For the 1996 Tour de France, the 18 teams on top of the UCI rankings at the start of 1996 were automatically invited for the Tour. These were:

Four wildcards were given, for a total of 22 teams:

Teams

Qualified teams

Roslotto–ZG Mobili

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 Miguel Induráin 11 2 Marino Alonso 66 3 Vicente Aparicio DNF-17 4 José Luis Arrieta 32 5 Prudencio Induráin 58 6 José María Jiménez 57 7 Carmelo Miranda DNF-4 8 Orlando Rodrigues 54 9 José Ramón Uriarte 92 11 Laurent Jalabert DNF-10 12 Íñigo Cuesta DNF-13 13 Herminio Díaz Zabala 53 14 Aitor Garmendia 35 15 Patrick Jonker 12 16 Melcior Mauri 38 17 Roberto Sierra 41 18 Neil Stephens 49 19 Alex Zülle 26 21 Bjarne Riis 1 22 Rolf Aldag 83 23 Udo Bölts 14 24 Christian Henn 76 25 Jens Heppner 88 26 Brian Holm 107 27 Mario Kummer DNS-2 28 Jan Ullrich 2 29 Erik Zabel 82 31 Tony Rominger 10 32 Federico Echave 40 33 Manuel Fernández Ginés 16 34 Arsenio González 24 35 Paolo Lanfranchi 59 36 Johan Museeuw 95 37 Abraham Olano 9 38 Wilfried Peeters 110 39 Andrea Tafi 45 41 Fabio Baldato 63 42 Michele Bartoli 19 43 Alberto Elli 15 44 Carlo Finco DNF-4 45 Rolf Järmann 90 46 Marco Lietti DNF-17 47 Roberto Pistore DNS-8 48 Pascal Richard 47 49 Marco Saligari 72 51 Evgeni Berzin 20 52 Dario Bottaro 117 53 Bruno Cenghialta 56 54 Ivan Cerioli 121 55 Francesco Frattini 100 56 Ivan Gotti DNF-5 57 Nicola Minali DNF-11 58 Davide Perona 50 59 Stefano Zanini DNF-4 61 Lance Armstrong Motorola DNF-6 62 Frankie Andreu Motorola 111 63 George Hincapie Motorola DNS-15 64 Laurent Madouas Motorola 23 65 Jesús Montoya Motorola DNF-17 66 Kaspars Ozers Motorola DNF-6 67 Maximilian Sciandri Motorola DNF-11 68 Bruno Thibout Motorola 55 69 Flavio Vanzella Motorola 60 71 Richard Virenque 3 72 Bruno Boscardin 80 73 Laurent Brochard 18 74 Laurent Dufaux 4 75 Félix García Casas 48 76 Pascal Hervé 42 77 Emmanuel Magnien DNF-12 78 Christophe Moreau 75 79 Jean-Cyril Robin DNF-6 81 Johan Bruyneel DNF-10 82 Michael Boogerd 31 83 Erik Breukink 34 84 Erik Dekker 74 85 Viatcheslav Ekimov 21 86 Danny Nelissen 84 87 Arvis Piziks DNF-13 88 Rolf Sørensen 28 89 Léon van Bon DNF-7 91 Chris Boardman 39 92 Stéphane Heulot DNF-7 93 François Lemarchand 91 94 Frédéric Moncassin 106 95 Francis Moreau HD-6 96 Didier Rous DNF-17 97 Eddy Seigneur DNF-6 98 François Simon 86 99 Cédric Vasseur 69 101 Mario Cipollini DNS-5 102 Simone Biasci 126 103 Giuseppe Calcaterra DNF-6 104 Massimo Donati 70 105 Gian Matteo Fagnini DNF-6 106 Paolo Fornaciari 79 107 Massimiliano Lelli 25 108 Eros Poli 127 109 Mario Scirea DNF-6 111 Luc Leblanc 6 112 Dirk Baldinger DNF-11 113 Rossano Brasi 97 114 Gerrit de Vries 119 115 Mirco Gualdi 43 116 Giuseppe Guerini 27 117 Frédéric Guesdon 108 118 Daisuke Imanaka HD-14 119 Serguei Outschakov HD-6 121 Wladimir Belli Panaria–Vinavil 68 122 Alessandro Baronti Panaria–Vinavil 112 123 Davide Bramati Panaria–Vinavil DNF-6 124 Oscar Camenzind Panaria–Vinavil 36 125 Roberto Conti Panaria–Vinavil DNS-P 126 Valentino Fois Panaria–Vinavil 52 127 Sergio Previtali Panaria–Vinavil DSQ-1 128 Zbigniew Spruch Panaria–Vinavil DNF-11 129 Ján Svorada Panaria–Vinavil DNF-5 131 Claudio Chiappucci 37 132 Mario Chiesa 125 133 Peter Luttenberger 5 134 Oscar Pelliccioli 85 135 Massimo Podenzana 61 136 Marcello Siboni 65 137 Mario Traversoni DNF-10 138 Enrico Zaina DNF-3 139 Beat Zberg DNF-6 141 Piotr Ugrumov Roslotto–ZG Mobili 7 142 Stefano Cattai