Country representation in 2008 Tour de France. Light green: 1–9; Green: 10+

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]

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
Belgium SIL
Nr.AgePos.
1Cadel Evans31Australia2
2Mario Aerts33Belgium31
3Christophe Brandt31BelgiumDNF-19
4Dario Cioni33Italy83
5Leif Hoste30Belgium124
6Robbie McEwen36Australia122
7Yaroslav Popovych28Ukraine24
8Johan Van Summeren27Belgium87
9Wim Vansevenant36Belgium145
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Team CSC Saxo Bank[5]
Denmark CSC
Nr.AgePos.
11Carlos Sastre33Spain1
12Kurt Asle Arvesen33Norway57
13Fabian Cancellara27Switzerland65
14Volodymyr Gustov31Ukraine46
15Stuart O'Grady34Australia109
16Andy Schleck23‡Luxembourg12
17Fränk Schleck28Luxembourg6
18Nicki Sørensen33Denmark118
19Jens Voigt36Germany37
Team manager: Bjarne Riis
Euskaltel–Euskadi
Spain EUS
Nr.AgePos.
21Haimar Zubeldia31Spain45
22Mikel Astarloza28Spain16
23Iñaki Isasi Flores31Spain104
24Egoi Martínez30Spain50
25Juan José Oroz27Spain103
26Rubén Pérez26Spain91
27Samuel Sánchez30Spain7
28Amets Txurruka25Spain52
29Gorka Verdugo29Spain73
Team manager: Miguel Madariaga
Caisse d'Epargne
Spain GCE
Nr.AgePos.
31Alejandro Valverde28Spain9
32David Arroyo28Spain30
33Arnaud Coyot27France115
34José Vicente García35Spain141
35Iván Gutiérrez29Spain56
36David López27Spain51
37Óscar Pereiro30SpainDNF-15
38Nicolas Portal29France66
39Luis León Sánchez24‡Spain62
Team manager: Eusebio Unzué
Team Columbia[6]
United States THR
Nr.AgePos.
41Kim Kirchen30Luxembourg8
42Marcus Burghardt25‡Germany120
43Mark Cavendish23‡United KingdomDNS-15
44Gerald Ciolek21‡Germany106
45Bernhard Eisel27Austria144
46Adam Hansen27Australia108
47George Hincapie35United States35
48Thomas Lövkvist24‡Sweden41
49Kanstantsin Sivtsov25Belarus17
Team manager: Brian Holm
Barloworld
United Kingdom BAR
Nr.AgePos.
51Mauricio Soler25‡ColombiaDNF-5
52John-Lee Augustyn21‡South Africa48
53Félix Rafael Cárdenas34ColombiaDNF-11
54Giampaolo Cheula35Italy88
55Baden Cooke29AustraliaDNF-12
56Moisés Dueñas27SpainDNS-11
57Chris Froome23‡United Kingdom84
58Robert Hunter31South Africa107
59Paolo Longo Borghini27ItalyDNF-11
Team manager: Claudio Corti
Liquigas
Italy LIQ
Nr.AgePos.
61Filippo Pozzato26Italy67
62Manuel Beltrán37SpainDNS-8
63Francesco Chicchi27ItalyElim-16
64Murilo Fischer29Brazil76
65Roman Kreuziger22‡Czech Republic13
66Aliaksandr Kuchynski28Belarus128
67Vincenzo Nibali23‡Italy20
68Manuel Quinziato28Italy130
69Frederik Willems28Belgium113
Team manager: Stefano Zanatta
Lampre
Italy LAM
Nr.AgePos.
71Damiano Cunego26ItalyDNS-19
72Alessandro Ballan28Italy94
73Matteo Bono24‡Italy117
74Marzio Bruseghin34Italy27
75Marco Marzano28Italy92
76Massimiliano Mori34Italy140
77Daniele Righi32Italy127
78Sylvester Szmyd30Poland26
79Paolo Tiralongo30Italy49
Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Crédit Agricole
France C.A
Nr.AgePos.
