Tour de France 2009 / field of drivers

The following riders and teams took part in the 2009 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
• : Stage winner
• : Yellow jersey for the overall leader
• : Green jersey for the leader in the points classification
• : Dotted jersey for the leader in the mountain classification
• : White jersey for the leader in the under-25 rating
• : Red number for the most combative driver of the previous day
• : Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification

Overview of participants

No.	country	Attendees	Reached destination in Paris
01	France	41	36
02	Spain	28	22nd
03	Germany	15th	14th
04th	Italy	15th	13
05	Belgium	11	09
06th	Netherlands	11	08th
07th	Russia	08th	07th
08th	United States	07th	06th
09	Australia	06th	06th
10	United Kingdom	04th	04th
11	Denmark	03	03
12	Luxembourg	03	03
13	Switzerland	03	03
14th	Japan	02	02
15th	Colombia	02	02
16	New Zealand	02	02
17th	Norway	02	01
18th	Austria	02	01
19th	Portugal	02	01
20th	Ukraine	02	02
21st	Belarus	02	02
22nd	Finland	01	01
23	Ireland	01	01
24	Canada	01	01
25th	Kazakhstan	01	01
26th	Poland	01	01
27	Sweden	01	01
28	Slovakia	01	01
29	Slovenia	01	01
30th	Czech Republic	01	01
total		180	156

Cervélo TestTeam (Switzerland)

• Sports director: Jean-Paul van Poppel
• Team manager: Thomas Campana
• Material information
  • Setting: Cervélo
  • Components: rotor
  • Wheels: Zipp

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Carlos Sastre	Spain	17th overall
2	Iñigo Cuesta	Spain	87th overall
3	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Spain	Task during the 17th stage
4th	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine	45th overall
5	Heinrich Haussler	Germany	: 13th stage; : 14th stage; 97th overall
6th	Thor Hushovd	Norway	: 6th stage; : 9th - 11th, 14th - 21st stage; : 18th stage; Winner of the points evaluation ; 106th overall
7th	Andreas Klier	Germany	155th overall
8th	Brett Lancaster	Australia	127th overall
9	Hayden Roulston	New Zealand	79th overall

Silence Lotto (Belgium)

• Athletic Director: Herman Frison
• Team manager: Marc Sergeant
• Material information
  • Setting: Canyon
  • Components: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Mavic

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	Cadel Evans	Australia	30th overall
12	Mickael Delage	France	101st overall
13	Sebastian Lang	Germany	76th overall
14th	Matthew Lloyd	Australia	46th overall
15th	Staf Scheirlinckx	Belgium	123rd overall
16	Greg Van Avermaet	Belgium	89th overall
17th	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	15th overall
18th	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium	: 12th stage; 93rd overall
19th	Charles Wegelius	United Kingdom	59th overall

Team Astana (Kazakhstan)

• Sports director: Johan Bruyneel
• Team manager: Johan Bruyneel
• Material information
  • Setting: Trek
  • Components: SRAM
  • Wheels: Bontrager (Trek)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	Alberto Contador	Spain	: 15th & 18th stage; : 16th - 21st stage; : 2nd stage; Overall winner
22nd	Lance Armstrong	United States	Third overall
23	Andreas Klöden	Germany	Sixth overall
24	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Task after the 12th stage
25th	Dmitri Muravyov	Kazakhstan	148th overall
26th	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal	35th overall
27	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	41st overall
28	Grégory Rast	Switzerland	138th overall
29	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	27th overall
			: 4th stage (MZF); : 2nd - 8th, 16th - 21st stage; Winner of the team classification

Team Saxo Bank (Denmark)

• Sporting director: Kim Andersen
• Team manager Bjarne Riis
• Material information
  • Frame Specialized
  • Switching group SRAM
  • Zipp wheels

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Andy Schleck	Luxembourg	: 16th - 21st stage; Winner of the junior ranking ; Second overall
32	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Norway	Task after the 10th stage
33	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	: 1st stage; : 2nd - 7th stage; : 2nd stage; 91st overall
34	Gustav Erik Larsson	Sweden	50th overall
35	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	124th overall
36	Frank Schleck	Luxembourg	: 17th stage; Fifth overall
37	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	34th overall
38	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	: 12th stage; : 13th stage; 31st overall
39	Jens Voigt	Germany	Task during the 16th stage (fall injury with subsequent hospitalization)
			: 13th & 14th stage

