# List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France

The list of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2006 Tour de France from July 1 to July 23, 2006. In prior years, 21 teams of nine riders each have participated in the annual Tour de France, but following the Operación Puerto doping investigation, the Astana–Würth team as well as four individual riders (Ivan Basso (CSC), Jan Ullrich (TMO), Óscar Sevilla (TMO) and Francisco Mancebo (A2R)) were not allowed to start the race.

## Teams

* Discovery Channel
* Team CSC
* T-Mobile Team
* AG2R Prévoyance
* Gerolsteiner
* Rabobank
* Davitamon–Lotto
* Phonak
* Lampre–Fondital
* Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
* Quick-Step–Innergetic
* Crédit Agricole
* Euskaltel–Euskadi
* Cofidis
* Saunier Duval–Prodir
* Française des Jeux
* Liquigas
* Bouygues Télécom
* Team Milram
* Agritubel

## Cyclists by starting number

| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Age | Pos. |
| 1 | José Azevedo | Portugal | Discovery Channel | 32 | 19 |
| 2 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | Russia | Discovery Channel | 40 | 84 |
| 3 | George Hincapie | United States | Discovery Channel | 33 | 32 |
| 4 | Egoi Martínez | Spain | Discovery Channel | 28 | 42 |
| 5 | Benjamín Noval | Spain | Discovery Channel | 27 | DNF |
| 6 | Pavel Padrnos | Czech Republic | Discovery Channel | 35 | 65 |
| 7 | Yaroslav Popovych | Ukraine | Discovery Channel | 26 | 25 |
| 8 | José Luis Rubiera | Spain | Discovery Channel | 33 | 92 |
| 9 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy | Discovery Channel | 33 | DNF |
| 11 | Bobby Julich | United States | Team CSC | 34 | DNF |
| 12 | Giovanni Lombardi | Italy | Team CSC | 37 | DNF |
| 13 | Stuart O'Grady | Australia | Team CSC | 32 | 91 |
| 14 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | Team CSC | 31 | 4 |
| 15 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team CSC | 26 | 11 |
| 16 | Christian Vande Velde | United States | Team CSC | 30 | 24 |
| 17 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 34 | 53 |
| 18 | David Zabriskie | United States | Team CSC | 27 | 74 |
| 21 | Andreas Klöden | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 30 | 3 |
| 22 | Giuseppe Guerini | Italy | T-Mobile Team | 36 | 26 |
| 23 | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | T-Mobile Team | 35 | 52 |
| 24 | Matthias Kessler | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 27 | 54 |
| 25 | Eddy Mazzoleni | Italy | T-Mobile Team | 32 | 27 |
| 26 | Michael Rogers | Australia | T-Mobile Team | 26 | 10 |
| 27 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 25 | 23 |
| 31 | Christophe Moreau | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 35 | 8 |
| 32 | José Luis Arrieta | Spain | AG2R Prévoyance | 35 | 28 |
| 33 | Mikel Astarloza | Spain | AG2R Prévoyance | 26 | 36 |
| 34 | Sylvain Calzati | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 27 | 34 |
| 35 | Cyril Dessel | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 31 | 7 |
| 36 | Samuel Dumoulin | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 25 | 120 |
| 37 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | AG2R Prévoyance | 26 | 79 |
| 38 | Stéphane Goubert | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 36 | 37 |
| 41 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Gerolsteiner | 32 | 13 |
| 42 | Markus Fothen | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 24 | 15 |
| 43 | David Kopp | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 27 | DNF |
| 44 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 26 | 66 |
| 45 | Ronny Scholz | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 28 | 96 |
| 46 | Georg Totschnig | Austria | Gerolsteiner | 35 | 47 |
| 47 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | Gerolsteiner | 26 | 68 |
| 48 | Peter Wrolich | Austria | Gerolsteiner | 32 | 135 |
| 49 | Beat Zberg | Switzerland | Gerolsteiner | 35 | DNF |
| 51 | Denis Menchov | Russia | Rabobank | 28 | 6 |
| 52 | Michael Boogerd | Netherlands | Rabobank | 34 | 14 |
| 53 | Bram de Groot | Netherlands | Rabobank | 31 | DNF |
| 54 | Erik Dekker | Netherlands | Rabobank | 35 | DNF |
| 55 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain | Rabobank | 28 | 82 |
| 56 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | 30 | DNF |
| 57 | Joost Posthuma | Netherlands | Rabobank | 25 | 85 |
| 58 | Michael Rasmussen | Denmark | Rabobank | 32 | 18 |
