Tour de France 2008 / field of drivers
The following riders and teams took part in the 2008 Tour de France :
The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold .
Legend:
- Suspension: exclusion by own team
- Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
- Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
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: Stage winner
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: Yellow jersey for the overall leader
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: Green jersey for the leader in the points classification
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: Dotted jersey for the leader in the mountain classification
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: White jersey for the leader in the under-25 rating
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: Red number for the most combative driver of the previous day
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: Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification
Overview of participants
No. | country | Attendees | Reached destination in Paris |
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1 |
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40 | 30th |
2 |
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30th | 20th |
3 |
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21st | 14th |
4th |
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16 | 15th |
5 |
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12 | 11 |
6th |
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10 | 10 |
7th |
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9 | 7th |
8th |
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4th | 3 |
9 |
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4th | 4th |
10 |
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4th | 4th |
11 |
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3 | 2 |
12 |
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3 | 3 |
13 |
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2 | 2 |
14th |
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2 | 2 |
15th |
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2 | 1 |
16 |
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2 | 2 |
17th |
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2 | 2 |
18th |
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2 | 2 |
19th |
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2 | 1 |
20th |
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1 | 1 |
21st |
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1 | 1 |
22nd |
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1 | 1 |
23 |
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1 | 1 |
24 |
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1 | 1 |
25th |
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1 | 1 |
26th |
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1 | 1 |
27 |
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1 | 1 |
28 |
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1 | 1 |
29 |
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1 | 1 |
total | 180 | 145 |
Silence Lotto (Belgium)
Athletic Director: Herman Frison
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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1 | Cadel Evans |
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2 | Mario Aerts |
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31st overall |
Christophe Brandt |
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Task during the 19th stage | |
4th | Dario Cioni |
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83rd overall |
5 | Leif Hoste |
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124th overall |
6th | Robbie McEwen |
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122nd overall |
7th | Yaroslav Popovych |
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24th overall |
8th | Johan Vansummeren |
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87th overall |
9 | Wim Vansevenant |
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145th overall |
Team CSC-Saxo Bank (Denmark)
Sporting director: Kim Andersen
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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11 | Carlos Sastre |
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12 | Kurt Asle Arvesen |
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13 | Fabian Cancellara |
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65th overall |
14th | Volodymyr Hustov |
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46th overall |
15th | Stuart O'Grady |
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109th overall |
16 | Andy Schleck |
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17th | Frank Schleck |
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18th | Nicki Sørensen |
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118th overall |
19th | Jens Voigt |
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37th overall |
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Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)
Sports director: Gorka Gerrikago
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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21st | Haimar Zubeldia |
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45th overall |
22nd | Mikel Astarloza |
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16th overall |
23 | Iñaki Isasi |
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104th overall |
24 | Egoi Martínez |
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25th | Juan José Oroz |
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103rd overall |
26th | Rubén Pérez |
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91st overall |
27 | Samuel Sánchez |
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Seventh overall |
28 | Amets Txurruka |
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52nd overall |
29 | Gorka Verdugo |
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73rd overall |
Caisse d'Epargne (Spain)
Sporting director: José Luis Jaimerena
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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31 | Alejandro Valverde |
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32 | David Arroyo |
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30th overall |
33 | Arnaud Coyot |
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115th overall |
34 | José Vicente García Acosta |
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141st overall |
35 | José Iván Gutiérrez |
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36 | David López |
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51st overall |
Óscar Pereiro |
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Task during the 15th stage (fall) | |
38 | Nicolas Portal |
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66th overall |
39 | Luis León Sánchez |
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Team Columbia (USA)
Sporting director: Brian Holm
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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41 | Kim churches |
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42 | Marcus Burghardt |
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Mark Cavendish |
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44 | Gerald Ciolek |
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106th overall |
45 | Bernhard Eisel |
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144th overall |
46 | Adam Hansen |
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108th overall |
47 | George Hincapie |
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35th overall |
48 | Thomas Lövkvist |
