Second Edition News for February 8


DIVISION 1 & 2 ELITE Team Rosters 1996

Courtesy of Roger - Thanks a lot!

UCI rankings for the teams are as of January 15, the qualifying date for selection for World Cup races and for the Tour de France. The first 22 teams are in Division 1, the remainder are in Division 2. Division 2 consists of 36 teams with classifications (ie they have some UCI points, however few), and 7 unclassified teams, which had no UCI points as of 15 January.

This information I have obtained is incomplete, particularly for the lesser teams, for some of which I list only some main riders. Any further information or pointers to errors, for example on US teams, would be gratefully received so that I can produce a nearer-comprehensive later edition. The list is purely alphabetical by team name.

AGRIGEL-DEPARTEMENT DE LA CREUSE-FENIOUX (France)

823 points, 25th in UCI classification

Jean-Francois Bernard (Fr, 34 -- ex-Chazal)
Pierangelo Bincoletti (It, 37 -- ex-individual pro)
Jean-Pierre Bourgeot (Fr, 28 -- ex-Chazal)
Franck Bouyer (Fr, 22 -- ex-Castorama)
Jean-Claude Colotti (Fr, 35 -- ex-GAN)
Stephane Conan (Fr, 24 -- neo-pro, ex-Bernard-Sports)
Jacky Durand (Fr, 29-- ex-Castorama)
Herve Garel (Fr, 29 -- ex-Le Groupement) 
Thierry Laurent (Fr, 30, -- ex-Castorama)
Denis Marie (Fr, 26 -- neo-pro, ex-ASPTT Paris)
Thierry Marie (Fr, 33 -- ex-Castorama)
Jean-Luc Masdupuy (Fr, 27 -- ex-Aki)
Michel Vermote (Bel, 33 -- ex-Le Groupement)

AKI-GIPIEMME (Monaco)

1662 points, 21st in UCI classification

Giuseppe CITTERIO (It, 29)
Luca COLOMBO (It, 26)
Luca DADDI (It, 26)
Roberto DAL SIE (It, 26)
Gilles DELION (Fr, 29 -- ex-Chazal)
Jean-Pierre DELPHIS (Fr, 27 -- ex-Univag)
Gianluca GORINI (It, 25)
Dimitri KONYCHEV (Rus, 30)
Erwan MENTHEOUR (Fr, 22 -- Cedico)
Yann MEULEMANS (Monaco, 22 -- neo-pro)
Luca PAVANELLO (It, 26)
Dante REZZE (Fr, 32)
Cyril SABATIER (Fr, 24 -- ne-pro)
Gilberto SIMONI (It, 24)
Andrei TETERIUK (Kaz, 28)
Maurizio TOMI (It, 28)
Franco VONA (It, 31 -- ex-MG)
Denis ZANETTE (It, 26)

ALUMINIOS MALVEIRA (Portugal)

xx points, 43rd in UCI classification

J GOMES
VIEIRA

AMORE E VITA (Italy)

xx points, 35th in UCI classification

Dario ANDRIOTTO (It, 23)
Davide DALLOLLIO (It, 26)
Maurizio DE PASQUALE (It, 27)
Riccardo FORCONI (It, 26)
Sandro GIACOMELLI (It, 25)
Roberto GUSMEROLI (It, 29)
Michele LADDOMADA (It, 24)
Nicolay Bo LARSEN (Nor, 24 -- neo-pro)
Luca MAGGIONI (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Glenn MAGNUSSON (Swe, 26 -- neo-pro)
Filippo MELONI (It, 27 -- neo-pro)
Gianpaolo MONDINI (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Andrea PATUELLI (It, 25 -- neo-pro)
Marco VERGNANI (It, 26 -- neo-pro)

ASTER LIKHJ (Switzerland)

no points, unclassified by ICU

Includes
?? TCHERKASSOV (Rus, ??)

AUBERVILLIERS 93-PEUGEOT (France)

219 points, 36th in UCI classification

Ludovic Auger (Fr, 25)
Jean-Christophe Bloy (Fr, 26) 
Herve Boussard (Fr, 30)
Jean-Francois Bresset (Fr, 30)
Laurent Genty (Fr, 25)
Thierry Gouvenou (Fr, 27 -- ex-GAN)
Arnaud Leroy (Fr, 25)
Marek Lesniewski (Pol, 30)
Jean-Michel Monin (Fr, 28 -- neo pro)
Frederic Pontier (Fr, 26)
Stephane Ravaleu (Fr, 21 -- neo-pro)
Cyril Saugrain (Fr, 22)
Gilles Talmant (Fr, 26 -- ex-Castorama)
Francisque Teyssier (Fr, 27 -- ex-Festina).

BANESTO (Spain)

4063 points, 5th in UCI classification

Marino Alonso (Sp, 31)
Vincente Aparicio (Sp, 27)
Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Sp, 25)
Santiago Blanco Gil (Sp, 22)
Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Sp, 24)
Thomas Davy (Fra, 28)
Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Sp, 24)
Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Sp, 29)
Jeremy Hunt (GB, 22 -- neo-pro)
Miguel INDURAIN (Sp, 32)
Prudencio INDURAIN (Sp, 28)
Jose Maria Jimenez Sastreo (Sp, 25)
Carmelo Miranda (Sp, 27)
Damien Nazon (Fra, 22 -- neo pro)
Erwin Nijboer (Neth, 32)
Victor Hugo Pena (Col, xx -- neo-pro)
Orlando Rodrigues (Por, 27 -- ex-Artiach)
Jose Ramon Uriarte (Sp, 29)

