Tour de France 2015 start list

The full official start list for the 2015 Tour de France (July 4-26) has now been released, complete with race numbers.

Each of the 22 teams will field nine riders apiece, bringing the total start list to 198 participants.

Defending 2014 Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) wears the number one plate.

>>> Tour de France 2015 route guide

Astana (Kazakhstan)

Directeur sportifs: Alexandr Shefer/Dmitriy Fofonov
Kit: Specialized bikes, Campagnolo components

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)

2 Lars Boom (Ned)

3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den)

4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)

5 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)

6 Tanel Kangert (Est)

7 Michele Scarponi (Ita)

8 Rein Taaramäe (Est)

9 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)

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Ag2r La Mondiale (France)

Directeur sportifs: Vincent Lavenu/Julien Jurdie
Kit: Focus bikes, SRAM components

11 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)

12 Romain Bardet (Fra)

13 Jan Bakelandts (Bel)

14 Mikael Cherel (Fra)

15 Ben Gastauer (Ned)

16 Damien Gaudin (Fra)

17 Christophe Riblon (Fra)

18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel)

19 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra)

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FDJ (France)

Directeur sportifs: Thierry Bricaud/Yvon Madiot
Kit: Lapierre bikes, Shimano components

21 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)

22 William Bonnet (Fra)

23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)

24 Arnaud Demare (Fra)

25 Alexandre Geniez (Fra)

26 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)

27 Steve Morabito (Swi)

28 Jérémy Roy (Fra)

29 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)

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Team Sky (Great Britain)

Directeur sportifs: Nicolas Portal/Servais Knaven
Kit: Pinarello bikes, Shimano components

31 Chris Froome (GBr)

32 Peter Kennaugh (GBr)

33 Leopold König (Cze)

34 Wout Poels (Ned)

35 Richie Porte (Aus)

36 Nicolas Roche (Irl)

37 Luke Rowe (GBr)

38 Ian Stannard (GBr)

39 Geraint Thomas (GBr)

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Tinkoff-Saxo (Russia)

Directeur sportifs: Steven De Jongh/Sean Yates
Kit: Specialized bikes, Shimano components

41 Alberto Contador (Spa)

42 Ivan Basso (Ita)

43 Daniele Bennati (Ita)

44 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)

45 Rafal Majka (Pol)

46 Michael Rogers (Aus)

47 Peter Sagan (Svk)

48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)

49 Michael Valgren (Den)

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Movistar (Spain)

Directeur sportifs: Jose Luis Arrieta/Vicente Garcia
Kit: Canyon bikes, Campagnolo components

51 Nairo Quintana (Col)

52 Winner Anacona (Col)

53 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa)

54 Alex Dowsett (GBr)

55 Imanol Erviti (Spa)

56 José Herrada (Spa)

57 Gorka Izagirre (Spa)

58 Adriano Malori (Ita)

59 Alejandro Valverde (Spa)

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BMC Racing Team (USA)

Directeur sportifs: Yvon Ledanois/Max Sciandri
Kit: BMC bikes, Shimano components

61 Tejay van Garderen (USA)

62 Damiano Caruso (Ita)

63 Rohan Dennis (Aus)

64 Daniel Oss (Ita)

65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)

66 Samuel Sanchez (Spa)

67 Michael Schar (Swi)

68 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)

69 Danilo Wyss (Swi)

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Lotto-Soudal (Belgium)

Directeur sportifs: Herman Frison/Bart Leysen
Kit: Ridley bikes, Campagnolo components

71 Tony Gallopin (Fra)

72 Lars Bak (Den)

73 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)

74 Jens Debusschere (Bel)

75 André Greipel (Ger)

76 Adam Hansen (Aus)

77 Greg Henderson (NZl)

78 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)

79 Tim Wellens (Bel)

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Team Giant-Alpecin (Germany)

Directeur sportifs: Marc Reef/Christian Guiberteau
Kit: Giant bikes, Shimano components

81 John Degenkolb (Ger)

82 Warren Barguil (Fra)

83 Roy Curvers (Ned)

84 Koen de Kort (Ned)

85 Tom Dumoulin (Ned)

86 Simon Geschke (Ger)

87 Georg Preidler (Aut)

88 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned)

89 Albert Timmer (Ned)

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Team Katusha (Russia)

Directeur sportifs: José Azevedo/Torsten Schmidt
Kit: Canyon bikes, Shimano components

91 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa)

92 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)

93 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)

94 Marco Haller (Aut)

95 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus)

96 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)

97 Alberto Losada (Spa)

98 Tiago Machado (Por)

99 Luca Paolini (Ita)

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Orica-GreenEdge (Australia)

Directeur sportifs: Matt White/Laurenzo Lapage
Kit: Scott bikes, Shimano components

101 Simon Gerrans (Aus)

102 Michael Albasini (Swi)

103 Luke Durbridge (Aus)

104 Daryl Impey (RSA)

105 Michael Matthews (Aus)

106 Svein Tuft (Can)

107 Pieter Weening (Ned)

108 Adam Yates (GBr)

109 Simon Yates (GBr)

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Etixx-QuickStep (Belgium)

