List of teams and cyclists in the 1988 Tour de France

Legend

No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos.	Position in the general classification
Time	Deficit to the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the intermediate sprints classification
	Denotes the winner of the combination classification
	Denotes the winner of the team classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity award
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish
NP	Denotes a rider who was a non-participant
AB	Denotes a rider who abandoned
HD	Denotes a rider who was outside the time limit (French: Hors Delai)
Age correct as of 4 July 1988, the date on which the Tour began

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Pos.	Time	Ref
1	Urs Zimmermann	Switzerland	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	28	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
2	Marco Bergamo	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	24	109	+ 2h 05' 43"	[3]
3	Guido Bontempi	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	28	106	+ 1h 59' 07"	[3]
4	Massimo Ghirotto	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	27	85	+ 1h 35' 02"	[3]
5	Bruno Leali	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	30	77	+ 1h 30' 50"	[3]
6	Erich Maechler	Switzerland	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	27	136	+ 2h 29' 37"	[3]
7	Walter Magnago	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	27	141	+ 2h 37' 52"	[3]
8	Marco Tabai	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	26	146	+ 2h 46' 16"	[3]
9	Roberto Visentini	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	31	22	+ 33' 23"	[3]
11	Steven Rooks	Netherlands	PDM	27	2	+ 7' 13"	[3]
12	Andy Bishop	United States	PDM	23	135	+ 2h 29' 00"	[3]
13	Rudy Dhaenens	Belgium	PDM	27	87	+ 1h 36' 16"	[3]
14	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands	PDM	37	DNF (AB-6)	—	[3]
15	Jörg Müller	Switzerland	PDM	27	27	+ 40' 53"	[3]
16	Peter Stevenhaagen	Netherlands	PDM	23	29	+ 45' 27"	[3]
17	Gert-Jan Theunisse	Netherlands	PDM	25	11	+ 22' 46"	[3]
18	Adri van der Poel	Netherlands	PDM	29	84	+ 1h 34' 43"	[3]
19	Marc van Orsouw	Netherlands	PDM	24	76	+ 1h 30' 36"	[3]
21	Jean-François Bernard	France	Toshiba	26	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
22	Frédéric Garnier	France	Toshiba	24	108	+ 2h 02' 52"	[3]
23	Martial Gayant	France	Toshiba	25	71	+ 1h 25' 30"	[3]
24	Jacques Hanegraaf	Netherlands	Toshiba	27	119	+ 2h 12' 11"	[3]
25	Andreas Kappes	West Germany	Toshiba	22	110	+ 2h 06' 02"	[3]
26	Johan Lammerts	Netherlands	Toshiba	27	130	+ 2h 23' 17"	[3]
27	Philippe Leleu	France	Toshiba	30	65	+ 1h 21' 51"	[3]
28	Marc Madiot	France	Toshiba	29	66	+ 1h 22' 34"	[3]
29	Yvon Madiot	France	Toshiba	26	DNF (AB-16)	—	[3]
31	Laurent Fignon	France	Système U	27	DNF (NP-12)	—	[3]
32	Éric Boyer	France	Système U	24	5	+ 14' 04"	[3]
33	Jacques Decrion	France	Système U	26	72	+ 1h 26' 44"	[3]
34	Dominique Garde	France	Système U	29	93	+ 1h 46' 44"	[3]
35	Christophe Lavainne	France	Système U	24	67	+ 1h 22' 34"	[3]
36	Thierry Marie	France	Système U	25	98	+ 1h 51' 11"	[3]
37	Charly Mottet	France	Système U	25	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
38	Joël Pelier	France	Système U	26	120	+ 2h 13' 28"	[3]
39	Pascal Simon	France	Système U	31	17	+ 28' 39"	[3]
41	Luis Herrera	Colombia	Café de Colombia	27	6	+ 14' 36"	[3]
42	Samuel Cabrera	Colombia	Café de Colombia	27	31	+ 46' 06"	[3]
43	Julio César Cadena	Colombia	Café de Colombia	24	42	+ 1h 01' 28"	[3]
44	Henry Cárdenas	Colombia	Café de Colombia	22	DNF (AB-4)	—	[3]
45	Edgar Corredor	Colombia	Café de Colombia	28	41	+ 1h 01' 20"	[3]
46	Israel Corredor	Colombia	Café de Colombia	28	49	+ 1h 07' 50"	[3]
47	José Patrocinio Jiménez	Colombia	Café de Colombia	35	51	+ 1h 09' 55"	[3]
