Tour de France 2010 / field of drivers

In the 2010 Tour de France , a total of 198 cyclists competed in 22 teams .

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
• Awards after the finish:
  • : 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 day
  • : Yellow number on the back of the leading team in the team classification

Participants by nationality

No.	country	Attendees
01	France	35
02	Spain	32
03	Italy	17th
04th	Germany	15th
05	Belgium	13
06th	Australia	11
07th	Netherlands	8th
07th	United States	8th
07th	United Kingdom	8th
10	Russia	6th
11	Switzerland	5
11	Denmark	5
13	Slovenia	4th
13	Ukraine	3
15th	Kazakhstan	3
15th	Austria	3
15th	Portugal	3
15th	Belarus	3
19th	Luxembourg	2
19th	Canada	2
19th	Norway	2
22nd	Sweden	1
22nd	Czech Republic	1
22nd	Poland	1
22nd	New Zealand	1
22nd	South Africa	1
22nd	Moldova	1
22nd	Ireland	1
22nd	Lithuania	1
22nd	Japan	1
22nd	Estonia	1
total		198

Participants by team

The results listed do not take into account disqualifications after the end of the event.

Team Astana (Kazakhstan)

• Sports director: Giuseppe Martinelli

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Alberto Contador	Spain	15th - 20th stage; Overall winner
2	David de la Fuente	Spain	110th overall
3	Andrij Hrywko	Ukraine	136th overall
4th	Jesús Hernández	Spain	140th overall
5	Maxim Iglinski	Kazakhstan	131st overall ranking
6th	Daniel Navarro	Spain	49th overall
7th	Benjamin Noval	Spain	104th overall
8th	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy	54th overall
9	Alexander Vinokurov	Kazakhstan	13th stage; 12th stage; 16th overall
			7th stage

Team Saxo Bank (Denmark)

• Sports director: Torsten Schmidt

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	Andy Schleck	Luxembourg	8th & 17th stage; 9th - 14th stage; 7th - 20th stage; Winner of the junior ranking ; Second overall
12	Matti Breschel	Denmark	142nd overall
13	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	Prologue & 19th stage; Prologue, 1st, 3rd - 6th stage; Prolog; 121st overall
14th	Jakob Fuglsang	Denmark	50th overall
15th	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	149th overall
16	Frank Schleck	Luxembourg	Retired after a fall during the 3rd stage
17th	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	69th overall
18th	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	155th overall
19th	Jens Voigt	Germany	126th overall
			3rd - 6th stage

Team RadioShack (USA)

• Sports director: Johan Bruyneel

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	Lance Armstrong	United States	23rd overall
22nd	Janez Brajkovič	Slovenia	43rd overall
23	Christopher Horner	United States	Tenth overall
24	Andreas Klöden	Germany	14th overall
25th	Levi Leipheimer	United States	13th overall
26th	Dmitri Muravyov	Kazakhstan	148th overall
27	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal	10th stage; 46th overall
28	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	85th overall
29	Grégory Rast	Switzerland	114th overall
			Prologue, 1st, 12th, 13th, 15th - 20th stage; Winner of the team classification

Sky Professional Cycling Team (UK)

• Sporting Director: Sean Yates

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	24th overall
32	Michael Barry	Canada	99th overall
33	Steve Cummings	United Kingdom	151st overall
34	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	13th stage; 89th overall
35	Simon Gerrans	Australia	Not started for the 9th stage
36	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Norway	116th overall
37	Thomas Lövkvist	Sweden	17th overall
38	Serge Pauwels	Belgium	107th overall
39	Geraint Thomas	United Kingdom	3rd - 6th stage; 67th overall

Liquigas-Doimo (Italy)

• Sports director: Stefano Zanatta

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	Ivan Basso	Italy	32nd overall
42	Francesco Bellotti	Italy	122nd overall
43	Kristijan Koren	Slovenia	94th overall
44	Roman Kreuziger	Czech Republic	Ninth overall
45	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	Belarus	86th overall
46	Daniel Oss	Italy	18th stage; 124th overall
47	Manuel Quinziato	Italy	162nd overall
48	Sylwester Szmyd	Poland	61st overall
49	Brian Vandborg	Denmark	128th overall

Garmin Transitions (USA)

• Sporting Director: Matthew White

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Christian Vande Velde	United States	Abandoned after a fall on the 2nd stage
52	Julian Dean	New Zealand	157th overall
53	Tyler Farrar	United States	Task during the 12th stage
54	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	3rd stage; Seventh overall
55	Robert Hunter	South Africa	Not started for the 11th stage
56	Martijn Maaskant	Netherlands	139th overall
57	David Millar	United Kingdom	158th overall
58	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium	30th overall
59	David Zabriskie	United States	101st overall

Française des Jeux (France)