| 59 | Pieter Weening | Netherlands | Rabobank | 25 | 93 |
| 61 | Cadel Evans | Australia | Davitamon–Lotto | 29 | 5 |
| 62 | Mario Aerts | Belgium | Davitamon–Lotto | 31 | 106 |
| 63 | Christophe Brandt | Belgium | Davitamon–Lotto | 29 | 40 |
| 64 | Chris Horner | United States | Davitamon–Lotto | 34 | 64 |
| 65 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Davitamon–Lotto | 34 | 116 |
| 66 | Fred Rodriguez | United States | Davitamon–Lotto | 32 | DNF |
| 67 | Gert Steegmans | Belgium | Davitamon–Lotto | 25 | 137 |
| 68 | Wim Vansevenant | Belgium | Davitamon–Lotto | 34 | 139 |
| 69 | Johan Van Summeren | Belgium | Davitamon–Lotto | 25 | 112 |
| 71 | Floyd Landis | United States | Phonak | 30 | DSQ |
| 72 | Bert Grabsch | Germany | Phonak | 31 | 107 |
| 73 | Robert Hunter | South Africa | Phonak | 29 | DNF |
| 74 | Nicolas Jalabert | France | Phonak | 33 | 103 |
| 75 | Martin Perdiguero | Spain | Phonak | 33 | DNF |
| 76 | Axel Merckx | Belgium | Phonak | 33 | 31 |
| 77 | Koos Moerenhout | Netherlands | Phonak | 32 | 62 |
| 78 | Alexandre Moos | Switzerland | Phonak | 33 | 97 |
| 79 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia | Phonak | 31 | 122 |
| 81 | Damiano Cunego | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 24 | 12 |
| 82 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 26 | 67 |
| 83 | Daniele Bennati | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 25 | DNF |
| 84 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 32 | 20 |
| 85 | Salvatore Commesso | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 31 | 57 |
| 86 | Daniele Righi | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 30 | 109 |
| 87 | Paolo Tiralongo | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 28 | 70 |
| 88 | Tadej Valjavec | Slovenia | Lampre–Fondital | 29 | 17 |
| 89 | Patxi Vila Errandonea | Spain | Lampre–Fondital | 30 | 22 |
| 91 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 26 | DNF |
| 92 | David Arroyo | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 26 | 21 |
| 93 | Florent Brard | France | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 30 | DNF |
| 94 | Isaac Gálvez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 31 | DNF |
| 95 | José Garcia | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 33 | 115 |
| 96 | Vladimir Karpets | Russia | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 25 | 30 |
| 97 | Óscar Pereiro | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 28 | 2nd (awarded 1st) |
| 98 | Nicolas Portal | France | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 27 | 100 |
| 99 | Xabier Zandio | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears | 29 | 33 |
| 101 | Tom Boonen | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 25 | DNF |
| 102 | Wilfried Cretskens | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 30 | DNF |
| 103 | Steven de Jongh | Netherlands | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 28 | DNF |
| 104 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Spain | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 30 | 72 |
| 105 | Filippo Pozzato | Italy | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 24 | 133 |
| 106 | José Rujano | Venezuela | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 24 | DNF |
| 107 | Bram Tankink | Netherlands | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 27 | 94 |
| 108 | Matteo Tosatto | Italy | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 32 | 125 |
| 109 | Cédric Vasseur | France | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 35 | 95 |
| 111 | Pietro Caucchioli | Italy | Crédit Agricole | 30 | 16 |
| 112 | Alexander Botcharov | Russia | Crédit Agricole | 31 | 49 |
| 113 | Anthony Charteau | France | Crédit Agricole | 27 | 114 |
| 114 | Julian Dean | New Zealand | Crédit Agricole | 31 | 128 |
| 115 | Jimmy Engoulvent | France | Crédit Agricole | 26 | DNF |
| 116 | Patrice Halgand | France | Crédit Agricole | 32 | 48 |
| 117 | Sébastien Hinault | France | Crédit Agricole | 32 | 113 |
| 118 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | Crédit Agricole | 28 | 121 |
| 119 | Christophe Le Mével | France | Crédit Agricole | 25 | 76 |
| 121 | Iban Mayo | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 28 | DNF |
| 122 | Iker Camaño | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 27 | 35 |
| 123 | Unai Etxebarría | Venezuela | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 33 | 127 |
