The 1986 Tour de France was the 73rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Boulogne-Billancourt on 4 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 23 July.

In June, 23 teams had requested to start in the 1986 Tour. The Tour direction accepted 21 applications, so a total of 21 teams participated in the 1986 Tour de France. The two teams whose application was denied were Skala-Skil and Miko. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race would start with a peloton of 210 cyclists, a record setting total. From the 210 riders that began this edition, 132 made it to the finish in Paris.

became the Tour's first team from the United States, with a squad consisting of eight Americans, one Canadian and one Mexican. Jim Ochowicz, 's founder and manager, met with the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and persuaded them to invite his team. In the Spring, the team withdrew from competition in Europe (missing the opportunity to become the first American team in the history of the Vuelta a España) due to the United States conflict with Libya, losing out on much needed competitive racing unavailable in the United States.

Teams

Cyclists

+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the Young Cyclist under 25 classification Denotes the winner of the intermediate sprints classification Denotes the winner of the combination classification Denotes the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish NP Denotes a rider who was a non-participant AB Denotes a rider who abandoned HD Denotes a rider who was outside the time limit (French: Hors Delai) Age correct as of 4 July 1986, the date on which the Tour began

By starting number

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 Bernard Hinault 2 + 3' 10" 2 Steve Bauer 23 + 56' 02" 3 Charly Bérard 44 + 1h 29' 02" 4 Jean-François Bernard 12 + 35' 45" 5 Andrew Hampsten 4 + 18' 44" 6 Philippe Leleu 97 + 2h 07' 03" 7 Greg LeMond 1 8 Niki Rüttimann 7 + 30' 52" 9 Alain Vigneron 95 + 2h 05' 08" 10 Guido Winterberg 127 + 2h 27' 26" 11 Stephen Roche 48 + 1h 32' 30" 12 Guido Bontempi 92 + 2h 03' 39" 13 Beat Breu 74 + 1h 51' 54" 14 Davide Cassani DNF (NP-20) — 15 Bruno Leali 73 + 1h 51' 49" 16 Erich Maechler 49 + 1h 32' 45" 17 Jørgen Pedersen 77 + 1h 54' 32" 18 Francesco Rossignoli 109 + 2h 13' 56" 19 Eddy Schepers 37 + 1h 18' 20" 20 Urs Zimmermann 3 + 10' 54" 21 Jörg Müller 99 + 2h 07' 46" 22 Patrice Esnault DNF (HD-6) — 23 Dominique Garde 45 + 1h 29' 11" 24 Jean-Claude Garde 57 + 1h 40' 57" 25 Iñaki Gastón 75 + 1h 52' 35" 26 Éric Guyot DNF (AB-14) — 27 Jean-Claude Leclercq 56 + 1h 40' 43" 28 Joël Pelier DNF (NP-18) — 29 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke 119 + 2h 17' 58" 30 Frédéric Vichot 100 + 2h 08' 15" 31 Robert Millar DNF (AB-21) — 32 Phil Anderson 39 + 1h 19' 41" 33 Jos Lammertink DNF (AB-4) — 34 Henk Lubberding DNF (NP-13) — 35 Guy Nulens 54 + 1h 39' 08" 36 Eddy Planckaert DNF (AB-12) — 37 Eric Vanderaerden 125 + 2h 22' 30" 38 Johan van der Velde 52 + 1h 