Directeur sportifs: Wilfried Peeters/Davide Bramati
Kit: Specialized bikes, Shimano components

111 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)

112 Mark Cavendish (GBr)

113 Michal Golas (Pol)

114 Tony Martin (Ger)

115 Mark Renshaw (Aus)

116 Zdenek Stybar (Cze)

117 Matteo Trentin (Ita)

118 Rigoberto Uran (Col)

119 Julien Vermote (Bel)

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Team Europcar (France)

Directeur sportifs: Andy Flickinger/Lylian Lebreton
Kit: Colnago bikes, Campagnolo components

121 Pierre Rolland (Fra)

122 Bryan Coquard (Fra)

123 Cyril Gautier (Fra)

124 Yohann Gene (Fra)

125 Bryan Naulleau (Fra)

126 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)

127 Romain Sicard (Fra)

128 Angélo Tulik (Fra)

129 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)

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Team LottoNL-Jumbo (Netherlands)

Directeur sportifs: Nico Verhoeven/Frans Maassen
Kit: Bianchi bikes, Shimano components

131 Robert Gesink (Ned)

132 Wilco Kelderman (Ned)

133 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)

134 Tom Leezer (Ned)

135 Paul Martens (Ger)

136 Bram Tankink (Ned)

137 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)

138 Jos van Emden (Ned)

139 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel)

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Trek Factory Racing (USA)

Directeur sportifs: Kim Andersen/Alain Gallopin
Kit: Trek bikes, Shimano components

141 Bauke Mollema (Ned)

142 Julian Arredondo (Col)

143 Fabian Cancellara (Swi)

144 Stijn Devolder (Bel)

145 Laurent Didier (Lux)

146 Markel Irizar (Spa)

147 Bob Jungels (Lux)

148 Gregory Rast (Swi)

149 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)

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Lampre-Merida (Italy)

Directeur sportifs: Philippe Mauduit/Simone Pedrazzini
Kit: Merida bikes, Shimano components

151 Rui Costa (Por)

152 Matteo Bono (Ita)

153 Davide Cimolai (Ita)

154 Kristijan Durasek (Cro)

155 Nelson Oliveira (Por)

156 Ruben Plaza (Spa)

157 Filippo Pozzato (Ita)

158 José Serpa (Spa)

159 Rafael Valls (Spa)

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Cannondale-Garmin (USA)

Directeur sportifs: Charly Wegelius/Robert Hunter
Kit: Cannondale bikes, Shimano components

161 Andrew Talansky (USA)

162 Jack Bauer (NZl)

163 Nathan Haas (Aus)

164 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)

165 Kristijan Koren (Slo)

166 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)

167 Dan Martin (Irl)

168 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu)

169 Dylan van Baarle (Ned)

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Cofidis, Solutions Credit (France)

Directeur sportifs: Didier Rous/Stéphane Auge
Kit: Orbea bikes, Shimano components

171 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra)

172 Nicolas Edet (Fra)

173 Christophe Laporte (Fra)

174 Luia Angel Maté (Spa)

175 Daniel Navarro (Spa)

176 Florian Sénéchal (Fra)

177 Julien Simon (Fra)

178 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra)

179 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel)

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IAM Cycling (Switzerland)

Directeur sportifs: Eddy Seigneur/Mario Chiesa
Kit: Scott bikes, Shimano components

181 Mathias Frank (Swi)

182 Matthias Brändle (Aut)

183 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)

184 Stef Clement (Ned)

185 Jérôme Coppel (Fra)

186 Martin Elmiger (Swi)

187 Reto Hollenstein (Swi)

188 Jarlinson Pantano (Col)

189 Marcel Wyss (Swi)

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Bora-Argon 18 (Germany)

Directeur sportifs: Enrico Poitschke/Christian Pomer
Kit: Argon bikes, Shimano components

191 Dominik Nerz (Ger)

192 Jan Barta (Cze)

193 Sam Bennett (Irl)

194 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger)

195 Zakkari Dempster (Aus)

196 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol)

197 José Mendes (Por)

198 Andreas Schillinger (Ger)

199 Paul Voss (Ger)

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Bretagne-Seche Environnement (France)

Directeur sportifs: Emmanuel Hubert/Roger Trehin
Kit: Look bikes, Shimano components

201 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg)

202 Fréderic Brun (Fra)

203 Anthony Delaplace (Fra)

204 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)

205 Brice Feillu (Fra)

206 Armindo Fonseca (Fra)

207 Arnaud Gerard (Fra)

208 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra)

209 Florian Vachon (Fra)

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MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung (South Africa)

Directeur sportifs: Jens Zemke/Alex Sans Vega
Kit: Cervelo bikes, Rotor components

211 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)

212 Steve Cummings (GBr)

213 Tyler Farrar (USA)

214 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA)

215 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)

216 Merhawi Kudus (Eri)

217 Louis Meintjes (RSA)

218 Serge Pauwels (Bel)

219 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri)

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