| 124 | Aitor Hernández | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 24 | 136 |
| 125 | Iñaki Isasi | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 29 | 71 |
| 126 | Íñigo Landaluze | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 29 | 50 |
| 127 | David López | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 25 | DNF |
| 128 | Gorka Verdugo | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 27 | 75 |
| 129 | Haimar Zubeldia | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 29 | 9 |
| 131 | David Moncoutié | France | Cofidis | 31 | 58 |
| 132 | Stéphane Augé | France | Cofidis | 31 | 123 |
| 133 | Jimmy Casper | France | Cofidis | 28 | 138 |
| 134 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | Cofidis | 27 | 45 |
| 135 | Arnaud Coyot | France | Cofidis | 24 | 130 |
| 136 | Cristian Moreni | Italy | Cofidis | 33 | 44 |
| 137 | Iván Parra | Colombia | Cofidis | 30 | 43 |
| 138 | Rik Verbrugghe | Belgium | Cofidis | 31 | DNF |
| 139 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Cofidis | 26 | 124 |
| 141 | Gilberto Simoni | Italy | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 34 | 60 |
| 142 | David Cañada | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 31 | DNF |
| 143 | David de la Fuente | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 25 | 56 |
| 144 | José Gómez Marchante | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 26 | DNF |
| 145 | Rubén Lobato | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 27 | 46 |
| 146 | David Millar | Great Britain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 29 | 59 |
| 147 | Riccardo Riccò | Italy | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 22 | 98 |
| 148 | Christophe Rinero | France | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 32 | 41 |
| 149 | Francisco Ventoso | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 24 | 78 |
| 151 | Sandy Casar | France | Française des Jeux | 27 | 69 |
| 152 | Carlos Da Cruz | France | Française des Jeux | 31 | 77 |
| 153 | Bernhard Eisel | Austria | Française des Jeux | 25 | 108 |
| 154 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | Française des Jeux | 23 | 110 |
| 155 | Sébastien Joly | France | Française des Jeux | 27 | DNF |
| 156 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | Française des Jeux | 25 | 105 |
| 157 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sweden | Française des Jeux | 22 | 63 |
| 158 | Christophe Mengin | France | Française des Jeux | 37 | 131 |
| 159 | Benoît Vaugrenard | France | Française des Jeux | 24 | 87 |
| 161 | Danilo Di Luca | Italy | Liquigas | 30 | DNF |
| 162 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | Liquigas | 25 | 118 |
| 163 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Sweden | Liquigas | 31 | DNF |
| 164 | Patrick Calcagni | Switzerland | Liquigas | 28 | 129 |
| 165 | Kjell Carlström | Finland | Liquigas | 29 | 132 |
| 166 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | Liquigas | 33 | 55 |
| 167 | Matej Mugerli | Slovenia | Liquigas | 25 | 119 |
| 168 | Luca Paolini | Italy | Liquigas | 29 | 101 |
| 169 | Manuel Quinziato | Italy | Liquigas | 26 | 80 |
| 171 | Thomas Voeckler | France | Bouygues Télécom | 27 | 89 |
| 172 | Walter Bénéteau | France | Bouygues Télécom | 33 | 111 |
| 173 | Laurent Brochard | France | Bouygues Télécom | 38 | DNF |
| 174 | Pierrick Fédrigo | France | Bouygues Télécom | 27 | 29 |
| 175 | Anthony Geslin | France | Bouygues Télécom | 26 | 88 |
| 176 | Laurent Lefèvre | France | Bouygues Télécom | 29 | 38 |
| 177 | Jérôme Pineau | France | Bouygues Télécom | 26 | 83 |
| 178 | Didier Rous | France | Bouygues Télécom | 35 | 73 |
| 179 | Matthieu Sprick | France | Bouygues Télécom | 24 | 51 |
| 181 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | 35 | 86 |
| 182 | Mirko Celestino | Italy | Team Milram | 32 | DNF |
| 183 | Ralf Grabsch | Germany | Team Milram | 33 | 102 |
| 184 | Andriy Hrivko | Ukraine | Team Milram | 22 | DNF |
| 185 | Maxim Iglinsky | Kazakhstan | Team Milram | 25 | DNF |
| 186 | Christian Knees | Germany | Team Milram | 25 | 104 |
| 187 | Fabio Sacchi | Italy | Team Milram | 32 | DNF |
| 188 | Björn Schröder | Germany | Team Milram | 25 | 81 |
| 189 | Marco Velo | Italy | Team Milram | 32 | 99 |
| 191 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Spain | Agritubel | 27 | DNF |
| 192 | Manuel Calvente | Spain | Agritubel | 29 | 90 |