• Sports Director: Thierry Bricaud

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Christophe Le Mével	France	42nd overall
62	Sandy Casar	France	9th stage; 25th overall
63	Rémy Di Gregorio	France	78th overall
64	Anthony Geslin	France	146th overall
65	Matthieu Ladagnous	France	93rd overall
66	Anthony Roux	France	167th overall
67	Jérémy Roy	France	143rd overall
68	Wesley Sulzberger	Australia	152nd overall
69	Benoît Vaugrenard	France	96th overall

Team Katyusha (Russia)

• Sports director: Serge Parsani

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Vladimir Karpez	Russia	Not started for the 9th stage
72	Pawel Gross	Russia	102nd overall
73	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	109th overall
74	Alexander Kolobnew	Russia	17th stage; 65th overall
75	Robbie McEwen	Australia	165th overall
76	Aleksandr Pliuşkin	Moldova	108th overall
77	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain	12th stage; Eighth overall
78	Stijn Vandenbergh	Belgium	Time limit exceeded on the 7th stage
79	Eduard Worganow	Russia	79th overall

ag2r La Mondiale (France)

• Sports Director: Vincent Lavenu

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Nicolas Roche	Ireland	15th overall
82	Maxime Bouet	France	106th overall
83	Dimitri Champion	France	4th stage; 160th overall
84	Martin Elmiger	Switzerland	75th overall
85	John Gadret	France	19th overall
86	David Le Lay	France	Retired after a fall during the 3rd stage
87	Lloyd Mondory	France	118th overall
88	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy	98th overall
89	Christophe Riblon	France	14th stage; 14th stage; 28th overall

Cervélo Test Team (Switzerland)

• Sports director: Jean-Paul van Poppel

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Carlos Sastre	Spain	20th overall
92	Xavier Florencio	Spain	Suspension before the start of the prologue for using a prohibited substance
93	Volodymyr Gustov	Ukraine	34th overall
94	Jeremy Hunt	United Kingdom	163rd overall
95	Thor Hushovd	Norway	3rd stage; 3rd - 10th, 12th, 16th & 17th stages; 111th overall
96	Andreas Klier	Germany	168th overall
97	Ignatas Konovalovas	Lithuania	127th overall
98	Brett Lancaster	Australia	159th overall
99	Daniel Lloyd	United Kingdom	164th overall

Omega Pharma Lotto (Belgium)

• Sporting Director: Herman Frison

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
101	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	Fifth overall
102	Mario Aerts	Belgium	8th & 10th stage; 33rd overall
103	Francis De Greef	Belgium	72nd overall
104	Mickael Delage	France	Abandoned after a fall on the 2nd stage
105	Sebastian Lang	Germany	80th overall
106	Matthew Lloyd	Australia	47th overall
107	Daniel Moreno	Spain	21st overall
108	Jürgen Roelandts	Belgium	120th overall
109	Charles Wegelius	United Kingdom	Not started for the 11th stage

Team HTC-Columbia (USA)

• Sporting Director: Brian Holm

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	5th, 6th, 11th, 18th & 20th stage; 154th overall
112	Bernhard Eisel	Austria	156th overall
113	Bert Grabsch	Germany	169th overall
114	Adam Hansen	Australia	Abandoned after a fall on the 1st stage
115	Tony Martin	Germany	Prologue - 2nd stage; 137th overall
116	Maxime Monfort	Belgium	55th overall
117	Mark Renshaw	Australia	Excluded from the race after the 11th stage because of two head butts against Julian Dean.
118	Michael Rogers	Australia	37th overall
119	Kanstanzin Siuzou	Belarus	39th overall

BMC Racing Team (USA)

• Sporting Director: John Lelangue

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	Cadel Evans	Australia	8th stage; 26th overall
122	Alessandro Ballan	Italy	87th overall
123	Brent Bookwalter	United States	147th overall
124	Marcus Burghardt	Germany	161st overall ranking
125	Mathias Frank	Switzerland	Task after a fall in the prologue
126	George Hincapie	United States	59th overall
127	Karsten Kroon	Netherlands	138th overall
128	Steve Morabito	Switzerland	51st overall
129	Mauro Santambrogio	Italy	Task during the 15th stage

Quick Step (Belgium)

• Sports director: Wilfried Peeters

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Sylvain Chavanel	France	2nd & 7th stage; 2nd & 7th stage; 2nd stage; 2nd stage; Winner in the ranking of the most combative driver ; 31st overall
132	Carlos Barredo	Spain	16th stage; 41st overall
133	Kevin De Weert	Belgium	18th overall
134	Dries Devenyns	Belgium	144th overall
135	Jérôme Pineau	France	2nd - 8th, 10th & 11th stage; 7th stage; 66th overall
136	Francesco Reda	Italy	Task during the 18th stage
137	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Belgium	134th overall
138	Jurgen Van De Walle	Belgium	63rd overall
139	Maarten Wijnants	Belgium	1st stage; 117th overall
			2nd stage

Team Milram (Germany)

