List of teams and cyclists in the 2014 Tour de France

The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour de France features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 5 to 27 July 2014, starting in Leeds, England and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.[1][2][3]

Teams

All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In January 2014, four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race, to complete a 22-team peloton.[4]

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:

*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.

By rider

The list of riders at the start of the race was:[5]

Legend
No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos. Position in the general classification
† Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1989 eligible for the Young rider classification
  A yellow jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification
  A green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification
  A white jersey with red polka-dots   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
  A white jersey   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification (eligibility indicated by †)
  A jersey with a yellow-numbered dossard   Denotes riders that represent the winner of the Teams classification
  A jersey with a red-numbered dossard   Denotes the winner of the Super-combativity award
DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
HD Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so
DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 5 July 2014, the date on which the Tour began
No. Name Nationality Team Age Position
1 frooChris Froome  Great Britain Team Sky 29 194DNF-5[6]
2 eiseBernhard Eisel  Austria Team Sky 33 126
3 kiryVasil Kiryienka  Belarus Team Sky 33 86
4 lopeDavid López  Spain Team Sky 33 105
5 nievMikel Nieve  Spain Team Sky 30 18
6 pateDanny Pate  United States Team Sky 35 153
7 portRichie Porte  Australia Team Sky 29 23
8 thomGeraint Thomas  Great Britain Team Sky 28 22
9 zandXabier Zandio  Spain Team Sky 37 190DNF-6[7]
11 valvAlejandro Valverde  Spain Movistar Team 34 4
12 erviImanol Erviti  Spain Movistar Team 30 81
13 gadrJohn Gadret  France Movistar Team 35 19
14 herrJesús Herrada †  Spain Movistar Team 24 61
15 intxBeñat Intxausti  Spain Movistar Team 28 114
16 izagJon Izagirre †  Spain Movistar Team 25 41
17 plazRubén Plaza  Spain Movistar Team 34 91
18 rojaJosé Joaquín Rojas  Spain Movistar Team 29 165DSQ-18[8]
19 viscGiovanni Visconti  Italy Movistar Team 31 37
21 rodrJoaquim Rodríguez  Spain Team Katusha 35 54
22 isaiVladimir Isaichev  Russia Team Katusha 28 157
23 krisAlexander Kristoff  Norway Team Katusha 27 125
24 paolLuca Paolini  Italy Team Katusha 37 136
25 porsAlexander Porsev  Russia Team Katusha 28 174HD-13[9]
26 siliEgor Silin  Russia Team Katusha 26 191DNF-6[7]
27 smukGatis Smukulis  Latvia Team Katusha 27 100
28 spilSimon Špilak  Slovenia Team Katusha 28 167DNF-17[10]
29 trofYuri Trofimov  Russia Team Katusha 30 14
31 contAlberto Contador  Spain Tinkoff-Saxo 31 182DNF-10[11]
32 bennDaniele Bennati  Italy Tinkoff-Saxo 33 96
33 hernJesús Hernández  Spain Tinkoff-Saxo 32 192DNF-6[12]
34 majk Rafał Majka †  Poland Tinkoff-Saxo 24 44
35 morkMichael Mørkøv  Denmark Tinkoff-Saxo 29 134
36 paulSérgio Paulinho  Portugal Tinkoff-Saxo 34 89
37 rochNicolas Roche  Ireland Tinkoff-Saxo 30 39
38 rogeMichael Rogers  Australia Tinkoff-Saxo 34 26
39 tosaMatteo Tosatto  Italy Tinkoff-Saxo 40 119
41 niba Vincenzo Nibali  Italy Astana 29 1
42 fuglJakob Fuglsang  Denmark Astana 29 36
43 hryvAndriy Hryvko  Ukraine Astana 30 95
44 gruzDmitriy Gruzdev  Kazakhstan Astana 28 130
45 igliMaxim Iglinsky  Kazakhstan Astana 33 129
46 kangTanel Kangert  Estonia Astana 27 20
47 scarMichele Scarponi  Italy Astana 34 49
48 vanoAlessandro Vanotti  Italy Astana 33 147
49 westLieuwe Westra  Netherlands Astana 31 79
51 saga Peter Sagan †  Slovakia Cannondale 24 60
52 bodnMaciej Bodnar  Poland Cannondale 29 112
53 demarc Alessandro De Marchi  Italy Cannondale 28 52
54 kingtTed King  United States Cannondale 31 183DNF-10[13]
55 koreKristijan Koren  Slovenia Cannondale 27 135
56 marcMarco Marcato  Italy Cannondale 30 80
57 mariJean-Marc Marino  France Cannondale 30 160
58 sabaFabio Sabatini  Italy Cannondale 29 118
59 viviElia Viviani †  Italy Cannondale 25 162
