2008 Tour de France start list
Silence-Lotto(director: Herman Frison)1. Cadel Evans (Aus) 2. Mario Aerts (B) 3. Christophe Brandt (B) 4. Dario Cioni (I) 5. Leif Hoste (B) 6. Robbie McEwen (Aus) 7. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 8. Johan Van Summeren (B) 9. Wim Vansevenant (B) CSC-Saxo Bank (director: Kim Andersen) 11. Carlos Sastre (Sp) 12. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (N) 13. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 14. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) 15. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 16. Andy Schleck (Lux) 17.
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Silence-Lotto
(director: Herman Frison)1. Cadel Evans (Aus)
2. Mario Aerts (B)
3. Christophe Brandt (B)
4. Dario Cioni (I)
5. Leif Hoste (B)
6. Robbie McEwen (Aus)
7. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
8. Johan Van Summeren (B)
9. Wim Vansevenant (B)
CSC-Saxo Bank
(director: Kim Andersen)11. Carlos Sastre (Sp)
12. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (N)
13. Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
14. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
15. Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
16. Andy Schleck (Lux)
17. Frank Schleck (Lux)
18. Nicki Sørensen (Dk)
19. Jens Voigt (G)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
(director: Gorka Gerrikagoitia)21. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp)
22. Mikel Astarloza (Sp)
23. Iñaki Isasi (Sp)
24. Egoi Martinez (Sp)
25. Juan José Oroz (Sp)
26. Ruben Perez (Sp)
27. Samuel Sanchez (Sp)
28. Amets Txurruka (Sp)
29. Gorka Verdugo (Sp)
Caisse d’Épargne
(director: Jose-Luis Jaimerena)31. Alejandro Valverde (Sp)
32. David Arroyo (Sp)
33. Arnaud Coyot (F)
34. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Sp)
35. Ivan Gutierrez (Sp)
36. David Lopez (Sp)
37. Oscar Pereiro (Sp)
38. Nicolas Portal (F)
39. Luis Leon Sanchez (Sp)
Team Columbia
(director: Brian Holm)41. Kim Kirchen (Lux)
42. Marcus Burghardt (G)
43. Mark Cavendish (GB)
44. Gerald Ciolek (G)
45. Bernhard Eisel (A)
46. Adam Hansen (Aus)
47. George Hincapie (USA)
48. Thomas Lövkvist (S)
49. Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)
Barloworld
(director: Valerio Tebaldi)51. Mauricio Soler (Col)
52. John-Lee Augustyn (SA)
53. Felix Cardenas (Col)
54. Gianpaolo Cheula (I)
55. Baden Cooke (Aus)
56. Moises Duenas (Sp)
57. Christopher Froome (GB)
58. Robert Hunter (SA)
59. Paolo Longo (I)
Liquigas
(director: Stefano Zanatta)61. Filippo Pozzato (I)
62. Manuel Beltran (Sp)
63. Francesco Chicchi (I)
64. Murilo Fischer (Bra)
65. Roman Kreuziger (Cz)
66. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr)
67. Vincenzo Nibali (I)
68. Manuel Quinziato (I)
69. Frederik Willems (B)
Lampre
(director: Maurizio Piovani)71. Damiano Cunego (I)
72. Alessandro Ballan (I)
73. Matteo Bono (I)
74. Marzio Bruseghin (I)
75. Marco Marzano (I)
76. Massimiliano Mori (I)
77. Daniele Righi (I)
78. Sylvester Szmyd (Pl)
79. Paolo Tiralongo (I)
Crédit Agricole
(director: Serge Beucherie)81. Thor Hushovd (N)
82. William Bonnet (F)
83. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
84. Jimmy Engoulvent (F)
85. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
