The following is a list of teams and cyclists that took part in the 2019 Tour de France. [1]
The 18 UCI WorldTeams are automatically invited to the race. Additionally, the organisers of the Tour, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), invited four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams to participate in the event. The three French teams and one Belgian team have each participated in the race before. [2] [3]
UCI WorldTeams
The teams entering the race will be:
UCI Professional Continental teams
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 riders born on or after 1 January 1994 eligible for the young rider 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 (eligibility indicated by ‡) | |
Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification | |
Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award | |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew |
DSQ | Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred |
HD | Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so |
Age correct as of Saturday 6 July 2019, the date on which the Tour began |
The 176 riders that are competing in the 2019 Tour de France originated from 30 different countries.
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 1 | 1 | |
Australia | 8 | 7 | 3 (Caleb Ewan x3) |
Austria | 4 | 3 | |
Belgium | 21 | 19 | 3 (Dylan Teuns, Thomas De Gendt, Wout van Aert) |
Canada | 2 | 2 | |
Colombia | 4 | 4 | 1 (Nairo Quintana) |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | 9 | 7 | |
Eritrea | 1 | 1 | |
Estonia | 2 | 2 | |
France | 34 | 31 | 3 (Julian Alaphilippe x2, Thibaut Pinot) |
Germany | 11 | 8 | |
Great Britain | 6 | 5 | 2 (Simon Yates x2) |
Ireland | 2 | 2 | |
Italy | 15 | 13 | 3 (Elia Viviani, Matteo Trentin, Vincenzo Nibali) |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |
Latvia | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 11 | 8 | 2 (Mike Teunissen, Dylan Groenewegen) |
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | |
Norway | 6 | 6 | |
Poland | 2 | 2 | |
Portugal | 3 | 3 | |
Russia | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 (Peter Sagan) |
Slovenia | 2 | 2 | |
South Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 (Daryl Impey) |
Spain | 13 | 12 | |
Switzerland | 4 | 4 | |
United States | 4 | 3 | |
Total | 176 | 155 | 19 |
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