List of teams and cyclists in the 1997 Tour de France

198 riders in 22 teams commenced the 1997 Tour de France. 139 riders finished.

The 16 teams with the highest UCI ranking at the start of 1997 were automatically qualified.

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 Bjarne Riis 7 2 Rolf Aldag 51 3 Udo Bölts 21 4 Christian Henn 84 5 Jens Heppner 60 6 Giovanni Lombardi 118 7 Georg Totschnig 34 8 Jan Ullrich 1 9 Erik Zabel 66 11 Richard Virenque 2 12 Gianluca Bortolami 46 13 Laurent Brochard 31 14 Laurent Dufaux 9 15 Pascal Hervé 36 16 Joona Laukka 35 17 Christophe Moreau 19 18 Didier Rous 45 19 Neil Stephens 54 21 Johan Museeuw DNF 22 Oscar Camenzind 12 23 Valentino Fois DNF 24 Zenon Jaskuła 59 25 Daniele Nardello 18 26 Wilfried Peeters 89 27 Tom Steels DNF 28 Andrea Tafi 57 29 Frank Vandenbroucke 50 31 Laurent Jalabert 43 32 Íñigo Cuesta 70 33 David Etxebarria DNF 34 Marcelino García 121 35 Aitor Garmendia 63 36 Francisco Javier Mauleón 85 37 José Roberto Sierra 78 38 Mikel Zarrabeitia DNF 39 Alex Zülle DNF 41 Michele Bartoli DNF 42 Fabio Baldato DNF 43 Carlo Finco 129 44 Fabiano Fontanelli DNF 45 Angelo Lecchi DNF 46 Nicola Loda 110 47 Luca Scinto 120 48 Gilberto Simoni 116 49 Matteo Tosatto 132 51 Luc Leblanc DNF 52 Rossano Brasi 130 53 Íñigo Chaurreau 92 54 Mirco Crepaldi 123 55 Gerrit de Vries 125 56 Mirco Gualdi DNF 57 Giuseppe Guerini 53 58 Serguei Outschakov 113 59 Gianluca Valoti 86 61 Tony Rominger DNF 62 Frankie Andreu 79 63 Laurent Desbiens 127 64 Philippe Gaumont 139 65 Nicolas Jalabert 135 66 Bobby Julich 17 67 Kevin Livingston 38 68 Christophe Rinero 115 69 Cyril Saugrain DNF 71 Mauro Gianetti DNF 72 Frédéric Guesdon 111 73 Stéphane Heulot 20 74 Christophe Mengin 48 75 Damien Nazon DNF 76 Andrea Peron 56 77 Davide Rebellin 58 78 Max Sciandri 67 79 Flavio Vanzella 106 81 Alexander Gontchenkov Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 82 Viatcheslav Djavanian Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 83 Marco Fincato Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 84 Vitali Kokorine Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 85 Pavel Padrnos Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 86 Torsten Schmidt Roslotto–ZG Mobili 136 87 Daniele Sgnaolin Roslotto–ZG Mobili 72 88 Massimo Strazzer Roslotto–ZG Mobili DNF 89 Marco Zen Roslotto–ZG Mobili 73 91 Chris Boardman DNF 92 Frédéric Moncassin 114 93 Stuart O'Grady 109 94 Eros Poli 134 95 Arnaud Prétot 105 96 Gérard Rué DNF 97 François Simon 32 98 Cédric Vasseur 40 99 Henk Vogels 99 101 Maarten den Bakker 64 102 Jeroen Blijlevens 126 103 Bo Hamburger DNF 104 Tristan Hoffman 128 105 Servais Knaven 107 106 Laurent Roux 23 107 Jesper Skibby 82 108 Peter Van Petegem 102 109 Bart Voskamp 98 111 Ivan Gotti DNF 112 Philipp Buschor 137 113 Francesco Casagrande 6 114 Mario Cipollini DNF 115 Gian Matteo Fagnini 103 116 Paolo Fornaciari DNF 117 Dario Frigo DNF 118 Giorgio Furlan 74 119 Massimiliano Lelli 47 121 Peter Luttenberger 13 122 Michael Boogerd 16 123 Erik Breukink 52 124 Erik Dekker 81 125 Patrick Jonker 62 126 Robbie McEwen 117 127 Danny Nelissen DNF 128 Rolf Sørensen 68 129 Léon van Bon DNF 131 Alberto Elli 