The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place from 2 to 24 July 2016, starting in Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. All eighteen Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In March 2016, four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by the organiser – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team peloton. As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 198 riders from 35 countries. France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany all had ten or more riders competing in the race.
The final stage in Paris was contested by 174 riders, with 24 of the riders failing to finish the race, a record low number of withdrawals. The race was won by Chris Froome (), the champion from both the 2013 Tour and the 2015 Tour. Froome first took the lead of the race following the eighth stage after attacking on the descent into Bagnères-de-Luchon. He extended his lead on stages 11 and 13 before further extending his lead in the Alps to win his third Tour de France. Frenchman Romain Bardet () finished second, 4 minutes and 5 seconds behind Froome, with Nairo Quintana () third. Adam Yates () won the competition for the best young rider. The points classification was won for the fifth consecutive year by Peter Sagan (), who also won the combativity award. Rafał Majka () of Poland won the mountains classification, while Movistar won the team classification. In the lists below the teams are listed in order of the race number worn by its cyclists.
Teams The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Tour. In addition, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the race organiser, invited four wildcard team, , , and . Three of the teams (Cofidis, Direct Énergie and Fortuneo–Vital Concept) are French while Bora–Argon 18 is German. The 2016 Tour de France was the third consecutive Tour de France that Bora–Argon 18 and Fortuneo–Vital Concept had been invited to compete as a wildcard. After the wildcard announcement, Bora–Argon 18's team manager, Ralph Denk, said, "These are great news today! , To be invited for the third time in a row to the world's biggest cycling event is a big honour, and I want to thank the ASO for their trust in us."
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+ 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 riders born on or after 1 January 1991 eligible for the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the general classification. The winner, Chris Froome, has his full race time listed. Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ‡) Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award DNS Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred Age correct as of 2 July 2016, the date on which the Tour began
By starting number Note: As each team used numbers from 1 to 9; 11 to 19; 21 to 29 etc., there were no race numbers ending in 0. This is so all the team leaders had a race number ending in "1".
