List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France

The list of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2007 Tour de France from July 7 to July 29, 2007.[1] Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Unibet.Com was not allowed to participate because their gambling sponsor conflicts with the law in France. Of the non-ProTour teams, the organisation invited Agritubel and Barloworld.[2]

Participating riders from various nations, Green: fewer than 10 riders; blue: 10+; orange: 20+; red: 40+.

Selection information edit

In the weeks before the start, many rumours and speculations were heard about which riders would or would not be selected for the race.

Teams edit

Caisse d'Epargne (GCE)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
11 Óscar Pereiro 29   10th
12 David Arroyo 27   13th
13 Vicente García Acosta 34   91st
14 Iván Gutiérrez 28   22nd
15 Vladimir Karpets 26   14th
16 Francisco Pérez Sanchez 23   72nd
17 Nicolas Portal 28   57th
18 Alejandro Valverde 27   6th
19 Xabier Zandio 30   DNF-4
Team manager: José Miguel Echavarri Garcia
T-Mobile Team (TMO)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
21 Michael Rogers 27   DNF-8
22 Marcus Burghardt 24   127th
23 Mark Cavendish 22   DNF-8
24 Bernhard Eisel 26   121st
25 Linus Gerdemann 24   36th
26 Bert Grabsch 32   105th
27 Kim Kirchen 29   7th
28 Axel Merckx 34   62nd
29 Patrik Sinkewitz 26   DNS-9
Team manager: Bob Stapleton
Team CSC (CSC)[16]
Nr. Age Pos.
31 Carlos Sastre 32   4th
32 Kurt Asle Arvesen 32   67th
33 Fabian Cancellara 26   100th
34 Íñigo Cuesta 38   51st
35 Stuart O'Grady 33   DNF-8
36 Fränk Schleck 27   17th
37 Christian Vande Velde 31   25th
38 Jens Voigt 35   28th
39 David Zabriskie 28   DSQ-11
Team manager: Kim Andersen
Predictor–Lotto (PRL)
Nr. Age Pos.
41 Cadel Evans 30   2nd
42 Mario Aerts 32   70th
43 Dario Cioni 32   56th
44 Chris Horner 35   15th
45 Leif Hoste 29   110th
46 Robbie McEwen 35   DSQ-8
47 Fred Rodriguez 33   DNF-15
48 Johan Vansummeren 26   63rd
49 Wim Vansevenant 35   141st
Team manager: Marc Sergeant
Rabobank (RAB)
Nr. Age Pos.
51 Denis Menchov 29   DNF-17
52 Michael Boogerd 35   12th
53 Bram de Groot 32   134th
54 Thomas Dekker 22   35th
55 Juan Antonio Flecha 29   85th
56 Óscar Freire 31   DNS-7
57 Grischa Niermann 32   86th
58 Michael Rasmussen 33   DNS-17
59 Pieter Weening 26   128th
Team manager: Erik Breukink
AG2R Prévoyance (A2R)
Nr. Age Pos.
61 Christophe Moreau 36   37th
62 José Luis Arrieta 36   52nd
63 Sylvain Calzati 28   DNF-11
64 Cyril Dessel 32   DNF-15
65 Martin Elmiger 28   74th
66 John Gadret 28   54th
67 Simon Gerrans 27   94th
68 Stéphane Goubert 37   27th
69 Ludovic Turpin 32   44th
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu
Euskaltel–Euskadi (EUS)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
71 Haimar Zubeldia 28   5th
72 Igor Antón 24   DNF-11
73 Mikel Astarloza 27   9th
74 Jorge Azanza 25   82nd
75 Iñaki Isasi 30   90th
76 Iñigo Landaluze 30   43rd
77 Rubén Pérez 25   50th
78 Amets Txurruka 24   23rd
79 Gorka Verdugo 28   48th
Team manager: Julián Gorospe
Lampre–Fondital (LAM)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
81 Alessandro Ballan 27   88th
82 Daniele Bennati 26   75th
83 Paolo Bossoni 31   95th
84 Marzio Bruseghin 33   41st
85 Claudio Corioni 24   126th
86 Danilo Napolitano 26   DSQ-8
87 Daniele Righi 31   96th
88 Tadej Valjavec 30   19th
89 Patxi Vila 31   29th
Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Team Gerolsteiner (GST)[20]
Nr. Age Pos.