48	Marco Antonio León	Colombia	Café de Colombia	25	73	+ 1h 26' 58"	[3]
49	Martín Ramírez	Colombia	Café de Colombia	27	DNF (NP-21)	—	[3]
51	Anselmo Fuerte	Spain	BH	26	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
52	Francisco Antequera	Spain	BH	24	121	+ 2h 13' 55"	[3]
53	Philippe Bouvatier	France	BH	24	32	+ 48' 14"	[3]
54	Laudelino Cubino Gonzalez	Spain	BH	25	13	+ 23' 46"	[3]
55	Manuel Jorge Domínguez	Spain	BH	25	128	+ 2h 20' 59"	[3]
56	Federico Echave	Spain	BH	27	25	+ 39' 17"	[3]
57	Javier Murguialday	Spain	BH	26	114	+ 2h 09' 32"	[3]
58	Jørgen Pedersen	Denmark	BH	28	26	+ 39' 24"	[3]
59	Álvaro Pino	Spain	BH	31	8	+ 18' 36"	[3]
61	Andrew Hampsten	United States	7 Eleven–Hoonved	26	15	+ 26' 00"	[3]
62	Raúl Alcalá	Mexico	7 Eleven–Hoonved	24	20	+ 31' 14"	[3]
63	Ron Kiefel	United States	7 Eleven–Hoonved	28	69	+1h 23' 58"	[3]
64	Roy Knickman	United States	7 Eleven–Hoonved	23	DNF (HD-18)	—	[3]
65	Dag Otto Lauritzen	Norway	7 Eleven–Hoonved	31	34	+ 50' 08"	[3]
66	Davis Phinney	United States	7 Eleven–Hoonved	28	105	+ 1h 58' 08"	[3]
67	Jeff Pierce	United States	7 Eleven–Hoonved	29	DNF (HD-19)	—	[3]
68	Nathan Dahlberg	New Zealand	7 Eleven–Hoonved	24	144	+ 2h 42' 46"	[3]
69	Jens Veggerby	Denmark	7 Eleven–Hoonved	25	113	+ 2h 09' 27"	[3]
71	Marino Lejarreta	Spain	Caja Rural–Orbea	31	16	+ 26' 36"	[3]
72	René Beuker	Netherlands	Caja Rural–Orbea	23	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
73	Roque de la Cruz	Spain	Caja Rural–Orbea	23	104	+ 1h 57' 52"	[3]
74	Mathieu Hermans	Netherlands	Caja Rural–Orbea	25	147	+ 2h 48' 53"	[3]
75	Roland Le Clerc	France	Caja Rural–Orbea	25	70	+ 1h 25' 17"	[3]
76	Jokin Mújika	Spain	Caja Rural–Orbea	25	63	+ 1h 19' 15"	[3]
77	Erwin Nijboer	Netherlands	Caja Rural–Orbea	24	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
78	Vicente Ridaura	Spain	Caja Rural–Orbea	24	107	+ 2h 01' 31"	[3]
79	José Salvador Sanchis	Spain	Caja Rural–Orbea	25	111	+ 2h 07' 00"	[3]
81	Claude Criquielion	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	31	14	+ 24' 32"	[3]
82	Bruno Bruyere	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	22	DNF (NP-14)	—	[3]
83	Dirk De Wolf	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	27	80	+ 1h 33' 25"	[3]
84	Jos Haex	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	28	56	+ 1h 15' 16"	[3]
85	Stefan Morjean	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	28	101	+ 1h 54' 56"	[3]
86	Marc Sergeant	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	28	33	+ 49' 24"	[3]
87	Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	32	37	+ 57' 57"	[3]
88	Wiebren Veenstra	Netherlands	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	21	DNF (NP-10)	—	[3]
89	Jan Wijnants	Belgium	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE	29	96	+ 1h 49' 56"	[3]
91	Gianni Bugno	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	24	62	+ 1h 19' 09"	[3]
92	Roberto Amadio	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	24	DNF (NP-16)	—	[3]
93	Stefano Giuliani	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	30	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
94	Milan Jurčo	Czechoslovakia	Chateau d'Ax	30	139	+ 2h 35' 45"	[3]
95	Alessandro Pozzi	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	33	79	+ 1h 32' 19"	[3]
96	Tony Rominger	Switzerland	Chateau d'Ax	27	68	+ 1h 23' 41"	[3]
97	Valerio Tebaldi	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	23	DNF (AB-19)	—	[3]
98	Ennio Vanotti	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	32	86	+ 1h 36' 03"	[3]
99	Stefano Zanatta	Italy	Chateau d'Ax	24	142	+ 2h 38' 23"	[3]
101	Robert Millar	Great Britain	Fagor	29	DNF (AB-18)	—	[3]
102	Jean-Claude Bagot	France	Fagor	30	39	+ 59' 47"	[3]
103	Charly Bérard	France	Fagor	32	40	+ 1h 00' 08"	[3]