| 193 | Cédric Coutouly | France | Agritubel | 26 | 134 |
| 194 | Moisés Dueñas | Spain | Agritubel | 25 | 61 |
| 195 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Spain | Agritubel | 22 | 117 |
| 196 | Christophe Laurent | France | Agritubel | 28 | 126 |
| 197 | José Alberto Martínez | Spain | Agritubel | 29 | DNF |
| 198 | Samuel Plouhinec | France | Agritubel | 30 | DNF |
| 199 | Benoît Salmon | France | Agritubel | 32 | 39 |

## Cyclists by team

Discovery Channel  United States DSC :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 1 | José Azevedo | 32 | Portugal | 19th |
| 2 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | 40 | Russia | 84th |
| 3 | George Hincapie | 33 | USA | 32nd |
| 4 | Egoi Martínez | 28 | Spain | 42nd |
| 5 | Benjamín Noval | 27 | Spain | DNF |
| 6 | Pavel Padrnos | 35 | Czech Republic | 65th |
| 7 | Yaroslav Popovych | 26 | Ukraine | 25th |
| 8 | José Luis Rubiera | 33 | Spain | 92nd |
| 9 | Paolo Savoldelli | 33 | Italy | DNF |
| Team manager: Johan Bruyneel |||||
Team CSC  Denmark CSC :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 11 | Bobby Julich | 34 | USA | DNF |
| 12 | Giovanni Lombardi | 37 | Italy | DNF |
| 13 | Stuart O'Grady | 32 | Australia | 91st |
| 14 | Carlos Sastre | 31 | Spain | 4th |
| 15 | Fränk Schleck | 26 | Luxembourg | 11th |
| 16 | Christian Vande Velde | 30 | USA | 24th |
| 17 | Jens Voigt | 34 | Germany | 53rd |
| 18 | David Zabriskie | 27 | USA | 74th |
| Team manager: Bjarne Riis |||||
T-Mobile Team  Germany TMO :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 21 | Andreas Klöden | 30 | Germany | 3rd |
| 22 | Giuseppe Guerini | 36 | Italy | 26th |
| 23 | Serhiy Honchar | 35 | Ukraine | 52nd |
| 24 | Matthias Kessler | 27 | Germany | 54th |
| 25 | Eddy Mazzoleni | 32 | Italy | 27th |
| 26 | Michael Rogers | 26 | Australia | 10th |
| 27 | Patrik Sinkewitz | 25 | Germany | 23rd |
| Team manager: Olaf Ludwig |||||
AG2R Prévoyance  France A2R :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 31 | Christophe Moreau | 35 | France | 8th |
| 32 | José Luis Arrieta | 35 | Spain | 28th |
| 33 | Mikel Astarloza | 26 | Spain | 36th |
| 34 | Sylvain Calzati | 27 | France | 34th |
| 35 | Cyril Dessel | 31 | France | 7th |
| 36 | Samuel Dumoulin | 25 | France | 120th |
| 37 | Simon Gerrans | 26 | Australia | 79th |
| 38 | Stéphane Goubert | 36 | France | 37th |
| Team manager: Vincent Lavenu |||||
Gerolsteiner  Germany GST :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 41 | Levi Leipheimer | 32 | USA | 13th |
| 42 | Markus Fothen | 24 | Germany | 15th |
| 43 | David Kopp | 27 | Germany | DNF |
| 44 | Sebastian Lang | 26 | Germany | 66th |
| 45 | Ronny Scholz | 28 | Germany | 96th |
| 46 | Georg Totschnig | 35 | Austria | 47th |
| 47 | Fabian Wegmann | 26 | Germany | 68th |
| 48 | Peter Wrolich | 32 | Austria | 135th |
| 49 | Beat Zberg | 35 | Switzerland | DNF |
| Team manager: Renate Holczer |||||
Rabobank  Netherlands RAB :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 51 | Denis Menchov | 28 | Russia | 6th |
| 52 | Michael Boogerd | 34 | Netherlands | 14th |
| 53 | Bram de Groot | 31 | Netherlands | DNF |
| 54 | Erik Dekker | 35 | Netherlands | DNF |
| 55 | Juan Antonio Flecha | 28 | Spain | 82nd |
| 56 | Óscar Freire | 30 | Spain | DNF |
| 57 | Joost Posthuma | 25 | Netherlands | 85th |
| 58 | Michael Rasmussen | 32 | Denmark | 18th |
| 59 | Pieter Weening | 25 | Netherlands | 93rd |
| Team managers: Theo de Rooij |||||
Davitamon–Lotto  Belgium DVL :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 61 | Cadel Evans | 29 | Australia | 5th |
| 62 | Mario Aerts | 31 | Belgium | 106th |
| 63 | Christophe Brandt | 29 | Belgium | 40th |
| 64 | Chris Horner | 34 | United States | 64th |
| 65 | Robbie McEwen | 34 | Australia | 116th |
| 66 | Fred Rodriguez | 32 | United States | DNF |
| 67 | Gert Steegmans | 25 | Belgium | 137th |
| 68 | Wim Vansevenant | 34 | Belgium | 139th |
| 69 | Johan Van Summeren | 25 | Belgium | 112th |
| Team manager: Geert Coeman |||||
Phonak   Switzerland PHO :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 71 | Floyd Landis | 30 | USA | DSQ |
| 72 | Bert Grabsch | 31 | Germany | 107th |
| 73 | Robert Hunter | 29 | South Africa | DNF |
| 74 | Nicolas Jalabert | 33 | France | 103rd |
| 75 | Martin Perdiguero | 33 | Spain | DNF |
| 76 | Axel Merckx | 33 | Belgium | 31st |
| 77 | Koos Moerenhout | 32 | Netherlands | 62nd |
| 78 | Alexandre Moos | 33 | Switzerland | 97th |
