List of teams and cyclists in the 1991 Tour de France

The 1991 Tour de France started with 198 cyclists, divided into 22 teams of 9 cyclists.[1] Sixteen teams qualified by being ranked in the top 16 of the FICP ranking for teams in May 1991:[2]

After the 1991 Giro d'Italia and the Dauphiné Libéré, the Tour organisation gave six additional wildcards:[3]

Greg LeMond, the winner of the last two editions, was still considered a favourite going into the race,[4] although not by the French media, as his early season had been unsuccessful.[5]

By rider

Legend
No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos. Position in the general classification
DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Rider Nationality Team Pos.
1 Greg LeMond  United States Z 7
2 Éric Boyer  France Z 38
3 Philippe Casado  France Z 87
4 Bruno Cornillet  France Z 54
5 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle  France Z 60
6 Atle Kvålsvoll  Norway Z DNF
7 François Lemarchand  France Z 101
8 Robert Millar  United Kingdom Z 72
9 Jérôme Simon  France Z 23
11 Claudio Chiappucci  Italy Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 3
12 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  Uzbekistan Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 85
13 Guido Bontempi  Italy Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 96
14 Alessandro Gianelli  Italy Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 40
15 Erich Maechler   Switzerland Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 128
16 Jure Pavlič  Slovenia Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 134
17 Giancarlo Perini  Italy Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 120
18 Vladimir Poulnikov  Ukraine Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 88
19 Enrico Zaina  Italy Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 93
21 Erik Breukink  Netherlands PDM-Concorde DNF
22 Raúl Alcalá  Mexico PDM-Concorde DNF
23 Falk Boden  Ireland PDM-Concorde DNF
24 Martin Earley  Ireland PDM-Concorde DNF
25 Sean Kelly  Netherlands PDM-Concorde DNF
26 Uwe Raab  Germany PDM-Concorde DNF
27 Jos van Aert  Netherlands PDM-Concorde DNF
28 Jean-Paul van Poppel  Netherlands PDM-Concorde DNF
29 Nico Verhoeven  Netherlands PDM-Concorde DNF
31 Pedro Delgado  Spain Banesto 9
32 Marino Alonso  Spain Banesto 123
33 Dominique Arnaud  France Banesto 77
34 Jean-François Bernard  France Banesto 14
35 Miguel Indurain  Spain Banesto 1
36 Luis Javier Lukin  Spain Banesto 119
37 Fabrice Philipot  France Banesto 24
38 Jesús Rodríguez Magro  Spain Banesto 100
39 Abelardo Rondón  Colombia Banesto 12
41 Marino Lejarreta  Spain ONCE 53
42 Eduardo Chozas Olmo  Spain ONCE 11
43 Herminio Díaz Zabala  Spain ONCE 75
44 Anselmo Fuerte  Spain ONCE 37
45 Stephen Hodge  Australia ONCE 67
46 Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres  Spain ONCE 76
47 Melcior Mauri  Spain ONCE 64
48 José Luis Villanueva Orihuela  Spain ONCE DNF
49 Johnny Weltz  Spain ONCE DNF
51 Gianni Bugno  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 2
52 Guiseppe Calcaterra  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 149
53 Marco Giovannetti  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 30
54 Roberto Gusmeroli  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 131
55 Camillo Passera  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax DNF
56 Mauro-Antonio Santaromita  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 147
57 Jan Schur  Germany Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 139
58 Valerio Tebaldi  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 89
59 Stefano Zanatta  Italy Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 141
61 Johan Bruyneel  Belgium Lotto 35
62 Peter De Clercq  Belgium Lotto 137
63 Sammie Moreels  Belgium Lotto DNF
64 Johan Museeuw  Belgium Lotto DNF