86. Simon Gerrans (Aus)
87. Christophe Le Mevel (F)
88. Rémi Pauriol (F)
89. Mark Renshaw (Aus)
Quick Step
(director: Wilfried Peeters)91. Stijn Devolder (B)
92. Carlos Barredo (Sp)
93. Matteo Carrara (I)
94. Steven De Jongh (Nl)
95. Mauro Facci (I)
96. Sebastien Rosseler (B)
97. Gert Steegmans (B)
98. Matteo Tosatto (I)
99. Jurgen Van de Walle (B)
AG2R-La Mondiale
(director: Vincent Lavenu)101. Cyril Dessel (F)
102. Jose Luis Arrieta (Sp)
103. Hubert Dupont (F)
104. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus)
105. Martin Elmiger (Swi)
106. John Gadret (F)
107. Stéphane Goubert (F)
108. Christophe Riblon (F)
109. Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
Gerolsteiner
(director: Hans-Michael Holczer)111. Stefan Schumacher (G)
112. Robert Förster (G)
113. Markus Fothen (G)
114. Heinrich Haussler (G)
115. Bernhard Kohl (A)
116. Sven Krauss (G)
117. Sebastian Lang (G)
118. Ronny Scholz (G)
119. Fabian Wegmann (G)
Agritubel
(director: Denis Leproux)121. Christophe Moreau (F)
122. Freddy Bichot (F)
123. Jimmy Casper (F)
124. Romain Feillu (F)
125. Eduardo Gonzalo (Sp)
126. Nicolas Jalabert (F)
127. David Le Lay (F)
128. Geoffroy Lequatre (F)
129. Nicolas Vogondy (F)
Rabobank
(director: Erik Breukink)131. Denis Menchov (Rus)
132. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sp)
133. Oscar Freire (Sp)
134. Sebastian Langeveld (Nl)
135. Koos Moerenhout (Nl)
136. Joost Posthuma (Nl)
137. Bram Tankink (Nl)
138. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl)
139. Pieter Weening (Nl)
Bouygues Telecom
(director: Jean-François Rodriguez)141. Pierrick Fédrigo (F)
142. Stef Clement (Nl)
143. Xavier Florencio (Sp)
144. Laurent Lefèvre (F)
145. Jérôme Pineau (F)
146. Matthieu Sprick (F)
147. Yury Trofimov (Rus)
148. Johann Tschopp (Swi)
149. Thomas Voeckler (F)
Milram
(director: Vittorio Algeri)151. Erik Zabel (G)
152. Ralf Grabsch (G)
153. Christian Knees (G)
154. Brett Lancaster (Aus)
155. Martin Müller (G)
156. Björn Schröder (G)
157. Niki Terpstra (Nl)
158. Peter Velits (Svk)
159. Marco Velo (I)
Française des Jeux
(director: Marc Madiot)161. Sandy Casar (F)
162. Sébastien Chavanel (F)
163. Rémy Di Grégorio (F)
164. Arnaud Gérard (F)
165. Philippe Gilbert (B)
166. Lilian Jégou (F)
167. Yoann Le Boulanger (F)
168. Jérémy Roy (F)
169. Benoît Vaugrenard (F)
Saunier Duval-Scott
(director: Joxean Fernandez)171. Riccardo Riccò (I)
172. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
173. Juan José Cobo (Sp)
174. David de la Fuente (Sp)
175. Jesus del Nero (Sp)
176. Angel Gomez (Sp)
177. Josep Jufre (Sp)
178. Aurélien Passeron (F)
179. Leonardo Piepoli (I)
Cofidis
(director: Francis van Londersele)181. Sylvain Chavanel (F)
182. Stéphane Augé (F)
183. Florent Brard (F)
184. Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (F)
185. Samuel Dumoulin (F)
186. Leonardo Duque (Col)
187. Amaël Moinard (F)
188. David Moncoutié (F)
189. Maxime Monfort (B)
Garmin-Chipotle
(director: Matthew White)191. Christian Vande Velde (USA)
192. Magnus Bäckstedt (S)
193. Julian Dean (NZ)
194. Will Frischkorn (USA)
195. Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
196. Trent Lowe (Aus)
197. Martijn Maaskant (Nl)
198. David Millar (GB)
199. Danny Pate (USA)