# 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.

## Teams

On July 1, the Tour de France announced the provisional start list for the 2008 Tour de France. Among the notable absentees were:
* the Astana Team, which includes two of the top three from the 2007 race, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, and Andreas Klöden, 2nd in the 2006 race.
* José Ángel Gómez Marchante, who would have been expected to be team leader for Saunier Duval–Scott, due to ill health.
* Thomas Dekker of Rabobank, dropped due to his poor performance in earlier 2008 races.
* Liquigas sprinter Daniele Bennati due to a persistent Achilles tendon problem.
* Tom Boonen of Quick Step, 2007 points classification winner, who was barred by the race organizers due to an out-of-competition positive cocaine test.
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 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 | Óscar Pereiro | 30 | DNF-15 |
| 38 | Nicolas Portal | 29 | 66 |
| 39 | Luis León Sánchez | 24‡ | 62 |
| Team manager: Eusebio Unzué |||||
Team Columbia 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 Sivtsov | 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 Beltrán | 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 | Alexander Bocharov | 33 | 18 |
| 84 | Jimmy Engoulvent | 28 | 138 |
| 85 | Dmitry Fofonov | 31 | DNF |
| 86 | Simon Gerrans | 28 | 79 |
| 87 | Christophe Le Mével | 27 | 40 |
| 88 | Rémi 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 | Sébastien 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 Lelay | 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 | 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 |||||

## 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

* Euskaltel is the only team whose riders are all from one country (Spain); Teams CSC Saxo Bank and Columbia each represent eight nations among their nine riders.
* Óscar Pereiro is the only previous Tour winner, having won in 2006.
* Two other riders have won a Grand Tour race: Denis Menchov (Vuelta a España in 2005 and 2007) and Damiano Cunego (Giro d'Italia in 2004).
* Four riders have won the green jersey in previous Tours: Erik Zabel (six times), Robbie McEwen (three times), Baden Cooke and Thor Hushovd (once each).
* Only Mauricio Soler has previously won the Tour's King of the Mountains competition, in 2007.
* Three riders have won the maillot blanc: Menchov, Cunego and Yaroslav Popovych.
* 33 riders have won a Tour de France stage, and 13 have worn the yellow jersey.
* The youngest rider is Gerald Ciolek, at 21, and 38-year-old Stéphane Goubert is the eldest.
* Six riders in the field went on to win one or more Grand Tours, Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck, Alejandro Valverde, Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Juan José Cobo.