91 Stefan Schumacher 25   87th
92 Robert Förster 29   135th
93 Markus Fothen 25   34th
94 Heinrich Haussler 23   129th
95 Bernhard Kohl 25   31st
96 Sven Krauss 24   137th
97 Ronny Scholz 29   81st
98 Fabian Wegmann 27   60th
99 Peter Wrolich 33   133rd
Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer
Crédit Agricole (C.A)
Nr. Age Pos.
101 Thor Hushovd 29   139th
102 William Bonnet 25   109th
103 Alexander Bocharov 32   33rd
104 Anthony Charteau 27   136th
105 Julian Dean 32   107th
106 Dmitry Fofonov 30   26th
107 Patrice Halgand 33   30th
108 Sebastien Hinault 33   132nd
109 Christophe Le Mével 26   DNF-15
Team manager: Roger Legeay
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (DSC)
Nr. Age Pos.
111 Levi Leipheimer 33   3rd
112 Alberto Contador 24   1st
113 Vladimir Gusev 25   38th
114 George Hincapie 34   24th
115 Egoi Martínez 29   61st
116 Benjamín Noval 26   115th
117 Sérgio Paulinho 27   65th
118 Yaroslav Popovych 27   8th
119 Tomas Vaitkus 25   DNS-3
Team manager: Johan Bruyneel
Bouygues Télécom (BTL)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
121 Pierrick Fédrigo 28   84th
122 Stef Clement 24   DSQ-12
123 Xavier Florencio 27   46th
124 Anthony Geslin 27   98th
125 Laurent Lefèvre 31   58th
126 Jérôme Pineau 27   68th
127 Matthieu Sprick 25   DNF-16
128 Johann Tschopp 25   93rd
129 Thomas Voeckler 28   66th
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Agritubel (AGR)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
131 Juan Miguel Mercado 28   80th
132 Freddy Bichot 27   102nd
133 Moisés Dueñas 26   39th
134 Romain Feillu 23   DNF-8
135 Eduardo Gonzalo 23   DNF-1
136 Cédric Herve 27   DSQ-8
137 Nicolas Jalabert 34   114th
138 Benoît Salmon 33   125th
139 Nicolas Vogondy 29   92nd
Team manager: David Fornes
Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone (COF)
Nr. Age Pos.
141 Sylvain Chavanel 28   DNS-17
142 Stéphane Augé 32   DNS-17
143 Geoffroy Lequatre 26   DNS-6
144 Cristian Moreni 34   DNS-17
145 Nick Nuyens 27   DNS-17
146 Iván Parra 31   DNF-8
147 Staf Scheirlinckx 28   DNS-17
148 Rik Verbrugghe 32   DNS-17
149 Bradley Wiggins 27   DNS-17
Team manager: Éric Boyer
Liquigas (LIQ)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
151 Filippo Pozzato 25   DNS-15
152 Michael Albasini 26   59th
153 Manuel Beltrán 36   18th
154 Kjell Carlström 30   76th
155 Murilo Fischer 28   101st
156 Aleksandr Kuschynski 27   89th
157 Manuel Quinziato 27   113th
158 Charlie Wegelius 29   45th
159 Frederik Willems 27   73rd
Team manager: Roberto Amadio
Française des Jeux (FDJ)[19]
Nr. Age Pos.
