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.

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

Main article: 2008 Tour de France

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.