th overall
85	Sven Montgomery	Switzerland	Retirement due to a fall during the 7th stage : broken collarbone
86	Uwe Peschel	Germany	125th overall
87	Ronny Scholz	Germany	53rd overall
88	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	Task during the 13th stage
89	Peter Wrolich	Austria	113th overall

Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone (FRA)

• Founded: 1995 - Francis van Londersele

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	: Stage 5 , : 7th & 8th stage , 61 overall
92	Frédéric Bessy	France	Resignation due to a fall after the 2nd stage
93	Jimmy Casper	France	147th and last in the overall ranking
94	Christophe Edaleine	France	141st overall
95	Jimmy Engoulvent	France	: 7th stage , 138th overall
96	Dmitri Fofonov	Kazakhstan	87th overall
97	David Moncoutié	France	: 11th stage , : 12th stage , 34th overall
98	Janek Tombak	Estonia	Task during the 17th stage
99	Peter Farazijn	Belgium	107th overall

Quick Step - Davitamon (BEL)

• Founded: 2002 - Manager: Patrick Lefevere

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
101	Richard virusesque	France	: Stage 10 : 11th - 20th stage , : 11th stage , winning the mountain classification , winner in the ranking of the combative rider , 15th overall
102	Paolo Bettini	Italy	: 3rd - 10th stage , 58th overall
103	Tom Boonen	Belgium	: 6th & 20th stage , 120th overall
104	Davide Bramati	Italy	Disqualification: Time limit exceeded on the 16th stage
105	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	67th overall
106	Servais Knaven	Netherlands	142nd overall
107	Juan Miguel Mercado	Spain	: 18th stage , 37th overall
108	Michael Rogers	Australia	22nd overall
109	Stefano Zanini	Italy	126th overall

Liberty Seguros (ESP)

• Founded: 2004 - Manager: Manolo Saiz

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Roberto Heras	Spain	Task: not started for the 17th stage
112	Dariusz Baranowski	Poland	94th overall
113	Allan Davis	Australia	98th overall
114	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	44th overall
115	Jan Hruška	Czech Republic	117th overall
116	Isidro Nozal	Spain	73rd overall
117	Marcos Serrano	Spain	54th overall
118	Christian Vande Velde	United States	56th overall
119	Ángel Vicioso	Spain	Task during the 10th stage

Brioches La Boulangère (FRA)

• Founded: 2003 - Manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	Sylvain Chavanel	France	30th overall
122	Walter Bénéteau	France	102nd overall
123	Anthony Charteau	France	103rd overall
124	Maryan Hary	France	Disqualification: Time limit exceeded on the 5th stage
125	Laurent Lefèvre	France	Task: not started for the 17th stage
126	Jérôme Pineau	France	27th overall
127	Franck Renier	France	114th overall
128	Didier Rous	France	Task during the 17th stage
129	Thomas Voeckler	France	: 6th - 15th stage , : 6th - 18th stage , 18th overall

Alessio - Bianchi (ITA)

• Founded: 2000 - Manager: Bruno Cenghialta

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Magnus Backstedt	Sweden	Task during the 11th stage
132	Fabio Baldato	Italy	135th overall
133	Alessandro Bertolini	Italy	Task: not started for the 17th stage
134	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	11th overall
135	Martin Hvastija	Slovenia	Exclusion due to ongoing doping process on the day of rest after the 8th stage
136	Marcus Ljungqvist	Sweden	132nd overall
137	Claus Michael Møller	Denmark	70th overall
138	Andrea Noè	Italy	99th overall
139	Scott Sunderland	Australia	96th overall

Ag2r Prévoyance (FRA)

• Founded: 1992 - Manager: Vincent Lavenu

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Laurent Brochard	France	29th overall
142	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	62nd overall
143	Samuel Dumoulin	France	Abandonment after stage 8th stage due to fall: dog ran into bike
144	Stéphane Goubert	France	20th overall
145	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	: 1st stage , task during the 9th stage
146	Yuri Krivtsov	Ukraine	95th overall
147	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	: 3rd stage , 137th overall
148	Nicolas Portal	France	72nd overall
149	Mark Scanlon	Ireland	89th overall

Rabobank (NED)

• Established: 1996 - Manager:?