161 Sandy Casar 28   71st
162 Sébastien Chavanel 26   130th
163 Mickaël Delage 21   117th
164 Rémy Di Gregorio 21   DNS-5
165 Philippe Gilbert 25   DNS-15
166 Lilian Jégou 31   97th
167 Mathieu Ladagnous 22   112th
168 Thomas Lövkvist 23   64th
169 Benoît Vaugrenard 25   83rd
Team manager: Marc Madiot
Quick-Step–Innergetic (QSI)[21]
Nr. Age Pos.
171 Tom Boonen 26   119th
172 Carlos Barredo 26   42nd
173 Steven de Jongh 33   123rd
174 Juan Manuel Gárate 31   21st
175 Sébastien Rosseler 25   104th
176 Gert Steegmans 26   138th
177 Bram Tankink 28   40th
178 Matteo Tosatto 33   108th
179 Cedric Vasseur 36   55th
Team manager: Patrick Lefevere
Team Milram (MRM)[16][17]
Nr. Age Pos.
181 Erik Zabel 37   79th
182 Alessandro Cortinovis 29   122nd
183 Ralf Grabsch 34   116th
184 Andriy Hryvko 23   78th
185 Christian Knees 26   47th
186 Brett Lancaster 27   DNF-5
187 Alberto Ongarato 31   DNF-12
188 Enrico Poitschke 37   131st
189 Marcel Sieberg 25   120th
Team manager: Gianluigi Stanga
Astana Team (AST)[16]
Nr. Age Pos.
191 Alexander Vinokourov 33   DNS-16
192 Antonio Colom 29   DNS-16
193 Maxim Iglinsky 26   DNS-16
194 Sergei Ivanov 32   DNS-16
195 Andrey Kashechkin 27   DNS-16
196 Andreas Klöden 32   DNS-16
197 Daniel Navarro Garcia 23   DNS-16
198 Grégory Rast 27   DNS-16
199 Paolo Savoldelli 34   DNS-16
Team manager: Mario Kummer
Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV)[16]
Nr. Age Pos.
201 David Millar 30   69th
202 Iker Camaño 28   53rd
203 David Canada 32   103rd
204 Juan José Cobo 26   20th
205 David de la Fuente 26   49th
206 Rubén Lobato 28   DNS-7
207 Iban Mayo 29   16th
208 Christophe Rinero 33   77th
209 Francisco Ventoso 25   DNS-14
Team manager: Mauro Gianetti
Barloworld (BAR)[22]
Nr. Age Pos.
211 Alexander Efimkin 25   99th
212 Félix Cárdenas 34   106th
213 Giampaolo Cheula 28   111th
214 Enrico Degano 31   DNF-7
215 Geraint Thomas 21   140th
216 Robert Hunter 30   118th
217 Paolo Longo Borghini 26   124th
218 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 24   32nd
219 Mauricio Soler 24   11th
Team manager: Claudio Corti

Cyclists edit

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos.
11 Óscar Pereiro Spain Caisse d'Epargne 29 10
12 David Arroyo Spain Caisse d'Epargne 27 13
13 Vicente García Acosta Spain Caisse d'Epargne 34 91
14 Iván Gutiérrez Spain Caisse d'Epargne 28 22
15 Vladimir Karpets Russia Caisse d'Epargne 26 14
16 Francisco Pérez Sanchez Spain Caisse d'Epargne 23 72
17 Nicolas Portal France Caisse d'Epargne 28 57
18 Alejandro Valverde Spain Caisse d'Epargne 27 6
19 Xabier Zandio Spain Caisse d'Epargne 30 DNF-4
21 Michael Rogers Australia T-Mobile Team 27 DNF-8
22 Marcus Burghardt Germany T-Mobile Team 24 127
23 Mark Cavendish Great Britain T-Mobile Team 22 DNF-8
24 Bernhard Eisel Austria T-Mobile Team 26 121
25 Linus Gerdemann Germany T-Mobile Team 24 36
26 Bert Grabsch Germany T-Mobile Team 32 105
27 Kim Kirchen Luxembourg T-Mobile Team 29 7
28 Axel Merckx Belgium T-Mobile Team 34 62
29 Patrik Sinkewitz Germany T-Mobile Team 26 DNS-9
31 Carlos Sastre Spain Team CSC 32 4
32 Kurt Asle Arvesen Norway Team CSC 32 67
33 Fabian Cancellara Switzerland Team CSC 26 100
34 Íñigo Cuesta Spain Team CSC 38 51
35 Stuart O'Grady Australia Team CSC 33 DNF-8
36 Fränk Schleck Luxembourg Team CSC 27 17
37 Christian Vande Velde United States Team CSC 31 25