81Thor Hushovd30Norway99
82William Bonnet26France102
83Alexander Bocharov33Russia18
84Jimmy Engoulvent28France138
85Dmitry Fofonov31KazakhstanDNF
86Simon Gerrans28Australia79
87Christophe Le Mével27France40
88Rémi Pauriol26France80
89Mark Renshaw25AustraliaDNF-15
Team manager: Roger Legeay
Quick Step
Belgium QST
Nr.AgePos.
91Stijn Devolder28BelgiumDNF-15
92Carlos Barredo27Spain89
93Matteo Carrara29Italy36
94Steven de Jongh34Netherlands125
95Mauro Facci26ItalyDNF-7
96Sébastien Rosseler26Belgium98
97Gert Steegmans27Belgium111
98Matteo Tosatto34Italy96
99Jurgen Van de Walle31Belgium78
Team managers: Wilfried Peeters and Dirk Demol
AG2R La Mondiale
France A2R
Nr.AgePos.
101Cyril Dessel33France28
102José Luis Arrieta37Spain72
103Hubert Dupont27France55
104Vladimir Efimkin26Russia11
105Martin Elmiger29Switzerland71
106John Gadret29FranceDNF-7
107Stéphane Goubert38France21
108Christophe Riblon27France137
109Tadej Valjavec31Slovenia10
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
Gerolsteiner
Germany GST
Nr.AgePos.
111Stefan Schumacher26Germany25
112Robert Förster30Germany116
113Markus Fothen26Germany33
114Heinrich Haussler24‡Germany126
115Bernhard Kohl26Austria3
116Sven Krauss25‡Germany143
117Sebastian Lang28Germany75
118Ronny Scholz30Germany93
119Fabian Wegmann28GermanyElim-19
Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer
Agritubel
France AGR
Nr.AgePos.
121Christophe Moreau37FranceDNF-7
122Freddy Bichot28France135
123Jimmy Casper30FranceElim-17
124Romain Feillu24‡FranceElim-19
125Eduardo Gonzalo24‡Spain39
126Nicolas Jalabert35FranceDNF-14
127David Lelay28France81
128Geoffroy Lequatre27France85
129Nicolas Vogondy30France64
Team manager: Denis Leproux
Rabobank
Netherlands RAB
Nr.AgePos.
131Denis Menchov30Russia4
132Juan Antonio Flecha30SpainElim-19
133Óscar Freire32Spain70
134Sebastian Langeveld23‡Netherlands131
135Koos Moerenhout34Netherlands34
136Joost Posthuma27Netherlands69
137Bram Tankink29Netherlands60
138Laurens ten Dam27Netherlands22
139Pieter Weening27Netherlands63
Team manager: Erik Breukink
Bouygues Télécom
France BTL
Nr.AgePos.
141Pierrick Fédrigo29France32
142Stef Clement25Netherlands90
143Xavier Florencio28Spain101
144Laurent Lefèvre32France86
145Jérôme Pineau28France38
146Matthieu Sprick26France142
147Yuri Trofimov24‡RussiaDNF-10
148Johann Tschopp26Switzerland54
149Thomas Voeckler29France97
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Team Milram
Germany MRM
Nr.AgePos.
151Erik Zabel37Germany43
152Ralf Grabsch35Germany123
153Christian Knees27Germany29
154Brett Lancaster28Australia129
155Martin Müller34Germany105
156Björn Schröder27Germany100
157Niki Terpstra24‡Netherlands136
158Peter Velits23‡Slovakia58
159Marco Velo34Italy44
Team manager: Gerry van Gerwen
Française des Jeux
FranceFDJ
Nr.AgePos.
161Sandy Casar29France14
162Sébastien Chavanel27FranceDNF-16
163Rémy Di Gregorio22‡France59
164Arnaud Gérard23‡France132
165Philippe Gilbert26Belgium112
166Lilian Jégou32FranceDNF-7
167Yoann Le Boulanger32France74
168Jérémy Roy25‡France121
169Benoît Vaugrenard26France82
Team manager:Marc Madiot
Saunier Duval–Scott
Spain SDV
Nr.AgePos.
