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 312 2 Mario Aerts 3331 3 Christophe Brandt 31DNF-19 4 Dario Cioni 3383 5 Leif Hoste 30124 6 Robbie McEwen 36122 7 Yaroslav Popovych 2824 8 Johan Van Summeren 2787 9 Wim Vansevenant 36145 Team manager: Marc Sergeant Team CSC Saxo Bankformerly known as Team CSC : CSC Nr. Age Pos.11 Carlos Sastre 33 1 12 Kurt Asle Arvesen33 57 13 Fabian Cancellara 27 65 14 Volodymyr Gustov31 46 15 Stuart O'Grady 34 109 16 Andy Schleck23‡ 1217 Fränk Schleck28 6 18 Nicki Sørensen33 118 19 Jens Voigt36 37Team manager: Bjarne Riis EUS Nr. Age Pos.21 Haimar Zubeldia 314522 Mikel Astarloza 2816 23 Iñaki Isasi Flores 3110424 Egoi Martínez 305025 Juan José Oroz 2710326 Rubén Pérez 269127 Samuel Sánchez 30728 Amets Txurruka 255229 Gorka Verdugo 2973Team manager: Miguel Madariaga Caisse d'Epargne GCE Nr. Age Pos. 31 Alejandro Valverde 289 32 David Arroyo 2830 33 Arnaud Coyot 27115 34 José Vicente García 35141 35 Iván Gutiérrez 295636 David López 2751 37 Óscar Pereiro 30DNF-1538 Nicolas Portal 2966 39 Luis León Sánchez 24‡ 62Team manager: Eusebio Unzué Team Columbiarenamed with effect from the date of commencement of the 2008 Tour de France, formerly known as Team High Road : THR Nr. Age Pos. 41 Kim Kirchen30 8 42 Marcus Burghardt25‡ 12043 Mark Cavendish23‡ DNS-1544 Gerald Ciolek21‡ 106 45 Bernhard Eisel27 14446 Adam Hansen27 10847 George Hincapie35 35 48 Thomas Lövkvist24‡ 41 49 Kanstantsin Sivtsov25 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 34DNF-1154 Giampaolo Cheula 358855 Baden Cooke 29DNF-12 56 Moisés Dueñas 27DNS-1157 Chris Froome 23‡84 58 Robert Hunter 31107 59 Paolo Longo Borghini 27DNF-11Team manager: Claudio Corti Liquigas LIQ Nr. Age Pos.61 Filippo Pozzato 266762 Manuel Beltrán 37DNS-8 63 Francesco Chicchi 27Elim-16 64 Murilo Fischer 297665 Roman Kreuziger 22‡1366 Aliaksandr Kuchynski 2812867 Vincenzo Nibali 23‡2068 Manuel Quinziato 2813069 Frederik Willems 28113Team manager: Stefano Zanatta Lampre LAM Nr. Age Pos.71 Damiano Cunego 26DNS-1972 Alessandro Ballan 2894 73 Matteo Bono 24‡117 74 Marzio Bruseghin 342775 Marco Marzano 2892 76 Massimiliano Mori 34140 77 Daniele Righi 32127 78 Sylvester Szmyd 3026 79 Paolo Tiralongo 3049 Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni Crédit Agricole C.A Nr. Age Pos.81 Thor Hushovd 3099 82 William Bonnet 26102 83 Alexander Bocharov 3318 84 Jimmy Engoulvent 28138 85 Dmitry Fofonov 31DNF86 Simon Gerrans 2879 87 Christophe Le Mével 2740 88 Rémi Pauriol 2680 89 Mark Renshaw 25DNF-15 Team manager: Roger Legeay Quick Step QST Nr. Age Pos.91 Stijn Devolder 28DNF-1592 Carlos Barredo 2789 93 Matteo Carrara 2936 94 Steven de Jongh 34125 95 Mauro Facci 26DNF-796 Sébastien Rosseler 2698 97 Gert Steegmans 27111 98 Matteo Tosatto 3496 99 Jurgen Van de Walle 3178 Team managers: Wilfried Peeters and Dirk Demol AG2R La Mondiale A2R Nr. Age Pos.101 Cyril Dessel 3328102 José Luis Arrieta 3772103 Hubert Dupont 2755104 Vladimir Efimkin 2611105 Martin Elmiger 2971106 John Gadret 29DNF-7107 Stéphane Goubert 3821108 Christophe Riblon 27137109 Tadej Valjavec 3110Team manager: Vincent Lavenu Gerolsteiner GST Nr. Age Pos.111 Stefan Schumacher 2625112 Robert Förster 30116 113 Markus Fothen 2633114 Heinrich Haussler 24‡126 115 Bernhard Kohl 263 116 Sven Krauss 25‡143 117 Sebastian Lang 2875 118 Ronny Scholz 3093 119 Fabian Wegmann 28Elim-19 Team manager: Hans-Michael Holczer Agritubel AGR Nr. Age Pos.121 Christophe Moreau37 DNF-7122 Freddy Bichot28 135 123 Jimmy Casper30 Elim-17 124 Romain Feillu24‡ Elim-19 125 Eduardo Gonzalo24‡ 39 126 Nicolas Jalabert35 DNF-14127 David Lelay28 81 128 Geoffroy Lequatre27 85 129 Nicolas Vogondy 30 64 Team manager: Denis Leproux Rabobank RAB Nr. Age Pos.131 Denis Menchov 304 132 Juan Antonio Flecha 30Elim-19 133 Óscar Freire 3270 134 Sebastian Langeveld 23‡131 135 Koos Moerenhout 3434 136 Joost Posthuma 2769 137 Bram Tankink 2960 138 Laurens ten Dam 2722139 Pieter Weening 2763 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-10148 Johann Tschopp 26 54 149 Thomas Voeckler 29 97 Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau Team Milram MRM Nr. Age Pos.151 Erik Zabel 3743 152 Ralf Grabsch 35123 153 Christian Knees 2729 154 Brett Lancaster 28129 155 Martin Müller 34105 156 Björn Schröder 27100 157 Niki Terpstra 24‡ 136158 Peter Velits 23‡58 159 Marco Velo 3444 Team manager: Gerry van Gerwen Française des Jeux FDJ Nr. Age Pos.161 Sandy Casar29 14162 Sébastien Chavanel27 DNF-16163 Rémy Di Gregorio22‡ 59 164 Arnaud Gérard23‡ 132 165 Philippe Gilbert26 112 166 Lilian Jégou32 DNF-7167 Yoann Le Boulanger32 74 168 Jérémy Roy25‡ 121 169 Benoît Vaugrenard26 82 Team manager:Marc Madiot Saunier Duval–Scott SDV Nr. Age Pos. 171 Riccardo Riccò 24‡DNS-12172 Rubens Bertogliati 29DNS-12173 Juan José Cobo 27DNS-12174 David de la Fuente 27 DNS-12 175 Jesus del Nero 26 DNS-12 176 Ángel Gómez 27DNF-3 177 Josep Jufré 32 DNS-12 178 Aurélien Passeron 24‡DNS-6 179 Leonardo Piepoli 36 DNS-12Team manager: Mauro Gianetti Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone COF Nr. Age Pos.181 Sylvain Chavanel 2961182 Stéphane Augé33139 183 Florent Brard32119 184 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle28DNF-1 185 Samuel Dumoulin27114 186 Leonardo Duque2853 187 David Moncoutié3342 188 Amaël Moinard2615 189 Maxime Monfort25‡23 Team manager: Éric Boyer
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