65 Jan Nevens  Belgium Lotto DNF
66 Hendrik Redant  Belgium Lotto 140
67 Frank Van Den Abeele  Belgium Lotto 90
68 Rik Van Slycke  Belgium Lotto 142
69 Patrick Verschueren  Belgium Lotto 130
71 Andrew Hampsten  United States Motorola 8
72 Phil Anderson  Australia Motorola 45
73 Steve Bauer  Canada Motorola 97
74 Andy Bishop  United States Motorola 126
75 Michael Carter  United States Motorola DNF
76 Ron Kiefel  United States Motorola 138
77 Dag Otto Lauritzen  Norway Motorola DNF
78 Sean Yates  United Kingdom Motorola DNF
79 Urs Zimmermann   Switzerland Motorola 116
81 Fabio Parra  Colombia Amaya Seguros DNF
82 Patrice Esnault  France Amaya Seguros 28
83 Enrique Guerricagoitia  Spain Amaya Seguros 143
84 Roland Le Clerc  France Amaya Seguros 106
85 Jesús Montoya  Spain Amaya Seguros 74
86 Javier Murguialday  Spain Amaya Seguros 22
87 Per Pedersen  Denmark Amaya Seguros 135
88 Ronan Pensec  France Amaya Seguros 41
89 Fernando Quevedo  Spain Amaya Seguros DNF
91 Laurent Fignon  France Castorama-Raleigh 6
92 Dominique Arnould  France Castorama-Raleigh 68
93 Jean-Claude Bagot  France Castorama-Raleigh 36
94 Christophe Lavainne  France Castorama-Raleigh 92
95 Luc Leblanc  France Castorama-Raleigh 5
96 Thierry Marie  France Castorama-Raleigh 111
97 Bjarne Riis  Denmark Castorama-Raleigh 107
98 Pascal Simon  France Castorama-Raleigh 57
99 Frédéric Vichot  France Castorama-Raleigh 20
101 Gilles Delion  France Helvetia-La Suisse 21
102 Serge Demierre   Switzerland Helvetia-La Suisse DNF
103 Mauro Gianetti   Switzerland Helvetia-La Suisse 98
104 Dominik Krieger  Germany Helvetia-La Suisse 63
105 Henri Manders  Netherlands Helvetia-La Suisse 144
106 Pascal Richard   Switzerland Helvetia-La Suisse 49
107 Gérard Rué  France Helvetia-La Suisse 10
108 Peter Stevenhaagen  Netherlands Helvetia-La Suisse 94
109 Guido Winterberg   Switzerland Helvetia-La Suisse 69
111 Luis Herrera  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 31
112 Alberto Luis Camargo  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 18
113 Henry Cárdenas  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 43
114 Arsenio Chaparro Cardoso  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 104
115 Carlos Jaramillo  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 151
116 Álvaro Mejía  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 19
117 Gerardo Moncada  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 46
118 Reynel Montoya  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 58
119 Óscar Vargas  Colombia Ryalco-Postobón 48
121 Moreno Argentin  Italy Ariostea 59
122 Davide Cassani  Italy Ariostea 112
123 Bruno Cenghialta  Italy Ariostea 56
124 Roberto Conti  Italy Ariostea 29
125 Alberto Elli  Italy Ariostea 91
126 Rolf Gölz  Germany Ariostea 79
127 Massimiliano Lelli  Italy Ariostea DNF
128 Marco Lietti  Italy Ariostea DNF
129 Rolf Sørensen  Denmark Ariostea DNF
131 Charly Mottet  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 4
132 Éric Caritoux  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 17
133 Thierry Claveyrolat  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 27
134 Thierry Laurent  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 102
135 Pascal Lino  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 70
136 Marc Madiot  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia 115
137 Yvon Madiot  France RMO-Mavic-Liberia DNF
138 Mauro Ribeiro  Brazil RMO-Mavic-Liberia 47
139 Michel Vermote  Belgium RMO-Mavic-Liberia 118
141 Gert-Jan Theunisse  Netherlands TVM-Sanyo 13
142 Thomas Barth  Germany TVM-Sanyo 156
143 Rob Harmeling  Netherlands TVM-Sanyo 158
144 Vasily Zhdanov  Soviet Union TVM-Sanyo 121
145 Dimitri Konyshev  Soviet Union TVM-Sanyo 52
146 Eddy Schurer  Netherlands TVM-Sanyo 152
147 Jan Siemons  Netherlands TVM-Sanyo 146
