List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France
Appearance
The list of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 2007 Tour de France from July 7 to July 29, 2007.[1] Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Unibet.Com was not allowed to participate because their gambling sponsor conflicts with the law in France. Of the non-ProTour teams, the organisation invited Agritubel and Barloworld.[2]
Selection information
[edit]In the weeks before the start, many rumours and speculations were heard about which riders would or would not be selected for the race.
- Gilberto Simoni declared to be feeling too tired to participate in the tour this year.[3] His team manager Mauro Gianetti mentioned that Saunier Duval–Prodir intended sending Francisco Ventoso, Juan José Cobo, José Ángel Gómez Marchante, David de la Fuente, Iker Camaño, Rubén Lobato, Christophe Rinero, Iban Mayo and David Millar to the Tour. This leaves Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli out of the team.[4]
- Marc Sergeant declared on June 2 that for Predictor–Lotto six riders (Robbie McEwen, Cadel Evans, Chris Horner, Leif Hoste, Wim Vansevenant and Dario Cioni) had already been selected, while six others (Bjorn Leukemans, Mario Aerts, Fred Rodriguez, Roy Sentjens, Bert Roesems and Josep Jufré Pou are still competing for the last three spots. need to prove themselves to join the certainties in France this summer.[5]
- For Rabobank, Manager Erik Breukink created a shortlist of 13 riders who are still in contention on June 8, those are: Michael Boogerd, Bram de Groot, Thomas Dekker, Theo Eltink, Juan Antonio Flecha, Óscar Freire, Mathew Hayman, Pedro Horrillo, Denis Menchov, Koos Moerenhout, Grischa Niermann, Michael Rasmussen and Pieter Weening.[6] The final selection was announced on June 25.[7]
- Will ride for Caisse d'Epargne: Alejandro Valverde, Vladimir Karpets, Óscar Pereiro, Florent Brard, José Vicente García, Francisco Pérez, Nicolas Portal, Luis León Sánchez and Xabier Zandio.[8]
- On June 11, team AG2R Prévoyance named the following riders as certainties for the tour: Cyril Dessel, Christophe Moreau, José Luis Arrieta, Martin Elmiger, Stéphane Goubert and John Gadret. Seven other riders were still in contention for the three remaining places, namely: Simon Gerrans, Sylvain Calzati, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Ludovic Turpin, Hubert Dupont, Alexandre Usov and Yuriy Krivtsov.[9]
- Also on June 11, both Astana Team, Team CSC and T-Mobile Team announced their candidates for the Tour. For Astana Team 12 riders were still in contention: Alexander Vinokourov, Andreas Klöden and 7 other riders from this list: Andrey Kashechkin, Matthias Kessler, Maxim Iglinsky, Antonio Colom, Benoît Joachim, Gennady Mikhaylov, Eddy Mazzoleni, Grégory Rast, Paolo Savoldelli and Sergei Ivanov. T-Mobile Team selected 6 riders (Michael Rogers, Marcus Burghardt, Patrik Sinkewitz, Linus Gerdemann, Kim Kirchen and Mark Cavendish) with three more named nearer the start of the race.[10]
- Damiano Cunego announced on June 14 that he would not be taking part in the Tour de France this year.[11][12]
- On June 25 it was decided that for Cofidis this year's team would consist of Stéphane Augé, Sylvain Chavanel, Geoffroy Lequatre, Cristian Moreni, Nick Nuyens, Iván Parra, Staf Scheirlinckx, Rik Verbrugghe and Bradley Wiggins. The reserves in case of injury or illness were Leonardo Duque and Kevin De Weert.[13]
- Discovery Channel announced their full team on June 27. Johan Bruyneel, Discovery sport director, announced that Levi Leipheimer would lead assisted by George Hincapie, Egoi Martínez, Benjamín Noval, Yaroslav Popovych, Alberto Contador, Vladimir Gusev, Sérgio Paulinho and Tomas Vaitkus . Following recent illness, there was no space for Tom Danielson.[14]
- For Team CSC, the full squad was announced on June 29. Carlos Sastre leads the team with Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, David Zabriskie, Stuart O'Grady, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Íñigo Cuesta, Jens Voigt, Christian Vande Velde[15] Due to his 1996 doping admission, Bjarne Riis will not be the team director this year, being replaced by Kim Andersen.[16]
- On 5 July, Team Milram announced that Alessandro Petacchi will not race the Tour de France after his non-negative doping test at this year's Giro d'Italia.[17]
- On 3 July, it was announced that no one would use #1 during the 2007 Tour.
