The list of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who will compete at the 2008 Tour de France from July 5 to July 27, 2008. Of the 18 UCI ProTour teams, only Astana was not invited. Additionally, Agritubel, Barloworld and Slipstream-Chipotle were given entries. The 20 teams invited to the race will enter a team of nine riders each, which will make up a total of 180 riders. The riders hail from 28 countries, with France (40), Spain (30) and Italy (21) having the highest representation.[1]
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On July 1, the Tour de France announced the provisional start list for the 2008 Tour de France. Among the notable absentees were:
Age as of the start of race, 2008-07-05.
†: Riders eligible for the Young Riders' competition, with birthdays on or after 1 January 1983.