No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 Chris Froome 1 89h 04'48" 2 Sergio Henao 12 + 18' 15" 3 Vasil Kiryienka 103 + 3h 38' 41" 4 Mikel Landa 35 + 1h 32' 19" 5 Mikel Nieve 17 + 38' 30" 6 Wout Poels 28 + 1h 06' 57" 7 Luke Rowe 151 + 4h 27' 49" 8 Ian Stannard 161 + 4h 31' 34" 9 Geraint Thomas 15 + 28' 31" 11 Nairo Quintana 3 + 4' 21" 12 Alejandro Valverde 6 + 6' 16" 13 Winner Anacona 69 + 2h 50' 23" 14 Imanol Erviti 108 + 3h 46' 42" 15 Jesús Herrada DNF-15 — 16 Gorka Izagirre DNF-17 — 17 Jon Izagirre 47 + 2h 09' 49" 18 Daniel Moreno 31 + 1h 21' 00" 19 Nelson Oliveira 80 + 3h 04' 53" 21 Fabio Aru 13 + 19' 20" 22 Vincenzo Nibali 30 + 1h 19' 59" 23 Jakob Fuglsang 52 + 2h 17' 16" 24 Andriy Hrivko 86 + 3h 14' 31" 25 Tanel Kangert 26 + 1h 03' 59" 26 Alexey Lutsenko ‡ 62 + 2h 41' 52" 27 Diego Rosa 37 + 1h 46' 36" 28 Luis León Sánchez 48 + 2h 09' 49" 29 Paolo Tiralongo 74 + 2h 58' 12" 31 Alberto Contador DNF-9 — 32 Peter Sagan 95 + 3h 27' 09" 33 Maciej Bodnar 159 + 4h 30' 30" 34 Oscar Gatto 156 + 4h 29' 38" 35 Robert Kišerlovski 58 + 2h 28' 06" 36 Roman Kreuziger 10 + 7' 11" 37 Rafał Majka 27 + 1h 04' 25" 38 Matteo Tosatto 145 + 4h 22' 05" 39 Michael Valgren ‡ 77 + 3h 01' 22" 41 Romain Bardet 2 + 4' 05" 42 Jan Bakelants 50 + 2h 13' 47" 43 Mikaël Cherel 57 + 2h 27' 45" 44 Samuel Dumoulin 130 + 4h 08' 08" 45 Ben Gastauer 61 + 2h 41' 05" 46 Cyril Gautier 68 + 2h 49' 49" 47 Alexis Gougeard ‡ 147 + 4h 23' 42" 48 Domenico Pozzovivo 33 + 1h 25' 14" 49 Alexis Vuillermoz 20 + 42' 28" 51 Wilco Kelderman ‡ 32 + 1h 24' 38" 52 George Bennett 53 + 2h 18' 05" 53 Dylan Groenewegen ‡ 160 + 4h 30' 34" 54 Bert-Jan Lindeman 94 + 3h 26' 19" 55 Paul Martens 98 + 3h 33' 29" 56 Timo Roosen ‡ 111 + 3h 50' 43" 57 Sep Vanmarcke 104 + 3h 40' 02" 58 Robert Wagner 163 + 4h 32' 09" 59 Maarten Wynants 138 + 4h 16' 53" 61 Bauke Mollema 11 + 13' 13" 62 Fabian Cancellara DNS-18 — 63 Markel Irizar 120 + 3h 58' 17" 64 Grégory Rast 123 + 4h 03' 44" 65 Fränk Schleck 34 + 1h 27' 39" 66 Peter Stetina 46 + 2h 07' 22" 67 Jasper Stuyven ‡ 99 + 3h 33' 29" 68 Edward Theuns ‡ DNF-13 — 69 Haimar Zubeldia 24 + 53' 06" 71 Mathias Frank DNF-14 — 72 Stef Clement 18 + 38' 47" 73 Jérôme Coppel 75 + 2h 58' 48" 74 Martin Elmiger 64 + 2h 44' 01" 75 Sondre Holst Enger ‡ 141 + 4h 17' 32" 76 Reto Hollenstein 97 + 3h 28' 33" 77 Leigh Howard 172 + 4h 55' 13" 78 Oliver Naesen 83 + 3h 11' 28" 79 Jarlinson Pantano 19 + 38' 59" 81 Pierre Rolland 16 + 30' 42" 82 Matti Breschel DNF-14 — 83 Lawson Craddock ‡ 124 + 4h 03' 44" 84 Alex Howes 131 + 4h 08' 22" 85 Kristijan Koren 152 + 4h 28' 01" 86 Sebastian Langeveld DNF-10 — 87 Ramūnas Navardauskas 134 + 4h 09' 40" 88 Tom-Jelte Slagter 82 + 3h 09' 19" 89 Dylan van Baarle ‡ 91 + 3h 23' 15" 91 Richie Porte 5 + 5' 17" 92 Brent Bookwalter 117 + 3h 57' 49" 93 Marcus Burghardt 89 + 3h 20' 22" 94 Damiano Caruso 22 + 48' 23" 95 Rohan Dennis DNS-17 — 96 Amaël Moinard 45 + 2h 06' 36" 97 Michael Schär 76 + 3h 00' 54" 98 Greg Van Avermaet 44 + 2h 06' 13" 99 Tejay van Garderen 29 + 1h 12' 06" 101 Mark Cavendish DNS-17 — 102 Natnael Berhane ‡ 125 + 4h 04' 27" 103 Edvald Boasson Hagen 109 + 3h 47' 29" 104 Steve Cummings 140 + 4h 17' 03" 105 Bernhard Eisel 171 + 4h 51' 07" 106 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg 115 + 3h 56' 30" 107 Serge Pauwels 42 + 2h 00' 38" 108 Mark Renshaw DNF-9 — 109 Daniel Teklehaimanot 85 + 3h 14' 07" 111 Warren Barguil ‡ 23 + 52' 14" 112 Roy Curvers 122 + 4h 03' 16" 113 John Degenkolb 148 + 4h 24' 24" 114 Tom Dumoulin DNF-19 — 115 Simon Geschke 66 + 2h 47' 32" 116 Georg Preidler 56 + 2h 25' 