Rabobank (Netherlands)

• Sports director: Erik Breukink
• Team manager: Harold Knebel
• Material information
  • Frame: Giant
  • Switching group: Shimano
  • Wheels: Shimano

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	Denis Menshov	Russia	51st overall
42	Stef Clement	Netherlands	: 3rd stage; 118th overall
43	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	102nd overall
44	Óscar Freire	Spain	99th overall
45	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	: 20th stage; 62nd overall
46	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	Task after the 5th stage
47	Grischa Niermann	Germany	54th overall
48	Joost Posthuma	Netherlands	73rd overall
49	Laurens ten Dam	Netherlands	60th overall

Garmin Slipstream (USA)

• Sporting Director: Matthew White
• Team manager Jonathan Vaughters
• Material information
  • Frame felt
  • Shimano groupset
  • Zipp wheels

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Christian Vande Velde	United States	Eighth overall
52	Julian Dean	New Zealand	121st overall
53	Tyler Farrar	United States	151st overall
54	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	49th overall
55	Martijn Maaskant	Netherlands	: 15th stage; 98th overall
56	David Millar	United Kingdom	: 7th stage; 85th overall
57	Danny godfather	United States	141st overall
58	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	: 2nd stage; Fourth overall
59	David Zabriskie	United States	77th overall

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)

• Sporting director: Igor Gonzalez Galdeano
• Team manager Miguel Madariaga
• Material information
  • Frame Orbea
  • Shimano groupset
  • Shimano wheels

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	: 16th stage; 11th overall
62	Igor Antón	Spain	66th overall
63	Koldo Fernández	Spain	Disqualification after the 8th stage , exceeding the time limit
64	Egoi Martínez	Spain	: 10th - 13th stage; 44th overall
65	Juan José Oroz	Spain	107th overall
66	Alan Perez	Spain	Disqualification after the 19th stage , exceeding the time limit
67	Rubén Pérez	Spain	72nd overall
68	Amets Txurruka	Spain	Disqualification after the 19th stage , exceeding the time limit
69	Gorka Verdugo	Spain	61st overall

Team Columbia-High Road (USA)

• Sports director:
• Team manager Bob Stapleton
• Material information
  • Frame Scott
  • Shimano groupset
  • Shimano wheels

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	: 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 19th & 21st stage; : 3rd - 8th, 12th & 13th stage; 131st overall ranking
72	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	150th overall
73	Bert Grabsch	Germany	134th overall
74	George Hincapie	United States	19th overall
75	Kim churches	Luxembourg	57th overall
76	Tony Martin	Germany	: 4th - 15th stage; : 21st stage; 36th overall
77	Maxime Monfort	Belgium	28th overall
78	Mark Renshaw	Australia	149th overall
79	Michael Rogers	Australia	103rd overall

ag2r La Mondiale (France)

• Sporting director: Vincent Lavenu
• Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
• Material information
  • Frame: bra
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Mavic

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Vladimir Yefimkin	Russia	Task during the 15th stage (fall injury)
82	José Luis Arrieta	Spain	81st overall
83	Cyril Dessel	France	Task during the 17th stage
84	Hubert Dupont	France	33rd overall
85	Stéphane Goubert	France	16th overall
86	Lloyd Mondory	France	133rd overall
87	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy	: 8-15 stage; 14th overall
88	Christophe Riblon	France	: 8th stage; 82nd overall
89	Nicolas Roche	Ireland	23rd overall
			: 9th - 12th & 15th stage

Liquigas (Italy)

• Sporting director: Mario Scirea
• Team manager: Roberto Amadio
• Material information
  • Setting: Cannondale
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Mavic

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	: 10th & 17th stage,: 14th - 21st stage; Winner of the mountain classification ; Winner in the ranking of the most combative driver ; 37th overall
92	Daniele Bennati	Italy	135th overall
93	Roman Kreuziger	Czech Republic	: 2nd & 3rd stage; Ninth overall
94	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	Belarus	92nd overall
95	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	Seventh overall
96	Fabio Sabatini	Italy	147th overall
97	Brian Vandborg	Denmark	116th overall
98	Alessandro Vanotti	Italy	120th overall
99	Frederik Willems	Belgium	86th overall