37' 55" 39 Eric Van Lancker 89 + 2h 01' 53" 40 Peter Winnen DNF (AB-21) — 41 Laurent Fignon DNF (NP-13) — 42 Laurent Biondi DNF (AB-16) — 43 Alain Bondue 124 + 2h 22' 03" 44 Éric Boyer 98 + 2h 07' 27" 45 Dominique Gaigne 85 + 1h 59' 27" 46 Bernard Gavillet 28 + 1h 08' 17" 47 Christophe Lavainne 88 + 2h 01' 00" 48 Yvon Madiot 10 + 33' 27" 49 Thierry Marie 108 + 2h 13' 24" 50 Charly Mottet 16 + 45' 58" 51 Pedro Delgado DNF (AB-18) — 52 Wim Arras DNF (HD-2) — 53 Henk Boeve DNF (AB-16) — 54 Gerrie Knetemann 84 + 1h 58' 28" 55 Steven Rooks 9 + 33' 22" 56 Jan Simoens DNF (HD-2) — 57 Peter Stevenhaagen 29 + 1h 10' 40" 58 Marc van Orsouw DNF (HD-2) — 59 Jan van Wijk 90 + 2h 02' 35" 60 Gerard Veldscholten 61 + 1h 42' 57" 61 Luis Herrera 22 + 56' 00" 62 Rafaël Antonio Acevedo DNF (HD-2) — 63 Edgar Corredor DNF (HD-18) — 64 Alfonso Flórez Ortiz 27 + 1h 05' 54" 65 José Patrocinio Jiménez 21 + 55' 42" 66 Marco-Antonio Leon 86 + 2h 00' 49" 67 Jose-Alfonso Lopez Lemus DNF (HD-2) — 68 Fabio Parra DNF (AB-4) — 69 Abelardo Rondón DNF (HD-2) — 70 Pedro Soler DNF (HD-2) — 71 José Luis Laguía 121 + 2h 19' 48" 72 Dominique Arnaud 76 + 1h 53' 54" 73 Samuel Cabrera 11 + 35' 28" 74 Marc Gomez 123 + 2h 21' 13" 75 Julián Gorospe 79 + 1h 56' 11" 76 Anastasio Greciano DNF (AB-15) — 77 Carlos Hernández Bailo 53 + 1h 38' 13" 78 Jesús Hernández Úbeda 117 + 2h 17' 26" 79 Miguel Induráin DNF (AB-12) — 80 Celestino Prieto DNF (NP-15) — 81 Pascal Simon 13 + 37' 44" 82 Frédéric Brun 107 + 2h 13' 11" 83 Bruno Cornillet DNF (HD-18) — 84 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle DNF (AB-12) — 85 Robert Forest 35 + 1h 16' 19" 86 Gilbert Glaus DNF (AB-15) — 87 Dag Otto Lauritzen 34 + 1h 15' 47" 88 Éric Louvel 111 + 2h 14' 41" 89 Ronan Pensec 6 + 25' 59" 90 Sean Yates 112 + 2h 15' 20" 91 Joop Zoetemelk 24 + 57' 04" 92 Maarten Ducrot 81 + 1h 58' 02" 93 Nico Emonds 70 + 1h 49' 19" 94 Jelle Nijdam DNF (HD-6) — 95 Ludo Peeters 69 + 1h 49' 11" 96 Twan Poels 65 + 1h 44' 17" 97 Cees Priem DNF (AB-12) — 98 Luc Roosen 103 + 2h 10' 46" 99 Gerrit Solleveld 101 + 2h 09' 00" 100 Adri van der Poel 110 + 2h 14' 20" 101 Marc Sergeant DNF (AB-17) — 102 Carlo Bomans DNF (AB-17) — 103 Michel Dernies 113 + 2h 15' 29" 104 Paul Haghedooren 67 + 1h 47' 59" 105 Jozef Lieckens 129 + 2h 29' 21" 106 André Lurquin DNF (HD-2) — 107 Eric McKenzie DNF (AB-18) — 108 Jan Nevens 51 + 1h 37' 15" 109 Wim Van Eynde 102 + 2h 10' 46" 110 Ronny Van Holen DNF (AB-16) — 111 Claude Criquielion 5 + 24' 36" 112 Philippe Delaurier DNF (HD-13) — 113 Hendrik Devos 43 + 1h 24' 43" 114 Dirk De Wolf 64 + 1h 44' 17" 115 Rudy Dhaenens 122 + 2h 19' 58" 116 Jos Haex 78 + 1h 54' 38" 117 Stefan Morjean DNF (HD-16) — 118 Rudy Rogiers 104 + 2h 11' 09" 119 Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande 58 + 1h 41' 23" 120 Jan Wijnants 105 + 2h 11' 14" 121 Álvaro Pino 8 + 33' 00" 122 Francisco Antequera 94 + 2h 05' 08" 123 Philippe Bouvatier DNF (AB-15) — 124 Ángel Camarillo Llorens DNF (HD-18) — 125 Juan Fernández Martín DNF (AB-17) — 126 Anselmo