BRESCIALAT (Italy)

1117 points, 22nd in UCI classification

Alessandro Bertolini (It, 24 -- ex-Carrera)
Fabrizio Bontempi (It, 29)
Claudio CAMIN (It, 26 -- neo pro)
Daniele Contrini (It, 21 -- neo-pro)
Federico De Beni (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Marco Della Vedova (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Fausto Dotti (It, 27)
Cristiano Frattini (It, 23 -- neo-pro))
Luca Gelfi (It, 29)
Zenon Jaskula (Pol, 33 -- ex Aki),
Marco Milesi (It, 26)
Mariano Piccoli (It, 25
Mauro Radaelli (It, 28)
Massimo Strazzer (It, 26, ex-Navigare)
Massimo Velo (It, 22 -- neo-pro)
Marco Villa (It, 27, ex-Amore e Vita)

CANTINA-TOLLO (Slovenia)

xx points, 46th in UCI classification

Including
G PETITO (It, ??)

CARRERA (Italy)

3580 points, 8th in UCI classification

Marco ARtHUNGI (It, 26)
Sergio BARBERO (It, 27)
Stefano CHECCHIN (It, 29)
Claudio CHIAPPUCCI (It, 33)
Mario CHIESA (It, 30)
Giovanni FIDANZA (It, 31 -- ex-Polti)
Peter LUTTEMBERGER (Austria, 24)
Mario MANTOVAN (It, 30)
Marco PANTANI (It, 26)
Oscar PELLICIOLI (It, 31 -- ex-Polti)
Samuele SCHIAVINA (It, 24)
Marcello SIBONI (It, 31)
Filippo SIMEONI (It, 25)
Mario TRAVERSONI (It, 24 -- neo-pro)
Enrico ZAINA (It, 29)
Beat ZBERG (Swi, 25)
Marcus ZBERG (Swi, 22  -- neo-pro)

CASINO-"C'EST VOTRE EQUIPE" (France)

685 points, 27th in UCI classification

Christophe Agnolutto (Fr, 27, neo pro -- ex-ASPTT Paris)
Nicolas Aubier (Fr, 26 -- ex-GAN)
Thierry Bessy (Fr, 24, neo pro -- ex VC Lyon Vaulx-en-Velin)
Philippe Bordenave (Fr, 26, neo pro, ex-GSC Blagnac)
Pascal Chanteur (Fr, 27 -- ex-Chazal-MBK-Konig)
Fabrice Gougot (Fr, 24, neo pro -- ex VC Lyon Vaulx-en-Velin)
Franck Jarno (Fr, 25, -- ex-Aki)
Arturas Kasputis (Lith, 28 -- ex-Chazal-MBK-Konig)
Jan Kirsipuu (Est, 26 -- ex-Chazal-MBK-Konig)
Martial Locatelli (Fr, 24, -- ex-Chazal-MBK-Konig)
Christophe Mengin (Fr, 27 -- ex-Chazal-MBK-Konig)

CEDICO-CHARLEROI (Belgium)

xx points, 40th in UCI classification

Marc BOUILLON (Bel, 28)
Jean-Marie BRUYERE (Bel, 27)
David DERIQUE (Fr, 25 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Pascal DUEZ (Bel, 28)
Stephane HENNEBERT (Bel, 27 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Pierre HERRINE (Bel, 28 -- neo-pro)
Mika HIETANEN (Fin, 28)
Thierry MARECHAL (Bel, 23 -- ne-pro)
Olivier MATTHYS (Bel , 25)
Anthony ROKIA (Fr, 24 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Frank VAN DEN ABBEELE (Bel, 30 -- ex-Refin)
Sebastian VAN DEN ABEELE (Bel, 26)
Laurent WLODARSKI (Fr, 29)

CERAMICHE REFIN (Italy)

3000 points, 13th in UCI classification

Djamolidin ABDUJAPAROV (Usbek, 32 -- ex-Novell)
Mauro BETTIN (It, 28 -- ex-Aki)
Stefano COLAGE (It, 34 -- ex-ZG)
Luigi DELLA BIANCA (It, 24 -- neo-pro)
Heinz IMBODEN (Swi, 34)
Andreas KAPPES (Ger, 31)
Rodolfo MASSI (It, 31)
Sergei USLAMINE (Rus, 33)
Leonardo PIEPOLI (It, 25)
Gianluca PIEROBON (It, 29)
Jo PLANCKAERT (Bel, 26 -- ex-Collstrop)
Felice PUTTINI (Swi, 29)
Fabio ROSCIOLI (It, 31)
Asiat SAITOV (Rus, 31 -- ex-Artiach)
Cristian SALVATO (It, 25)
???? STEINHAUSER (??, ?? -- neo-pro)

CHEVROLET (USA)

xx points, 42nd in UCI classification Including Malcolm ELLIOT (GB, ??) Steve Hegg (USA, ??)

