20+ | 10–19 | 2–9 | 1 |
The 1988 Tour de France started with 198 cyclists, divided into 22 teams of 9 cyclists. The 22 teams, announced two weeks before the Tour, were: [1] [2]
| 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 the winner of the general classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the points classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the intermediate sprints classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the combination classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the team classification | |
| Denotes the winner of the combativity award | |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
| NP | Denotes a rider who was a non-participant |
| AB | Denotes a rider who abandoned |
| HD | Denotes a rider who was outside the time limit (French: Hors Delai) |
| Age correct as of 4 July 1988, the date on which the Tour began | |
The 198 riders that competed in the 1988 Tour de France represented 20 countries. Riders from ten countries won stages during the race; Netherlands riders won the largest number of stages.
| Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 22 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 (Steve Bauer) | |
| 11 | 8 | 1 (Fabio Parra) | |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 (Johnny Weltz) | |
| 41 | 33 | 2 (Jérôme Simon, Thierry Marie) | |
| 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 11 | 4 (Guido Bontempi, Valerio Tebaldi, Massimo Ghirotto, Gianni Bugno) | |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 20 | 7 (Jean-Paul van Poppel ×4, Jelle Nijdam, Steven Rooks, Adri van der Poel) | |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 (Acácio da Silva) | |
| 37 | 28 | 3 (Pedro Delgado, Laudelino Cubino, Juan Martínez Oliver) | |
| 8 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 (Sean Yates) | |
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 (Rolf Gölz) | |
| Total | 198 | 151 | 22 [nb 1] |