198 riders in 22 teams commenced the 1997 Tour de France. [1] 139 riders finished. [2]
The 16 teams with the highest UCI ranking at the start of 1997 were automatically qualified. [3]
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 |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 5 | 5 | 1 (Neil Stephens) |
![]() | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 9 | 5 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | |
![]() | 2 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | |
![]() | 5 | 4 | |
![]() | 2 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 45 | 29 | 6 (Cédric Vasseur, Laurent Brochard, Laurent Desbiens, Richard Virenque, Christophe Mengin, Didier Rous) |
![]() | 7 | 7 | 5 (Erik Zabel x3, Jan Ullrich x2) |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 (Chris Boardman) |
![]() | 62 | 53 | 7 (Mario Cipollini x2, Nicola Minali x2 Marco Pantani x2, Mario Traversoni) |
![]() | 1 | 0 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 11 | 9 | 1 (Jeroen Blijlevens) |
![]() | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 4 | 1 | |
![]() | 24 | 20 | 1 (Abraham Olano) |
![]() | 8 | 4 | |
![]() | 3 | 1 | |
![]() | 6 | 6 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 198 | 139 | 22 |