- The full list of riders with race numbers was confirmed by the tour organisers on Friday 6 July [18]
Teams
[edit]Cyclists
[edit]No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Age | Pos. |
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11 | Óscar Pereiro | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 29 | 10 |
12 | David Arroyo | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 27 | 13 |
13 | Vicente García Acosta | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 34 | 91 |
14 | Iván Gutiérrez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 28 | 22 |
15 | Vladimir Karpets | Russia | Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | 14 |
16 | Francisco Pérez Sanchez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 23 | 72 |
17 | Nicolas Portal | France | Caisse d'Epargne | 28 | 57 |
18 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 27 | 6 |
19 | Xabier Zandio | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 30 | DNF-4 |
21 | Michael Rogers | Australia | T-Mobile Team | 27 | DNF-8 |
22 | Marcus Burghardt | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 24 | 127 |
23 | Mark Cavendish | Great Britain | T-Mobile Team | 22 | DNF-8 |
24 | Bernhard Eisel | Austria | T-Mobile Team | 26 | 121 |
25 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 24 | 36 |
26 | Bert Grabsch | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 32 | 105 |
27 | Kim Kirchen | Luxembourg | T-Mobile Team | 29 | 7 |
28 | Axel Merckx | Belgium | T-Mobile Team | 34 | 62 |
29 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Germany | T-Mobile Team | 26 | DNS-9 |
31 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | Team CSC | 32 | 4 |
32 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Norway | Team CSC | 32 | 67 |
33 | Fabian Cancellara | Switzerland | Team CSC | 26 | 100 |
34 | Íñigo Cuesta | Spain | Team CSC | 38 | 51 |
35 | Stuart O'Grady | Australia | Team CSC | 33 | DNF-8 |
36 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team CSC | 27 | 17 |
37 | Christian Vande Velde | United States | Team CSC | 31 | 25 |
38 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team CSC | 35 | 28 |
39 | David Zabriskie | United States | Team CSC | 28 | DSQ-11 |
41 | Cadel Evans | Australia | Predictor–Lotto | 30 | 2 |
42 | Mario Aerts | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 32 | 70 |
43 | Dario Cioni | Italy | Predictor–Lotto | 32 | 56 |
44 | Chris Horner | United States | Predictor–Lotto | 35 | 15 |
45 | Leif Hoste | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 29 | 110 |
46 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Predictor–Lotto | 35 | DSQ-8 |
47 | Fred Rodriguez | United States | Predictor–Lotto | 33 | DNF-15 |
48 | Johan Vansummeren | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 26 | 63 |
49 | Wim Vansevenant | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 35 | 141 |
51 | Denis Menchov | Russia | Rabobank | 29 | DNF-17 |
52 | Michael Boogerd | Netherlands | Rabobank | 35 | 12 |
53 | Bram de Groot | Netherlands | Rabobank | 32 | 134 |
54 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands | Rabobank | 22 | 35 |
55 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain | Rabobank | 29 | 85 |
56 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | 31 | DNS-7 |
57 | Grischa Niermann | Germany | Rabobank | 32 | 86 |
58 | Michael Rasmussen | Denmark | Rabobank | 33 | DNS-17 |
59 | Pieter Weening | Netherlands | Rabobank | 26 | 128 |
61 | Christophe Moreau | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 36 | 37 |
62 | José Luis Arrieta | Spain | AG2R Prévoyance | 36 | 52 |
63 | Sylvain Calzati | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 28 | DNF-11 |
64 | Cyril Dessel | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 32 | DNF-15 |
65 | Martin Elmiger | Switzerland | AG2R Prévoyance | 28 | 74 |
66 | John Gadret | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 28 | 54 |
67 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | AG2R Prévoyance | 27 | 94 |
68 | Stéphane Goubert | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 37 | 27 |
69 | Ludovic Turpin | France | AG2R Prévoyance | 32 | 44 |
71 | Haimar Zubeldia | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 28 | 5 |
72 | Igor Antón | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 24 | DNF-11 |
73 | Mikel Astarloza | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 27 | 9 |
74 | Jorge Azanza | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 25 | 82 |
75 | Iñaki Isasi | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 30 | 90 |
76 | Iñigo Landaluze | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 30 | 43 |
77 | Rubén Pérez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 25 | 50 |
78 | Amets Txurruka | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 24 | 23 |
79 | Gorka Verdugo | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 28 | 48 |