171Riccardo Riccò24‡ItalyDNS-12
172Rubens Bertogliati29SwitzerlandDNS-12
173Juan José Cobo27SpainDNS-12
174David de la Fuente27SpainDNS-12
175Jesus del Nero26SpainDNS-12
176Ángel Gómez27SpainDNF-3
177Josep Jufré32SpainDNS-12
178Aurélien Passeron24‡FranceDNS-6
179Leonardo Piepoli36ItalyDNS-12
Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
France COF
Nr.AgePos.
181Sylvain Chavanel29France61
182Stéphane Augé33France139
183Florent Brard32France119
184Hervé Duclos-Lassalle28FranceDNF-1
185Samuel Dumoulin27France114
186Leonardo Duque28Colombia53
187David Moncoutié33France42
188Amaël Moinard26France15
189Maxime Monfort25‡Belgium23
Team manager: Éric Boyer

Cyclists

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos.
1 Cadel Evans Australia Silence–Lotto 31 2
2 Mario Aerts Belgium Silence–Lotto 33 31
3 Christophe Brandt Belgium Silence–Lotto 31 DNF-19
4 Dario Cioni Italy Silence–Lotto 33 83
5 Leif Hoste Belgium Silence–Lotto 30 124
6 Robbie McEwen Australia Silence–Lotto 36 122
7 Yaroslav Popovych Ukraine Silence–Lotto 28 24
8 Johan Van Summeren Belgium Silence–Lotto 27 87
9 Wim Vansevenant Belgium Silence–Lotto 36 145
11 Carlos Sastre Spain Team CSC Saxo Bank 33 1
12 Kurt Asle Arvesen Norway Team CSC Saxo Bank 33 57
13 Fabian Cancellara Switzerland Team CSC Saxo Bank 27 65
14 Volodymyr Gustov Ukraine Team CSC Saxo Bank 31 46
15 Stuart O'Grady Australia Team CSC Saxo Bank 34 109
16 Andy Schleck Luxembourg Team CSC Saxo Bank 23‡ 12
17 Fränk Schleck Luxembourg Team CSC Saxo Bank 28 6
18 Nicki Sørensen Denmark Team CSC Saxo Bank 33 118
19 Jens Voigt Germany Team CSC Saxo Bank 36 37
21 Haimar Zubeldia Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 31 45
22 Mikel Astarloza Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 28 16
23 Iñaki Isasi Flores Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 31 104
24 Egoi Martínez Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 30 50
25 Juan José Oroz Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 27 103
26 Rubén Pérez Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 26 91
27 Samuel Sánchez Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 30 7
28 Amets Txurruka Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 25 52
29 Gorka Verdugo Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 29 73
31 Alejandro Valverde Spain Caisse d'Epargne 28 9
32 David Arroyo Spain Caisse d'Epargne 28 30
33 Arnaud Coyot France Caisse d'Epargne 27 115
34 José Vicente García Spain Caisse d'Epargne 35 141
35 Iván Gutiérrez Spain Caisse d'Epargne 29 56
36 David López Spain Caisse d'Epargne 27 51
37 Óscar Pereiro Spain Caisse d'Epargne 30 DNF-15
38 Nicolas Portal France Caisse d'Epargne 29 66
39 Luis León Sánchez Spain Caisse d'Epargne 24‡ 62
41 Kim Kirchen Luxembourg Team Columbia 30 8
42 Marcus Burghardt Germany Team Columbia 25‡ 120
43 Mark Cavendish Great Britain Team Columbia 23‡ DNS-15
44 Gerald Ciolek Germany Team Columbia 21‡ 106
45 Bernhard Eisel Austria Team Columbia 27 144
46 Adam Hansen Australia Team Columbia 27 108
47 George Hincapie United States Team Columbia 35 35
48 Thomas Lövkvist Sweden Team Columbia 24‡ 41
49 Kanstantsin Sivtsov Belarus Team Columbia 25 17
51 Mauricio Soler Colombia Barloworld 25‡ DNF-5
52 John-Lee Augustyn South Africa Barloworld 21‡ 48
53 Félix Rafael Cárdenas Colombia Barloworld 34 DNF-11
54 Giampaolo Cheula Italy Barloworld 35 88
55 Baden Cooke Australia Barloworld 29 DNF-12
56 Moisés Dueñas Spain Barloworld 27 DNS-11
57 Chris Froome Great Britain Barloworld 23‡ 84
58 Robert Hunter South Africa Barloworld 31 107