COLLSTROP (Belgium)

796 points, 26th in UCI classification

Magnus BACKSTEDT (Swe, 21 -- neo-pro)
Gilles Bouvard (Fr, 27 -- ex-Chazal)
Johan CAPIOT (Bel, 32 -- ex-Refin)
Arturo Carbajal (Mex, 24 -- neo-pro)
Danny DAELMAN (Bel, 25 -- ex-Rotan-Spiessens)
Peter DE CLERCQ (Bel, 30 -- ex-Lotto)
Eric DECLERCQ (Bel, 29)
John DEN BRABER (Neth, 26 -- neo-pro)
Koen DESCHUYTTER (Bel, 25 -- neo-pro)
Tom DESMET (Bel, 27)
Nico EECKHOUT (Bel, 27)
Jean-Pierre HEYNDERICKX (Bel, 31)
Frank HOJ (Den, 23)
Paulus KONINGS (Neth, 25 -- neo-pro)
Sebastian Medan (Fr, 24 -- ex-Castorama)
Rob MULDERS (Neth, 29 -- ex-Novell)
Wim OMLOOP (Bel, 25)
Chris Peers (Bel, 26)
Benoit Salmon (Fr, 22 -- ex-Castorama
Daniel SJOBERG (Swe, 23 -- neo-pro)
Olivier VAN CONINGSLOO (Bel, 26 -- ex-Cedico)
Rudy Verdonck (Bel, 31 -- ex-Lotto)

ESPACE CARD (Belgium)

zero points, unclassified by UCI

Including
Nico EMONDS (Bel, ??)

EUSKADI (Spain)

xx points, 33rd in UCI classification Urkidi AIARZAGUENA (Sp, 27 -- ex-Santa Clara) Ibon AJURIA (Sp, 25) Aitor BUGALLO (Sp, 23 -- neo-pro) Erkaitz ELKOROIRIBE (Sp, 24) Bingen FERNANDEZ (Sp, 24 -- neo-pro) Igor FLORES (Sp, 23 -- neo-pro) Alvaro GALDEANO (Sp, 26) Igor GALDEANO (Sp, 23) David GARCIA (Sp, 26 -- ex-Banesto) Inigo GONZALEZ (Sp, 22) Asier GUENETXEA (Sp, 26) Roberto LAISEKA (Sp, 27) Alberto LOPEZ DE MUNAIN (Sp, 24 -- neo-pro) Oscar LOPEZ URIARTE (Sp, 26 -- ex-Banesto) Aitor OSA (Sp, 23) Javier PALACIN (Sp, 26) Cesar SOLAUN (Sp, 26)

FESTINA-LOTUS (Andorra)

3187 points, 11th in UCI classification

Juan-Rodrigo Arenas (Sp, 29)
Bruno Boscardin (It, 26)
Laurent Brochard (Fr, 28)
Jerome CHIOTTI (Fr, 25)
Laurent Dufaux (Swi, 26)
Felix GARCIA (Sp, 27 -- ex-Artiach)
Stephane Goubert (Fr, 26)
Patrice HALGAND (Fr, 22 -- neo-pro)
Pascal HervE (Fr, 32)
Stephen Hodge (Australia, 34)
Fabian Jeker (Swi, 27)
Joona Laukka (Fin, 23)
Lylian LEBRETON (Fr, 24 -- ex-Aubervilliers)
Emmanuel MAGNIEN (Fr, 24 -- ex-Castorama)
Yvan Martin (Fr, 23)
Lars Michaelsen (Den, 27)
Christophe Moreau (Fr, 25)
David Plaza (Sp, 25)
Jean-Cyril Robin (Fr, 26
Valerio Tebaldi (It, 31)
Richard Virenque (Fr, 26)

FORCESUD (France)

500 points, 29th in UCI classification

Dominique Arnould (Fr, 29 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Miguel Arroyo (Mex, 30 -- ex-Chazal)
Christophe Bassons (FR, 21, neo-pro -- ex-UV Mazamet)
Thierry Bourguignon (Fr, 33 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Dominique Bozzi (Fr, 24 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Christophe Capelle (Fr, 28 -- ex-GAN)
Jean-Jacques Henry (Fr, 29 -- ex-Festina)
Xavier Jan (Fr, 25 -- neo-pro, ex-Cotes d'Armor)
Pascal Lance (Fr, 32 -- ex-GAN)
Anthony Morin (Fr, 21 -- neo-pro, ex CM Aubervilliers)
Roberto Pagnin (It, 33 --- ex-ZG Mobili)
Christophe Rinero (Fr, 22 -- neo pro, ex Cotes d'Armor)
Michel Zanoli (Neth, 28 -- ex-Asfra)

FORELDORADO-GOLFF (Netherlands)

xx points, 32nd in UCI classification

Eddy BOUWMANS (Neth, 28 -- ex-Novell)
Godert DE LEEUW (Neth, 28 -- neo-pro)
Lucien DE LOUW (Neth, 26 -- neo-pro)
Jurgen GILSING (Neth, 29 -- neo-pro)
Raymond MEIJS (Neth, 28 -- ex-Asfra)
Roger SMEETS (Neth, 32 -- neo-pro)
John TALEN (Neth, 31 -- ex-Mercatone Uno)
Wim VAN DE MEULENHOF (Neth, 29 -- ex-Zetelhallen)
John VAN DEN AKKER (Neth, 29 -- ex-individual pro)
Viebren VEENSTRA (Neth, 29 -- ex-Motorola)

FS MAESTRO (Great Britain)

xx points, 56th in UCI classification

Including
Rob REYNOLDS-JONES (GB, 24)

GAN (France)

2261 points,18th in UCI classification

Chris Boardman (GB, 27)
Pascal Derame (Fr, 25), 
Laurent Desbiens (Fr, 26, ex-Castorama)
Philippe Gaumont (Fr, 23, ex-Castorama)
Stephane Heulot (Fr, 25, ex-Banesto)
Emmanuel Hubert (Fr, 25, ex-Le Groupement)
Yvon Ledanois (Fr, 27)
Francois Lemarchand (Fr, 35)
Francis Moreau (Fr, 31)
Frederic Moncassin (Fr, 27, ex-Novell)
Stuart O'Grady (Aus, 22)
Ronan Pensec (Fr, 32, ex-Le Groupement)
Arnaud Pretot (Fr, 24)
Didier Rous (Fr, 25)
Gerard Rue (Fr, 30, ex-Banesto), 
Eddy Seigneur (Fr, 27)
Francois Simon (Fr, 27)
Cedric Vasseur (Fr, 25)