81 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 27 | 88 |
82 | Daniele Bennati | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 26 | 75 |
83 | Paolo Bossoni | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 31 | 95 |
84 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 33 | 41 |
85 | Claudio Corioni | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 24 | 126 |
86 | Danilo Napolitano | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 26 | DSQ-8 |
87 | Daniele Righi | Italy | Lampre–Fondital | 31 | 96 |
88 | Tadej Valjavec | Slovenia | Lampre–Fondital | 30 | 19 |
89 | Patxi Vila | Spain | Lampre–Fondital | 31 | 29 |
91 | Stefan Schumacher | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 25 | 87 |
92 | Robert Förster | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 29 | 135 |
93 | Markus Fothen | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 25 | 34 |
94 | Heinrich Haussler | Australia | Team Gerolsteiner | 23 | 129 |
95 | Bernhard Kohl | Austria | Team Gerolsteiner | 25 | 31 |
96 | Sven Krauss | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 24 | 137 |
97 | Ronny Scholz | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 29 | 81 |
98 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | Team Gerolsteiner | 27 | 60 |
99 | Peter Wrolich | Austria | Team Gerolsteiner | 33 | 133 |
101 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | Crédit Agricole | 29 | 139 |
102 | William Bonnet | France | Crédit Agricole | 25 | 109 |
103 | Alexander Bocharov | Russia | Crédit Agricole | 32 | 33 |
104 | Anthony Charteau | France | Crédit Agricole | 27 | 136 |
105 | Julian Dean | New Zealand | Crédit Agricole | 32 | 107 |
106 | Dmitry Fofonov | Kazakhstan | Crédit Agricole | 30 | 26 |
107 | Patrice Halgand | France | Crédit Agricole | 33 | 30 |
108 | Sebastien Hinault | France | Crédit Agricole | 33 | 132 |
109 | Christophe Le Mével | France | Crédit Agricole | 26 | DNF-15 |
111 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 33 | 3 |
112 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 24 | 1 |
113 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 25 | 38 |
114 | George Hincapie | United States | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 34 | 24 |
115 | Egoi Martínez | Spain | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 29 | 61 |
116 | Benjamín Noval | Spain | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 26 | 115 |
117 | Sérgio Paulinho | Portugal | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 27 | 65 |
118 | Yaroslav Popovych | Ukraine | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 27 | 8 |
119 | Tomas Vaitkus | Lithuania | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | 25 | DNS-3 |
121 | Pierrick Fédrigo | France | Bouygues Télécom | 28 | 84 |
122 | Stef Clement | Netherlands | Bouygues Télécom | 24 | DSQ-12 |
123 | Xavier Florencio | Spain | Bouygues Télécom | 27 | 46 |
124 | Anthony Geslin | France | Bouygues Télécom | 27 | 98 |
125 | Laurent Lefèvre | France | Bouygues Télécom | 31 | 58 |
126 | Jérôme Pineau | France | Bouygues Télécom | 27 | 68 |
127 | Matthieu Sprick | France | Bouygues Télécom | 25 | DNF-16 |
128 | Johann Tschopp | Switzerland | Bouygues Télécom | 25 | 93 |
129 | Thomas Voeckler | France | Bouygues Télécom | 28 | 66 |
131 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Spain | Agritubel | 28 | 80 |
132 | Freddy Bichot | France | Agritubel | 27 | 102 |
133 | Moisés Dueñas | Spain | Agritubel | 26 | 39 |
134 | Romain Feillu | France | Agritubel | 23 | DNF-8 |
135 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Spain | Agritubel | 23 | DNF-1 |
136 | Cédric Herve | France | Agritubel | 27 | DSQ-8 |
137 | Nicolas Jalabert | France | Agritubel | 34 | 114 |
138 | Benoît Salmon | France | Agritubel | 33 | 125 |
139 | Nicolas Vogondy | France | Agritubel | 29 | 92 |
141 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 28 | DNS-17 |
142 | Stéphane Augé | France | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 32 | DNS-17 |
143 | Geoffroy Lequatre | France | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 26 | DNS-6 |
144 | Cristian Moreni | Italy | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 34 | DNS-17 |
145 | Nick Nuyens | Belgium | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 27 | DNS-17 |
146 | Iván Parra | Colombia | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 31 | DNF-8 |
147 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Belgium | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 28 | DNS-17 |
148 | Rik Verbrugghe | Belgium | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 32 | DNS-17 |
149 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | 27 | DNS-17 |
151 | Filippo Pozzato | Italy | Liquigas | 25 | DNS-15 |
152 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | Liquigas | 26 | 59 |
