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 |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 5 | 5 | 1 (Neil Stephens) |
Austria | 2 | 2 | |
Belgium | 9 | 5 | |
Canada | 1 | 0 | |
Colombia | 2 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | |
Denmark | 5 | 4 | |
Estonia | 2 | 1 | |
Finland | 1 | 1 | |
France | 45 | 29 | 6 (Cédric Vasseur, Laurent Brochard, Laurent Desbiens, Richard Virenque, Christophe Mengin, Didier Rous) |
Germany | 7 | 7 | 5 (Erik Zabel x3, Jan Ullrich x2) |
Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 (Chris Boardman) |
Italy | 62 | 53 | 7 (Mario Cipollini x2, Nicola Minali x2 Marco Pantani x2, Mario Traversoni) |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | |
Lithuania | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 11 | 9 | 1 (Jeroen Blijlevens) |
Poland | 2 | 2 | |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |
Russia | 4 | 1 | |
Spain | 24 | 20 | 1 (Abraham Olano) |
Switzerland | 8 | 4 | |
Ukraine | 3 | 1 | |
United States | 6 | 6 | |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 198 | 139 | 22 |
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