38 Jens Voigt Germany Team CSC 35 28
39 David Zabriskie United States Team CSC 28 DSQ-11
41 Cadel Evans Australia Predictor–Lotto 30 2
42 Mario Aerts Belgium Predictor–Lotto 32 70
43 Dario Cioni Italy Predictor–Lotto 32 56
44 Chris Horner United States Predictor–Lotto 35 15
45 Leif Hoste Belgium Predictor–Lotto 29 110
46 Robbie McEwen Australia Predictor–Lotto 35 DSQ-8
47 Fred Rodriguez United States Predictor–Lotto 33 DNF-15
48 Johan Vansummeren Belgium Predictor–Lotto 26 63
49 Wim Vansevenant Belgium Predictor–Lotto 35 141
51 Denis Menchov Russia Rabobank 29 DNF-17
52 Michael Boogerd Netherlands Rabobank 35 12
53 Bram de Groot Netherlands Rabobank 32 134
54 Thomas Dekker Netherlands Rabobank 22 35
55 Juan Antonio Flecha Spain Rabobank 29 85
56 Óscar Freire Spain Rabobank 31 DNS-7
57 Grischa Niermann Germany Rabobank 32 86
58 Michael Rasmussen Denmark Rabobank 33 DNS-17
59 Pieter Weening Netherlands Rabobank 26 128
61 Christophe Moreau France AG2R Prévoyance 36 37
62 José Luis Arrieta Spain AG2R Prévoyance 36 52
63 Sylvain Calzati France AG2R Prévoyance 28 DNF-11
64 Cyril Dessel France AG2R Prévoyance 32 DNF-15
65 Martin Elmiger Switzerland AG2R Prévoyance 28 74
66 John Gadret France AG2R Prévoyance 28 54
67 Simon Gerrans Australia AG2R Prévoyance 27 94
68 Stéphane Goubert France AG2R Prévoyance 37 27
69 Ludovic Turpin France AG2R Prévoyance 32 44
71 Haimar Zubeldia Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 28 5
72 Igor Antón Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 24 DNF-11
73 Mikel Astarloza Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 27 9
74 Jorge Azanza Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 25 82
75 Iñaki Isasi Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 30 90
76 Iñigo Landaluze Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 30 43
77 Rubén Pérez Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 25 50
78 Amets Txurruka Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 24 23
79 Gorka Verdugo Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 28 48
81 Alessandro Ballan Italy Lampre–Fondital 27 88
82 Daniele Bennati Italy Lampre–Fondital 26 75
83 Paolo Bossoni Italy Lampre–Fondital 31 95
84 Marzio Bruseghin Italy Lampre–Fondital 33 41
85 Claudio Corioni Italy Lampre–Fondital 24 126
86 Danilo Napolitano Italy Lampre–Fondital 26 DSQ-8
87 Daniele Righi Italy Lampre–Fondital 31 96
88 Tadej Valjavec Slovenia Lampre–Fondital 30 19
89 Patxi Vila Spain Lampre–Fondital 31 29
91 Stefan Schumacher Germany Team Gerolsteiner 25 87
92 Robert Förster Germany Team Gerolsteiner 29 135
93 Markus Fothen Germany Team Gerolsteiner 25 34
94 Heinrich Haussler Australia Team Gerolsteiner 23 129
95 Bernhard Kohl Austria Team Gerolsteiner 25 31
96 Sven Krauss Germany Team Gerolsteiner 24 137
97 Ronny Scholz Germany Team Gerolsteiner 29 81
98 Fabian Wegmann Germany Team Gerolsteiner 27 60
99 Peter Wrolich Austria Team Gerolsteiner 33 133
101 Thor Hushovd Norway Crédit Agricole 29 139
102 William Bonnet France Crédit Agricole 25 109
103 Alexander Bocharov Russia Crédit Agricole 32 33
104 Anthony Charteau France Crédit Agricole 27 136
105 Julian Dean New Zealand Crédit Agricole 32 107
106 Dmitry Fofonov Kazakhstan Crédit Agricole 30 26
107 Patrice Halgand France Crédit Agricole 33 30
108 Sebastien Hinault France Crédit Agricole 33 132
109 Christophe Le Mével France Crédit Agricole 26 DNF-15
