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Telekom
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Team Manager: Walter Godefroot (Bel)
- 1. Bjarne Riis (Denmark) Defending Champion
- 2. Rolf Aldag (Germany)
- 3. Udo Bolts (Germany) Sprinter
- 4. Christian Henn (Germany) Assistant in Mountains
- 5. Jens Heppner (Germany) Ex sprinter
- 6. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy)
- 7. Georg Totschnig (Austria)
- 8. Jan Ullrich (Germany) Super Second-in-Command
- 9. Erik Zabel (Germany) Sprinter
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Festina
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Team Manager: Bruno Roussel (Fra)
- 11. Richard Virenque (France) 27, 3rd TdF 1996, joint Team Leader, Climber
- 12. Gianluca Bortolami (Italy) 28
- 13. Laurent Brochard (France) 29, 4th TdF 1996, joint Team Leade
- 14. Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland) 28
- 15. Pascal Herve (France) 32
- 16. Joona Laukka (Finland) 24
- 17. Christophe Moreau (France) 25
- 18. Didier Rous (France) 26
- 19. Neil Stephens (Australia) 33, Super domestique
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Mapei-GB
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Team Manager: Patrick Lefevre (Bel)
- 21. Johan Museeuw (Bel) 32, World Champion
- 22. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 25
- 23. Valentino Fois (Ita) 23
- 24. Zenon Jaskula (Pol) climber, outsider for podium
- 25. Daniele Nardello (Ita) 24, first Tour
- 26. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) 32
- 27. Tom Steels (Bel) 25, first Tour, sprinter
- 28. Andrea Tafi (Ita) 31
- 29. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 22, first Tour
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ONCE
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Team Manager: Manolo Saiz (Spa)
- 31. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
- 32. Inigo Cuesta (Spa)
- 33. David Etxebarria (Spa)
- 34. Marcelino Garcia (Spa)
- 35. Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
- 36. Javier Mauleon (Spa)
- 37. Roberto Sierra (Spa)
- 38. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
- 39. Alex Zulle (Swi)
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MG-Technogym
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Team Manager: Giancarlo Ferretti (Ita)
- 41. Michele Bartoli (Ita)
- 42. Fabio Baldato (Ita)
- 43. Carlo Finco (Ita)
- 44. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)
- 45. Angelo Lecchi (Ita)
- 46. Nicola Loda (Ita)
- 47. Luca Scinto (Ita)
- 48. Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
- 49. Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
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Polti
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Team Manager: Gianluigi Stanga (Ita)
- 51. Luc Leblanc (France) Climber and team leader
- 52. Rossano Brasi (Ita)
- 53. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
- 54. Mirko Crepaldi (Ita)
- 55. Gerrit de Vries (Ned)
- 56. Mirko Gualdi (Ita)
- 57. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Climber
- 58. Sergei Oetsjakov (Uzbekistan) attacking rider
- 59. Gianluca Valoti (Ita)
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Cofidis
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Team Manager: Cyrille Guimard (Fra)
- 61. Tony Rominger (Swi) Team leader, ITT, climber, past his best
- 62. Frankie Andreu (USA)
- 63. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) ITT
- 64. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Sprinter
- 65. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
- 66. Bobby Julich (USA)
- 67. Kevin Livingston (USA)
- 68. Christophe Rinero (Fra)
- 69. Cyril Saugrain (Fra)
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La Francaise des Jeux
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Team Manager: Marc Madiot (Fra)
- 71. Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
- 72. Fridiric Guesdon (Fra)
- 73. Stiphane Heulot (Fra)
- 74. Christophe Mengin (Fra)
- 75. Damien Nazon (Fra)
- 76. Andrea Peron (Ita)
- 77. Davide Rebellin (Ita)
- 78. Maximillian Sciandri (GB)
- 79. Flavio Vanzella (Ita)
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Roslotto-ZG
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Team Manager: Massimo Ghirotto (Ita)
- 81. Alexander Gontsjenkov (Rus)
- 82. Vjatsjeslav Djavanian (Rus)
- 83. Marco Fincato (Ita)
- 84. Vitali Kokorin (Rus)
- 85. Pavel Padrnos (Tsj)
- 86. Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
- 87. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita)
- 88. Massimo Strazzer (Ita)
- 89. Marco Zen (Ita)
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GAN
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Team Manager: Roger Legeay (Fra)
- 91. Chris Boardman (UK) 28, Team Leader and ITT hope, cannot climb
- 92. Fridiric Moncassin (France) 28, Sprinter
- 93. Stuart O'Grady (Australia) 29, Watch out for on GC
- 94. Eros Poli (Italy) 33, star solo breakaway rider (Ventoux), lead-out man
- 95. Arnaud Pritot (Fra)
- 96. Girard Rui (France) 31
- 97. Frangois Simon (France) 28
- 98. Cidric Vasseur (France) 26
- 99. Henk Vogels (Australia) 23, sprinter
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TVM
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Team Manager: Cees Priem (Ned)
- 101. Maarten den Bakker (Ned)
- 102. Jeroen Blijlevens (Netherlands) Sprinter
- 103. Bo Hamburger (Denmark) Climber
- 104. Tristan Hoffman (Netherlands) Sprinter
- 105. Servais Knaven (Ned)
- 106. Laurent Roux (France) Climber
- 107. Jesper Skibby (Denmark) breakaway specialist in last kms
- 108. Peter van Petegem (Belgium) Sprinter
- 109. Bart Voskamp (Ned)
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Saeco