GEWISS-PLAYBUS

6204 points, 4th in UCI classification

Evgeni BERZIN (Rus, 25)
Bruno CENGHIALTA (It, 33)
Simone BERTOLETTI (It, 21  -- neo-pro)
Vladislav BOBRIK (Rus, 25)
Dario BOTTARO (It, 29)
Ermanno BRIGNOLI (It, 26)
Andrea BROGNARA (It, 24  -- neo-pro)
Ivan CERIOLI (It, 25)
Gabriele COLOMBO (It, 23)
Rosario FINA (It, 27 -- ex-Mercatone Uno)
Francesco FRATTINI (It, 29)
Ivan GOTTI (It, 27)
Nicola MINALI (It, 26)
Jon ODRIOZOLA (Sp, 26)
Davide PERONA (It, 28 -- ex-Lampre)
Mauro SANTAROMITA (It, 32)
Giuseppe TARTAGGIA (It, 25  -- neo-pro)
Alberto VOLPI (It, 34)
Stefano ZANINI (It, 27)

GLACIAL-SELLE ITALIA (Colombia)

881 points, 24th in UCI classification

Henry ALFONSO (Col, 27)
Elkin BARRERA (Col, 25)
Victor Angel BECERRA (Col, 23)
Walter BONCA (Slovenia, 28)
Luciano BONILLA (Col, 29)
Carlos CABRERA (Col, 22)
Angel Yesid CAMARGO (Col, 28)
Henry CARDENAS (Col, 30)
Roberto CARUSO (It, 28)
Antonio FANELLI (It, 29)
Damian FORSTER (Australia, 32)
Fulvio FRIGO (It, 33)
Fredy GONZALEZ Col, 21)
Victor Hugo GONZALEZ (Col, 22)
Jacques JOLIDON (Swi, 26)
Urbelino MESA (Col, 24)
Nicola MICELI (It, 25)
Armando MORENO (Col, 28)
Roberto MORETTI (It, 25)
Victor NINO (Col, 33)
Jairo OBANDO (Col, 28)
Israel OCHOA (Col, 31)
Hugo OSORIO (Col, 21)
Jairo PEREZ (Col, 23)
Federico PROFETI (Col, 23)
Fabio RODRIGUEZ (Col, 29)
Nelson RODRIGUEZ (Col, 30)
Celio RONCANIO (Col, 30)
Johny RUIZ SIERRA (Col, 24)
Miguel Angel SANABRIA (Col, 28)
Alvaro SIERRA (Col, 29)

GUILTLESS GOURMET (USA)

zero points, unclassified by UCI

Including
Steve SPEAKS (USA, ??)

HUSQVARNA-ZVVZ (Czech Republic)

xx points, 57th in UCI classification

Including
?? MATIAS (Czech, ??)

IPSO-ASFRA (Belgium)

xx points, 49th in UCI classification

Including
??? ASSEZ (Bel, ??)

JANOTAS-SIMOES

xx points, 54th in UCI classification

Including 
?? CORREIA (Port, ??)

KELME-ARTIACH(Spain)

1662 points, 20th in UCI classification

Julio Cesar AGUIRRE (Col, 27)
Francisco BENITEZ (Sp, 26)
Hernan BUENAHORA (Col, 29)
Francisco CABELLO (Sp, 27)
Hector CASTANO (Col, 31)
Jose CASTELBLANCO (Col, 27)
Carlo Alberto CONTRERAS (Col, 23)
Laudelino CUBINO (Sp, 33)
Juan Carlos DOMINGUEZ (Sp, 25)
Angel EDO (Sp, 26)
Fernando ESCARTIN (Sp, 28 -- ex-Mapei)
Ignacio GARCIA CAMACHO (Sp, 28)
Blas GINES LEON (Sp, 28)
Javier GOMEZ GONZALO (Sp, 22 -- neo-pro)
Santos GONZALES CAPILLA (Sp, 23)
Roberto HERAS (Sp, 22)
Mariano MOREDA (Sp, 25)
Federico MUNOZ (Col, 33)
Libardo NINO (Col, 28)
Quintino RODRIGUES (Port, 25 -- ex-Sicasal)
Jose RODRIGUEZ (Sp, 30)
Jose Luis RUBIERA (Sp, 23)
Rafael RUIZ (Sp,  25)
Luis SANCHEZ DE LA ROCHA (Sp, 24)
Marcos SERRANO (Sp, 24)
Jose Angel VIDAL (Sp, 27)

LA ALUMINIOS-MALVEIRA (Portugal)

xx points, 43rd in UCI classification

Including
J GOMES (Port, ??)
?? Vieira (Port, ??)

LADA CSKA SAMARA (Russia)

xx points, 58th in UCI classification

Including
??? KHAMIDOULINE (Rus, ??)

LOTERIA DE MEDELLIN (Colombia)

zero points, unclassified by UCI

Including
H PALACIO (Col, ??)
D RAMIREZ (Col, ??)

