For the 2002 Tour de France, the selection was done as follows: was selected because it included the winner (prior to disqualification) of the previous edition, Lance Armstrong. was selected because it included the winner of the 2001 UCI Road World Cup (Erik Dekker). , and were selected because they won the team classifications in respectively the 2001 Giro d'Italia, 2001 Tour de France and 2001 Vuelta a España. This was extended to 16 teams based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2001, after compensating for transfers. The teams selected in this way were: Five more teams were given wildcards by the organisation. After the wildcards were given, it was announced that Saeco's main rider Gilberto Simoni had tested positive for cocaine on two occasions. In response, the wildcard for Saeco was withdrawn and given to .

In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, for a total of 189 cyclists.

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 Lance Armstrong 1 2 Viatcheslav Ekimov 58 3 Roberto Heras 9 4 George Hincapie 59 5 Benoît Joachim 89 6 Floyd Landis 61 7 Pavel Padrnos 69 8 Víctor Hugo Peña 73 9 José Luis Rubiera 22 11 Erik Zabel 82 12 Rolf Aldag 72 13 Udo Bölts 48 14 Gian Matteo Fagnini 101 15 Giuseppe Guerini 80 16 Danilo Hondo 104 17 Bobby Julich 37 18 Kevin Livingston 56 19 Steffen Wesemann 99 21 Joseba Beloki 2 22 José Azevedo 6 23 Álvaro González de Galdeano DNF 24 Igor González de Galdeano 5 25 Jörg Jaksche 31 26 Isidro Nozal 38 27 Abraham Olano 78 28 Mikel Pradera 76 29 Marcos-Antonio Serrano 33 31 Óscar Sevilla DNF 32 Santiago Botero 4 33 Francisco Cabello 111 34 José Javier Gomez DNF 35 José Enrique Gutiérrez 29 36 Santiago Pérez DNF 37 Antonio Tauler DNF 38 José Ángel Vidal 134 39 Constantino Zaballa 116 41 Andrey Kivilev 21 42 Daniel Atienza DNF 43 Íñigo Cuesta 49 44 Bingen Fernández 79 45 Massimiliano Lelli 14 46 Nico Mattan 123 47 David Millar 68 48 David Moncoutié 13 49 Cédric Vasseur 55 51 Laurent Jalabert 42 52 Tyler Hamilton 15 53 Andrea Peron 53 54 Jakob Piil 125 55 Arvis Piziks 152 56 Michael Sandstød DNF 57 Carlos Sastre 10 58 Nicki Sørensen 20 59 Paul Van Hyfte 120 61 Christophe Moreau DNF 62 Frédéric Bessy 67 63 Sébastien Hinault 147 64 Thor Hushovd 112 65 Anthony Langella 148 66 Anthony Morin 90 67 Stuart O'Grady 77 68 Jonathan Vaughters DNF 69 Jens Voigt 110 71 Richard Virenque 16 72 Dave Bruylandts DNF 73 Enrico Cassani 124 74 Servais Knaven 137 75 Tomáš Konečný 65 76 Axel Merckx 28 77 Fred Rodriguez DNF 78 Léon van Bon 129 79 Piotr Wadecki 43 81 Ivan Basso 11 82 Fabio Baldato 132 83 Wladimir Belli 45 84 Volodymir Hustov 40 85 Serhiy Honchar 64 86 Sergei Ivanov 81 87 Nicola Loda 121 88 Oscar Pozzi DNF 89 Marco Velo 54 91 Nicolas Vogondy 19 92 Sandy Casar 83 93 Jimmy Casper DNF 94 Baden Cooke 127 95 Jacky Durand DNF 96 Frédéric Guesdon DNF 97 Bradley McGee 109 98 Christophe Mengin 86 99 Jean-Cyril Robin 32 101 Levi Leipheimer 8 102 Michael Boogerd 12 103 Bram de Groot 133 104 Erik Dekker 136 105 Addy Engels 94 106 Karsten Kroon 146 107 Grischa Niermann 51 108 Marc Wauters 91 109 Beat Zberg 27 111 Didier Rous DNF 112 Walter Bénéteau 117 113 Franck Bouyer 114 114 Sylvain Chavanel 36 115 Emmanuel Magnien 96 116 Damien Nazon 151 117 Jérôme Pineau 87 118 Franck Rénier 85 119 François Simon DNF 121 Óscar Freire DNF 122 László Bodrogi 62 123 Fabien De Waele DNF 124 Pedro Horrillo 107 125 Robert Hunter 97 126 Miguel Martinez 44 127 Tom Steels DNF 128 Andrea Tafi 106 129 Gerhard Trampusch 63 131 Denis Menchov 93 132 Dariusz Baranowski 24 133 Santiago Blanco 57 134 Marzio Bruseghin 47 135 José Vicente García 122 136 David Latasa 84 137 Francisco Mancebo 7 138 Unai Osa 18 139 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 95 141 Rik Verbrugghe DNF 142 Mario Aerts 50 143 Serge Baguet 105 144 Christophe Brandt 35 145 Hans De Clercq 145 146 Thierry Marichal 126 147 Robbie McEwen 130 148 Gennady Mikhaylov 92 149 Aart Vierhouten DNF 151 Marco Serpellini 74 152 Raivis Belohvoščiks 118 153 Rubens Bertogliati 138 154 Alessandro Cortinovis 140 155 Ludo Dierckxsens 108 156 Luciano Pagliarini DNF 157 Marco Pinotti DNF 158 Raimondas Rumšas 3 159 Ján Svorada 131 161 David Etxebarria 60 162 Gorka Arrizabalaga 142 163 Unai Etxebarria 141 164 Igor Flores 153 165 Gorka González DNF 166 Roberto Laiseka 46 167 Iban Mayo 88 168 Samuel Sánchez DNF 169 Haimar Zubeldia 39 171 Dario Frigo 25 172 Massimo Apollonio 139 173 Gianluca Bortolami 75 174 Paolo Bossoni DNF 175 Massimo Donati DNF 176 Andrej Hauptman DNF 177 Peter Luttenberger DNF 178 Eddy Mazzoleni 70 179 Mauro Radaelli 135 181 Alexander Bocharov 30 182 Christophe Agnolutto 144 183 Stéphane Bergès 150 184 Íñigo Chaurreau 41 185 Andy Flickinger 103 186 Jaan Kirsipuu DNF 187 Thierry Loder 98 188 Christophe Oriol DNF 189 Ludovic Turpin 71 191 Laurent Dufaux DNF 192 Andrea Brognara 119 193 Stefano Casagranda DNF 194 Davide Casarotto 149 195 Ivan Gotti 23 196 Martin Hvastija 128 197 Ruslan Ivanov DNF 198 Cristian Moreni 66 199 Alexandr Shefer DNF 201 Patrice Halgand 52 202 Stéphane Augé 115 203 Jérôme Bernard 102 204 Laurent Brochard 26 205 Cyril Dessel 113 206 Christophe Edaleine 100 207 Stéphane Goubert 17 208 Laurent Lefèvre 34 209 Eddy Seigneur 143

By team

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

References