Roslotto–ZG Mobili 22 143 Andrea Ferrigato Roslotto–ZG Mobili 46 144 Marco Fincato Roslotto–ZG Mobili 30 145 Maurizio Fondriest Roslotto–ZG Mobili 51 146 Alexander Gontchenkov Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF-6 147 Pascal Lino Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF-10 148 Paolo Savoldelli Roslotto–ZG Mobili 33 149 Marco Zen Roslotto–ZG Mobili 73 151 Maarten den Bakker 64 152 Jeroen Blijlevens 128 153 Bo Hamburger 13 154 Servais Knaven DNS-5 155 Vladimir Poulnikov HD-14 156 Laurent Roux 44 157 Jesper Skibby 29 158 Peter Van Petegem 116 159 Bart Voskamp 99 161 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Refin–Mobilvetta 78 162 Mauro Bettin Refin–Mobilvetta HD-6 163 Stefano Colagè Refin–Mobilvetta DNF-7 164 Heinz Imboden Refin–Mobilvetta DNF-6 165 Sergei Uslamin Refin–Mobilvetta 87 166 Leonardo Piepoli Refin–Mobilvetta 17 167 Fabio Roscioli Refin–Mobilvetta 98 168 Cristian Salvato Refin–Mobilvetta 94 169 Tobias Steinhauser Refin–Mobilvetta 113 171 Andrei Tchmil 77 172 Gilles Bouvard DNF-8 173 Peter Farazijn 122 174 Thomas Fleischer DNF-14 175 Oleg Kozlitine DNF-11 176 Nico Mattan 123 177 Scott Sunderland 101 178 Paul Van Hyfte 120 179 Marc Wauters 124 181 Fernando Escartín 8 182 Julio-Cesar Aguirre 81 183 Hernán Buenahora DNF-1 184 Francisco Cabello 102 185 José Castelblanco 71 186 Laudelino Cubino DNF-2 187 José Jaime González 96 188 Federico Muñoz 89 189 José Ángel Vidal 109 191 Mariano Piccoli Brescialat 93 192 Alessandro Bertolini Brescialat DNF-16 193 Claudio Camin Brescialat DNF-7 194 Marco Della Vedova Brescialat DNF-14 195 Cristiano Frattini Brescialat 103 196 Luca Gelfi Brescialat DNF-2 197 Zenon Jaskuła Brescialat DNF-7 198 Omar Pumar Brescialat 105 199 Mauro Radaelli Brescialat DNF-7 201 Jacky Durand Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux 115 202 Dominique Arnould Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux DNF-10 203 Jean-Pierre Bourgeot Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux 67 204 Franck Bouyer Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux DNF-14 205 Jean-Claude Colotti Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux DNF-17 206 Thierry Laurent Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux 104 207 Thierry Marie Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux DNF-10 208 Jean-Luc Masdupuy Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux 129 209 Michel Vermote Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux DNF-5 211 Christophe Capelle DNF-7 212 Thierry Bourguignon 62 213 Laurent Genty DNF-15 214 Thierry Gouvenou 114 215 Marek Leśniewski HD-14 216 Frédéric Pontier DNF-6 217 Cyril Saugrain DNF-6 218 Gilles Talmant 118 219 Francisque Teyssier DNF-6

By team

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

By nationality

Country No. of riders In competition Stage wins 3 3 1 1 9 7 6 5 1 (José Jaime González) 1 0 5 5 3 (Bjarne Riis x2, Rolf Sørensen) 1 0 38 20 4 (Frédéric Moncassin x2, Cyril Saugrain, Luc Leblanc) 10 7 3 (Erik Zabel x2, Jan Ullrich) 2 1 62 40 3 (Mario Cipollini, Massimo Podenzana, Fabio Baldato) 1 0 1 0 3 1 10 8 3 (Jeroen Blijlevens, Michael Boogerd, Bart Voskamp) 3 0 1 1 5 4 1 (Evgueni Berzin 23 18 8 6 3 (Alex Zülle, Pascal Richard, Laurent Dufaux) 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 (Djamolidine Abdoujaparov) 1 1 Total 198 115 22

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