Tour de France 2005 / field of drivers

The following riders and teams took part in the Tour de France 2005 :

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

Discovery Channel (USA), Trek

• Team manager: Johan Bruyneel

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	: 20th stage ; : 5th - 9th , 11th - 21st stage ; Overall winner
2	José Azevedo	Portugal	30th overall
3	Manuel Beltran	Spain	Retired after a fall during the 12th stage
4th	George Hincapie	United States	: 15th stage ; 14th overall
5	Benjamin Noval	Spain	107th overall
6th	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	95th overall
7th	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	: 5th - 8th , 14th - 21st stage ; Winner of the junior ranking ; 12th overall
8th	José Luis Rubiera	Spain	35th overall
9	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	: 17th stage ; 25th overall
			: 4th stage ; : 18th stage

Team T-Mobile (GER), Giant

• Team manager: Mario Kummer

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Third overall
12	Giuseppe Guerini	Italy	: 19th stage ; 20th overall
13	Matthias Kessler	Germany	57th overall
14th	Andreas Klöden	Germany	Task during the 17th stage : consequences of the fall from the previous day
15th	Daniele Nardello	Italy	55th overall
16	Stephan Schreck	Germany	86th overall
17th	Óscar Seville	Spain	18th overall
18th	Tobias Steinhauser	Germany	81st overall
19th	Alexander Vinokurov	Kazakhstan	: 11th & 21st stage ; : 12th stage ; Fifth overall
			: 15th - 17th , 19th - 21st stage ; Winner of the team classification

Team CSC (DEN), Cervélo

• Team manager: Bjarne Riis

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	Ivan Basso	Italy	Second overall
22nd	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Norway	89th overall
23	Bobby Julich	United States	17th overall
24	Giovanni Lombardi	Italy	118th overall
25th	Luke Roberts	Australia	102nd overall
26th	Carlos Sastre	Spain	21st overall
27	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	71st overall
28	Jens Voigt	Germany	: 10th stage ; Disqualification after the 11th stage (time limit exceeded)
29	David Zabriskie	United States	: 1st stage ; : 2nd - 4th stage ; : 2nd stage ; Task during the 9th stage
			: 2nd - 14th stage

Illes Balears-Banesto (ESP), Orbea

• Team manager: Eusebio Unzué

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Fourth overall
32	José Luis Arrieta	Spain	74th overall
33	David Arroyo	Spain	53rd overall
34	Daniel Becke	Germany	152nd overall
35	Isaac Gálvez	Spain	Task during the 8th stage
36	José Vicente García Acosta	Spain	148th overall
37	Vladimir Karpez	Russia	: 9th & 10th stage ; 50th overall
38	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	: 10th stage ; : 11th - 13th stage ; Task during the 13th stage , knee problems
39	Xabier Zandio	Spain	22nd overall

Davitamon Lotto (NED), Ridley

• Team manager: Marc Sergeant

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	Robbie McEwen	Australia	: 5th , 7th & 13th stage ; 134th overall
42	Mario Aerts	Belgium	112th overall
43	Christophe Brandt	Belgium	56th overall
44	Cadel Evans	Australia	Eighth overall
45	Axel Merckx	Belgium	39th overall
46	Fred Rodriguez	United States	132nd overall
47	Léon van Bon	Netherlands	Task during the 8th stage
48	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium	136th overall
49	Wim Vansevenant	Belgium	154th overall

Rabobank (NED), Colnago

• Team manager: Erik Breukink and Frank Maassen

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Denis Menshov	Russia	85th overall
52	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	24th overall
53	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	: 4th - 6th stage ; : 4th stage ; 109th overall
54	Karsten Kroon	Netherlands	: 7th stage ; 135th overall
55	Tanning Löwik	Netherlands	Task: Not for 14th stage begun
56	Joost Posthuma	Netherlands	83rd overall
57	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	: 9th stage ; : 9th - 21st stage ; : 10th stage ; Winner of the mountain classification ; Seventh overall
58	Marc Wauters	Belgium	140th overall
59	Pieter Weening	Netherlands	: 8th stage ; : 9th stage ; 72nd overall

