A total of 21 teams were invited to participate in the 1994 Tour de France. Fifteen teams were announced in May, based on their UCI ranking:[1]
The Jolly-team of Zenon Jaskuła, who had finished in third place in the 1993 Tour de France, was not selected.[2] Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Tour began with a peloton of 189 cyclists. Out of the 189 riders that started this edition of the Tour de France, a total of 117 riders made it to the finish in Paris.[3]
Teams edit
Qualified teams
Invited teams
Cyclists edit
By starting number edit
| No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
|---|---|
| Pos. | Position in the general classification |
| Time | Deficit to the winner of the general classification |
|
Denotes the winner of the general classification |
|
Denotes the winner of the points classification |
|
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
|
Denotes the winner of the team classification |
|
Denotes the winner of the combativity award |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
| NP | Denotes a rider who was a non-participant |
| AB | Denotes a rider who abandoned |
| EL | Denotes a rider who was eliminated |
| HD | Denotes a rider who was outside the time limit (French: Hors Delai) |
| Age correct as of 2 July 1994, the date on which the Tour began | |
By team edit
By nationality edit
The 189 riders that competed in the 1994 Tour de France represented 25 different countries. Riders from ten countries won stages during the race; French and Italian riders won the largest number of stages.
| Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
3 | 3 | |
 Belgium
|
21 | 10 | |
 Brazil
|
1 | 0 | |
 Canada
|
1 | 0 | |
 Colombia
|
7 | 6 | 1 (Nelson Rodríguez) |
 Denmark
|
5 | 4 | 3 (Bo Hamburger, Bjarne Riis, Rolf Sørensen) |
 Estonia
|
1 | 0 | |
 France
|
33 | 20 | 4 (Jacky Durand, Luc Leblanc, Richard Virenque, Eddy Seigneur) |
 Germany
|
9 | 8 | |
 Italy
|
45 | 25 | 4 (Nicola Minali, Gianluca Bortolami, Eros Poli, Roberto Conti) |
 Latvia
|
1 | 1 | 2 (Piotr Ugrumov ×2) |
 Lithuania
|
1 | 1 | |
 Mexico
|
2 | 2 | |
 Netherlands
|
15 | 6 | 1 (Jean-Paul van Poppel) |
 New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | |
 Norway
|
2 | 2 | |
 Poland
|
1 | 1 | |
 Russia
|
6 | 4 | |
 Slovakia
|
1 | 1 | 1 (Ján Svorada) |
 Spain
|
19 | 13 | 2 (Francisco Cabello, Miguel Induráin) |
 Switzerland
|
6 | 5 | |
 Ukraine
|
2 | 1 | |
 Great Britain
|
2 | 1 | 1 (Chris Boardman) |
 United States
|
3 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan
|
1 | 1 | 2 (Djamolidine Abdoujaparov ×2) |
| Total | 189 | 117 | 21[nb 1] |
Notes edit
- ^ The team time trial on stage 3, won by GB–MG Maglificio, is not counted in this total.
References edit
- ^ "Ploeg Priem nog niet zeker van de Tour". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). ANP. 18 May 1994. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Tourdirecteur Leblanc geeft ploeg Jaskula rood licht". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 15 June 1994. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "81ème Tour de France 1994" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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