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Ninth overall
152	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	74th overall
153	Bram de Groot	Netherlands	111th overall
154	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	133rd overall
155	Karsten Kroon	Netherlands	115th overall
156	Marc Lotz	Netherlands	90th overall
157	Grischa Niermann	Germany	65th overall
158	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	: 14th & 16th stage , 14th overall
159	Marc Wauters	Belgium	112th overall

fdjeux.com (FRA)

• Founded: 1997 - Manager: Marc Madiot

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Bradley McGee	Australia	Surrender due to back pain on the 5th stage
162	Sandy Casar	France	: 6th stage , 16th overall
163	Bathing Cooke	Australia	139th overall
164	Carlos Da Cruz	Spain	85th overall
165	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	131st overall ranking
166	Frédéric Guesdon	France	129th overall
167	Christophe Mengin	France	84th overall
168	Jean-Cyril Robin	France	47th overall
169	Matthew Wilson	Australia	144th overall

Saeco (ITA)

• Founded: 1997 - Manager: Claudio Corti

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	: 18th stage as well as the 20th stage , but no red number on the back due to the end of the tour, 17th overall
172	Stefano Casagrande	Italy	Exclusion due to ongoing doping process on the rest day after the 8th stage
173	Mirko Celestino	Italy	Task during the 10th stage
174	Salvatore Commesso	Italy	124th overall
175	Gerrit Glomser	Austria	Task during the 13th stage
176	David Loosli	Switzerland	105th overall
177	Jörg Ludewig	Germany	55th overall
178	Yevgeny Petrov	Russia	38th overall
179	Marius Sabaliauskas	Lithuania	42nd overall

Lotto Domo (BEL)

• Established: 2003 - Manager:?

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	Robbie McEwen	Australia	: 2nd & 9th stage , : Stage 4 , : 4th - 6th , 9th - 20th stage , winning the points classification , 122. overall
182	Christophe Brandt	Belgium	Exclusion before the 7th stage due to positive doping test
183	Nick Gates	Australia	Disqualification: Time limit exceeded after falling on the 1st stage
184	Thierry Marichal	Belgium	: 8th stage , 101st overall
185	Axel Merckx	Belgium	21st overall
186	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	100th overall
187	Wim Vansevenant	Belgium	140th overall
188	Rik Verbrugghe	Belgium	43rd overall
189	Aart Vierhouten	Netherlands	Disqualification: Time limit exceeded on the 16th stage

Domina Vacanze (ITA)

• Founded: 1995 - Manager: Vincenzino Santoni

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Mario Cipollini	Italy	Abandonment after the 5th stage due to inflammation in the leg
192	Gian Matteo Fagnini	Italy	Surrendered during the 2nd stage due to a fall
193	Massimo Giunti	Italy	Task during the 17th stage
194	Sergio Marinangeli	Italy	Mission: not the 13th stage begun
195	Massimiliano Mori	Italy	121st overall
196	Michele Scarponi	Italy	32nd overall
197	Francesco Secchiari	Italy	143rd overall
198	Filippo Simeoni	Italy	118th overall
199	Paolo Valoti	Italy	Task during the 15th stage

RAGT Semences - MG Rover (FRA)

• Founded: 2003 - Manager: Serge Barle

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
201	Christophe Rinero	France	92nd overall
202	Guillaume Auger	France	136th overall
203	Pierre Bourquenoud	Switzerland	130th overall
204	Gilles Bouvard	France	128th overall
205	Sylvain Calzati	France	71st overall
206	Frédéric Finot	France	: 13th stage , 145th overall
207	Christophe Laurent	France	134th overall
208	Ludovic Martin	France	119th overall
209	Eddy Seigneur	France	Disqualification: Time limit exceeded on the 4th stage