Fuerte 31 + 1h 12' 13" 127 Francisco Rodríguez Maldonado DNF (HD-3) — 128 Jesús Rodríguez Magro 40 + 1h 20' 09" 129 Juan-Carlos Rozas Salgado 59 + 1h 41' 51" 130 Guido Van Calster 72 + 1h 50' 42" 131 Éric Caritoux 20 + 52' 39" 132 Jean-Claude Bagot 19 + 51' 38" 133 Jean-René Bernaudeau 26 + 1h 03' 56" 134 Argemiro Bohórquez DNF (AB-17) — 135 Martin Earley 46 + 1h 30' 30" 136 Frank Hoste 116 + 2h 17' 06" 137 François Lemarchand 68 + 1h 49' 05" 138 Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez DNF (AB-5) — 139 Martín Ramírez 42 + 1h 22' 26" 140 Pol Verschuere DNF (AB-14) — 141 Thierry Claveyrolat 17 + 46' 00" 142 Vincent Barteau DNF (HD-2) — 143 Francis Castaing 130 + 2h 41' 56" 144 André Chappuis 118 + 2h 17' 36" 145 Jean-Louis Gauthier DNF (AB-12) — 146 Bruno Huger DNF (AB-12) — 147 Paul Kimmage 131 + 2h 44' 06" 148 Gilles Mas 47 + 1h 31' 56" 149 Régis Simon 93 + 2h 05' 06" 150 Bernard Vallet 62 + 1h 43' 12" 151 Omar Hernández DNF (AB-12) — 152 Raul Acosta Arias DNF (HD-2) — 153 Israel Corredor 106 + 2h 12' 04" 154 Carlos Jaramillo 55 + 1h 39' 48" 155 Sergio Jaramillo DNF (HD-2) — 156 Antonio Londoño DNF (AB-12) — 157 Gerardo Moncada DNF (AB-12) — 158 Reynel Montoya 15 + 45' 36" 159 Néstor Mora 83 + 1h 58' 26" 160 Heriberto Uran 50 + 1h 36' 35" 161 Marino Lejarreta 18 + 49' 09" 162 Antonio Esparza 126 + 2h 22' 45" 163 Mathieu Hermans DNF (AB-17) — 164 Pascal Jules DNF (HD-2) — 165 Jokin Mújika 30 + 1h 11' 01" 166 Erwin Nijboer DNF (AB-18) — 167 Vicente Ridaura 87 + 2h 00' 59" 168 Pello Ruiz Cabestany 36 + 1h 16' 22" 169 José Salvador Sanchis DNF (HD-18) — 170 Jaime Vilamajó 115 + 2h 16' 41" 171 Silvano Contini 41 + 1h 22' 18" 172 Marco Giovannetti DNF (AB-12) — 173 Walter Magnago DNF (AB-12) — 174 Palmiro Masciarelli DNF (AB-16) — 175 Giuseppe Petito DNF (AB-13) — 176 Marino Polini DNF (AB-17) — 177 Alessandro Pozzi 91 + 2h 03' 39" 178 Ennio Salvador 132 + 2h 55' 51" 179 Graziano Salvietti DNF (AB-13) — 180 Ennio Vanotti 66 + 1h 45' 20" 181 Reimund Dietzen DNF (AB-13) — 182 José Antonio Agudelo Gómez 33 + 1h 15' 13" 183 Enrique Alberto Aja Cagigas 60 + 1h 42' 32" 184 Guillermo Arenas DNF (AB-13) — 185 Jesús Blanco Villar 25 + 1h 03' 16" 186 Manuel Cárdenas Espitia 71 + 1h 50' 11" 187 Eduardo Chozas 14 + 38' 48" 188 Federico Echave 38 + 1h 18' 53" 189 Alfonso Gutiérrez DNF (AB-13) — 190 Ángel Sarrapio DNF (AB-13) — 191 Mario Beccia DNF (AB-12) — 192 Stefano Allocchio DNF (AB-13) — 193 Pierangelo Bincoletto 128 + 2h 27' 28" 194 Primož Čerin 32 + 1h 14' 40" 195 Acácio da Silva 82 + 1h 58' 05" 196 Robert Dill-Bundi DNF (AB-12) — 197 Renan Ferraro DNF (HD-6) — 198 Luigi Furlan DNF (AB-17) — 199 Roberto Pagnin DNF (AB-12) — 200 Renato Piccolo DNF (AB-12) — 201 Alexi Grewal DNF (AB-17) — 202 Raúl Alcalá 114 + 2h 15' 53" 203 Chris Carmichael DNF (AB-12) — 204 Eric Heiden DNF (AB-18) — 205 Ron Kiefel 96 + 2h 06' 38" 206 Davis Phinney DNF (AB-15) — 207 Jeff Pierce 80 + 1h 56' 57" 208 Bob Roll 63 + 1h 43' 26" 209 Doug Shapiro DNF (AB-12) — 210 Alex Stieda 120 + 2h 19' 47"