| 79 | Víctor Hugo Peña | 31 | Colombia | 122nd |
| Team manager: John Lelangue |||||
Lampre–Fondital  Italy LAM :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 81 | Damiano Cunego | 24 | Italy | 12th |
| 82 | Alessandro Ballan | 26 | Italy | 67th |
| 83 | Daniele Bennati | 25 | Italy | DNF |
| 84 | Marzio Bruseghin | 32 | Italy | 20th |
| 85 | Salvatore Commesso | 31 | Italy | 57th |
| 86 | Daniele Righi | 30 | Italy | 109th |
| 87 | Paolo Tiralongo | 28 | Italy | 70th |
| 88 | Tadej Valjavec | 29 | Slovenia | 17th |
| 89 | Patxi Vila Errandonea | 30 | Spain | 22nd |
| Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni |||||
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears  Spain CEI :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 91 | Alejandro Valverde | 26 | Spain | DNF |
| 92 | David Arroyo | 26 | Spain | 21st |
| 93 | Florent Brard | 30 | France | DNF |
| 94 | Isaac Gálvez | 31 | Spain | DNF |
| 95 | José Garcia | 33 | Spain | 115th |
| 96 | Vladimir Karpets | 25 | Russia | 30th |
| 97 | Óscar Pereiro | 28 | Spain | 2nd (awarded 1st) |
| 98 | Nicolas Portal | 27 | France | 100th |
| 99 | Xabier Zandio | 29 | Spain | 33rd |
| Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia |||||
Quick-Step–Innergetic  Belgium QSI :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 101 | Tom Boonen | 25 | Belgium | DNF |
| 102 | Wilfried Cretskens | 30 | Belgium | DNF |
| 103 | Steven de Jongh | 28 | Netherlands | DNF |
| 104 | Juan Manuel Gárate | 30 | Spain | 72nd |
| 105 | Filippo Pozzato | 24 | Italy | 133rd |
| 106 | José Rujano | 24 | Venezuela | DNF |
| 107 | Bram Tankink | 27 | Netherlands | 94th |
| 108 | Matteo Tosatto | 32 | Italy | 125th |
| 109 | Cédric Vasseur | 35 | France | 95th |
| Team manager: Patrick Lefevere |||||
Crédit Agricole  France C.A :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 111 | Pietro Caucchioli | 30 | Italy | 16th |
| 112 | Alexander Botcharov | 31 | Russia | 49th |
| 113 | Anthony Charteau | 27 | France | 114th |
| 114 | Julian Dean | 31 | New Zealand | 128th |
| 115 | Jimmy Engoulvent | 26 | France | DNF |
| 116 | Patrice Halgand | 32 | France | 48th |
| 117 | Sébastien Hinault | 32 | France | 113th |
| 118 | Thor Hushovd | 28 | Norway | 121st |
| 119 | Christophe Le Mével | 25 | France | 76th |
| Team manager: Roger Legeay |||||
Euskaltel–Euskadi  Spain EUS :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 121 | Iban Mayo | 28 | Spain | DNF |
| 122 | Iker Camaño | 27 | Spain | 35th |
| 123 | Unai Etxebarría | 33 | Venezuela | 127th |
| 124 | Aitor Hernández | 24 | Spain | 136th |
| 125 | Iñaki Isasi | 29 | Spain | 71st |
| 126 | Íñigo Landaluze | 29 | Spain | 50th |
| 127 | David López | 25 | Spain | DNF |
| 128 | Gorka Verdugo | 27 | Spain | 75th |
| 129 | Haimar Zubeldia | 29 | Spain | 9th |
| Team manager: Miguel Madaragia |||||
Cofidis  France COF :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 131 | David Moncoutié | 31 | France | 58th |
| 132 | Stéphane Augé | 31 | France | 123rd |
| 133 | Jimmy Casper | 28 | France | 138th |
| 134 | Sylvain Chavanel | 27 | France | 45th |
| 135 | Arnaud Coyot | 24 | France | 130th |
| 136 | Cristian Moreni | 33 | Italy | 44th |
| 137 | Iván Parra | 30 | Colombia | 43rd |
| 138 | Rik Verbrugghe | 31 | Belgium | DNF |
| 139 | Bradley Wiggins | 26 | United Kingdom | 124th |
| Team manager: Éric Boyer |||||
Saunier Duval–Prodir  Spain SDV :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 141 | Gilberto Simoni | 34 | Italy | 60th |
| 142 | David Cañada | 31 | Spain | DNF |
| 143 | David de la Fuente | 25 | Spain | 56th |
| 144 | José Gómez Marchante | 26 | Spain | DNF |
| 145 | Rubén Lobato | 27 | Spain | 46th |
| 146 | David Millar | 29 | United Kingdom | 59th |
| 147 | Riccardo Riccò | 22 | Italy | 98th |
| 148 | Christophe Rinero | 32 | France | 41st |
| 149 | Francisco Ventoso | 24 | Spain | 78th |
| Team manager: Mauro Gianetti |||||
Française des Jeux  France FDJ :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 151 | Sandy Casar | 27 | France | 69th |
| 152 | Carlos Da Cruz | 31 | France | 77th |
| 153 | Bernhard Eisel | 25 | Austria | 108th |
| 154 | Philippe Gilbert | 23 | Belgium | 110th |
| 155 | Sébastien Joly | 27 | France | DNF |
| 156 | Gustav Larsson | 25 | Sweden | 105th |
| 157 | Thomas Lövkvist | 22 | Sweden | 63rd |
| 158 | Christophe Mengin | 37 | France | 131st |
| 159 | Benoît Vaugrenard | 24 | France | 87th |
| Team manager: Marc Madiot |||||