59 Paolo Longo Borghini Italy Barloworld 27 DNF-11
61 Filippo Pozzato Italy Liquigas 26 67
62 Manuel Beltrán Spain Liquigas 37 DNS-8
63 Francesco Chicchi Italy Liquigas 27 Elim-16
64 Murilo Fischer Brazil Liquigas 29 76
65 Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic Liquigas 22‡ 13
66 Aliaksandr Kuchynski Belarus Liquigas 28 128
67 Vincenzo Nibali Italy Liquigas 23‡ 20
68 Manuel Quinziato Italy Liquigas 28 130
69 Frederik Willems Belgium Liquigas 28 113
71 Damiano Cunego Italy Lampre 26 DNS-19
72 Alessandro Ballan Italy Lampre 28 94
73 Matteo Bono Italy Lampre 24‡ 117
74 Marzio Bruseghin Italy Lampre 34 27
75 Marco Marzano Italy Lampre 28 92
76 Massimiliano Mori Italy Lampre 34 140
77 Daniele Righi Italy Lampre 32 127
78 Sylvester Szmyd Poland Lampre 30 26
79 Paolo Tiralongo Italy Lampre 30 49
81 Thor Hushovd Norway Crédit Agricole 30 99
82 William Bonnet France Crédit Agricole 26 102
83 Alexander Bocharov Russia Crédit Agricole 33 18
84 Jimmy Engoulvent France Crédit Agricole 28 138
85 Dmitry Fofonov Kazakhstan Crédit Agricole 31 DNF
86 Simon Gerrans Australia Crédit Agricole 28 79
87 Christophe Le Mével France Crédit Agricole 27 40
88 Rémi Pauriol France Crédit Agricole 26 80
89 Mark Renshaw Australia Crédit Agricole 25 DNF-15
91 Stijn Devolder Belgium Quick Step 28 DNF-15
92 Carlos Barredo Spain Quick Step 27 89
93 Matteo Carrara Italy Quick Step 29 36
94 Steven de Jongh Netherlands Quick Step 34 125
95 Mauro Facci Italy Quick Step 26 DNF-7
96 Sébastien Rosseler Belgium Quick Step 26 98
97 Gert Steegmans Belgium Quick Step 27 111
98 Matteo Tosatto Italy Quick Step 34 96
99 Jurgen Van de Walle Belgium Quick Step 31 78
101 Cyril Dessel France AG2R La Mondiale 33 28
102 José Luis Arrieta Spain AG2R La Mondiale 37 72
103 Hubert Dupont France AG2R La Mondiale 27 55
104 Vladimir Efimkin Russia AG2R La Mondiale 26 11
105 Martin Elmiger Switzerland AG2R La Mondiale 29 71
106 John Gadret France AG2R La Mondiale 29 DNF-7
107 Stéphane Goubert France AG2R La Mondiale 38 21
108 Christophe Riblon France AG2R La Mondiale 27 137
109 Tadej Valjavec Slovenia AG2R La Mondiale 31 10
111 Stefan Schumacher Germany Gerolsteiner 26 25
112 Robert Förster Germany Gerolsteiner 30 116
113 Markus Fothen Germany Gerolsteiner 26 33
114 Heinrich Haussler Germany Gerolsteiner 24‡ 126
115 Bernhard Kohl Austria Gerolsteiner 26 3
116 Sven Krauss Germany Gerolsteiner 25‡ 143
117 Sebastian Lang Germany Gerolsteiner 28 75
118 Ronny Scholz Germany Gerolsteiner 30 93
119 Fabian Wegmann Germany Gerolsteiner 28 Elim-19
121 Christophe Moreau France Agritubel 37 DNF-7
122 Freddy Bichot France Agritubel 28 135
123 Jimmy Casper France Agritubel 30 Elim-17
124 Romain Feillu France Agritubel 24‡ Elim-19
125 Eduardo Gonzalo Spain Agritubel 24‡ 39
126 Nicolas Jalabert France Agritubel 35 DNF-14
127 David Lelay France Agritubel 28 81
128 Geoffroy Lequatre France Agritubel 27 85
129 Nicolas Vogondy France Agritubel 30 64
131 Denis Menchov Russia Rabobank 30 4
132 Juan Antonio Flecha Spain Rabobank 30 Elim-19
133 Óscar Freire Spain Rabobank 32 70
134 Sebastian Langeveld Netherlands Rabobank 23‡ 131
135 Koos Moerenhout Netherlands Rabobank 34 34
136 Joost Posthuma Netherlands Rabobank 27 69
137 Bram Tankink Netherlands Rabobank 29 60
138 Laurens ten Dam Netherlands Rabobank 27 22
139 Pieter Weening Netherlands Rabobank 27 63
141 Pierrick Fédrigo France Bouygues Télécom 29 32
142 Stef Clement Netherlands Bouygues Télécom 25 90
143 Xavier Florencio Spain Bouygues Télécom 28 101
144 Laurent Lefèvre France Bouygues Télécom 32 86
145 Jérôme Pineau France Bouygues Télécom 28 38