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Team Manager: Antonio Salutini (Ita)
- 111. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Giro winner 1997
- 112. Philipp Buschor (Swi)
- 113. Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
- 114. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Super Mario - never finished but can sprint
- 115. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
- 116. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
- 117. Dario Frigo (Ita)
- 118. Giorgio Furlan (Ita)
- 119. Massimilliano Lelli (Ita)
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Rabobank
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Team Manager: Theo de Rooy (Ned)
- 121. Peter Luttenberger (Austria) Climber
- 122. Michael Boogerd (Ned)
- 123. Erik Breukink (Ned) 33 replaces Bruyneel who is injured
- 124. Erik Dekker (Ned)
- 125. Patrick Jonker (Australia) Climber/ITT, Look for top GC placing
- 126. Robbie McEwen (Australia) Sprinter
- 127. Danny Nelissen (Netherlands) Look for in early stages
- 128. Rolf Svrensen (Den)
- 129. Leon van Bon (Ned) Classics Rider
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Casino
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Team Manager: Vincent Lavenu (Fra)
- 131. Alberto Elli (Ita)
- 132. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
- 133. Lauri Aus (Est)
- 134. Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
- 135. Fabrice Gougot (Fra)
- 136. Rolf Jaermann (Swi)
- 137. Arturas Kasputis (Lit)
- 138. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
- 139. Marco Saligari (Ita)
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Batik-Del Monte
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Team Manager: Emmanuelle Bombini (Ita)
- 141. Evgeni Berzin (Rus)
- 142. Andrea Brognara (Ita)
- 143. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita)
- 144. Luca Colombo (Ita)
- 145. Francesco Frattini (Ita)
- 146. Nicola Minali (Ita)
- 147. Jon Odriozola (Spa)
- 148. Gianluca Pierobon (Ita)
- 149. Giuseppe Tartaggia (Ita)
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Banesto
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Team Manager: Josi-Miguel Echavarri (Spa)
- 151. Abraham Olano (Spa) - Team leader, ITT, climber, and Banesto's big
hope
- 152. Marino Alonso (Spa)
- 153. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa)
- 154. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Climber
- 155. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Climber
- 156. Angel Casero (Spa)
- 157. Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa)
- 158. Josi Maria Jiminez (Spa)
- 159. Orlando Rodrigues (Por)
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Lotto-Mobistar
Wildcard #1
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Team Manager: Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel)
- 161. Laurent Madouas (Fra)
- 162. Djamolidine Abdoesjaparov (Uzb)
- 163. Peter Farazijn (Bel)
- 164. Jo Planckaert (Bel)
- 165. Benoit Salmon (Fra)
- 166. Andrei Tsjmil (Mol)
- 167. Andrei Teterioek (Kaz)
- 168. Paul van Hyfte (Bel)
- 169. Marc Wauters (Bel)
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Kelme-Costa
Blanca
Wildcard #2
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Team Manager: Alvaro Pino (Spa)
- 171. Fernando Escartin (Spa)
- 172. Francisco Benitez (Spa)
- 173. Hernan Buenahora (Col)
- 174. Francisco Cabello (Spa)
- 175. Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa)
- 176. Arsenio Gonzalez (Spa)
- 177. Jose "Chepe'' Gonzalez (Col)
- 178. Javier Pascual (Spa)
- 179. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa)
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Mercatone Uno
Wildcard #3
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Team Manager: Giuseppe Martinelli (Ita)
- 181. Marco Pantani (Ita)
- 182. Marco Artunghi (Ita)
- 183. Roberto Conti (Ita)
- 184. Oscar Pellicoli (Ita)
- 185. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita)
- 186. Massimo Podenzana (Ita)
- 187. Marcello Siboni (Ita)
- 188. Mario Traversoni (Ita)
- 189. Beat Zberg (Swi)
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US Postal Service
Wildcard #4
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Team Manager: Mark Gorski (USA)
- 191. Vjatsjeslav Ekimov (Rus)
- 192. Adriano Baffi (Ita)
- 193. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)
- 194. Pascal Derami (Fra)
- 195. Tyler Hamilton (USA)
- 196. George Hincapie (USA)
- 197. Marty Jemison (USA)
- 198. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den)
- 199. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
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La Mutuelle de
Seine
Wildcard #5
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Team Manager: Yvon Sanquer (Fra)
- 201. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra)
- 202. Jean-Frangois Anti (Fra)
- 203. Stiphane Cueff (Fra)
- 204. David Delrieu (Fra)
- 205. Gordon Frasier (Can)
- 206. Claude Lamour (Fra)
- 207. Gilles Maignan (Fra)
- 208. Laurent Pillon (Fra)
- 209. Dominique Rault (Fra)
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Big Mat - Aubervilliers
93
Wildcard #6
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Team Manager: Stephane Javalet (Fra)
- 211. Pascal Lino (Fra)
- 212. Miguel Arroyo (Mex)
- 213. Ludovic Auger (Fra)
- 214. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra)
- 215. Laurent Genty (Fra)
- 216. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)
- 217. Pascal Lance (Fra)
- 218. Anthony Morin (Fra)
- 219. Gilles Talmant (Fra)
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Asics
Reserve Team
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No start this year for Claudio Chiappucci.
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