Liquigas  Italy LIQ :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 161 | Danilo Di Luca | 30 | Italy | DNF |
| 162 | Michael Albasini | 25 | Switzerland | 118th |
| 163 | Magnus Bäckstedt | 31 | Sweden | DNF |
| 164 | Patrick Calcagni | 28 | Switzerland | 129th |
| 165 | Kjell Carlström | 29 | Finland | 132nd |
| 166 | Stefano Garzelli | 33 | Italy | 55th |
| 167 | Matej Mugerli | 25 | Slovenia | 119th |
| 168 | Luca Paolini | 29 | Italy | 101st |
| 169 | Manuel Quinziato | 26 | Italy | 80th |
| Team manager: Roberto Amadio |||||
Bouygues Télécom  France BTL :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 171 | Thomas Voeckler | 27 | France | 89th |
| 172 | Walter Bénéteau | 33 | France | 111th |
| 173 | Laurent Brochard | 38 | France | DNF |
| 174 | Pierrick Fédrigo | 27 | France | 29th |
| 175 | Anthony Geslin | 26 | France | 88th |
| 176 | Laurent Lefèvre | 29 | France | 38th |
| 177 | Jérôme Pineau | 26 | France | 83rd |
| 178 | Didier Rous | 35 | France | 73rd |
| 179 | Matthieu Sprick | 24 | France | 51st |
| Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau |||||
Team Milram  Italy MRM :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 181 | Erik Zabel | 35 | Germany | 86th |
| 182 | Mirko Celestino | 32 | Italy | DNF |
| 183 | Ralf Grabsch | 33 | Germany | 102nd |
| 184 | Andriy Hrivko | 22 | Ukraine | DNF |
| 185 | Maxim Iglinsky | 25 | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| 186 | Christian Knees | 25 | Germany | 104th |
| 187 | Fabio Sacchi | 32 | Italy | DNF |
| 188 | Björn Schröder | 25 | Germany | 81st |
| 189 | Marco Velo | 32 | Italy | 99th |
| Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga |||||
Agritubel  France AGR :
| Nr. | | Age | | Pos. |
| 191 | Juan Miguel Mercado | 27 | Spain | DNF |
| 192 | Manuel Calvente | 29 | Spain | 90th |
| 193 | Cédric Coutouly | 26 | France | 134th |
| 194 | Moisés Dueñas | 25 | Spain | 61st |
| 195 | Eduardo Gonzalo | 22 | Spain | 117th |
| 196 | Christophe Laurent | 28 | France | 126th |
| 197 | José Alberto Martínez | 29 | Spain | DNF |
| 198 | Samuel Plouhinec | 30 | France | DNF |
| 199 | Benoît Salmon | 32 | France | 39th |
| Team manager: David Fornes |||||

## Teams

Discovery Channel DSC :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 1 | José Azevedo | 32 | 19th |
| 2 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | 40 | 84th |
| 3 | George Hincapie | 33 | 32nd |
| 4 | Egoi Martínez | 28 | 42nd |
| 5 | Benjamín Noval | 27 | DNF |
| 6 | Pavel Padrnos | 35 | 65th |
| 7 | Yaroslav Popovych | 26 | 25th |
| 8 | José Luis Rubiera | 33 | 92nd |
| 9 | Paolo Savoldelli | 33 | DNF |
| Team manager: Johan Bruyneel |||||
Team CSC CSC :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 11 | Bobby Julich | 34 | DNF |
| 12 | Giovanni Lombardi | 37 | DNF |
| 13 | Stuart O'Grady | 32 | 91st |
| 14 | Carlos Sastre | 31 | 4th |
| 15 | Fränk Schleck | 26 | 11th |
| 16 | Christian Vande Velde | 30 | 24th |
| 17 | Jens Voigt | 34 | 53rd |
| 18 | David Zabriskie | 27 | 74th |
| Team manager: Bjarne Riis |||||
T-Mobile Team TMO :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 21 | Andreas Klöden | 30 | 3rd |
| 22 | Giuseppe Guerini | 36 | 26th |
| 23 | Serhiy Honchar | 35 | 52nd |
| 24 | Matthias Kessler | 27 | 54th |
| 25 | Eddy Mazzoleni | 32 | 27th |
| 26 | Michael Rogers | 26 | 10th |
| 27 | Patrik Sinkewitz | 25 | 23rd |
| Team manager: Olaf Ludwig |||||
AG2R Prévoyance A2R :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 31 | Christophe Moreau | 35 | 8th |
| 32 | José Luis Arrieta | 35 | 28th |
| 33 | Mikel Astarloza | 26 | 36th |
| 34 | Sylvain Calzati | 27 | 34th |
| 35 | Cyril Dessel | 31 | 7th |
| 36 | Samuel Dumoulin | 25 | 120th |
| 37 | Simon Gerrans | 26 | 79th |
| 38 | Stéphane Goubert | 36 | 37th |
| Team manager: Vincent Lavenu |||||
Gerolsteiner GST :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 41 | Levi Leipheimer | 32 | 13th |
| 42 | Markus Fothen | 24 | 15th |
| 43 | David Kopp | 27 | DNF |
| 44 | Sebastian Lang | 26 | 66th |
| 45 | Ronny Scholz | 28 | 96th |
| 46 | Georg Totschnig | 35 | 47th |
| 47 | Fabian Wegmann | 26 | 68th |
| 48 | Peter Wrolich | 32 | 135th |
| 49 | Beat Zberg | 35 | DNF |
| Team manager: Renate Holczer |||||
Rabobank RAB :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 51 | Denis Menchov | 28 | 6th |
| 52 | Michael Boogerd | 34 | 14th |
| 53 | Bram de Groot | 31 | DNF |
| 54 | Erik Dekker | 35 | DNF |
| 55 | Juan Antonio Flecha | 28 | 82nd |
| 56 | Óscar Freire | 30 | DNF |