146 Matthieu Sprick France Bouygues Télécom 26 142
147 Yuri Trofimov Russia Bouygues Télécom 24‡ DNF-10
148 Johann Tschopp Switzerland Bouygues Télécom 26 54
149 Thomas Voeckler France Bouygues Télécom 29 97
151 Erik Zabel Germany Team Milram 37 43
152 Ralf Grabsch Germany Team Milram 35 123
153 Christian Knees Germany Team Milram 27 29
154 Brett Lancaster Australia Team Milram 28 129
155 Martin Müller Germany Team Milram 34 105
156 Björn Schröder Germany Team Milram 27 100
157 Niki Terpstra Netherlands Team Milram 24‡ 136
158 Peter Velits Slovakia Team Milram 23‡ 58
159 Marco Velo Italy Team Milram 34 44
161 Sandy Casar France Française des Jeux 29 14
162 Sébastien Chavanel France Française des Jeux 27 DNF-16
163 Rémy Di Gregorio France Française des Jeux 22‡ 59
164 Arnaud Gérard France Française des Jeux 23‡ 132
165 Philippe Gilbert Belgium Française des Jeux 26 112
166 Lilian Jégou France Française des Jeux 32 DNF-7
167 Yoann Le Boulanger France Française des Jeux 32 74
168 Jérémy Roy France Française des Jeux 25‡ 121
169 Benoît Vaugrenard France Française des Jeux 26 82
171 Riccardo Riccò Italy Saunier Duval–Scott 24‡ DNS-12
172 Rubens Bertogliati Switzerland Saunier Duval–Scott 29 DNS-12
173 Juan José Cobo Spain Saunier Duval–Scott 27 DNS-12
174 David de la Fuente Spain Saunier Duval–Scott 27 DNS-12
175 Jesus del Nero Spain Saunier Duval–Scott 26 DNS-12
176 Ángel Gómez Spain Saunier Duval–Scott 27 DNF-3
177 Josep Jufré Spain Saunier Duval–Scott 32 DNS-12
178 Aurélien Passeron France Saunier Duval–Scott 24‡ DNS-6
179 Leonardo Piepoli Italy Saunier Duval–Scott 36 DNS-12
181 Sylvain Chavanel France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 61
182 Stéphane Augé France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 139
183 Florent Brard France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 119
184 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 DNF-1
185 Samuel Dumoulin France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 114
186 Leonardo Duque Colombia Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 53
187 David Moncoutié France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 42
188 Amaël Moinard France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 15
189 Maxime Monfort Belgium Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25‡ 23
191 Christian Vande Velde United States Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 32 5
192 Magnus Bäckstedt Sweden Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 33 Elim-7
193 Julian Dean New Zealand Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 33 110
194 Will Frischkorn United States Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 27 133
195 Ryder Hesjedal Canada Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 27 47
196 Trent Lowe Australia Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 23‡ 77
197 Martijn Maaskant Netherlands Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 24‡ 134
198 David Millar Great Britain Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 31 68
199 Danny Pate United States Garmin–Chipotle presented by H3O 28 95

Summary of the field

References

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  5. formerly known as Team CSC : "Riis Cycling signs Sponsorship Agreement with Saxo Bank" (Press release). Team CSC Saxo Bank. June 10, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. 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. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.


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