LOTTO (Belgium)

2424 points, 17th in UCI classification

Tony BRACKE (Bel, 25 -- neo-pro)
Frank CORVERS (Bel, 27)
Sebastian DEMARBAIX (Bel, 23 - neo-pro)
Christophe DETILLOUX (Bel, 22 -- neo-pro)
Peter FARAZIJN (Bel, 27)
Thomas FLEISCHER (Ger, 25 -- ex-Collstrop)
Herman FRISON (Bel, 35)
Oleg KOZLITINE (Kazak, 27 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Nico MATTAN (Bel, 25)
Wilfried NELISSEN (Bel, 26)
Marc SERGEANT (Bel, 36)
Scott SUNDERLAND (Australia, 30)
Andrei TCHMIL (Rus, 33)
Kurt VAN DE WOUWER (Bel, 25)
Paul VAN HYFTE (Bel, 24)
Peter VERBEKEN (Bel, 30 -- ex-Collstrop)
Rik VERBRUGGHE (Bel, 22 -- neo-pro)
Marc WAUTERS (Bel, 27 -- ex-Novell)

MANZANA POSTOBON (Colombia)

zero points, unclassified by UCI

Including
RAUL MONTANA (Col, ??)

MAPEI-GB (Italy)

8336 points,1st in UCI classification

Paolo ALBERATI (It, 23 -- ne-pro)
Adriano BAFFI (It, 33)
Franco BALLERINI (It, 31)
Marco BELLINI (It, 27
Martinez Manuel BELTRAN (Sp, 25)
Carlo BOMANS (Bel, 33)
Simone BORGHERESI (It, 27 -- ex-Amore e Vita)
Gianluca BORTOLAMI (It, 27)
Alessandro CALZOLARI (It, 24)
Federico COLONNA (It, 23)
Stefano DELLA SANTA (It, 28)
Giuseppe DI GRANDI (It, 22 - neo-pro)
Federico ECHAVE (Sp, 35)
Gines FERNANDEZ (Sp, 25)
Arsenio GONZALEZ (Sp, 36)
Bart LEYSEN (Bel, 27)
Francisco Javier MAULEON )Sp, 30)
Johan MUSEEUW (Bel, 30)
Daniele NARDELLO (It, 23)
Dario NICOLETTI (It, 29)
Andrea NOE (It, 27)
Abraham OLANO (Sp, 26)
Wilfried PEETERS (Bel, 31)
Miguel Angel PENA (Sp, 25)
Tony ROMINGER (Sw, 35)
Tom STEELS (Bel, 24 -- ex-Vlaanderen 2002)
Andrea TAFI (It, 30)
Jon UNZAGA (Sp, 33)
Franck VANDENBROUKE (Bel, 21)
Ludwig WILLEMS (Bel, 30)

MG-TECHNOGYM (Italy)

6250 points, 3rd in UCI classification

Fabio BALDATO (It, 28)
Michele BARTOLI (It, 26 -- ex-Mercatone Uno)
Gianni BUGNO (It, 32)
Stefano CASAGRANDA (It, 23  -- neo-pro)
Fabio COLOMBINI (It, 27  -- neo-pro)
Michele COPPOLILLO (It, 29 -- ex-Navigare)
Alberto ELLI (It, 32)
Lorenzo FERDEGHINI (It, 25  -- neo-pro)
Carlo FINCO (It, 28 -- ex-ZG)
Fabiano Fontanelli (It. 31 -- ex-ZG)
Sylvain GOLAY (Swi, 24)
Rolf JAERMANN (Swi, 30)
Angelo LECCHI (It, 30 -- ex-Brescialat)
Nicola LODA (It, 25)
Maurizio MOLINARI (It, 31 -- ex-Amore e Vita)
Roberto PISTORE (It, 25 -- ex-Polti)
Pascal RICHARD (Swi, 32)
Marco SALIGARI (It, 31)
Luca SCINTO (It, 28)

MOTOROLA (USA)

3650 points, 7th in UCI classification

Frankie Andreu (USA, 29)
Lance Armstrong (USA, 24)
Gord Fraser (Canada, 27)
George Hincapie (USA, 23)
Bobby Julich (USA, 24)
Kevin Livingston (USA, 23)
Laurent Madouas (Fr, 29 -- ex-Castorama)
Axel Merckx (Bel, 23)
Jesus Montoya-Alarcon (Sp, 32 -- ex-Banesto)
Kaspars Ozers (Latvia, 27)
Andrea Peron (It, 25)
Maximillian Sciandri,(GB, 29 -- ex-MG)
Bruno Thibout,(Fr, 27 -- ex Castorama)
Max Van Heeswijk (Neth, 23)
Flavio Vanzella (It, 31 -- ex-MG)
Sean Yates (GB, 36)

MROZ (Poland)

xx points, 39th in UCI classification

Including
??? SYPYTKOWSKI (Pol, ??)
Cesary ZAMANA (Pol, ??)