45" 117 Ramon Sinkeldam 143 + 4h 21' 41" 118 Laurens ten Dam 73 + 2h 53' 22" 119 Albert Timmer 153 + 4h 28' 11" 121 Thibaut Pinot DNS-13 — 122 William Bonnet 127 + 4h 06' 18" 123 Mathieu Ladagnous DNF-9 — 124 Steve Morabito 36 + 1h 38' 30" 125 Cédric Pineau DNF-9 — 126 Sébastien Reichenbach 14 + 24' 59" 127 Anthony Roux 63 + 2h 43' 51" 128 Jérémy Roy 96 + 3h 27' 15" 129 Arthur Vichot 78 + 3h 02' 10" 131 Emanuel Buchmann ‡ 21 + 47' 40" 132 Shane Archbold DNS-18 — 133 Jan Bárta 88 + 3h 19' 44" 134 Cesare Benedetti 128 + 4h 06' 23" 135 Sam Bennett 174 + 5h 17' 14" 136 Bartosz Huzarski 39 + 1h 55' 28" 137 Patrick Konrad ‡ 65 + 2h 46' 32" 138 Andreas Schillinger 154 + 4h 28' 33" 139 Paul Voss 101 + 3h 36' 25" 141 Joaquim Rodríguez 7 + 6' 58" 142 Jacopo Guarnieri 165 + 4h 43' 45" 143 Marco Haller ‡ 162 + 4h 31' 40" 144 Alexander Kristoff 149 + 4h 24' 24" 145 Alberto Losada 67 + 2h 48' 02" 146 Michael Mørkøv DNF-8 — 147 Jurgen Van den Broeck DNS-12 — 148 Ángel Vicioso 129 + 4h 08' 07" 149 Ilnur Zakarin 25 + 56' 33" 151 Rui Costa 49 + 2h 11' 42" 152 Yukiya Arashiro 116 + 3h 57' 06" 153 Matteo Bono 136 + 4h 12' 53" 154 Davide Cimolai 168 + 4h 39' 37" 155 Kristijan Đurasek 51 + 2h 15' 16" 156 Tsgabu Grmay ‡ 92 + 3h 23' 17" 157 Louis Meintjes ‡ 8 + 6' 58" 158 Luka Pibernik ‡ 102 + 3h 38' 17" 159 Jan Polanc ‡ 54 + 2h 18' 24" 161 André Greipel 133 + 4h 09' 07" 162 Lars Bak 173 + 5h 01' 18" 163 Thomas De Gendt 40 + 1h 58' 45" 164 Jens Debusschere DNS-15 — 165 Tony Gallopin 71 + 2h 51' 23" 166 Adam Hansen 100 + 3h 34' 26" 167 Greg Henderson 155 + 4h 29' 22" 168 Jürgen Roelandts 126 + 4h 05' 22" 169 Marcel Sieberg 169 + 4h 20' 24" 171 Bryan Coquard ‡ 113 + 3h 51' 57" 172 Sylvain Chavanel 43 + 2h 02' 53" 173 Antoine Duchesne ‡ 107 + 3h 44' 54" 174 Yohann Gène 158 + 4h 30' 02" 175 Fabrice Jeandesboz 60 + 2h 39' 17" 176 Adrien Petit 164 + 4h 32' 25" 177 Romain Sicard 81 + 3h 09' 11" 178 Angelo Tulik DNF-12 — 179 Thomas Voeckler 79 + 3h 02' 35" 181 Marcel Kittel 166 + 4h 35' 06" 182 Julian Alaphilippe ‡ 41 + 2h 00' 09" 183 Iljo Keisse 139 + 4h 16' 57" 184 Daniel Martin 9 + 7' 04" 185 Tony Martin DNF-21 — 186 Maximiliano Richeze 144 + 4h 22' 02" 187 Fabio Sabatini 150 + 4h 26' 39" 188 Petr Vakoč ‡ 118 + 4h 16' 57" 189 Julien Vermote 114 + 3h 52' 50" 191 Daniel Navarro DNF-19 — 192 Borut Božič DNF-17 — 193 Jérôme Cousin 121 + 3h 58' 36" 194 Nicolas Edet 106 + 3h 42' 42" 195 Arnold Jeannesson 87 + 3h 18' 14" 196 Christophe Laporte ‡ 157 + 4h 29' 47" 197 Cyril Lemoine 137 + 4h 13' 49" 198 Luis Ángel Maté 55 + 2h 21' 17" 199 Geoffrey Soupe 142 + 4h 18' 15" 201 Simon Gerrans DNS-13 — 202 Michael Albasini 132 + 4h 09' 04" 203 Luke Durbridge ‡ 112 + 3h 51' 55" 204 Mathew Hayman 135 + 4h 10' 33" 205 Daryl Impey 38 + 1h 50' 51" 206 Christopher Juul-Jensen 119 + 3h 58' 10" 207 Michael Matthews 110 + 4h 16' 57" 208 Rubén Plaza 72 + 2h 53' 10" 209 Adam Yates ‡ 4 + 4' 42" 211 Eduardo Sepúlveda ‡ 59 + 4h 16' 57" 212 Vegard Breen 167 + 4h 38' 27" 213 Anthony Delaplace 90 + 3h 21' 09" 214 Brice Feillu 70 + 2h 50' 49" 215 Armindo Fonseca 146 + 4h 23' 01" 216 Daniel McLay ‡ 170 + 4h 50' 14" 217 Pierre-Luc Périchon 93 + 3h 24' 36" 218 Chris Anker Sørensen 84 + 3h 12' 52" 219 Florian Vachon 105 + 3h 40' 09"
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