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

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

• Gilberto Simoni declared to be feeling too tired to participate in the tour this year.[3] His team manager Mauro Gianetti mentioned that Saunier Duval-Prodir intended sending Francisco Ventoso, Juan José Cobo, José Ángel Gómez Marchante, David de la Fuente, Iker Camaño, Rubén Lobato, Christophe Rinero, Iban Mayo and David Millar to the Tour. This leaves Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli out of the team.[4]
• Marc Sergeant declared on June 2 that for Predictor-Lotto six riders (Robbie McEwen, Cadel Evans, Chris Horner, Leif Hoste, Wim Vansevenant and Dario Cioni) had already been selected, while six others (Bjorn Leukemans, Mario Aerts, Fred Rodriguez, Roy Sentjens, Bert Roesems and Josep Jufré Pou are still competing for the last three spots. need to prove themselves to join the certainties in France this summer.[5]
• For Rabobank, Manager Erik Breukink created a shortlist of 13 riders who are still in contention on June 8, those are: Michael Boogerd, Bram de Groot, Thomas Dekker, Theo Eltink, Juan Antonio Flecha, Óscar Freire, Mathew Hayman, Pedro Horrillo, Denis Menchov, Koos Moerenhout, Grischa Niermann, Michael Rasmussen and Pieter Weening.[6] The final selection was announced on June 25.[7]
• Will ride for Caisse d'Epargne: Alejandro Valverde, Vladimir Karpets, Óscar Pereiro, Florent Brard, José Vicente García, Francisco Pérez, Nicolas Portal, Luis León Sánchez and Xabier Zandio.[8]
• On June 11, team AG2R Prévoyance named the following riders as certainties for the tour: Cyril Dessel, Christophe Moreau, José Luis Arrieta, Martin Elmiger, Stéphane Goubert and John Gadret. Seven other riders were still in contention for the three remaining places, namely: Simon Gerrans, Sylvain Calzati, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Ludovic Turpin, Hubert Dupont, Alexandre Usov and Yuriy Krivtsov.[9]
• Also on June 11, both Astana Team, Team CSC and T-Mobile Team announced their candidates for the Tour. For Astana Team 12 riders were still in contention: Alexander Vinokourov, Andreas Klöden and 7 other riders from this list: Andrey Kashechkin, Matthias Kessler, Maxim Iglinsky, Antonio Colom, Benoît Joachim, Gennady Mikhaylov, Eddy Mazzoleni, Gregory Rast, Paolo Savoldelli and Sergei Ivanov. T-Mobile Team selected 6 riders (Michael Rogers, Marcus Burghardt, Patrik Sinkewitz, Linus Gerdemann, Kim Kirchen and Mark Cavendish) with three more named nearer the start of the race.[10]
• Damiano Cunego announced on June 14 that he would not be taking part in the Tour de France this year.[11][12]
• On June 25 it was decided that for Cofidis this year's team would consist of Stéphane Augé, Sylvain Chavanel, Geoffroy Lequatre, Cristian Moreni, Nick Nuyens, Iván Parra, Staf Scheirlinckx, Rik Verbrugghe and Bradley Wiggins. The reserves in case of injury or illness were Leonardo Duque and Kevin De Weert.[13]
• Discovery Channel announced their full team on June 27. Johan Bruyneel, Discovery sport director, announced that Levi Leipheimer would lead assisted by George Hincapie, Egoi Martínez, Benjamín Noval, Yaroslav Popovych, Alberto Contador, Vladimir Gusev, Sérgio Paulinho and Tomas Vaitkus . Following recent illness, there was no space for Tom Danielson.[14]
• For Team CSC, the full squad was announced on June 29. Carlos Sastre leads the team with Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, David Zabriskie, Stuart O'Grady, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Íñigo Cuesta, Jens Voigt, Christian Vande Velde[15] Due to his 1996 doping admission, Bjarne Riis will not be the team director this year, being replaced by Kim Andersen.[16]
• On 5 July, Team Milram announced that Alessandro Petacchi will not race the Tour de France after his non-negative doping test at this year's Giro d'Italia.[17]
• On 3 July, it was announced that no one would use #1 during the 2007 Tour.
• The full list of riders with race numbers was confirmed by the tour organisers on Friday 6 July [18]

Teams

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 Luis León Sánchez 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 Lefevre 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: Eric 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 Mickael Delage 21 117th 164 Rémy Di Gregorio 21 DNS-5 165 Philippe Gilbert 25 DNS-15 166 Lilian Jegou 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 Sebastien 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 Gregory 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

Summary of the field

• 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

• 2007 Tour de France
• List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France

References

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7. Experienced team for Rabobank in Tour
8. Caisse d'Epargne first to reveal Tour line-up.
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13. http://www.cyclingpost.com/tour/article_004941.shtml Cofidis reveal Tour de France line-up
14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Discovery unveils Tour squad
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