(LA) MUTUELLE DE SEINE-ET-MARNE (France)

162 points, 41st in UCI classification

Jean-Francois Anti (Fr, 24)
Lauri Aus (Estonia, 25);
Fabrice Blevin (Fr, 25, neo-pro, ex-Cotes d'Armor)
Blaise Chauviere (Fr, 26)
Stephane Cueff (Fr, 26)
Laurent Davion (Fr, 23, ex-Le Groupement)
Frederic Gabriel (Fr, 25)
Charles Guilbert (Fr, 23);
Nicolas Jalabert (Fr, 22)
Claude Lamour (Fr, 26)
Franck Laurence (Fr, 25)
Gilles Maignan (Fr, 27)
Laurent Pillon (Fr, 31)

MX-ONDA (Spain)

916 points, 23rd in UCI classification

Antoni AGUADA (Sp, 24)
Eleuterio ANGUITA (Sp, 27)
Francisco CEREZO (Sp, 25)
Alfredo CLAVERO (Sp, 25 -- neo-pro)
Daniel CLAVERO (Sp, 28 -- ex-Artiach)
TOM CORDES (Neth, 30)
Antonio Miguel DIAZ (Sp, 28)
Jose Antonio ESPINOSA (Sp, 27)
Victor GAMITO (Port, 26 -- ex-Sicasal)
Ramon GARCIA ESPANA (Sp, 26 -- ex-Artiach)
Jose Manuel GARCIA (Sp, 28 -- ex-Artiach)
Alfredo IRUSTA (Sp, 28)
Junichi KIKUTA (Jap, 30)
Claus-Michael MOLLER (Den, 28)
Victor MORATILLA (Sp, 26 -- neo-pro)
German NIETO (Sp, 24)
Luis PEREZ (Sp, 30)
Raul PEREZ (Sp, 26)
Jose-Luis SANTAMARIA (Sp, 28 -- ex-Artiach)
Jose Manuel URIA (Sp, 27)
Antonio VARGAS (Sp, 27)
Juan Carlos VICARIO (Sp, 25)
Marcel WUST (Ger, 29)

ONCE (Spain)

7115 points, 2nd in UCI classification

Josue BARRIGON (Sp, 23)
David CANADA (Sp, 21 -- neo-pro)
Inigo CUESTA (Sp, 27 -- ex-Euskadi)
Luis Maria DIAZ DE OTAZU (Sp, 30)
Justo Rafael DIAZ (Sp, 23)
Herminio DIAZ Zabala (Sp, 31)
David ETXEBARRIA (Sp, 22)
Francisco Jose GARCIA (Sp, 28)
Marcelino GARCIA (Sp, 25)
Aitor GARMENDIA (Sp, 28 -- ex-Banesto)
Laurent Jalabert (fr, 27)
Patrick JONKER (Neth, 27) - should be Australia
Alberto LEANIZBARRUTIA (Sp, 33)
Melchor MAURI (Sp, 30)
Miguel MORRAS (Sp, 20 -- neo-pro)
Ricardo OXTOA (Sp, 21 -- neo-pro)
Luis PEREZ (Sp, 21)
Oliviero RINCON (Col, 28)
Mariano ROJAS (Sp, 22)
Roberto SIERRA (Sp, 29)
Neil STEPHENS (Australia, 33)
Mikel ZARRABEITIA (Sp, 26 -- ex-Banesto)
Alex ZULLE (Sw, 28)

NUREMBERG (Germany)

xx points, 55th in UCI classification

Including
?? ZEMKE (Ger, ??)

PALMANS (Belgium)

xx points, 38th in UCI classification

Hans ARDEEL (Bel, 28 -- neo-pro)
Marnix CAPELLE (Bel, 27)
Hans DE CLERCQ (Bel, 27)
Mario DE CLERCQ (Bel, 30 -- ex-Lotto)
Johan DE GEYTER (Bel, 24 -- neo-pro)
Hans DE MEESTER (Bel, 26)
Christ HENDRYCKX (Bel, 24 -- neo-pro)
Jans KOERTS (Neth, 27)
Sammie MOREELS (Bel, 31 -- ex-Lotto)
Karl PAUWELS (Bel, 25)
Peter SPAENHOVEN (Bel, 33)
Jan VAN CAMP (Bel, 35)
Casper VAN DER MEER (Neth, 31 -- neo-pro)
Robbie VANDAELE (Bel, 24)
Gert VANDERAERDEN (Bel, 23 -- neo-pro)

PANARIA-VINAVIL (Italy)

3251 points,10th in UCI classification

(formerly Lampre, unless otherwise noted)
Alessandro BARONTI (It, 29
Davide BRAMATI (It, 28)
Roberto CONTI (It, 32)
Oscar CAMENZIND (Swi, 25 -- neo-pro)
Andrea DOLCI (It,27)
Gianni FARESIN (It, 31)
Valentino FOIS (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Alessio GALLETTI (It, 28)
Sergio PREVITALI (It, 27 -- neo-pro)
Marco SERPELLINI (It, 24)
Zbigniew SPRUCH (Pol, 31)
Jan SVORADA (Slovakia, 28)
Pavel TONKOV (Rus, 27)

PLYMOUTH (USA)

xx points, 51st in UCI classification

Including
Brian SMITH (GB, ??)

PMU ROMAND (Switzerland)

no points, not classified by UCI

Includes
R MEIER (Sw, ??)

POLTI (Italy)

2910 points,14th in UCI classification

Dirk BALDINGER (Ger, 24)
Rossano BRASI (It, 23)
Mirko CELESTINO (It, 22 -- neo-pro)
Inigo CHAURREAU (Sp, 23)
Mirco CREPALDI (It, 23)
Gerrit DE VRIES (Neth, 28 -- ex-Novell)
Mauro GIANETTI (Swi, 32)
Mirko GUALDI (It, 27)
Giuseppe GUERINI (It, 26 -- ex-Navigare)
Frederic GUESDON (Fr, 24 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Daisuke IMANAKA (Jap, 29)
Luc LEBLANC (Fr, 29 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Giovanni LOMBARDI (It, 26)
Sergei OUTSCHAKOV (Ukr, 28)
Gianluca PIANEGONDA (It, 27)
Ivan QUARANTA (It, 21 -- neo-pro)
Davide REBELLIN (It, 24 -- ex-MG)
Simone REBELLIN (It, 23 -- ex-MG)
Georg TOTSCHNIG (Austria, 25)