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49 | Kanstanzin Siuzou |
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17th overall |
Team Barloworld (Great Britain)
Sports director: Valerio Tebaldi
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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Mauricio Soler |
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Task during the 5th stage , fall (wrist injury) | |
52 | John-Lee Augustyn |
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48th overall |
Félix Cárdenas |
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Task during the 11th stage | |
54 | Giampaolo Cheula |
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88th overall |
Bathing Cooke |
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Task during the 12th stage (fall) | |
Moisés Dueñas |
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Suspension before the 11th stage (A-sample positive for EPO) | |
57 | Chris Froome |
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84th overall |
58 | Robert Hunter |
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107th overall |
Paolo Longo Borghini |
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Task during the 11th stage (fall) | |
Liquigas (Italy)
Sports director: Stefano Zanatta
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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61 | Filippo Pozzato |
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67th overall |
Manuel Beltran |
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Suspension before the start of the 8th stage after doping suspicion (A sample positive for EPO ) | |
Francesco Chicchi |
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Disqualification after the 16th stage , the time limit is exceeded | |
64 | Murilo Fischer |
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76th overall |
65 | Roman Kreuziger |
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13th overall |
66 | Alyaksandr Kuschynski |
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128th overall |
67 | Vincenzo Nibali |
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68 | Manuel Quinziato |
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130th overall |
69 | Frederik Willems |
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113th overall |
Lampre-Fondital (Italy)
Sporting director: Maurizio Piovani
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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Damiano Cunego |
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Task before the start of the 19th stage (fall injuries from the previous day) | |
72 | Alessandro Ballan |
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94th overall |
73 | Matteo Bono |
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117th overall |
74 | Marzio Bruseghin |
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27th overall |
75 | Marco Marzano |
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92nd overall |
76 | Massimiliano Mori |
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140th overall |
77 | Daniele Righi |
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127th overall |
78 | Sylwester Szmyd |
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26th overall |
79 | Paolo Tiralongo |
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49th overall |
Crédit Agricole (France)
Sports director: Serge Beucherie
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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81 | Thor Hushovd |
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82 | William Bonnet |
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102nd overall |
83 | Alexander Bocharov |
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18th overall |
84 | Jimmy Engoulvent |
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138th overall |
85 | Dmitri Fofonov |
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19th overall |
86 | Simon Gerrans |
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87 | Christophe Le Mével |
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40th overall |
88 | Rémi Pauriol |
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80th overall |
Mark Renshaw |
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Task during the 15th stage | |
Quick Step-Innergetic (Belgium)
Sports director: Wilfried Peeters
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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Stijn Devolder |
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Task during the 15th stage | |
92 | Carlos Barredo |
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89th overall |
93 | Matteo Carrara |
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36th overall |
94 | Steven de Jongh |
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125th overall |
Mauro Facci |
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Task during the 7th stage (illness) | |
96 | Sébastien Rosseler |
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98th overall |
97 | Gert Steegmans |
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98 | Matteo Tosatto |
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96th overall |
99 | Jurgen Van De Walle |
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78th overall |
ag2r La Mondiale (France)
Sporting director: Vincent Lavenu
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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101 | Cyril Dessel |
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102 | José Luis Arrieta |
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72nd overall |
103 | Hubert Dupont |
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55th overall |
104 | Vladimir Yefimkin |
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11th overall |
105 | Martin Elmiger |
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71st overall |
John Gadret |
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Task during the 7th stage | |
107 | Stéphane Goubert |
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21st overall |
108 | Christophe Riblon |
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137th overall |
109 | Tadej Valjavec |
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Tenth overall |
Team Gerolsteiner (Germany)
Sports director: Hans-Michael Holczer
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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111 | Stefan Schumacher |
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112 | Robert Forster |
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116th overall |
113 | Markus Fothen |
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33rd overall |
114 | Heinrich Haussler |
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126th overall |
115 | Bernhard Kohl |
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116 | Sven Krauss |
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143rd overall |
117 | Sebastian Lang |
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118 | Ronny Scholz |
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93rd overall |
Fabian Wegmann |
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Disqualification after the 19th stage , exceeding the time limit | |
Agritubel (France)
Sports director: Denis Leproux
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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Christophe Moreau |
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Task during the 7th stage (back pain) | |
122 | Freddy Bichot |
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135th overall |
Jimmy Casper |
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Disqualification after the 17th stage , exceeding the time limit | |
Romain Feillu |
