List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France

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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Teams

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.

Silence-Lotto
SIL
Nr. Age Pos.
1 Cadel Evans 31 2
2 Mario Aerts 33 31
3 Christophe Brandt 31 DNF-19
4 Dario Cioni 33 83
5 Leif Hoste 30 124
6 Robbie McEwen 36 122
7 Yaroslav Popovych 28 24
8 Johan Van Summeren 27 87
9 Wim Vansevenant 36 145
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Team CSC Saxo Bank[5]
CSC
Nr. Age Pos.
11 Carlos Sastre 33 1
12 Kurt Asle Arvesen 33 57
13 Fabian Cancellara 27 65
14 Volodymyr Gustov 31 46
15 Stuart O'Grady 34 109
16 Andy Schleck 23† 12
17 Fränk Schleck 28 6
18 Nicki Sørensen 33 118
19 Jens Voigt 36 37
Team manager: Bjarne Riis
Euskaltel-Euskadi
EUS
Nr. Age Pos.
21 Haimar Zubeldia 31 45
22 Mikel Astarloza 28 16
23 Iñaki Isasi Flores 31 104
24 Egoi Martínez 30 50
25 Juan José Oroz 27 103
26 Rubén Pérez 26 91
27 Samuel Sánchez 30 7
28 Amets Txurruka 25 52
29 Gorka Verdugo 29 73
Team manager: Miguel Madariaga
Caisse d'Epargne
GCE
Nr. Age Pos.
31 Alejandro Valverde 28 9
32 David Arroyo 28 30
33 Arnaud Coyot 27 115
34 José Vicente García 35 141
35 Iván Gutiérrez 29 56
36 David López 27 51
37 Oscar Pereiro 30 DNF-15
38 Nicolas Portal 29 66
39 Luis León Sánchez 24† 62
Team manager: Eusebio Unzue
Team Columbia[6]
THR
Nr. Age Pos.
41 Kim Kirchen 30 8
42 Marcus Burghardt 25† 120
43 Mark Cavendish 23† DNS-15
44 Gerald Ciolek 21† 106
45 Bernhard Eisel 27 144
46 Adam Hansen 27 108
47 George Hincapie 35 35
48 Thomas Lövkvist 24† 41
49 Kanstantsin Siutsou 25 17
Team manager: Brian Holm
Barloworld
BAR
Nr. Age Pos.
51 Mauricio Soler 25† DNF-5
52 John-Lee Augustyn 21† 48
53 Félix Rafael Cárdenas 34 DNF-11
54 Giampaolo Cheula 35 88
55 Baden Cooke 29 DNF-12
56 Moisés Dueñas 27 DNS-11
57 Chris Froome 23† 84
58 Robert Hunter 31 107
59 Paolo Longo Borghini 27 DNF-11
Team manager: Claudio Corti
Liquigas
LIQ
Nr. Age Pos.
61 Filippo Pozzato 26 67
62 Manuel Beltran 37 DNS-8
63 Francesco Chicchi 27 Elim-16
64 Murilo Fischer 29 76
65 Roman Kreuziger 22† 13
66 Aliaksandr Kuchynski 28 128
67 Vincenzo Nibali 23† 20
68 Manuel Quinziato 28 130
69 Frederik Willems 28 113
Team manager: Stefano Zanatta
Lampre
LAM
Nr. Age Pos.
71 Damiano Cunego 26 DNS-19
72 Alessandro Ballan 28 94
73 Matteo Bono 24† 117
74 Marzio Bruseghin 34 27
75 Marco Marzano 28 92
76 Massimiliano Mori 34 140
77 Daniele Righi 32 127
78 Sylvester Szmyd 30 26
79 Paolo Tiralongo 30 49
Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Crédit Agricole
C.A
Nr. Age Pos.
81 Thor Hushovd 30 99
82 William Bonnet 26 102
83 Alexandre Botcharov 33 18
84 Jimmy Engoulvent 28 138
85 Dmitry Fofonov 31 19
86 Simon Gerrans 28 79
87 Christophe Le Mevel 27 40
88 Remi Pauriol 26 80
89 Mark Renshaw 25 DNF-15
Team manager: Roger Legeay
Quick Step
QST
Nr. Age Pos.
91 Stijn Devolder 28 DNF-15
92 Carlos Barredo 27 89
93 Matteo Carrara 29 36
94 Steven De Jongh 34 125
95 Mauro Facci 26 DNF-7
96 Sebastien Rosseler 26 98
97 Gert Steegmans 27 111
98 Matteo Tosatto 34 96
99 Jurgen Van de Walle 31 78
Team managers: Wilfried Peeters and Dirk Demol
Ag2r-La Mondiale
A2R
Nr. Age Pos.
101 Cyril Dessel 33 28
102 José Luis Arrieta 37 72
103 Hubert Dupont 27 55
104 Vladimir Efimkin 26 11
105 Martin Elmiger 29 71
106 John Gadret 29 DNF-7
107 Stéphane Goubert 38 21
108 Christophe Riblon 27 137
109 Tadej Valjavec 31 10
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
Gerolsteiner
GST
Nr. Age Pos.
111 Stefan Schumacher 26 25
112 Robert Förster 30 116
113 Markus Fothen 26 33
114 Heinrich Haussler 24† 126
115 Bernhard Kohl 26 3
116 Sven Krauss 25† 143
117 Sebastian Lang 28 75
118 Ronny Scholz 30 93
119 Fabian Wegmann 28 Elim-19
Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer
Agritubel
AGR
Nr. Age Pos.
121 Christophe Moreau 37 DNF-7
122 Freddy Bichot 28 135
123 Jimmy Casper 30 Elim-17
124 Romain Feillu 24† Elim-19
125 Eduardo Gonzalo 24† 39
126 Nicolas Jalabert 35 DNF-14
127 David Le Lay 28 81
128 Geoffroy Lequatre 27 85
129 Nicolas Vogondy 30 64
Team manager: Denis Leproux
Rabobank
RAB
Nr. Age Pos.
131 Denis Menchov 30 4
132 Juan Antonio Flecha 30 Elim-19
133 Óscar Freire 32 70
134 Sebastian Langeveld 23† 131
135 Koos Moerenhout 34 34
136 Joost Posthuma 27 69
137 Bram Tankink 29 60
138 Laurens ten Dam 27 22
139 Pieter Weening 27 63
Team manager: Erik Breukink
Bouygues Télécom
BTL
Nr. Age Pos.
141 Pierrick Fédrigo 29 32
142 Stef Clement 25 90
143 Xavier Florencio 28 101
144 Laurent Lefèvre 32 86
145 Jérôme Pineau 28 38
146 Matthieu Sprick 26 142
147 Yuri Trofimov 24† DNF-10
148 Johann Tschopp 26 54
149 Thomas Voeckler 29 97
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Team Milram
MRM
Nr. Age Pos.
151 Erik Zabel 37 43
152 Ralf Grabsch 35 123
153 Christian Knees 27 29
154 Brett Lancaster 28 129
155 Martin Müller 34 105
156 Björn Schröder 27 100
157 Niki Terpstra 24† 136
158 Peter Velits 23† 58
159 Marco Velo 34 44
Team manager: Gerry van Gerwen
Française des Jeux
FDJ
Nr. Age Pos.
161 Sandy Casar 29 14
162 Sébastien Chavanel 27 DNF-16
163 Rémy Di Gregorio 22† 59
164 Arnaud Gérard 23† 132
165 Philippe Gilbert 26 112
166 Lilian Jégou 32 DNF-7
167 Yoann Le Boulanger 32 74
168 Jérémy Roy 25† 121
169 Benoît Vaugrenard 26 82
Team manager:Marc Madiot
Saunier Duval-Scott
SDV
Nr. Age Pos.
171 Riccardo Riccò 24† DNS-12
172 Rubens Bertogliati 29 DNS-12
173 Juan José Cobo 27 DNS-12
174 David de la Fuente 27 DNS-12
175 Jesus del Nero 26 DNS-12
176 Ángel Gómez Gómez 27 DNF-3
177 Josep Jufré 32 DNS-12
178 Aurélien Passeron 24† DNS-6
179 Leonardo Piepoli 36 DNS-12
Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
COF
Nr. Age Pos.
181 Sylvain Chavanel 29 61
182 Stéphane Augé 33 139
183 Florent Brard 32 119
184 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle 28 DNF-1
185 Samuel Dumoulin 27 114
186 Leonardo Duque 28 53
187 David Moncoutié 33 42
188 Amaël Moinard 26 15
189 Maxime Monfort 25† 23
Team manager: Éric Boyer
Garmin-Chipotle presented by H3O[7]
TSL
Nr. Age Pos.
191 Christian Vande Velde 32 5
192 Magnus Bäckstedt 33 Elim-7
193 Julian Dean 33 110
194 Will Frischkorn 27 133
195 Ryder Hesjedal 27 47
196 Trent Lowe 23† 77
197 Martijn Maaskant 24† 134
198 David Millar 31 68
199 Danny Pate 28 95
Team manager: Jonathan Vaughters