| 57 | Joost Posthuma | 25 | 85th |
| 58 | Michael Rasmussen | 32 | 18th |
| 59 | Pieter Weening | 25 | 93rd |
| Team managers: Theo de Rooij |||||
Davitamon–Lotto DVL :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 61 | Cadel Evans | 29 | 5th |
| 62 | Mario Aerts | 31 | 106th |
| 63 | Christophe Brandt | 29 | 40th |
| 64 | Chris Horner | 34 | 64th |
| 65 | Robbie McEwen | 34 | 116th |
| 66 | Fred Rodriguez | 32 | DNF |
| 67 | Gert Steegmans | 25 | 137th |
| 68 | Wim Vansevenant | 34 | 139th |
| 69 | Johan Van Summeren | 25 | 112th |
| Team manager: Geert Coeman |||||
Phonak PHO :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 71 | Floyd Landis | 30 | DSQ |
| 72 | Bert Grabsch | 31 | 107th |
| 73 | Robert Hunter | 29 | DNF |
| 74 | Nicolas Jalabert | 33 | 103rd |
| 75 | Martin Perdiguero | 33 | DNF |
| 76 | Axel Merckx | 33 | 31st |
| 77 | Koos Moerenhout | 32 | 62nd |
| 78 | Alexandre Moos | 33 | 97th |
| 79 | Víctor Hugo Peña | 31 | 122nd |
| Team manager: John Lelangue |||||
Lampre–Fondital LAM :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 81 | Damiano Cunego | 24 | 12th |
| 82 | Alessandro Ballan | 26 | 67th |
| 83 | Daniele Bennati | 25 | DNF |
| 84 | Marzio Bruseghin | 32 | 20th |
| 85 | Salvatore Commesso | 31 | 57th |
| 86 | Daniele Righi | 30 | 109th |
| 87 | Paolo Tiralongo | 28 | 70th |
| 88 | Tadej Valjavec | 29 | 17th |
| 89 | Patxi Vila Errandonea | 30 | 22nd |
| Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni |||||
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears CEI :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 91 | Alejandro Valverde | 26 | DNF |
| 92 | David Arroyo | 26 | 21st |
| 93 | Florent Brard | 30 | DNF |
| 94 | Isaac Gálvez | 31 | DNF |
| 95 | José Garcia | 33 | 115th |
| 96 | Vladimir Karpets | 25 | 30th |
| 97 | Óscar Pereiro | 28 | 2nd (awarded 1st) |
| 98 | Nicolas Portal | 27 | 100th |
| 99 | Xabier Zandio | 29 | 33rd |
| Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia |||||
Quick-Step–Innergetic QSI :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 101 | Tom Boonen | 25 | DNF |
| 102 | Wilfried Cretskens | 30 | DNF |
| 103 | Steven de Jongh | 28 | DNF |
| 104 | Juan Manuel Gárate | 30 | 72nd |
| 105 | Filippo Pozzato | 24 | 133rd |
| 106 | José Rujano | 24 | DNF |
| 107 | Bram Tankink | 27 | 94th |
| 108 | Matteo Tosatto | 32 | 125th |
| 109 | Cédric Vasseur | 35 | 95th |
| Team manager: Patrick Lefevere |||||
Crédit Agricole C.A :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 111 | Pietro Caucchioli | 30 | 16th |
| 112 | Alexander Botcharov | 31 | 49th |
| 113 | Anthony Charteau | 27 | 114th |
| 114 | Julian Dean | 31 | 128th |
| 115 | Jimmy Engoulvent | 26 | DNF |
| 116 | Patrice Halgand | 32 | 48th |
| 117 | Sébastien Hinault | 32 | 113th |
| 118 | Thor Hushovd | 28 | 121st |
| 119 | Christophe Le Mével | 25 | 76th |
| Team manager: Roger Legeay |||||
Euskaltel–Euskadi EUS :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 121 | Iban Mayo | 28 | DNF |
| 122 | Iker Camaño | 27 | 35th |
| 123 | Unai Etxebarría | 33 | 127th |
| 124 | Aitor Hernández | 24 | 136th |
| 125 | Iñaki Isasi | 29 | 71st |
| 126 | Íñigo Landaluze | 29 | 50th |
| 127 | David López | 25 | DNF |
| 128 | Gorka Verdugo | 27 | 75th |
| 129 | Haimar Zubeldia | 29 | 9th |
| Team manager: Miguel Madaragia |||||
Cofidis COF :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 131 | David Moncoutié | 31 | 58th |
| 132 | Stéphane Augé | 31 | 123rd |
| 133 | Jimmy Casper | 28 | 138th |
| 134 | Sylvain Chavanel | 27 | 45th |
| 135 | Arnaud Coyot | 24 | 130th |
| 136 | Cristian Moreni | 33 | 44th |
| 137 | Iván Parra | 30 | 43rd |
| 138 | Rik Verbrugghe | 31 | DNF |
| 139 | Bradley Wiggins | 26 | 124th |
| Team manager: Éric Boyer |||||
Saunier Duval–Prodir SDV :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 141 | Gilberto Simoni | 34 | 60th |
| 142 | David Cañada | 31 | DNF |
| 143 | David de la Fuente | 25 | 56th |
| 144 | José Gómez Marchante | 26 | DNF |
| 145 | Rubén Lobato | 27 | 46th |
| 146 | David Millar | 29 | 59th |
| 147 | Riccardo Riccò | 22 | 98th |
| 148 | Christophe Rinero | 32 | 41st |
| 149 | Francisco Ventoso | 24 | 78th |
| Team manager: Mauro Gianetti |||||
Française des Jeux FDJ :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 151 | Sandy Casar | 27 | 69th |
| 152 | Carlos Da Cruz | 31 | 77th |
| 153 | Bernhard Eisel | 25 | 108th |
| 154 | Philippe Gilbert | 23 | 110th |