111 Levi Leipheimer United States Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 3
112 Alberto Contador Spain Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 1
113 Vladimir Gusev Russia Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 38
114 George Hincapie United States Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 24
115 Egoi Martínez Spain Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 61
116 Benjamín Noval Spain Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 115
117 Sérgio Paulinho Portugal Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 65
118 Yaroslav Popovych Ukraine Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 8
119 Tomas Vaitkus Lithuania Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 DNS-3
121 Pierrick Fédrigo France Bouygues Télécom 28 84
122 Stef Clement Netherlands Bouygues Télécom 24 DSQ-12
123 Xavier Florencio Spain Bouygues Télécom 27 46
124 Anthony Geslin France Bouygues Télécom 27 98
125 Laurent Lefèvre France Bouygues Télécom 31 58
126 Jérôme Pineau France Bouygues Télécom 27 68
127 Matthieu Sprick France Bouygues Télécom 25 DNF-16
128 Johann Tschopp Switzerland Bouygues Télécom 25 93
129 Thomas Voeckler France Bouygues Télécom 28 66
131 Juan Miguel Mercado Spain Agritubel 28 80
132 Freddy Bichot France Agritubel 27 102
133 Moisés Dueñas Spain Agritubel 26 39
134 Romain Feillu France Agritubel 23 DNF-8
135 Eduardo Gonzalo Spain Agritubel 23 DNF-1
136 Cédric Herve France Agritubel 27 DSQ-8
137 Nicolas Jalabert France Agritubel 34 114
138 Benoît Salmon France Agritubel 33 125
139 Nicolas Vogondy France Agritubel 29 92
141 Sylvain Chavanel France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 DNS-17
142 Stéphane Augé France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 DNS-17
143 Geoffroy Lequatre France Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 DNS-6
144 Cristian Moreni Italy Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 DNS-17
145 Nick Nuyens Belgium Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 DNS-17
146 Iván Parra Colombia Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 DNF-8
147 Staf Scheirlinckx Belgium Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 DNS-17
148 Rik Verbrugghe Belgium Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 DNS-17
149 Bradley Wiggins Great Britain Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 DNS-17
151 Filippo Pozzato Italy Liquigas 25 DNS-15
152 Michael Albasini Switzerland Liquigas 26 59
153 Manuel Beltrán Spain Liquigas 36 18
154 Kjell Carlström Finland Liquigas 30 76
155 Murilo Fischer Brazil Liquigas 28 101
156 Aleksandr Kuschynski Belarus Liquigas 27 89
157 Manuel Quinziato Italy Liquigas 27 113
158 Charlie Wegelius Great Britain Liquigas 29 45
159 Frederik Willems Belgium Liquigas 27 73
161 Sandy Casar France Française des Jeux 28 71
162 Sébastien Chavanel France Française des Jeux 26 130
163 Mickaël Delage France Française des Jeux 21 117
164 Rémy Di Gregorio France Française des Jeux 21 DNS-5
165 Philippe Gilbert Belgium Française des Jeux 25 DNS-15
166 Lilian Jégou France Française des Jeux 31 97
167 Mathieu Ladagnous France Française des Jeux 22 112
168 Thomas Lövkvist Sweden Française des Jeux 23 64
169 Benoît Vaugrenard France Française des Jeux 25 83
171 Tom Boonen Belgium Quick-Step–Innergetic 26 119
