For the 1996 Tour de France, the 18 teams on top of the UCI rankings at the start of 1996 were automatically invited for the Tour. These were: [1]
Four wildcards were given, for a total of 22 teams: [2]
Qualified teams
Invited teams
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
Country | No. of riders | In competition | Stage wins |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 3 | 3 | |
Austria | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium | 9 | 7 | |
Colombia | 6 | 5 | 1 (José Jaime González) |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | |
Denmark | 5 | 5 | 3 (Bjarne Riis x2, Rolf Sørensen) |
Estonia | 1 | 0 | |
France | 38 | 20 | 4 (Frédéric Moncassin x2, Cyril Saugrain, Luc Leblanc) |
Germany | 10 | 7 | 3 (Erik Zabel x2, Jan Ullrich) |
Great Britain | 2 | 1 | |
Italy | 62 | 40 | 3 (Mario Cipollini, Massimo Podenzana, Fabio Baldato) |
Japan | 1 | 0 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | |
Latvia | 3 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 10 | 8 | 3 (Jeroen Blijlevens, Michael Boogerd, Bart Voskamp) |
Poland | 3 | 0 | |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |
Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 (Evgueni Berzin |
Spain | 23 | 18 | |
Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 3 (Alex Zülle, Pascal Richard, Laurent Dufaux) |
Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
United States | 3 | 1 | |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 (Djamolidine Abdoujaparov) |
Venezuela | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 198 | 115 | 22 |
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