| 155 | Sébastien Joly | 27 | DNF |
| 156 | Gustav Larsson | 25 | 105th |
| 157 | Thomas Lövkvist | 22 | 63rd |
| 158 | Christophe Mengin | 37 | 131st |
| 159 | Benoît Vaugrenard | 24 | 87th |
| Team manager: Marc Madiot |||||
Liquigas LIQ :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 161 | Danilo Di Luca | 30 | DNF |
| 162 | Michael Albasini | 25 | 118th |
| 163 | Magnus Bäckstedt | 31 | DNF |
| 164 | Patrick Calcagni | 28 | 129th |
| 165 | Kjell Carlström | 29 | 132nd |
| 166 | Stefano Garzelli | 33 | 55th |
| 167 | Matej Mugerli | 25 | 119th |
| 168 | Luca Paolini | 29 | 101st |
| 169 | Manuel Quinziato | 26 | 80th |
| Team manager: Roberto Amadio |||||
Bouygues Télécom BTL :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 171 | Thomas Voeckler | 27 | 89th |
| 172 | Walter Bénéteau | 33 | 111th |
| 173 | Laurent Brochard | 38 | DNF |
| 174 | Pierrick Fédrigo | 27 | 29th |
| 175 | Anthony Geslin | 26 | 88th |
| 176 | Laurent Lefèvre | 29 | 38th |
| 177 | Jérôme Pineau | 26 | 83rd |
| 178 | Didier Rous | 35 | 73rd |
| 179 | Matthieu Sprick | 24 | 51st |
| Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau |||||
Team Milram MRM :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 181 | Erik Zabel | 35 | 86th |
| 182 | Mirko Celestino | 32 | DNF |
| 183 | Ralf Grabsch | 33 | 102nd |
| 184 | Andriy Hrivko | 22 | DNF |
| 185 | Maxim Iglinsky | 25 | DNF |
| 186 | Christian Knees | 25 | 104th |
| 187 | Fabio Sacchi | 32 | DNF |
| 188 | Björn Schröder | 25 | 81st |
| 189 | Marco Velo | 32 | 99th |
| Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga |||||
Agritubel AGR :
| Nr. | | Age | Pos. |
| 191 | Juan Miguel Mercado | 27 | DNF |
| 192 | Manuel Calvente | 29 | 90th |
| 193 | Cédric Coutouly | 26 | 134th |
| 194 | Moisés Dueñas | 25 | 61st |
| 195 | Eduardo Gonzalo | 22 | 117th |
| 196 | Christophe Laurent | 28 | 126th |
| 197 | José Alberto Martínez | 29 | DNF |
| 198 | Samuel Plouhinec | 30 | DNF |
| 199 | Benoît Salmon | 32 | 39th |
| Team manager: David Fornes |||||

## Facts about the riders

* 26 countries were represented. France has the most riders, with 36 from the total of 176.
* Bouygues Télécom is only team with all nine riders from the same country.
* Team CSC is only team without rider from the country the team is from (Denmark)
* 31 riders who have already completed Giro: Ekimov, Padrnos, Rubiera, Savoldelli, Julich, Lombardi, Sastre, Voigt, Kessler, Calzati, Peña, Cunego, Bruseghin, Tiralongo, Valjavec, Vila Errandonea, Garate, Botcharov, Halgand, Lopez, Parra, Simoni, Lobato, Casar, da Cruz, Larsson, Di Luca, Calcagni, Lefevre, Knees, Sacchi
* 11 riders who took part in Giro but abandoned: Honchar, Rogers, Scholz, Rasmussen, Brandt, McEwen, Merckx, Rujano, Moreni, Verbrugghe, Gilbert
* Following a non-start from Jan Ullrich, it is the first time since 1999 that the race has not included a former Tour de France winner.
* Five riders have won Grand Tour: Garzelli (Giro 2000), Simoni (Giro 2001 and 2003), Savoldelli (Giro 2002 and 2005), Cunego (Giro 2004) and Menchov (Vuelta 2005)
* Three riders have won points competition in Tour de France: Zabel (1996 to 2001), McEwen (2002 and 2004) and Hushovd (2005)
* Two riders have won mountains classification in Tour de France: Rinero (1998) and Rasmussen (2005)
* Four riders have won under-25 classification in Tour de France: Salmon (1999), Menchov (2003), Karpets (2004) and Popovych (2005)
* Eleven riders had led the general classification: Vasseur, Zabel, O'Grady, Millar, Moreau, Voigt, Peña, Hushovd, McEwen, Voeckler and Zabriskie.
* Riders who lead the general classification for the first time during the 2006 Tour: Hincapie, Boonen, Honchar, Dessel, Landis and Pereiro.
* At the start, riders who had won a stage in Tour de France: Ekimov, Zabel, Boogerd, Vasseur, Brochard, Mengin, Rous, O'Grady, Bäckstedt, Guerini, Commesso, McEwen, Millar, Dekker, Moreau, Verbrugghe, Voigt, Freire, Halgand, Hushovd, Mayo, Flecha, Sastre, Simoni, Boonen, Pozzato, Moncoutié, Mercado, Zabriskie, Weening, Rasmussen, Valverde, Totschnig, Hincapie, Pereiro and Savoldelli.
* New stage winners during the Tour: Casper, Kessler, Honchar, Calzati, Menchov, Popovych, Fedrigo, Schleck, and Landis. (Note: Popovych was part of the Discovery Channel team that won the time trial stage in the 2005 Tour de France. However it's his first individual stage victory. There are other riders as well who have been part of winning team in TTT but haven't won an individual stage)