172 Carlos Barredo Spain Quick-Step–Innergetic 26 42
173 Steven de Jongh Netherlands Quick-Step–Innergetic 33 123
174 Juan Manuel Gárate Spain Quick-Step–Innergetic 31 21
175 Sébastien Rosseler Belgium Quick-Step–Innergetic 25 104
176 Gert Steegmans Belgium Quick-Step–Innergetic 26 138
177 Bram Tankink Netherlands Quick-Step–Innergetic 28 40
178 Matteo Tosatto Italy Quick-Step–Innergetic 33 108
179 Cedric Vasseur France Quick-Step–Innergetic 36 55
181 Erik Zabel Germany Team Milram 37 79
182 Alessandro Cortinovis Italy Team Milram 29 122
183 Ralf Grabsch Germany Team Milram 34 116
184 Andriy Hryvko Ukraine Team Milram 23 78
185 Christian Knees Germany Team Milram 26 47
186 Brett Lancaster Australia Team Milram 27 DNF-5
187 Alberto Ongarato Italy Team Milram 31 DNF-12
188 Enrico Poitschke Germany Team Milram 37 131
189 Marcel Sieberg Germany Team Milram 25 120
191 Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan Astana Team 33 DNS-16
192 Antonio Colom Spain Astana Team 29 DNS-16
193 Maxim Iglinsky Kazakhstan Astana Team 26 DNS-16
194 Sergei Ivanov Russia Astana Team 32 DNS-16
195 Andrey Kashechkin Kazakhstan Astana Team 27 DNS-16
196 Andreas Klöden Germany Astana Team 32 DNS-16
197 Daniel Navarro Garcia Spain Astana Team 23 DNS-16
198 Grégory Rast Switzerland Astana Team 27 DNS-16
199 Paolo Savoldelli Italy Astana Team 34 DNS-16
201 David Millar Great Britain Saunier Duval–Prodir 30 69
202 Iker Camaño Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 28 53
203 David Canada Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 32 103
204 Juan José Cobo Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 26 20
205 David de la Fuente Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 26 49
206 Rubén Lobato Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 28 DNS-7
207 Iban Mayo Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 29 16
208 Christophe Rinero France Saunier Duval–Prodir 33 77
209 Francisco Ventoso Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 25 DNS-14
211 Alexander Efimkin Russia Barloworld 25 99
212 Félix Cárdenas Colombia Barloworld 34 106
213 Giampaolo Cheula Italy Barloworld 28 111
214 Enrico Degano Italy Barloworld 31 DNF-7
215 Geraint Thomas Great Britain Barloworld 21 140
216 Robert Hunter South Africa Barloworld 30 118
217 Paolo Longo Borghini Italy Barloworld 26 124
218 Kanstantsin Sivtsov Belarus Barloworld 24 32
219 Mauricio Soler Colombia Barloworld 24 11

Summary of the field edit

  • Spain has most riders with 41. France has 36.
  • 26 nations are represented.
  • Euskaltel is the only team that has all its riders from the same country.
  • There are six current road race national champions: Dean, Hincapie, Iglinsky, Moreau, Valjavec and Wegmann, and seven current time trial national champions: Zabriskie, Cancellara, Clement, B. Grabsch, Gusev, Gutierrez and Vaugrenard.
  • There is no earlier Tour de France general classification winner in the Tour. (Pereiro was awarded 2006 win in September 2007)
  • Three riders have won a Grand Tour: Savoldelli (Giro 2002&2005), Menchov (Vuelta 2005) and Vinokourov (Vuelta 2006).
  • Three riders have won points competition in Tour de France: Zabel (1996–2001), McEwen (2002, 2004, 2006) and Hushovd (2005).
  • Two riders have won the King of the Mountains competition in Tour de France: Rinero (1998) and Rasmussen (2005–06).