61 mollBauke Mollema  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 27 10
62 boomLars Boom  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 28 97
63 clemStef Clement  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 31 189DNF-7[14]
64 kruiSteven Kruijswijk  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 27 15
65 leezTom Leezer  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 28 133
66 tankBram Tankink  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 35 40
67 tendLaurens ten Dam  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 33 9
68 vanmSep Vanmarcke  Belgium Belkin Pro Cycling 25 106
69 wynaMaarten Wynants  Belgium Belkin Pro Cycling 32 117
71 caveMark Cavendish  Great Britain Omega Pharma-Quick Step 29 198DNS-2[15]
72 bakeJan Bakelants  Belgium Omega Pharma-Quick Step 28 24
73 golaMichał Gołaś  Poland Omega Pharma-Quick Step 30 55
74 kwiaMichał Kwiatkowski †  Poland Omega Pharma-Quick Step 24 28
75 martTony Martin  Germany Omega Pharma-Quick Step 29 47
76 petaAlessandro Petacchi  Italy Omega Pharma-Quick Step 40 148
77 rensMark Renshaw  Australia Omega Pharma-Quick Step 31 142
78 terpNiki Terpstra  Netherlands Omega Pharma-Quick Step 30 94
79 trenMatteo Trentin †  Italy Omega Pharma-Quick Step 24 93
81 peraJean-Christophe Péraud  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 37 2
82 bardRomain Bardet †  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 23 6
83 cherMikaël Cherel  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 28 59
84 dumosSamuel Dumoulin  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 33 90
85 gastBen Gastauer  Luxembourg ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 26 21
86 kadrBlel Kadri  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 27 84
87 minaSébastien Minard  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 32 99
88 montMatteo Montaguti  Italy ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 30 66
89 riblChristophe Riblon  France ag2r Ag2r-La Mondiale 33 120
91 talaAndrew Talansky  United States Garmin-Sharp 25 179DNS-12[16]
92 acevJanier Acevedo  Colombia Garmin-Sharp 28 175DNF-13[17]
93 baueJack Bauer  New Zealand Garmin-Sharp 29 137
94 howeAlex Howes  United States Garmin-Sharp 26 127
95 kingbBen King †  United States Garmin-Sharp 25 53
96 langSebastian Langeveld  Netherlands Garmin-Sharp 29 140
97 navardRamūnas Navardauskas  Lithuania Garmin-Sharp 26 141
98 slagTom-Jelte Slagter †  Netherlands Garmin-Sharp 25 56
99 vansJohan Vansummeren  Belgium Garmin-Sharp 33 74
101 kittMarcel Kittel  Germany Giant-Shimano 26 161
102 curvRoy Curvers  Netherlands Giant-Shimano 34 116
103 dekoKoen de Kort  Netherlands Giant-Shimano 31 92
104 degeJohn Degenkolb †  Germany Giant-Shimano 25 123
105 deveDries Devenyns  Belgium Giant-Shimano 30 172DNF-14[18]
106 dumotTom Dumoulin †  Netherlands Giant-Shimano 23 33
107 chenJi Cheng  China Giant-Shimano 26 164
108 timmAlbert Timmer  Netherlands Giant-Shimano 29 146
109 veelTom Veelers  Netherlands Giant-Shimano 29 155
111 costRui Costa  Portugal Lampre-Merida 27 170DNS-16[19]
112 cimoDavide Cimolai †  Italy Lampre-Merida 24 163
113 duraKristijan Đurasek  Croatia Lampre-Merida 26 46
114 hornChris Horner  United States Lampre-Merida 42 17
115 modoSacha Modolo  Italy Lampre-Merida 27 197DNF-2[20]
116 olivNelson Oliveira †  Portugal Lampre-Merida 25 87
117 richMaximiliano Richeze  Argentina Lampre-Merida 31 193DNS-6[12]
118 serpJosé Serpa  Colombia Lampre-Merida 35 48
119 vallRafael Valls  Spain Lampre-Merida 27 173DNF-14[21]
121 demareArnaud Démare †  France FDJ.fr 22 159
122 bonnWilliam Bonnet  France FDJ.fr 32 158
123 delagMickaël Delage  France FDJ.fr 28 143
124 jeanArnold Jeannesson  France FDJ.fr 28 30
125 ladaMathieu Ladagnous  France FDJ.fr 29 76
126 pinecCédric Pineau  France FDJ.fr 29 102
127 pino Thibaut Pinot †  France FDJ.fr 24 3
128 royJérémy Roy  France FDJ.fr 31 57
129 vichArthur Vichot  France FDJ.fr 25 177DNF-13[22]
131 vandJurgen Van den Broeck  Belgium Lotto-Belisol 31 13
132 bak Lars Bak  Denmark Lotto-Belisol 34 82
133 declBart De Clercq  Belgium Lotto-Belisol 27 185DNF-8[23]
134 gallTony Gallopin  France Lotto-Belisol 26 29
135 greiAndré Greipel  Germany Lotto-Belisol 31 149
136 hansAdam Hansen  Australia Lotto-Belisol 33 64
137 hendGreg Henderson  New Zealand Lotto-Belisol 37 195DNF-4[24]