• Sports director: Ralf Grabsch

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	84th overall
142	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	133rd overall
143	Johannes Fröhlinger	Germany	90th overall
144	Roger Kluge	Germany	Not started for the 9th stage
145	Christian Knees	Germany	91st overall
146	Luke Roberts	Australia	103rd overall
147	Thomas Rohrgger	Austria	74th overall
148	Niki Terpstra	Netherlands	Due to health problems, did not start the 3rd stage
149	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	119th overall

Bbox Bouygues Télécom (France)

• Sports Director: Didier Rous

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Thomas Voeckler	France	15th stage; 15th stage; 76th overall
152	Yukiya Arashiro	Japan	112th overall
153	Anthony Charteau	France	9th & 12th - 20th stage; Winner of the mountain classification ; 44th overall
154	Pierrick Fédrigo	France	16th stage; 57th overall
155	Cyril Gautier	France	45th overall
156	Pierre Rolland	France	58th overall
157	Matthieu Sprick	France	100th overall
158	Sébastien Turgot	France	113th overall
159	Nicolas Vogondy	France	88th overall

Caisse d'Epargne (Spain)

• Sports director: Yvon Ledanois

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Luis León Sánchez	Spain	9th stage; 11th overall
162	Rui Costa	Portugal	73rd overall
163	Imanol Erviti	Spain	77th overall
164	José Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	5th stage; 48th overall
165	Vasil Kiryenka	Belarus	60th overall
166	Christophe Moreau	France	22nd overall
167	Mathieu Perget	France	6th stage; 64th overall
168	Rubén Plaza	Spain	12th overall
169	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Spain	68th overall
			9th - 11th & 14th stage

Équipe Cofidis (France)

• Sports Director: Francis van Londersele

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Purely Taaramäe	Estonia	Task during the 13th stage
172	Stéphane Augé	France	12th stage; 153rd overall
173	Samuel Dumoulin	France	Not started for the 12th stage
174	Julien El-Fares	France	27th overall
175	Christophe Kern	France	97th overall
176	Sébastien Minard	France	92nd overall
177	Amael Moinard	France	70th overall
178	Damien Monier	France	71st overall
179	Rémi Pauriol	France	38th overall

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)

• Sports Director: Igor Gonzalez Galdeano

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	Samuel Sánchez	Spain	Fourth overall
182	Iñaki Isasi	Spain	115th overall
183	Egoi Martínez	Spain	40th overall
184	Juan José Oroz	Spain	Not started for the 7th stage
185	Alan Perez	Spain	129th overall
186	Rubén Pérez	Spain	95th overall
187	Amets Txurruka	Spain	Abandoned after a fall on the 4th stage
188	Iván Velasco	Spain	62nd overall
189	Gorka Verdugo	Spain	36th overall

Rabobank (Netherlands)

• Sports director: Andri van Houwelingen

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Denis Menshov	Russia	Third overall
192	Lars Boom	Netherlands	130th overall
193	Óscar Freire	Spain	141st overall
194	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	35th overall
195	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	Sixth overall
196	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	52nd overall
197	Grischa Niermann	Germany	56th overall
198	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Not started for the 16th stage
199	Maarten Tjallingii	Netherlands	132nd overall
			8th stage

Lampre-Farnese Vini (Italy)

• Sports director: Maurizio Piovani

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
201	Damiano Cunego	Italy	29th overall
202	Grega Bole	Slovenia	125th overall
203	Mauro Da Dalto	Italy	123rd overall
204	Francesco Gavazzi	Italy	105th overall
205	Danilo Hondo	Germany	135th overall
206	Mirco Lorenzetto	Italy	166th overall
207	Adriano Malori	Italy	170th overall
208	Alessandro Petacchi	Italy	1st & 4th stage; 1st, 11th, 13th - 15th, 18th - 20th stage; Winner of the points evaluation ; 150th overall
209	Simon Špilak	Slovenia	Task during the 17th stage

Footon-Servetto (Spain)

• Sports Director: José Antonio Fernandez

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
211	Eros Capecchi	Italy	83rd overall
212	José Alberto Benítez	Spain	145th overall
213	Manuel António Cardoso	Portugal	Task after a fall in the prologue
214	Arkaitz Duran	Spain	81st overall
215	Markus Eibegger	Austria	Task during the 9th stage
216	Fabio Felline	Italy	Not started for the 9th stage
217	Iban Mayoz	Spain	Not started for the 16th stage
218	Aitor Perez	Spain	82nd overall
219	Rafael Valls	Spain	53rd overall

Individual evidence

1. ^ Starting field of the Tour de France 2010. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 4, 2010 ; Retrieved July 3, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Focus Online: Cervelo takes Florencio off the tour team. July 3, 2010, accessed July 4, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Focus Online: Cavendish colleague Hansen dropped out. July 5, 2010, accessed July 5, 2010 . 
4. ^ Red card to Renshaw. sportschau.de, July 15, 2010, archived from the original on July 18, 2010 ; Retrieved July 15, 2010 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} handelsblatt.com: Frank and Cardoso are the first to drop out of the tour. July 4, 2010, accessed July 4, 2010 .