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125 | Eduardo Gonzalo |
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39th overall |
Nicolas Jalabert |
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Task during the 14th stage , fall in the refreshment zone | |
127 | David Le Lay |
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81st overall |
128 | Geoffroy Lequatre |
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85th overall |
129 | Nicolas Vogondy |
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Rabobank (Netherlands)
Sports director: Erik Breukink
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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131 | Denis Menshov |
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Fourth overall |
Juan Antonio Flecha |
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Disqualification after the 19th stage , exceeding the time limit | |
133 | Óscar Freire |
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134 | Sebastian Langeveld |
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131st overall ranking |
135 | Koos Moerenhout |
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34th overall |
136 | Joost Posthuma |
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69th overall |
137 | Bram Tankink |
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60th overall |
138 | Laurens ten Dam |
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22nd overall |
139 | Pieter Weening |
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63rd overall |
Bouygues Télécom (France)
Sporting director: Jean-François Rodriguez
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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141 | Pierrick Fédrigo |
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32nd overall |
142 | Stef Clement |
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90th overall |
143 | Xavier Florencio |
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101st overall |
144 | Laurent Lefèvre |
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145 | Jérôme Pineau |
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38th overall |
146 | Matthieu Sprick |
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142nd overall |
Yuri Trofimov |
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Task during the 10th stage | |
148 | Johann Tschopp |
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54th overall |
149 | Thomas Voeckler |
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Team Milram (Germany)
Sporting director: Vittorio Algeri
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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151 | Erik Zabel |
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43rd overall |
152 | Ralf Grabsch |
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123rd overall |
153 | Christian Knees |
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29th overall |
154 | Brett Lancaster |
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129th overall |
155 | Martin Muller |
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105th overall |
156 | Björn Schröder |
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100th overall |
157 | Niki Terpstra |
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158 | Peter Velits |
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159 | Marco Velo |
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44th overall |
Française des Jeux (France)
Sports director: Marc Madiot
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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161 | Sandy Casar |
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14th overall |
Sébastien Chavanel |
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Task during the 16th stage | |
163 | Rémy Di Gregorio |
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164 | Arnaud Gérard |
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165 | Philippe Gilbert |
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112th overall |
Lilian Jégou |
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167 | Yoann Le Boulanger |
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74th overall |
168 | Jérémy Roy |
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121st overall |
169 | Benoît Vaugrenard |
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82nd overall |
Saunier Duval-Scott (Spain)
Sporting director: Joxean Fernandez
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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Riccardo Riccò |
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Rubens Bertogliati |
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Task before the start of the 12th stage | |
Juan José Cobo |
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Task before the start of the 12th stage | |
David de la Fuente |
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Jesús Del Nero |
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Task before the start of the 12th stage | |
Ángel Gómez |
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Task during the 3rd stage , fall | |
Josep Jufré |
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Task before the start of the 12th stage | |
Aurélien Passeron |
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Failed to start the 6th stage (consequences of a fall in the 5th stage , collision with a spectator) | |
Leonardo Piepoli |
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After Riccardo Riccò EPO doping was proven, the team no longer started the 12th stage.
Équipe Cofidis (France)
Sports director: Francis van Londersele
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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181 | Sylvain Chavanel |
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182 | Stéphane Augé |
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139th overall |
183 | Florent Brard |
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119th overall |
Hervé Duclos-Lassalle |
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Task during the 1st stage , fracture of the left wrist after falling in the refreshment zone | |
185 | Samuel Dumoulin |
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186 | Leonardo Duque |
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53rd overall |
187 | Amael Moinard |
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188 | David Moncoutié |
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42nd overall |
189 | Maxime Monfort |
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23rd overall |
Garmin Chipotle (USA)
Sporting Director: Matthew White
No. | Surname | nationality | Remarks |
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191 | Christian Vande Velde |
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Fifth overall |
Magnus Backstedt |
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Disqualification after the 7th stage , exceeding the time limit | |
193 | Julian Dean |
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110th overall |
194 | William Frischkorn |
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195 | Ryder Hesjedal |
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47th overall |
196 | Trent Lowe |
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77th overall |
197 | Martijn Maaskant |
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134th overall |
198 | David Millar |
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68th overall |
199 | Danny godfather |
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95th overall |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Saunier-Duval formation s'est retirée de la course. ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.letour.fr, accessed on July 17, 2008