30 132 Christophe Agnolutto 94 133 Lauri Aus 124 134 Pascal Chanteur 26 135 Fabrice Gougot 42 136 Rolf Järmann DNF 137 Artūras Kasputis 93 138 Jaan Kirsipuu DNF 139 Marco Saligari 95 141 Evgeni Berzin Batik–Del Monte DNF 142 Andrea Brognara Batik–Del Monte DNF 143 Bruno Cenghialta Batik–Del Monte 112 144 Luca Colombo Batik–Del Monte DNF 145 Francesco Frattini Batik–Del Monte DNF 146 Nicola Minali Batik–Del Monte 122 147 Jon Odriozola Batik–Del Monte 65 148 Gianluca Pierobon Batik–Del Monte 133 149 Giuseppe Tartaggia Batik–Del Monte 97 151 Abraham Olano 4 152 Marino Alonso 61 153 José Luis Arrieta 75 154 Manuel Beltrán 14 155 Santiago Blanco 27 156 Ángel Casero 29 157 José Vicente García DNF 158 José María Jiménez 8 159 Orlando Rodrigues 33 161 Laurent Madouas 25 162 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov DNF 163 Peter Farazijn 39 164 Jo Planckaert DNF 165 Benoît Salmon DNF 166 Andrei Tchmil DNF 167 Andrey Teteryuk DNF 168 Paul Van Hyfte 90 169 Marc Wauters DNF 171 Fernando Escartín 5 172 Francisco Benítez 71 173 Hernán Buenahora 22 174 Francisco Cabello 108 175 Jose De Los Angeles 55 176 Arsenio González DNF 177 José Jaime González DNF 178 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 37 179 José Ángel Vidal 77 181 Marco Pantani 3 182 Marco Artunghi 91 183 Roberto Conti 10 184 Oscar Pelliccioli 80 185 Giusvan Piovaccari DNF 186 Massimo Podenzana 24 187 Marcello Siboni 41 188 Mario Traversoni 100 189 Beat Zberg 11 191 Viatcheslav Ekimov 44 192 Adriano Baffi 119 193 Dariusz Baranowski 87 194 Pascal Deramé 131 195 Tyler Hamilton 69 196 George Hincapie 104 197 Marty Jemison 96 198 Peter Meinert Nielsen 49 199 Jean-Cyril Robin 15 201 Jean-Philippe Dojwa Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 202 Jean-François Anti Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 203 Stéphane Cueff Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 138 204 David Delrieu Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 205 Gordon Fraser Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 206 Claude Lamour Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 207 Gilles Maignan Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 208 Laurent Pillon Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne DNF 209 Dominique Rault Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 83 211 Pascal Lino DNF 212 Miguel Arroyo 76 213 Ludovic Auger DNF 214 Thierry Bourguignon 28 215 Laurent Genty 101 216 Thierry Gouvenou 88 217 Pascal Lance DNF 218 Anthony Morin DNF 219 Gilles Talmant DNF

By team

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

By nationality

Country No. of riders In competition Stage wins 5 5 1 (Neil Stephens) 2 2 9 5 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 1 45 29 6 (Cédric Vasseur, Laurent Brochard, Laurent Desbiens, Richard Virenque, Christophe Mengin, Didier Rous) 7 7 5 (Erik Zabel x3, Jan Ullrich x2) 2 1 1 (Chris Boardman) 62 53 7 (Mario Cipollini x2, Nicola Minali x2 Marco Pantani x2, Mario Traversoni) 1 0 1 1 1 1 11 9 1 (Jeroen Blijlevens) 2 2 1 1 4 1 24 20 1 (Abraham Olano) 8 4 3 1 6 6 1 1 Total 198 139 22

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