Summary of the field

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tour de France announces the participants" (in English). cyclingnews.com. 2008-07-01. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jul08/jul01news2. 
  2. ^ "Menchov to lead Rabobank at Tour" (in English). 2008-06-24. http://velonews.com/article/78886. 
  3. ^ "Liquigas announces line-up" (in English). 2008-06-26. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jun08/jun26news2. 
  4. ^ "Former world champion Tom Boonen barred from Tour de France" (in English). afp.google.com. 2008-06-11.. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxwWIhZ6kC1VbnHNkea3oWGXJonQD9180C7G1. 
  5. ^ formerly known as Team CSC : "Riis Cycling signs Sponsorship Agreement with Saxo Bank" (Press release). Team CSC Saxo Bank. June 10 2008. http://www.teamcsc-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1918. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  6. ^ renamed with effect from the date of commencement of the 2008 Tour de France, formerly known as Team High Road : "Columbia Sportswear Announces Sponsorship" (Press release). Team Columbia & High Road Sports, Inc. June 15 2008. http://www.highroadsports.com/news/173-Columbia-Sportswear-Company-and-High-Road-Sports-Announce-New-Team-Columbia-to-Debut-at-2008-Tour-de-France. Retrieved 2008-06-17. 
  7. ^ formerly known as Slipstream Chipotle : "Garmin is the new title sponsor of the Slipstream-Chipotle team" (Press release). VeloNews. June 18 2008. http://www.velonews.com/article/77889. Retrieved 2008-06-18.