138 roelJürgen Roelandts  Belgium Lotto-Belisol 29 111
139 siebMarcel Sieberg  Germany Lotto-Belisol 32 145
141 vangTejay van Garderen  United States BMC Racing Team 25 5
142 atapDarwin Atapuma  Colombia BMC Racing Team 26 187DNF-7[14]
143 burgMarcus Burghardt  Germany BMC Racing Team 31 154
144 moinAmaël Moinard  France BMC Racing Team 32 45
145 ossDaniel Oss  Italy BMC Racing Team 27 69
146 schaMichael Schär   Switzerland BMC Racing Team 27 43
147 stetPeter Stetina  United States BMC Racing Team 26 35
148 vanaGreg Van Avermaet  Belgium BMC Racing Team 29 38
149 veliPeter Velits  Slovakia BMC Racing Team 29 27
151 rollPierre Rolland  France Team Europcar 27 11
152 arasYukiya Arashiro  Japan Team Europcar 29 65
153 coquBryan Coquard †  France Team Europcar 22 104
154 gautCyril Gautier  France Team Europcar 26 25
155 geneYohann Gène  France Team Europcar 33 128
156 pichAlexandre Pichot  France Team Europcar 31 107
157 quemPerrig Quémeneur  France Team Europcar 30 83
158 rezaKévin Reza  France Team Europcar 26 73
159 voecThomas Voeckler  France Team Europcar 35 42
161 schlfFränk Schleck  Luxembourg Trek Factory Racing 34 12
162 buscMatthew Busche  United States Trek Factory Racing 29 98
163 cancFabian Cancellara   Switzerland Trek Factory Racing 33 180DNS-11[25]
164 irizMarkel Irizar  Spain Trek Factory Racing 34 63
165 rastGrégory Rast   Switzerland Trek Factory Racing 34 101
166 schlaAndy Schleck  Luxembourg Trek Factory Racing 29 196DNS-4[26]
167 vanpDanny van Poppel †  Netherlands Trek Factory Racing 20 188DNF-7[14]
168 voigJens Voigt  Germany Trek Factory Racing 42 108
169 zubeHaimar Zubeldia  Spain Trek Factory Racing 37 8
171 navarrDaniel Navarro  Spain Cofidis 30 176DNF-13[27]
172 edetNicolas Edet  France Cofidis 26 77
173 garcEgoitz García  Spain Cofidis 28 184DNF-9[28]
174 lemoCyril Lemoine  France Cofidis 31 110
175 mateLuis Ángel Maté  Spain Cofidis 30 31
176 molaRudy Molard †  France Cofidis 24 51
177 petiAdrien Petit †  France Cofidis 23 156
178 simoJulien Simon  France Cofidis 28 109
179 taarRein Taaramäe  Estonia Cofidis 27 88
181 gerrSimon Gerrans  Australia Orica-GreenEDGE 34 169DNS-17[29]
182 albaMichael Albasini   Switzerland Orica-GreenEDGE 33 70
183 clarSimon Clarke  Australia Orica-GreenEDGE 27 113
184 durbLuke Durbridge †  Australia Orica-GreenEDGE 23 122
185 haymMathew Hayman  Australia Orica-GreenEDGE 36 181DNF-10[30]
186 keukJens Keukeleire  Belgium Orica-GreenEDGE 25 67
187 meieChristian Meier  Canada Orica-GreenEDGE 29 121
188 tuftSvein Tuft  Canada Orica-GreenEDGE 37 131
189 yateSimon Yates †  Great Britain Orica-GreenEDGE 21 171DNS-16[31]
191 franMathias Frank   Switzerland IAM Cycling 27 186DNS-8[32]
192 chavSylvain Chavanel  France IAM Cycling 35 34
193 elmiMartin Elmiger   Switzerland IAM Cycling 35 75
194 hausHeinrich Haussler  Australia IAM Cycling 30 166DNF-18[33]
195 hollReto Hollenstein   Switzerland IAM Cycling 28 168DNS-17[34]
196 klugRoger Kluge  Germany IAM Cycling 28 139
197 pinejJérôme Pineau  France IAM Cycling 34 58
198 reicSébastien Reichenbach †   Switzerland IAM Cycling 25 85
199 wyssMarcel Wyss   Switzerland IAM Cycling 28 32
201 koniLeopold König  Czech Republic NetApp-Endura 26 7
202 bartJan Bárta  Czech Republic NetApp-Endura 29 71
203 delacDavid de la Cruz †  Spain NetApp-Endura 25 178DNF-12[35]
204 dempZak Dempster  Australia NetApp-Endura 26 151
205 huzaBartosz Huzarski  Poland NetApp-Endura 33 68
206 machTiago Machado  Portugal NetApp-Endura 28 72
207 mendJosé Mendes  Portugal NetApp-Endura 29 124
208 schiAndreas Schillinger  Germany NetApp-Endura 30 144
209 vossPaul Voss  Germany NetApp-Endura 28 50
211 feilbBrice Feillu  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 28 16
212 bideJean-Marc Bideau  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 115
213 delapAnthony Delaplace †  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 24 78
214 feilrRomain Feillu  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 30 150
215 fonsArmindo Fonseca †  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 25 138
216 geraArnaud Gérard  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 29 132
217 guilFlorian Guillou  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 31 62
218 jarrBenoît Jarrier †  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 25 152
219 vachFlorian Vachon  France Bretagne-Séché Environnement 29 103

