For the 2001 Tour de France, the organisers felt that the previous edition did not include not enough French teams and consequently changed the selection procedure as follows. was selected because it included the winner (prior to disqualification) of the previous edition, Lance Armstrong. was selected because it included the winner of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup (Erik Zabel). was selected because it won the team classifications in the 2000 Giro d'Italia was selected because it won the team classifications in both the 2000 Tour de France and 2000 Vuelta a España. This was extended to 16 teams based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2001, after compensating for transfers. Although initially it was announced that four wildcards would be given, the tour organisation decided to add five teams:

In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, giving a total of 189 cyclists.

Teams

Qualified teams

Invited teams

Cyclists

By starting number

+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish

No. Name Nationality Team Pos. 1 Lance Armstrong 1 2 Roberto Heras 15 3 Viatcheslav Ekimov 82 4 Tyler Hamilton 94 5 George Hincapie 71 6 Steffen Kjærgaard 101 7 Víctor Hugo Peña 79 8 José Luis Rubiera 38 9 Christian Vande Velde DNF 11 Jan Ullrich 2 12 Udo Bölts 51 13 Giuseppe Guerini 39 14 Jens Heppner DNF 15 Andreas Klöden 26 16 Kevin Livingston 43 17 Alexander Vinokourov 16 18 Steffen Wesemann DNF 19 Erik Zabel 96 21 Joseba Beloki 3 22 Santos González DNF 23 Álvaro González de Galdeano DNF 24 Igor González de Galdeano 5 25 Iván Gutiérrez 64 26 Jörg Jaksche 29 27 Mikel Pradera 62 28 Carlos Sastre 20 29 Marcos-Antonio Serrano 9 31 Christophe Moreau DNF 32 Florent Brard 100 33 Ángel Casero DNF 34 Pascal Chanteur 114 35 Félix García Casas 37 36 Pascal Lino 87 37 Luis Pérez Rodríguez 32 38 Arnaud Prétot DNF 39 Sven Teutenberg 80 41 Francesco Casagrande DNF 42 Fabio Baldato 81 43 Ivan Basso DNF 44 Wladimir Belli 24 45 Sergei Ivanov DNF 46 Nicola Loda 99 47 Alessandro Petacchi 97 48 Oscar Pozzi DNF 49 Matteo Tosatto 60 51 Michael Boogerd 10 52 Bram de Groot DNF 53 Steven de Jongh DNF 54 Erik Dekker 91 55 Maarten den Bakker 75 56 Marc Lotz 93 57 Grischa Niermann DNF 58 Geert Verheyen 72 59 Marc Wauters DNF 61 Rik Verbrugghe 112 62 Mario Aerts 27 63 Serge Baguet 85 64 Jeroen Blijlevens DNF 65 Fabien De Waele DNF 66 Gennady Mikhaylov 59 67 Kurt Van De Wouwer DNF 68 Paul Van Hyfte 92 69 Stive Vermaut 36 71 David Millar DNF 72 Daniel Atienza 30 73 Íñigo Cuesta 63 74 Andrey Kivilev 4 75 Massimiliano Lelli 67 76 Nico Mattan 98 77 David Moncoutié 48 78 Christophe Rinero DNF 79 Guido Trentin 45 81 Daniele Nardello 57 82 Michele Bartoli 33 83 Paolo Bettini 70 84 Davide Bramati 142 85 Paolo Fornaciari DNF 86 Stefano Garzelli 14 87 Bart Leysen DNF 88 Tom Steels DNF 89 Stefano Zanini DNF 91 Francisco Mancebo 13 92 Santiago Blanco DNF 93 Tomasz Brożyna 21 94 José Vicente García DNF 95 Eladio Jiménez 105 96 Denis Menchov 47 97 Jon Odriozola 69 98 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 41 99 Leonardo Piepoli 44 101 Bobby Julich 18 102 Frédéric Bessy 119 103 Sébastien Hinault 137 104 Thor Hushovd DNF 105 Christopher Jenner 139 106 Anthony Morin 107 107 Stuart O'Grady 54 108 Jonathan Vaughters DNF 109 Jens Voigt 46 111 David Etxebarria 34 112 Ángel Castresana 103 113 Iñigo Chaurreau 12 114 Txema del Olmo DNF 115 Unai Etxebarria 88 116 Iker Flores DNF 117 Roberto Laiseka 28 118 Alberto López de Munain 77 119 Haimar Zubeldia 73 121 Benoît Salmon 35 122 Christophe Agnolutto 120 123 Stéphane Bergès 135 124 Alexander Bocharov 17 125 Ludovic Capelle DNF 126 Sébastien Demarbaix 108 127 Jaan Kirsipuu DNF 128 Gilles Maignan 121 129 Ludovic Turpin 78 131 Laurent Jalabert 19 132 Michael Blaudzun 84 133 Francisco Cerezo 118 134 Marcelino García 122 135 Nicolas Jalabert 115 136 Nicolaj Bo Larsen DNF 137 Jakob Piil 117 138 Nicki Sørensen 49 139 Rolf Sørensen 141 141 Laurent Brochard 23 142 Jérôme Bernard 106 143 Gilles Bouvard 53 144 Stéphane Goubert 31 145 Patrice Halgand 55 146 Christophe Oriol 111 147 Laurent Roux 50 148 Eddy Seigneur 95 149 Olivier Trastour DNF 151 Santiago Botero 8 152 Félix Cárdenas 61 153 Laurent Desbiens DNF 154 Aitor González DNF 155 José Enrique Gutiérrez 25 156 Javier Pascual Llorente 58 157 Óscar Sevilla 7 158 Antonio Tauler 76 159 José Ángel Vidal 86 161 Didier Rous 11 162 Walter Bénéteau 42 163 Franck Bouyer 74 164 Sylvain Chavanel 65 165 Damien Nazon 109 166 Olivier Perraudeau 138 167 Franck Rénier 116 168 Jean-Cyril Robin 56 169 François Simon 6 171 Marco Serpellini 125 172 Raivis Belohvoščiks 110 173 Rubens Bertogliati 140 174 Ludo Dierckxsens DNF 175 Matteo Frutti 128 176 Robert Hunter DNF 177 Marco Pinotti 52 178 Ján Svorada 129 179 Johan Verstrepen 130 181 Sven Montgomery DNF 182 Jimmy Casper 144 183 Jacky Durand 127 184 Frédéric Guesdon 124 185 Emmanuel Magnien 113 186 Bradley McGee 83 187 Christophe Mengin 102 188 Daniel Schnider 66 189 Nicolas Vogondy 89 191 Romāns Vainšteins 132 192 Enrico Cassani 143 193 Servais Knaven 90 194 Axel Merckx 22 195 Marco Milesi DNF 196 Johan Museeuw DNF 197 Fred Rodriguez DNF 198 Max van Heeswijk 134 199 Piotr Wadecki 68 201 Stéphane Heulot 40 202 Guillaume Auger 136 203 Ludovic Auger 133 204 Christophe Capelle 123 205 Thierry Gouvenou 131 206 Xavier Jan DNF 207 Loïc Lamouller DNF 208 Alexei Sivakov 104 209 Sébastien Talabardon 126