153 | Manuel Beltrán | Spain | Liquigas | 36 | 18 |
154 | Kjell Carlström | Finland | Liquigas | 30 | 76 |
155 | Murilo Fischer | Brazil | Liquigas | 28 | 101 |
156 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Belarus | Liquigas | 27 | 89 |
157 | Manuel Quinziato | Italy | Liquigas | 27 | 113 |
158 | Charlie Wegelius | Great Britain | Liquigas | 29 | 45 |
159 | Frederik Willems | Belgium | Liquigas | 27 | 73 |
161 | Sandy Casar | France | Française des Jeux | 28 | 71 |
162 | Sébastien Chavanel | France | Française des Jeux | 26 | 130 |
163 | Mickaël Delage | France | Française des Jeux | 21 | 117 |
164 | Rémy Di Gregorio | France | Française des Jeux | 21 | DNS-5 |
165 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | Française des Jeux | 25 | DNS-15 |
166 | Lilian Jégou | France | Française des Jeux | 31 | 97 |
167 | Mathieu Ladagnous | France | Française des Jeux | 22 | 112 |
168 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sweden | Française des Jeux | 23 | 64 |
169 | Benoît Vaugrenard | France | Française des Jeux | 25 | 83 |
171 | Tom Boonen | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 26 | 119 |
172 | Carlos Barredo | Spain | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 26 | 42 |
173 | Steven de Jongh | Netherlands | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 33 | 123 |
174 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Spain | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 31 | 21 |
175 | Sébastien Rosseler | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 25 | 104 |
176 | Gert Steegmans | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 26 | 138 |
177 | Bram Tankink | Netherlands | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 28 | 40 |
178 | Matteo Tosatto | Italy | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 33 | 108 |
179 | Cedric Vasseur | France | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 36 | 55 |
181 | Erik Zabel | Germany | Team Milram | 37 | 79 |
182 | Alessandro Cortinovis | Italy | Team Milram | 29 | 122 |
183 | Ralf Grabsch | Germany | Team Milram | 34 | 116 |
184 | Andriy Hryvko | Ukraine | Team Milram | 23 | 78 |
185 | Christian Knees | Germany | Team Milram | 26 | 47 |
186 | Brett Lancaster | Australia | Team Milram | 27 | DNF-5 |
187 | Alberto Ongarato | Italy | Team Milram | 31 | DNF-12 |
188 | Enrico Poitschke | Germany | Team Milram | 37 | 131 |
189 | Marcel Sieberg | Germany | Team Milram | 25 | 120 |
191 | Alexander Vinokourov | Kazakhstan | Astana Team | 33 | DNS-16 |
192 | Antonio Colom | Spain | Astana Team | 29 | DNS-16 |
193 | Maxim Iglinsky | Kazakhstan | Astana Team | 26 | DNS-16 |
194 | Sergei Ivanov | Russia | Astana Team | 32 | DNS-16 |
195 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan | Astana Team | 27 | DNS-16 |
196 | Andreas Klöden | Germany | Astana Team | 32 | DNS-16 |
197 | Daniel Navarro Garcia | Spain | Astana Team | 23 | DNS-16 |
198 | Grégory Rast | Switzerland | Astana Team | 27 | DNS-16 |
199 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy | Astana Team | 34 | DNS-16 |
201 | David Millar | Great Britain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 30 | 69 |
202 | Iker Camaño | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 28 | 53 |
203 | David Canada | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 32 | 103 |
204 | Juan José Cobo | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 26 | 20 |
205 | David de la Fuente | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 26 | 49 |
206 | Rubén Lobato | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 28 | DNS-7 |
207 | Iban Mayo | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 29 | 16 |
208 | Christophe Rinero | France | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 33 | 77 |
209 | Francisco Ventoso | Spain | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 25 | DNS-14 |
211 | Alexander Efimkin | Russia | Barloworld | 25 | 99 |
212 | Félix Cárdenas | Colombia | Barloworld | 34 | 106 |
213 | Giampaolo Cheula | Italy | Barloworld | 28 | 111 |
214 | Enrico Degano | Italy | Barloworld | 31 | DNF-7 |
215 | Geraint Thomas | Great Britain | Barloworld | 21 | 140 |
216 | Robert Hunter | South Africa | Barloworld | 30 | 118 |
217 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Italy | Barloworld | 26 | 124 |
218 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Belarus | Barloworld | 24 | 32 |
219 | Mauricio Soler | Colombia | Barloworld | 24 | 11 |
Summary of the field
[edit]- Spain has most riders with 41. France has 36.
- 26 nations are represented.
- Euskaltel is the only team that has all its riders from the same country.
- There are six current road race national champions: Dean, Hincapie, Iglinsky, Moreau, Valjavec and Wegmann, and seven current time trial national champions: Zabriskie, Cancellara, Clement, B. Grabsch, Gusev, Gutierrez and Vaugrenard.