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2014 Tour de France represented 34 different countries.

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins
 Argentina 1 0
 Australia 10 7 1 (Michael Rogers)
 Austria 1 1
 Belarus 1 1
 Belgium 10 8
 Canada 2 2
 China 1 1
 Colombia 3 1
 Croatia 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 2
 Denmark 3 3
 Estonia 2 2
 France 44 43 2 (Tony Gallopin, Blel Kadri)
 Germany 10 10 7 (Marcel Kittel x4, Tony Martin x2, André Greipel)
 Great Britain 4 1
 Ireland 1 1
 Italy 17 16 5 (Vincenzo Nibali x4, Matteo Trentin)
 Japan 1 1
 Kazakhstan 2 2
 Latvia 1 1
 Lithuania 1 1 1 (Ramūnas Navardauskas)
 Luxembourg 3 2
 Netherlands 17 15 1 (Lars Boom)
 New Zealand 2 1
 Norway 1 1 2 (Alexander Kristoff x2)
 Poland 5 5 2 (Rafał Majka x2)
 Portugal 5 4
 Russia 4 2
 Slovakia 2 2
 Slovenia 2 1
 Spain 20 12
  Switzerland 9 6
 Ukraine 1 1
 United States 9 7
Total 198 164

References

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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gladstone, Hugh (10 July 2014). "Andre Greipel sprints to Tour de France stage victory in Reims". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media). Retrieved 11 July 2014. Katusha's Joaquim Rodriguez was amongst the biggest names to get caught out, while Egor Silin (Katusha) and Sky's Xabier Zandio were both forced to abandon after a couple of crashes around the 80km to go mark.
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