By team

+ No. Rider Pos. 1 1 2 15 3 82 4 94 5 71 6 101 7 79 8 38 9 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 11 2 12 51 13 39 14 DNF 15 26 16 43 17 16 18 DNF 19 96+ No. Rider Pos. 21 3 22 DNF 23 DNF 24 5 25 64 26 29 27 62 28 20 29 9+ No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF 32 100 33 DNF 34 114 35 37 36 87 37 32 38 DNF 39 80+ No. Rider Pos. 41 DNF 42 81 43 DNF 44 24 45 DNF 46 99 47 97 48 DNF 49 60+ No. Rider Pos. 51 10 52 DNF 53 DNF 54 91 55 75 56 93 57 DNF 58 72 59 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 61 112 62 27 63 85 64 DNF 65 DNF 66 59 67 DNF 68 92 69 36+ No. Rider Pos. 71 DNF 72 30 73 63 74 4 75 67 76 98 77 48 78 DNF 79 45+ No. Rider Pos. 81 57 82 33 83 70 84 142 85 DNF 86 14 87 DNF 88 DNF 89 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 91 13 92 DNF 93 21 94 DNF 95 105 96 47 97 69 98 41 99 44+ No. Rider Pos. 101 18 102 119 103 137 104 DNF 105 139 106 107 107 54 108 DNF 109 46+ No. Rider Pos. 111 34 112 103 113 12 114 DNF 115 88 116 DNF 117 28 118 77 119 73+ No. Rider Pos. 121 35 122 120 123 135 124 17 125 DNF 126 108 127 DNF 128 121 129 78+ No. Rider Pos. 131 19 132 84 133 118 134 122 135 115 136 DNF 137 117 138 49 139 141+ No. Rider Pos. 141 23 142 106 143 53 144 31 145 55 146 111 147 50 148 95 149 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 151 8 152 61 153 DNF 154 DNF 155 25 156 58 157 7 158 76 159 86+ No. Rider Pos. 161 11 162 42 163 74 164 65 165 109 166 138 167 116 168 56 169 6+ No. Rider Pos. 171 125 172 110 173 140 174 DNF 175 128 176 DNF 177 52 178 129 179 130+ No. Rider Pos. 181 DNF 182 144 183 127 184 124 185 113 186 83 187 102 188 66 189 89+ No. Rider Pos. 191 132 192 143 193 90 194 22 195 DNF 196 DNF 197 DNF 198 134 199 68+ No. Rider Pos. 201 40 202 136 203 133 204 123 205 131 206 DNF 207 DNF 208 104 209 126

References