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 different 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 1 | 1 | |
Austria | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium | 31 | 22 | |
Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 (Steve Bauer) |
Colombia | 11 | 8 | 1 (Fabio Parra) |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | 4 | 4 | 1 (Johnny Weltz) |
France | 41 | 33 | 2 (Jérôme Simon, Thierry Marie) |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | |
Italy | 14 | 11 | 4 (Guido Bontempi, Valerio Tebaldi, Massimo Ghirotto, Gianni Bugno) |
Mexico | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 27 | 20 | 7 (Jean-Paul van Poppel ×4, Jelle Nijdam, Steven Rooks, Adri van der Poel) |
New Zealand | 1 | 1 | |
Norway | 3 | 2 | |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1 (Acácio da Silva) |
Spain | 37 | 28 | 3 (Pedro Delgado, Laudelino Cubino, Juan Martínez Oliver) |
Switzerland | 8 | 5 | |
Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 (Sean Yates) |
United States | 6 | 4 | |
West Germany | 4 | 4 | 1 (Rolf Gölz) |
Total | 198 | 151 | 22 [nb 1] |
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