Française des Jeux (France)

• Sporting director: Martial Gayant
• Team manager: Marc Madiot
• Material information
  • Setting: Lapierre
  • Switching group: Shimano
  • Wheels: Shimano

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
101	Sandy Casar	France	: 9th stage; 12th overall
102	Jérôme Coppel	France	Task during the 12th stage
103	Anthony Geslin	France	119th overall
104	Jauheni Hutarowitsch	Belarus	156th overall
105	Sébastien Joly	France	Task during the 7th stage
106	Christophe Le Mével	France	Tenth overall
107	Jérémy Roy	France	48th overall
108	Benoît Vaugrenard	France	142nd overall
109	Jussi Veikkanen	Finland	: 3rd - 6th stage; 108th overall

Caisse d'Epargne (Spain)

• Sporting director: Yvon Ledanois
• Team manager: Eusebio Unzué
• Material information
  • Setting: Pinarello
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Campagnolo

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	Task during the 8th stage
112	David Arroyo	Spain	69th overall
113	Rui Costa	Portugal	Task after the 11th stage
114	Arnaud Coyot	France	115th overall
115	José Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	71st overall
116	Luis Pasamontes	Spain	39th overall
117	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Spain	84th overall
118	Luis León Sánchez Gil	Spain	: 8th stage; 26th overall
119	Rigoberto Urán	Colombia	52nd overall

Équipe Cofidis (France)

• Sports director: Francis van Londersele
• Team manager: Eric Boyer
• Material information
  • Frame: look
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Impellers: Fulcrum

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	David Moncoutié	France	58th overall
122	Stéphane Augé	France	: 7th stage; 136th overall
123	Samuel Dumoulin	France	: 4th stage; 139th overall
124	Leonardo Duque	Colombia	: 20th stage; 94th overall
125	Bingen Fernández	Spain	105th overall
126	Christophe Kern	France	: 9th stage; 75th overall
127	Sébastien Minard	France	38th overall
128	Amael Moinard	France	65th overall
129	Rémi Pauriol	France	43rd overall

Lampre-NGC (Italy)

• Sports director: Fabrizio Bontempi
• Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
• Material information
  • Setting: Wilier
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Impellers: Fulcrum

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Alessandro Ballan	Italy	95th overall
132	Marco Bandiera	Italy	145th overall
133	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	80th overall
134	Angelo Furlan	Italy	Task during the 12th stage
135	David Loosli	Switzerland	53rd overall
136	Daniele Righi	Italy	110th overall
137	Mauro Santambrogio	Italy	132nd overall
138	Marcin Sapa	Poland	146th overall
139	Simon Špilak	Slovenia	: 16th stage; 109th overall

Bbox Bouygues Télécom (France)

• Sports director: Didier Rous
• Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
• Material information
  • Setting: Time
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Campagnolo

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Thomas Voeckler	France	: 5th stage; 67th overall
142	Yukiya Arashiro	Japan	129th overall
143	William Bonnet	France	128th overall
144	Pierrick Fédrigo	France	: 9th stage; 56th overall
145	Said Haddou	France	143rd overall
146	Laurent Lefèvre	France	42nd overall
147	Alexandre Pichot	France	117th overall
148	Pierre Rolland	France	22nd overall
149	Yuri Trofimov	Russia	47th overall

Quick Step (Belgium)

• Sports director: Wilfried Peeters
• Team manager: Patrick Lefévère
• Material information
  • Frame: Specialized
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Impellers: Roval

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Sylvain Chavanel	France	20th overall
152	Carlos Barredo	Spain	63rd overall
153	Tom Boonen	Belgium	Task after the 14th stage
154	Steven de Jongh	Netherlands	153rd overall
155	Stijn Devolder	Belgium	83rd overall
156	Jérôme Pineau	France	88th overall
157	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	104th overall
158	Matteo Tosatto	Italy	114th overall
159	Jurgen Van De Walle	Belgium	Task after the 2nd stage

Katyusha (Russia)