Phonak (SUI), BMC

• Team manager: Álvaro Pino

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Santiago Botero	Colombia	51st overall
62	Bert Grabsch	Germany	103rd overall
63	José Enrique Gutiérrez	Spain	49th overall
64	Robert Hunter	South Africa	Task during the 12th stage
65	Nicolas Jalabert	France	138th overall
66	Floyd Landis	United States	Ninth overall
67	Alexandre Moss	Switzerland	42nd overall
68	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	: 16th stage ; : 16th & 17th stage ; Tenth overall
69	Steve Zampieri	Switzerland	Task during the 7th stage

Fassa Bortolo (ITA), Pinarello

• Team manager: Giancarlo Ferretti

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	: 2nd - 4th stage ; 128th overall
72	Lorenzo Bernucci	Italy	: 6th stage ; 62nd overall
73	Claudio Corioni	Italy	Task during the 6th stage
74	Mauro Facci	Italy	144th overall
75	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	: 6th stage ; 73rd overall
76	Dario Frigo	Italy	Exclusion before the start of the 11th stage : suspected doping
77	Massimo Giunti	Italy	80th overall
78	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine	104th overall
79	Kim churches	Luxembourg	Task during the 11th stage

Saunier Duval-Prodir (FRA), Scott

• Team manager: Matxin

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	66th overall
82	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	92nd overall
83	David Cañada	Spain	63rd overall
84	Nicolas Fritsch	France	Task during the 12th stage
85	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Spain	Task during the 9th stage
86	Christopher Horner	United States	33rd overall
87	Leonardo Piepoli	Italy	23rd overall
88	Manuel Quinziato	Italy	131st overall ranking
89	Constantino Zaballa	Spain	Task during the 5th stage

Liberty Seguros-Würth (ESP), BH

• Team manager: Manolo Sáiz

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Roberto Heras	Spain	45th overall
92	Joseba Beloki	Spain	75th overall
93	Alberto Contador	Spain	31st overall
94	Allan Davis	Australia	84th overall
95	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	Task during the 9th stage
96	Jörg Jaksche	Germany	16th overall
97	Luis León Sánchez Gil	Spain	108th overall
98	Marcos Serrano	Spain	: 18th stage ; 40th overall
99	Ángel Vicioso	Spain	64th overall

Crédit Agricole (FRA), LOOK

• Team manager: Roger Legeay

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
101	Christophe Moreau	France	11th overall
102	László Bodrogi	Hungary	119th overall
103	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	36th overall
104	Patrice Halgand	France	52nd overall
105	Sébastien Hinault	France	: 18th stage ; 115th overall
106	Thor Hushovd	Norway	: 13th - 21st stage ; Winner of the points evaluation ; 116th overall
107	Sébastien Joly	France	106th overall
108	Andrei Kashechkin	Kazakhstan	19th overall
109	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	Task during the 9th stage

Liquigas-Bianchi (ITA), Bianchi

• Team manager: Stefano Zanatta

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	32nd overall
112	Michael Albasini	Switzerland	145th overall
113	Magnus Backstedt	Sweden	Task: Not for 16th stage begun
114	Kjell Carlström	Finland	141st overall
115	Dario Cioni	Italy	54th overall
116	Mauro Gerosa	Italy	137th overall
117	Marcus Ljungqvist	Sweden	125th overall
118	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Task during the 9th stage
119	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	47th overall

Cofidis (FRA), Wilier Triestina

• Team manager: Francis Van Londersele

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	77th overall
122	Stéphane Augé	France	121st overall
123	Frédéric Bessy	France	129th overall
124	Sylvain Chavanel	France	58th overall
125	Thierry Marichal	Belgium	127th overall
126	David Moncoutié	France	: 12th stage ; : 13th stage ; 67th overall
127	Janek Tombak	Estonia	153rd overall
128	Cédric Vasseur	France	44th overall
129	Matthew White	Australia	123rd overall

Quick Step Innergetic (BEL), Time

• Team manager: Patrick Lefèvre

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Tom Boonen	Belgium	: 2nd & 3rd stage ; : 3rd - 11th stage ; Task: Not started the 12th stage : knee problems (consequences of a fall)
132	Wilfried Cretskens	Belgium	Task during the 15th stage
133	Kevin Hulsmans	Belgium	Disqualification after the 11th stage (time limit exceeded)
134	Servais Knaven	Netherlands	149th overall
135	Michael Rogers	Australia	41st overall
136	Patrik Sinkewitz	Germany	59th overall
137	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	111th overall
138	Guido Trenti	United States	139th overall
139	Stefano Zanini	Italy	Task during the 11th stage