  • Four riders have won the U25 competition in Tour de France: Salmon (1999), Menchov (2003), Karpets (2004) and Popovych (2005).
  • 36 riders have won a stage in Tour de France earlier: Boogerd, Boonen, Calzati, Cancellara, Cardenas, Fedrigo, Flecha, Freire, García Acosta, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, Ivanov, Mayo, McEwen, Menchov, Mercado, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Popovych, Pozzato, Rasmussen, Sastre, Savoldelli, Schleck, Tosatto, Valverde, Vasseur, Verbrugghe, Vinokourov, Voigt, Weening, Zabel and Zabriskie.
  • Riders who won their first Tour de France stage in 2007: Bennati, Casar, Contador, Gerdemann, Hunter, Leipheimer, Soler, Steegmans. Evans and Kirchen were awarded stage wins in 2008, after Alexander Vinokourov was removed from the stage results.
  • 15 riders who have worn the yellow jersey: Boonen, Cancellara, Dessel, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Vasseur, Voeckler, Voigt, Zabel and Zabriskie.
  • Riders who wore yellow jersey for the first time in 2007: Contador, Gerdemann, Rasmussen.
  • 21 riders who finished Giro d'Italia earlier this year: Aerts, Arroyo, Arvesen, Bruseghin, Cañada, Cioni, Cortinovis, Dean, Förster, Jegou, Knees, Krauss, Lancaster, Mayo, Merckx, Parra, Rasmussen, Savoldelli, Tosatto, Vila, Zabriskie.
  • 10 riders who started Giro but abandoned: Cancellara, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Napolitano, Ongarato, Popovych, Voeckler, Wegelius.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (in French) http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/COURSE/us/equipes_et_coureurs.html Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 21 teams in the Tour de France 2007 Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine Tour de France press release 30 June 2007 (PDF)
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4630567.stm Fatigued Simoni pulls out of Tour
  4. ^ (in Dutch) http://www.wielernieuws.be/nieuws/voorselectie_tour_de_france_saunier_duval_zonder_ricco,_piepoli_en_simoni.html Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Saunier Duval Tour de France preselection without Ricco, Piepoli and Simoni.
  5. ^ "Predictor–Lotto maakt voorselectie Tour de France bekend" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Predictor–Lotto announces preselection for Tour de France.
  6. ^ (in Dutch) Rabobank announces preselection for Tour de France. Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Experienced team for Rabobank in Tour[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Caisse d'Epargne first to reveal Tour line-up.
  9. ^ (in French) http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/actualites-comm-detail.asp?id=384
  10. ^ (in Dutch) http://www.wielernieuws.be/nieuws/astana,_csc_en_t-mobile_maken_voorselectie_tour_de_france.html Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Astana, CSC and T-Mobile announce selection for Tour de France.
  11. ^ http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6708636,00.html Cunego opts out of Tour de France challenge
  12. ^ Tour de France - Cunego confirms absence - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  13. ^ http://www.cyclingpost.com/tour/article_004941.shtml Cofidis reveal Tour de France line-up
  14. ^ "Discovery unveils Tour squad". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29. Discovery unveils Tour squad
  15. ^ "Team CSC Announces Line-Up for Tour de France 2007". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  16. ^ a b c d e Friday's EuroFile: Tour rosters shaping up Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ a b Petacchi out of Tour, says Milram team
  18. ^ "Tour de France 2007 Riders' list". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Velonews - Latest team rosters Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine www.velonews.com; July 3, 2007; Accessed July 4, 2007
  20. ^ (in German) Team Gerolsteiner mit sieben Deutschen und zwei Österreichern bei der Tour de France Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine www.gerolsteiner.de; June 30, 2007; Accessed July 3, 2007
  21. ^ Quick.Step Innergetic Ready For Tour! Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine www.qsi-cycling.com; July 2, 2007; Accessed July 3, 2007
  22. ^ Barloworld reveal Tour de France line-up Cyclingpost.com; June 30, 2007; Accessed July 2, 2007