The 1991 Tour de France started with 198 cyclists, divided into 22 teams of 9 cyclists. Sixteen teams qualified by being ranked in the top 16 of the FICP ranking for teams in May 1991:

Teams

Qualified teams

Invited teams

Tonton Tapis–GB

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 Greg LeMond 7 2 Éric Boyer 38 3 Philippe Casado 87 4 Bruno Cornillet 54 5 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 60 6 Atle Kvålsvoll DNF 7 François Lemarchand 101 8 Robert Millar 72 9 Jérôme Simon 23 11 Claudio Chiappucci 3 12 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 85 13 Guido Bontempi 96 14 Alessandro Gianelli 40 15 Erich Maechler 128 16 Jure Pavlič 134 17 Giancarlo Perini 120 18 Vladimir Poulnikov 88 19 Enrico Zaina 93 21 Erik Breukink DNF 22 Raúl Alcalá DNF 23 Falk Boden DNF 24 Martin Earley DNF 25 Sean Kelly DNF 26 Uwe Raab DNF 27 Jos van Aert DNF 28 Jean-Paul van Poppel DNF 29 Nico Verhoeven DNF 31 Pedro Delgado 9 32 Marino Alonso 123 33 Dominique Arnaud 77 34 Jean-François Bernard 14 35 Miguel Indurain 1 36 Luis Javier Lukin 119 37 Fabrice Philipot 24 38 Jesús Rodríguez Magro 100 39 Abelardo Rondón 12 41 Marino Lejarreta 53 42 Eduardo Chozas Olmo 11 43 Herminio Díaz Zabala 75 44 Anselmo Fuerte 37 45 Stephen Hodge 67 46 Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres 76 47 Melcior Mauri 64 48 José Luis Villanueva Orihuela DNF 49 Johnny Weltz DNF 51 Gianni Bugno 2 52 Giuseppe Calcaterra 149 53 Marco Giovannetti 30 54 Roberto Gusmeroli 131 55 Camillo Passera DNF 56 Mauro-Antonio Santaromita 147 57 Jan Schur 139 58 Valerio Tebaldi 89 59 Stefano Zanatta 141 61 Johan Bruyneel 35 62 Peter De Clercq 137 63 Sammie Moreels DNF 64 Johan Museeuw DNF 65 Jan Nevens DNF 66 Hendrik Redant 140 67 Frank Van Den Abeele 90 68 Rik Van Slycke 142 69 Patrick Verschueren 130 71 Andrew Hampsten 8 72 Phil Anderson 45 73 Steve Bauer 97 74 Andy Bishop 126 75 Michael Carter DNF 76 Ron Kiefel 138 77 Dag Otto Lauritzen DNF 78 Sean Yates DNF 79 Urs Zimmermann 116 81 Fabio Parra DNF 82 Patrice Esnault 28 83 Enrique Guerrikagoitia 143 84 Roland Le Clerc 106 85 Jesús Montoya 74 86 Javier Murguialday 22 87 Per Pedersen 135 88 Ronan Pensec 41 89 Fernando Quevedo DNF 91 Laurent Fignon 6 92 Dominique Arnould 68 93 Jean-Claude Bagot 36 94 Christophe Lavainne 92 95 Luc Leblanc 5 96 Thierry Marie 111 97 Bjarne Riis 107 98 Pascal Simon 57 99 Frédéric Vichot 20 101 Gilles Delion 21 102 Serge Demierre DNF 103 Mauro Gianetti 98 104 Dominik Krieger 63 105 Henri Manders 144 106 Pascal Richard 49 107 Gérard Rué 10 108 Peter Stevenhaagen 94 109 Guido Winterberg 69 111 Luis Herrera 31 112 Alberto Luis Camargo 18 113 Henry Cárdenas 43 114 Arsenio Chaparro Cardoso 104 115 Carlos Jaramillo 151 116 Álvaro Mejía 19 117 Gerardo Moncada 46 118 Reynel Montoya 58 119 Óscar Vargas 48 121 Moreno Argentin 59 122 Davide Cassani 112 123 Bruno Cenghialta 56 124 Roberto Conti 29 125 Alberto Elli 91 126 Rolf Gölz 79 127 Massimiliano Lelli DNF 128 Marco Lietti DNF 129 Rolf Sørensen DNF 131 Charly Mottet 4 132 Éric Caritoux 17 133 Thierry Claveyrolat 27 134 Thierry Laurent 102 135 Pascal Lino 70 136 Marc Madiot 115 137 Yvon Madiot DNF 138 Mauro Ribeiro 47 139 Michel Vermote 118 141 Gert-Jan Theunisse 13 142 Thomas Barth 156 143 Rob Harmeling 158 144 Vasily Zhdanov 121 145 Dimitri Konyshev 52 146 Eddy Schurer 152 147 Jan Siemons 146 148 Jesper Skibby DNF 149 Sergei Uslamin 136 151 Rudy Dhaenens DNF 152 Viatcheslav Ekimov 42 153 Maurizio Fondriest 15 154 Olaf Ludwig 114 155 Guy Nulens 62 156 Marc Sergeant 81 157 Eric Van Lancker 84 158 Marc van Orsouw 78 159 Dimitri Zhdanov 86 161 Thomas Wegmüller Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 155 162 Alfred Achermann Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 145 163 Carlo Bomans Weinmann-Eddy Merckx DNF 164 Michel Dernies Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 105 165 Jan Goessens Weinmann-Eddy Merckx DNF 166 Rolf Järmann Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 83 167 Werner Stutz Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 113 168 Rudy Verdonck Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 109 169 Ludwig Willems Weinmann-Eddy Merckx 150 171 Uwe Ampler 32 172 Etienne De Wilde 125 173 Brian Holm 124 174 Andreas Kappes 65 175 Søren Lilholt DNF 176 Wilfried Peeters 95 177 Remig Stumpf DNF 178 Benjamin Van Itterbeeck DNF 179 Didier Virvaleix 50 181 Laurent Jalabert 71 182 Henri Abadie 108 183 Thierry Bourguignon 25 184 Christian Chaubet 110 185 Martial Gayant DNF 186 Pascal Lance 99 187 Philippe Louviot 44 188 Olaf Lurvik 73 189 Denis Roux 16 191 Steven Rooks 26 192 Gerrit de Vries 34 193 Frans Maassen 129 194 Jelle Nijdam 117 195 Twan Poels 154 196 Gerrit Solleveld 133 197 Edwig Van Hooydonck 103 198 Eric Vanderaerden 127 199 Wiebren Veenstra 157 201 Stephen Roche Tonton Tapis–GB DNF 202 John Carlsen Tonton Tapis–GB DNF 203 Jean-Claude Colotti Tonton Tapis–GB 80 204 Dirk De Wolf Tonton Tapis–GB DNF 205 Patrick Jacobs Tonton Tapis–GB 82 206 Francis Moreau Tonton Tapis–GB 132 207 Atle Pedersen Tonton Tapis–GB DNF 208 Laurent Pillon Tonton Tapis–GB 51 209 Laurence Roche Tonton Tapis–GB 153 211 Pello Ruiz Cabestany 33 212 Manuel Jorge Domínguez DNF 213 Javier Duch 122 214 Nico Emonds DNF 215 Francisco Espinosa 66 216 Iñaki Gastón 61 217 Alberto Leanizbarrutia 39 218 Francisco Javier Mauleón 55 219 José Manuel Oliveira 148