Bouygues Telecom (FRA), Time

• Team manager: Dominique Arnould

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Didier Rous	France	82nd overall
142	Walter Bénéteau	France	68th overall
143	Laurent Brochard	France	: 11th stage ; 28th overall
144	Pierrick Fédrigo	France	46th overall
145	Anthony Geslin	France	97th overall
146	Laurent Lefèvre	France	117th overall
147	Jérôme Pineau	France	43rd overall
148	Matthieu Sprick	France	120th overall
149	Thomas Voeckler	France	: 3rd stage ; 124th overall

Lampre-Caffita (ITA), Cannondale

• Team manager: Fabrizio Bontempi

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	13th overall
152	Gianluca Bortolami	Italy	Task: Not for 16th stage begun
153	Salvatore Commesso	Italy	101st overall
154	Gerrit Glomser	Austria	Task during the 10th stage
155	David Loosli	Switzerland	99th overall
156	Yevgeny Petrov	Russia	Exclusion before the start of the 10th stage : tested positive for doping
157	Daniele Righi	Italy	110th overall
158	Alessandro Spezialetti	Italy	Task during the 7th stage
159	Gorazd Štangelj	Slovenia	87th overall

Team Gerolsteiner (GER), Specialized

• Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Georg Totschnig	Austria	: 14th stage ; : 15th stage ; 26th overall
162	Robert Forster	Germany	151st overall
163	Sebastian Lang	Germany	65th overall
164	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Sixth overall
165	Michael Rich	Germany	130th overall
166	Ronny Scholz	Germany	91st overall
167	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	: 8th stage ; : 8th stage ; 79th overall
168	Peter Wrolich	Austria	146th overall
169	Beat Zberg	Switzerland	93rd overall

La Française des Jeux (FRA), Lapierre

• Team manager: Marc Madiot

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Bradley McGee	Australia	105th overall
172	Sandy Casar	France	: 20th stage ; 29th overall
173	Bathing Cooke	Australia	142nd overall
174	Carlos Da Cruz	France	: 14th & 19th stage ; 76th overall
175	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	143rd overall
176	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	: 21st stage (no longer available, as the last stage) ; 70th overall
177	Thomas Lövkvist	Sweden	61st overall
178	Christophe Mengin	France	: 7th stage ; Task: Not for 8th stage begun
179	Francis Mourey	France	94th overall

Domina Vacanze (ITA), Colnago

• Team manager: Vittorio Algeri

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	Task: Not for 8th stage begun
182	Alessandro Bertolini	Italy	113th overall
183	Alessandro Cortinovis	Italy	98th overall
184	Angelo Furlan	Italy	Task during the 12th stage : fall
185	Andrij Hrywko	Ukraine	78th overall
186	Maxim Iglinski	Kazakhstan	37th overall
187	Jörg Ludewig	Germany	38th overall
188	Rafael Nuritdinov	Uzbekistan	147th overall
189	Alessandro Vanotti	Italy	133rd overall

Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP), Orbea

• Team manager: Julián Gorospe

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Iban Mayo	Spain	60th overall
192	Iker Camaño	Spain	69th overall
193	Unai Etxebarria	Venezuela	150th overall
194	Iker Flores	Spain	155th and last in the overall ranking
195	David Herrero	Spain	Task during the 15th stage
196	Iñaki Isasi	Spain	122nd overall
197	Iñigo Landaluze	Spain	100th overall
198	Egoi Martínez	Spain	48th overall
199	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	15th overall

Ag2r Prévoyance (FRA), Decathlon

• Team manager: Laurent Biondi

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
201	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	Task during the 11th stage
202	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	27th overall
203	Sylvain Calzati	France	: 3rd stage ; Task during the 8th stage
204	Samuel Dumoulin	France	114th overall
205	Simon Gerrans	Australia	126th overall
206	Stéphane Goubert	France	34th overall
207	Yuri Krivtsov	Ukraine	90th overall
208	Nicolas Portal	France	88th overall
209	Ludovic Turpin	France	96th overall