• Sports director: Serge Parsani
• Team manager: Andrej Tschmil
• Material information
  • Frame: Ridley
  • Switching group: Campagnolo
  • Wheels: Campagnolo

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Vladimir Karpez	Russia	13th overall
162	Alexander Bocharov	Russia	18th overall
163	Joan Horrach	Spain	74th overall
164	Mikhail Ignatiev	Russia	: 6th stage; 140th overall
165	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	: 14th stage; 40th overall
166	Danilo Napolitano	Italy	Disqualification after the 9th stage , exceeding the time limit
167	Filippo Pozzato	Italy	100th overall
168	Nikolai Trusov	Russia	122nd overall
169	Stijn Vandenbergh	Belgium	96th overall

Agritubel (France)

• Sports director: Emmanuel Hubert
• Team manager: David Fournès
• Material information
  • Setting: Kuota
  • Switching group: SRAM
  • Impellers: Reynolds

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Christophe Moreau	France	29th overall
172	Maxime Bouet	France	70th overall
173	Sylvain Calzati	France	55th overall
174	Brice Feillu	France	: 7th stage; : 8th stage; 25th overall
175	Romain Feillu	France	Task during the 12th stage
176	Eduardo Gonzalo	Spain	Task during the 8th stage
177	David Le Lay	France	Task during the 8th stage
178	Geoffroy Lequatre	France	64th overall
179	Nicolas Vogondy	France	68th overall

Team Milram (Germany)

• Sports director: Christian Henn
• Team manager: Gerry Van Gerwen
• Material information
  • Frame: Focus
  • Switching group: SRAM
  • Wheels: Lightweight

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	24th overall
182	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	126th overall
183	Markus Fothen	Germany	125th overall
184	Johannes Fröhlinger	Germany	78th overall
185	Christian Knees	Germany	21st overall
186	Niki Terpstra	Netherlands	152nd overall
187	Peter Velits	Slovakia	32nd overall
188	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	137th overall
189	Peter Wrolich	Austria	Task after the 12th stage

Skil-Shimano (Netherlands)

• Sports director: Rudie Kemna
• Team manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
• Material information
  • Frame: Kago
  • Switching group: Shimano
  • Wheels: Shimano

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Cyril Lemoine	France	144th overall
192	Fumiyuki Beppu	Japan	112th overall
193	Koen de Kort	Netherlands	111th overall
194	Simon Geschke	Germany	113th overall
195	Jonathan Hivert	France	154th overall
196	Thierry Hupond	France	: 11th stage; 90th overall
197	Piet Rooijakkers	Netherlands	Task during the 4th stage
198	Albert Timmer	Netherlands	130th overall
199	Kenny van Hummel	Netherlands	Task during the 17th stage

Retired drivers

0* 3	José Ángel Gómez Marchante	Task during the 17th stage
0* 24	Levi Leipheimer	Task after the 12th stage
0* 32	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Task after the 10th stage
0* 39	Jens Voigt	Task during the 16th stage
0* 46	Robert Gesink	Task after the 5th stage
0* 63	Koldo Fernández	Timeout during the 8th stage
0* 66	Alan Perez	Timeout during the 19th stage
0* 68	Amets Txurruka	Timeout during the 19th stage
0* 81	Vladimir Yefimkin	Task during the 15th stage
0* 83	Cyril Dessel	Task during the 17th stage
0* 102	Jérôme Coppel	Task during the 12th stage
0* 105	Sébastien Joly	Task during the 7th stage
0* 111	Óscar Pereiro	Task during the 8th stage
0* 112	Rui Costa	Task after the 11th stage
0* 134	Angelo Furlan	Task during the 12th stage
0* 153	Tom Boonen	Task after the 14th stage
0* 159	Jurgen Van De Walle	Task after the 2nd stage
0* 166	Danilo Napolitano	Timeout during the 9th stage
0* 175	Romain Feillu	Task during the 12th stage
0* 176	Eduardo Gonzalo	Task during the 8th stage
0* 177	David Le Lay	Task during the 8th stage
0* 189	Peter Wrolich	Task after the 12th stage
0* 197	Piet Rooijakkers	Task during the 4th stage
0* 199	Kenny van Hummel	Task during the 17th stage