RABOBANK (Netherlands)

3495 points,9th in UCI classification

(ex-Novell -- Rabobank's direct predecessor, unless otherwise stated)
Michael BOOGERD (Neth, 24)
Jan BOVEN (Neth, 24 -- neo-pro)
Erik BREUKINK (Neth, 32 -- ex-ONCE)
Johan BRUYNEEL (Neth, 32, ex-ONCE)
Erik DEKKER (Neth, 26)
Viatcheslav EKIMOV (Rus, 30)
Richard GROENENDAAL (Neth, 25 -- neo-pro)
Marcel LUPPES (Neth, 25)
Robbie McEWEN (Australia, 24 -- neo-pro)
Koos MOERENHOUT (Neth, 23 -- neo-pro)
Danny NELISSEN (Neth, 26 -- neo-pro)
Arvis PIZIKS (Lith, 27)
Rolf SORENSEN (Den, 31 -- ex-MG)
Leon VAN BON (Neth, 24)
Adri VAN DER POEL (Neth, 37 -- ex-Collstrop)
Edwig VAN HOOYDONCK (Bel, 30)
Aart VIERHOUTEN (Neth, 26 -- neo-pro)
Henk VOGELS (Australia, 23)

RDM NEW SYSTEMS (Belgium)

xx points, 53rd in UCI classification

Including
?? DE WILDE (Bel, ??)
?? NELUBIN (Rus, ??)

RECER-BOAVISTA (Portugal)

xx points, 47th in UCI classification)

Including
?? PEREIRA (Port, ??)
?? CEPELE (Lith, ??)

Roslotto ZG-Mobili (Italy)



Igor Bonciukov (Mol, 22 -- neo-pro)
Stefano Cattai (It, 28 -- ex-ZG Mobili)
Andrea Chiurato (It, 31 -- ex-Mapei)
Vassili Davidenko (Geo, 26 -- ex-Navigare Blue Storm)
Viaceslav Djavanian (Rus, 27 -- ex-Sputnik)
Andrea Ferrigato (26 -- ex-ZG Mobili)
Marco Fincato (It, 25 -- neo-pro)
Maurizio Fondriest (It, 31 -- ex-Lampre)
Alexandre GonTchenkov (Ukr, 26 -- ex-Lampre)
Pascal Lino (Fra, 29 -- ex-Le Groupement)
Mario Manzoni (iT, 26 -- ex-Brescialat)
Paolo Savoldelli (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Dimitri Sedun (Kaz, 25 -- neo-pro)
Daniele Sgnaolin (It, 25 -- neo-pro)
Alexei Sivakov (Rus, 23, -- neo-pro)
Yuri Surkov (Belarus, 26 -- ex-Paredes Movel-W52)
Piotr Ugrumov (Lat, 35 -- ex-Gewiss)
Marco Zen (It, 33 -- ex-Lampre)

SAECO (Italy)

3780 points, 6th in UCI classification

Simone BIASCI (It, 26)
Ruggero BORGHI (It, 26)
Philippe BUSCHOR (Swi, 25  -- neo-pro)
Giuseppe CALCATERRA (It, 32)
Angelo CANZONIERI (It, 32)
Francesco CASAGRANDE (It, 26)
Davide CASSANI (It, 35 -- ex-MG)
Mario CIPOLLINI (It, 29)
Alessio DI BASCO (It, 32 -- ex-Amore e Vita)
Masssimo DONATI (It, 29)
Gian-Matteo FAGNINI (It, 26)
Paolo Fornaciari (It, 25)
Dario FRIGO (It, 25 -- neo-pro)
Giorgio FURLAN (It, 29 -- ex-Gewiss)
Massimiliano LELLI (It, 29)
Silvio MARTINELLO (It, 33)
Eddy MAZZOLENI (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Alexandre MOOS (Sw, 24 -- neo-pro)
Massimiliano MORI (It. 22 -- neo-pro)
Manuel PASCUAL (Sp, 27 -- ex-Artiach)
Roberto PETITO (It, 25)
Eros POLI (It, 33)
Antonio POLITANO (It, 29)
Ignacio RODRIGUEZ (Sp, 25 -- neo-pro)
RUNKEL (Swi, 30 -- ex-Scott)
Gines SALMERON (Sp, 24 -- neo-pro)
Antonio SANCHEZ (Sp, 26 -- ex-Artiach)
Mario SCIREA (It, 31 -- ex-Polti)

SAN MARCO GROUP (Italy)

2141 points, 19th in UCI classification

Francesco ARAZZI (It, 24 -- ex-Brescialat)
Leonardo CALZAVARA (It, 21 -- neo-pro)
Filippo CASAGRANDE (It, 22 -- ex-Brescialat)
Oscar DALLA COSTA (It, 23 -- neo-pro)
Paolo LANFRANCHI (It, 27 -- ex-Brescialat)
Angelo LECCHI (It, 29 -- ex-Brescialat)
Endrio LEONI (It, 27 -- ex-Brescialat)
Ivan LUNA (It, 25 -- ex-Brescialat)
Gabriele MISSAGLIA (It, 25 -- ex-Brescialat)
Giuseppe PANTO (It, 28 -- neo-pro)
Walter PEDRONI (It, 26 -- neo-pro)
Giancarlo PERINI (It, 36 -- -- ex-Brescialat)
Massimo PODENZANA (It, 24 -- ex-Brescialat)
Omar PUMAR (Ven, 25 -- ex-Brescialat)
Ivan RAIMONDI (It, 26 -- neo-pro)
Manuel SCOPSI (It, 22 -- neo pro)
Eric VANDERAERDEN (Bel, 34 -- ex-Brescialat)

SANTA CLARA-SAMARA (Spain)

xx points, 37th in UCI classification

Including
?? GAINETDINOV (Rus, ??)