By team

+ No. Rider Pos. 1 2 2 23 3 44 4 12 5 4 6 97 7 1 8 7 9 95 10 127Directeur sportif: Paul Köchli+ No. Rider Pos. 11 48 12 92 13 74 14 NP-20 15 73 16 49 17 77 18 109 19 37 20 3Directeur sportif: Davide Boifava+ No. Rider Pos. 21 99 22 HD-6 23 45 24 57 25 75 26 AB-14 27 56 28 NP-18 29 119 30 100Directeur sportif: Jean de Gribaldy+ No. Rider Pos. 31 AB-21 32 39 33 AB-4 34 NP-13 35 54 36 AB-12 37 125 38 52 39 89 40 AB-21Directeur sportif: Peter Post+ No. Rider Pos. 41 NP-13 42 AB-16 43 124 44 98 45 85 46 28 47 88 48 10 49 108 50 16Directeur sportif: Cyrille Guimard+ No. Rider Pos. 51 AB-18 52 HD-2 53 AB-16 54 84 55 9 56 HD-2 57 29 58 HD-2 59 90 60 61Directeur sportif: Jan Gijsbers+ No. Rider Pos. 61 22 62 HD-2 63 HD-18 64 27 65 21 66 86 67 HD-2 68 AB-4 69 HD-2 70 HD-2Directeur sportif: Raphaël Géminiani+ No. Rider Pos. 71 121 72 76 73 11 74 123 75 79 76 AB-15 77 53 78 117 79 AB-12 80 NP-15Directeur sportif: José Miguel Echavarri+ No. Rider Pos. 81 13 82 107 83 HD-18 84 AB-12 85 35 86 AB-15 87 34 88 111 89 6 90 112Directeur sportif: Roger Legeay+ No. Rider Pos. 91 24 92 81 93 70 94 HD-6 95 69 96 65 97 AB-12 98 103 99 101 100 110Directeur sportif: Jan Raas+ No. Rider Pos. 101 AB-17 102 AB-17 103 113 104 67 105 129 106 HD-2 107 AB-18 108 51 109 102 110 AB-16Directeur sportif: Patrick Lefevere+ No. Rider Pos. 111 5 112 HD-13 113 43 114 64 115 122 116 78 117 HD-16 118 104 119 58 120 105Directeur sportif: Albert De Kimpe+ No. Rider Pos. 121 8 122 94 123 AB-15 124 HD-18 125 AB-17 126 31 127 HD-3 128 40 129 59 130 72Directeur sportif: + No. Rider Pos. 131 20 132 19 133 26 134 AB-17 135 46 136 116 137 68 138 AB-5 139 42 140 AB-14Directeur sportif: Miguel Gómez+ No. Rider Pos. 141 17 142 HD-2 143 130 144 118 145 AB-12 146 AB-12 147 131 148 47 149 93 150 62Directeur sportif: Bernard Thévenet+ No. Rider Pos. 151 AB-12 152 HD-2 153 106 154 55 155 HD-2 156 AB-12 157 AB-12 158 15 159 83 160 50Directeur sportif: José Raúl Meza Orozco+ No. Rider Pos. 161 18 162 126 163 AB-17 164 HD-2 165 30 166 AB-18 167 87 168 36 169 HD-18 170 115Directeur sportif: Domingo Perurena+ No. Rider Pos. 171 41 172 AB-12 173 AB-12 174 AB-16 175 AB-13 176 AB-17 177 91 178 132 179 AB-13 180 66Directeur sportif: Luciano Pezzi+ No. Rider Pos. 181 AB-13 182 33 183 60 184 AB-13 185 25 186 71 187 14 188 38 189 AB-13 190 AB-13Directeur sportif: José António González Linares+ No. Rider Pos. 191 AB-12 192 AB-13 193 128 194 32 195 82 196 AB-12 197 HD-6 198 AB-17 199 AB-12 200 AB-12Directeur sportif: Dino Zandegù+ No. Rider Pos. 201 AB-17 202 114 203 AB-12 204 AB-18 205 96 206 AB-15 207 80 208 63 209 AB-12 210 120Directeur sportif: Jim Ochowicz

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