- There is no earlier Tour de France general classification winner in the Tour. (Pereiro was awarded 2006 win in September 2007)
- Three riders have won a Grand Tour: Savoldelli (Giro 2002&2005), Menchov (Vuelta 2005) and Vinokourov (Vuelta 2006).
- Three riders have won points competition in Tour de France: Zabel (1996–2001), McEwen (2002, 2004, 2006) and Hushovd (2005).
- Two riders have won the King of the Mountains competition in Tour de France: Rinero (1998) and Rasmussen (2005–06).
- Four riders have won the U25 competition in Tour de France: Salmon (1999), Menchov (2003), Karpets (2004) and Popovych (2005).
- 36 riders have won a stage in Tour de France earlier: Boogerd, Boonen, Calzati, Cancellara, Cardenas, Fedrigo, Flecha, Freire, García Acosta, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, Ivanov, Mayo, McEwen, Menchov, Mercado, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Popovych, Pozzato, Rasmussen, Sastre, Savoldelli, Schleck, Tosatto, Valverde, Vasseur, Verbrugghe, Vinokourov, Voigt, Weening, Zabel and Zabriskie.
- Riders who won their first Tour de France stage in 2007: Bennati, Casar, Contador, Gerdemann, Hunter, Leipheimer, Soler, Steegmans. Evans and Kirchen were awarded stage wins in 2008, after Alexander Vinokourov was removed from the stage results.
- 15 riders who have worn the yellow jersey: Boonen, Cancellara, Dessel, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Millar, Moreau, O'Grady, Pereiro, Vasseur, Voeckler, Voigt, Zabel and Zabriskie.
- Riders who wore yellow jersey for the first time in 2007: Contador, Gerdemann, Rasmussen.
- 21 riders who finished Giro d'Italia earlier this year: Aerts, Arroyo, Arvesen, Bruseghin, Cañada, Cioni, Cortinovis, Dean, Förster, Jegou, Knees, Krauss, Lancaster, Mayo, Merckx, Parra, Rasmussen, Savoldelli, Tosatto, Vila, Zabriskie.
- 10 riders who started Giro but abandoned: Cancellara, Halgand, Hincapie, Hushovd, McEwen, Napolitano, Ongarato, Popovych, Voeckler, Wegelius.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in French) http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/COURSE/us/equipes_et_coureurs.html Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 21 teams in the Tour de France 2007 Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine Tour de France press release 30 June 2007 (PDF)
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4630567.stm Fatigued Simoni pulls out of Tour
- ^ (in Dutch) http://www.wielernieuws.be/nieuws/voorselectie_tour_de_france_saunier_duval_zonder_ricco,_piepoli_en_simoni.html Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Saunier Duval Tour de France preselection without Ricco, Piepoli and Simoni.
- ^ "Predictor–Lotto maakt voorselectie Tour de France bekend" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Predictor–Lotto announces preselection for Tour de France.
- ^ (in Dutch) Rabobank announces preselection for Tour de France. Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Experienced team for Rabobank in Tour[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Caisse d'Epargne first to reveal Tour line-up.
- ^ (in French) http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/actualites-comm-detail.asp?id=384
- ^ (in Dutch) http://www.wielernieuws.be/nieuws/astana,_csc_en_t-mobile_maken_voorselectie_tour_de_france.html Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Astana, CSC and T-Mobile announce selection for Tour de France.
- ^ http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6708636,00.html Cunego opts out of Tour de France challenge
- ^ Tour de France - Cunego confirms absence - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
- ^ http://www.cyclingpost.com/tour/article_004941.shtml Cofidis reveal Tour de France line-up
- ^ "Discovery unveils Tour squad". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29. Discovery unveils Tour squad
- ^ "Team CSC Announces Line-Up for Tour de France 2007". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Friday's EuroFile: Tour rosters shaping up Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Petacchi out of Tour, says Milram team
- ^ "Tour de France 2007 Riders' list". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Velonews - Latest team rosters Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine www.velonews.com; July 3, 2007; Accessed July 4, 2007
- ^ (in German) Team Gerolsteiner mit sieben Deutschen und zwei Österreichern bei der Tour de France Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine www.gerolsteiner.de; June 30, 2007; Accessed July 3, 2007
- ^ Quick.Step Innergetic Ready For Tour! Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine www.qsi-cycling.com; July 2, 2007; Accessed July 3, 2007
- ^ Barloworld reveal Tour de France line-up Cyclingpost.com; June 30, 2007; Accessed July 2, 2007