SATURN (USA)

384 points, 30th in UCI classification

Including
Norm ALVIS (USA, xx)
Steve BAUER (Can, xx)

SCRIGNO-BLUE STORM (Italy)

xx points, 44th in UCI classification

All former Navigare-Blue Storm except where noted
Massimo APOLLONIO (It, 26 -- neo-pro)
Alessio BARBAGLI (It, 26 -- neo-pro)
Davide CASAROTTO (It, 24 -- neo-pro)
Walter CASTIGNOLA (It, 25)
Alexandre CHEFER (Kazak, 24)
Daniele CIGNALI (It, 26)
Biagio CONTE (It, 28 -- neo-pro)
Sauro GALLORINI (It, 24)
Cristian GASPERONI (It, 25 -- neo-pro)
Fabrizio GUIDI (It, 24)
Alessandro PETACCHI (It, 22 -- neo-pro)
Mirko ROSSATO (It, 27 -- neo-pro)
Francesco SECCHIARI (It, 23)
Amilcare TRONCA (It, 24 -- neo-pro)
Andrea VATTERONI (It, 26)

SHAKLEE (USA)

zero points, unclassified by UCI

Including
?? KOSCHARA (??, ??)

TELEKOM (Germany)

3065 points, 12th in UCI classification

Rolf ALDAG (Ger, 28)
Michael ANDERSON (Swe, 29 -- ex-Sicasal)
Gerd AUDHEM (Ger, 28)
Udo BOLTS (Ger, 29)
Gert DIETZ (Ger, 27)
Christian HENN (Ger, 32)
Jens HEPPNER (Ger, 31)
Brian HOLM (Den, 34)
Kai HUNDERTMARK (Ger, 27)
Mario KUMMER (Ger, 34)
Michel LAFIS (Swe, 28 -- ex-Amore e Vita)
Olaf LUDWIG (Ger, 36)
Peter MEINERT-NIELSEN (Den, 30 -- ex-TVM)
Bjarne RIIS (Den, 31-- ex-Gewiss)
Jan ULLRICH (Ger, 22)
Jurgen WERNER (Ger, 26)
Steffen WESEMANN (Ger, 25)
Erik ZABEL (Ger, 26)

TONISSTEINER-SAXON (Belgium)

xx points, 48th in UCI classification

Including
?? DIERCKXENS (Bel, ??)

TROIAMARISCO (Portugal)

xx points, 50th in UCI classification)

Including
?? MATIAS (Port, ??)

TVM (Netherlands)

2887 points, 15th in UCI classification

Jeroen Blijlevens (Neth, 25)
Michel Cornelisse (Neth, 30)
Steven De Jongh (Neth -- neo pro)
Maarten Den Bakker (27)
Bo Hamburger (Den, 25)
Tristan Hoffman (Neth, 26)
Lars Kristian Johnsen (Nor, 25)
Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor -- neo pro)
Servais Knaven (Neth, 25)
Jelle Nijdam (Neth. 33)
Stephane Petilleau (Fr, 25 -- ex-Castorama)
Vladimir Pulnikov (Ukr, 31, ex-Telekom)
Hendrik Redant (Bel, 34)
Laurent Roux (Fra, 24 -- ex-Castorama)
Jesper Skibby (Den, 32)
Raymond Thebes (Neth, 27)
Jim van de Laer (Bel, 28)
Niels van der Steen (Neth, 24)
Hendrik van Dyck (Bel, 22)
Peter van Petegem (Bel, 26)
Martin van Steen (Neth, 27)
Bart Voskamp (Neth, 28)

UC DE MAIA (Portugal)

?? points, ?? in UCI classification

Including
?? ABREU (Port, ??)

US POSTAL-MONTGOMERY BELL

xx points, 31st in UCI classification

Including
Andy HAMPSTEN (USA, ??)
?? TEUTENBERG (Ger, ??)

VLAANDEREN 2002 (Belgium)

599 points, 28th in UCI classification

Mario AERTS (Bel, 22 -- neo-pro)
Serge BAGUET (Bel, 27 -- ex-Lotto)
Glenn DHOLLANDER (Bel, 22 -- neo-pro)
Francky DEBUYST (Bel, 29)
Wim FEYS (Bel, 25)
Kris GERRITS (Bel, 25)
Marc PATRY (Bel, 27)
Nico RENDERS (Bel, 22 -- neo-pro)
Luc ROOSEN (Bel, 32)
Tom STREMERSCH (Bel, 21 -- neo-pro))
Erwin THIJS (Bel, 26)
Geert VAN BONDT (Bel, 26 -- ex-Asfra)
Wim VAN SEVENANT (Bel, 25)
Johan VERSTREPEN (Bel, 29)

VOSSCHEMIE-ZETELHALLEN (Belgium)

xx points, 45 in UCI classification

Including
??? VAN HAECKE (Bel, ??)
??? VAN ROOSBROEK (Bel, ??)

W52-PAREDES MOVEL (Portugal)

xx points, 52nd in UCI classification

Including
?? NEVS-SILVA (Port, ??)
?? BLANCO-VILAR (Sp, ??)