148 Jesper Skibby  Denmark TVM-Sanyo DNF
149 Sergei Uslamin  Soviet Union TVM-Sanyo 136
151 Rudy Dhaenens  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife DNF
152 Viatcheslav Ekimov  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 42
153 Maurizio Fondriest  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 15
154 Olaf Ludwig  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 114
155 Guy Nulens  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 62
156 Marc Sergeant  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 81
157 Eric Van Lancker  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 84
158 Marc van Orsouw  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 78
159 Dimitri Zhdanov  Belgium Panasonic-Sportlife 86
161 Thomas Wegmüller   Switzerland Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 155
162 Alfred Achermann   Switzerland Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 145
163 Carlo Bomans  Belgium Weinmann-Eddy Merckx DNF
164 Michel Dernies  Belgium Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 105
165 Jan Goessens  Belgium Weinmann-Eddy Merckx DNF
166 Rolf Järmann   Switzerland Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 83
167 Werner Stutz   Switzerland Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 113
168 Rudy Verdonck  Belgium Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 109
169 Ludwig Willems  Belgium Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 150
171 Uwe Ampler  Germany Histor-Sigma 32
172 Etienne De Wilde  Belgium Histor-Sigma 125
173 Brian Holm  Denmark Histor-Sigma 124
174 Andreas Kappes  Germany Histor-Sigma 65
175 Søren Lilholt  Denmark Histor-Sigma DNF
176 Wilfried Peeters  Belgium Histor-Sigma 95
177 Remig Stumpf  Germany Histor-Sigma DNF
178 Benjamin Van Itterbeeck  Belgium Histor-Sigma DNF
179 Didier Virvaleix  France Histor-Sigma 50
181 Laurent Jalabert  France Toshiba 71
182 Henri Abadie  France Toshiba 108
183 Thierry Bourguignon  France Toshiba 25
184 Christian Chaubet  France Toshiba 110
185 Martial Gayant  France Toshiba DNF
186 Pascal Lance  France Toshiba 99
187 Philippe Louviot  France Toshiba 44
188 Olaf Lurvik  France Toshiba 73
189 Denis Roux  France Toshiba 16
191 Steven Rooks  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 26
192 Gerrit de Vries  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 34
193 Frans Maassen  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 129
194 Jelle Nijdam  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 117
195 Twan Poels  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 154
196 Gerrit Solleveld  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 133
197 Edwig Van Hooydonck  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 103
198 Eric Vanderaerden  Belgium Buckler-Colnago-Decca 127
199 Wiebren Veenstra  Netherlands Buckler-Colnago-Decca 157
201 Stephen Roche  Ireland Tonton Tapis-Corona DNF
202 John Carlsen  Denmark Tonton Tapis-Corona DNF
203 Jean-Claude Colotti  France Tonton Tapis-Corona 80
204 Dirk De Wolf  Belgium Tonton Tapis-Corona DNF
205 Patrick Jacobs  Belgium Tonton Tapis-Corona 82
206 Francis Moreau  France Tonton Tapis-Corona 132
207 Atle Pedersen  Norway Tonton Tapis-Corona DNF
208 Laurent Pillon  France Tonton Tapis-Corona 51
209 Laurence Roche  Ireland Tonton Tapis-Corona 153
211 Pello Ruiz Cabestany  Spain Clas-Cajastur 33
212 Manuel Jorge Domínguez  Spain Clas-Cajastur DNF
213 Javier Duch  Spain Clas-Cajastur 122
214 Nico Emonds  Belgium Clas-Cajastur DNF
215 Francisco Espinosa  Spain Clas-Cajastur 66
216 Iñaki Gastón  Spain Clas-Cajastur 61
217 Alberto Leanizbarrutia  Spain Clas-Cajastur 39
218 Francisco Javier Mauleón  Spain Clas-Cajastur 55
219 José Manuel Oliveira  Spain Clas-Cajastur 148

References

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