By team

+ No. Rider Pos. 1 7 2 38 3 87 4 54 5 60 6 DNF 7 101 8 72 9 23+ No. Rider Pos. 11 3 12 85 13 96 14 40 15 128 16 134 17 120 18 88 19 93+ No. Rider Pos. 21 DNF 22 DNF 23 DNF 24 DNF 25 DNF 26 DNF 27 DNF 28 DNF 29 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 31 9 32 123 33 77 34 14 35 1 36 119 37 24 38 100 39 12+ No. Rider Pos. 41 53 42 11 43 75 44 37 45 67 46 76 47 64 48 DNF 49 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 51 2 52 149 53 30 54 131 55 DNF 56 147 57 139 58 89 59 141+ No. Rider Pos. 61 35 62 137 63 DNF 64 DNF 65 DNF 66 140 67 90 68 142 69 130+ No. Rider Pos. 71 8 72 45 73 97 74 126 75 DNF 76 138 77 DNF 78 DNF 79 116+ No. Rider Pos. 81 DNF 82 28 83 143 84 106 85 74 86 22 87 135 88 41 89 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 91 6 92 68 93 36 94 92 95 5 96 111 97 107 98 57 99 20+ No. Rider Pos. 101 21 102 DNF 103 98 104 63 105 144 106 49 107 10 108 94 109 69+ No. Rider Pos. 111 31 112 18 113 43 114 104 115 151 116 19 117 46 118 58 119 48+ No. Rider Pos. 121 59 122 112 123 56 124 29 125 91 126 79 127 DNF 128 DNF 129 DNF+ No. Rider Pos. 131 4 132 17 133 27 134 102 135 70 136 115 137 DNF 138 47 139 118+ No. Rider Pos. 141 13 142 156 143 158 144 121 145 52 146 152 147 146 148 DNF 149 136+ No. Rider Pos. 151 DNF 152 42 153 15 154 114 155 62 156 81 157 84 158 78 159 86+ No. Rider Pos. 161 155 162 145 163 DNF 164 105 165 DNF 166 83 167 113 168 109 169 150+ No. Rider Pos. 171 32 172 125 173 124 174 65 175 DNF 176 95 177 DNF 178 DNF 179 50+ No. Rider Pos. 181 71 182 108 183 25 184 110 185 DNF 186 99 187 44 188 73 189 16+ No. Rider Pos. 191 26 192 34 193 129 194 117 195 154 196 133 197 103 198 127 199 157+Tonton Tapis–GB No. Rider Pos. 201 DNF 202 DNF 203 80 204 DNF 205 82 206 132 207 DNF 208 51 209 153+ No. Rider Pos. 211 33 212 DNF 213 122 214 DNF 215 66 216 61 217 39 218 55 219 148

By nationality

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 2 2 1 (Phil Anderson) 1 1 1 (Mauro Ribeiro) 27 18 1 (Etienne De Wilde) 1 1 11 10 8 4 41 39 5 (Thierry Marie ×2, Charly Mottet ×2, Thierry Claveyrolat) 10 7 2 1 4 1 21 18 5 (Claudio Chiappucci, Bruno Cenghialta, Moreno Argentin, Marco Lietti, Gianni Bugno) 1 0 18 13 2 (Jelle Nijdam, Jean-Paul van Poppel) 4 1 1 1 7 7 5 (Djamolidine Abdoujaparov ×2, Dimitri Konyshev ×2, Viatcheslav Ekimov) 24 21 2 (Miguel Indurain ×2) 10 9 5 4 Total 198 158 22The team time trial on stage 2, won by , is not counted in this total.

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