104	Malcolm Elliott	Great Britain	Fagor	27	90	+ 1h 44' 27"	[3]
105	Pedro Muñoz	Spain	Fagor	29	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
106	Bernard Richard	France	Fagor	30	DNF (AB-19)	—	[3]
107	Eddy Schepers	Belgium	Fagor	32	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
108	Johnny Weltz	Denmark	Fagor	26	54	+ 1h 12' 49"	[3]
109	Sean Yates	Great Britain	Fagor	28	59	+ 1h 17' 25"	[3]
111	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	24	12	+ 23' 06"	[3]
112	Theo de Rooij	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	31	DNF (AB-18)	—	[3]
113	Henk Lubberding	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	34	DNF (AB-20)	—	[3]
114	Guy Nulens	Belgium	Panasonic–Isostar	30	38	+ 59' 13"	[3]
115	John Talen	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	23	150	+ 3h 05' 02"	[3]
116	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	Panasonic–Isostar	26	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
117	Eric Van Lancker	Belgium	Panasonic–Isostar	27	74	+ 1h 28' 37"	[3]
118	Teun van Vliet	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	26	DNF (NP-9)	—	[3]
119	Peter Winnen	Netherlands	Panasonic–Isostar	30	9	+ 19' 12"	[3]
121	Ronan Pensec	France	Z–Peugeot	24	7	+ 16' 52"	[3]
122	Henri Abadie	France	Z–Peugeot	25	44	+ 1h 01' 59"	[3]
123	Frédéric Brun	France	Z–Peugeot	30	81	+ 1h 33' 32"	[3]
124	Philippe Casado	France	Z–Peugeot	24	129	+ 2h 21' 31"	[3]
125	Bruno Cornillet	France	Z–Peugeot	25	DNF (NP-11)	—	[3]
126	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle	France	Z–Peugeot	33	36	+ 57' 21"	[3]
127	Atle Kvålsvoll	Norway	Z–Peugeot	26	DNF (NP-16)	—	[3]
128	Denis Roux	France	Z–Peugeot	26	10	+ 20' 08"	[3]
129	Jérôme Simon	France	Z–Peugeot	27	19	+ 30' 55"	[3]
131	Reimund Dietzen	West Germany	Teka	29	83	+ 1h 34' 25"	[3]
132	Enrique Alberto Aja Cagigas	Spain	Teka	28	64	+ 1h 19' 52"	[3]
133	Jesús Blanco Villar	Spain	Teka	25	35	+ 55' 28"	[3]
134	Ángel Camarillo Llorens	Spain	Teka	29	116	+ 2h 10' 29"	[3]
135	Régis Clère	France	Teka	31	94	+ 1h 47' 13"	[3]
136	Arsenio González	Spain	Teka	28	97	+ 1h 50' 13"	[3]
137	Alfonso Gutiérrez	Spain	Teka	26	DNF (HD-13)	—	[3]
138	Carlos Hernández Bailo	Spain	Teka	29	DNF (NP-16)	—	[3]
139	Mariano Sánchez Martinez	Spain	Teka	29	57	+ 1h 16' 06"	[3]
141	Sean Kelly	Ireland	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	32	46	+ 1h 02' 54"	[3]
142	Alfred Achermann	Switzerland	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	28	125	+ 2h 19' 26"	[3]
143	Éric Caritoux	France	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	27	18	+ 29' 04"	[3]
144	Acácio da Silva	Portugal	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	27	92	+ 1h 45' 26"	[3]
145	Martin Earley	Ireland	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	26	DNF (AB-17)	—	[3]
146	Celestino Prieto	Spain	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	27	117	+ 2h 11' 16"	[3]
147	Gilles Sanders	France	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	23	DNF (AB-19)	—	[3]
148	Jon Unzaga	Spain	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	25	53	+ 1h 12' 17"	[3]
149	Guido Van Calster	Belgium	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic	32	DNF (AB-11)	—	[3]
151	Patrice Esnault	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	27	78	+ 1h 30' 59"	[3]
152	Michel Bibollet	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	25	88	+ 1h 38' 14"	[3]
153	Hartmut Bölts	West Germany	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	27	140	+ 2h 36' 26"	[3]
154	Thierry Claveyrolat	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	29	23	+ 37' 49"	[3]
155	Jean-Claude Colotti	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	21	55	+ 1h 15' 00"	[3]
156	Gilles Mas	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	27	DNF (AB-19)	—	[3]
157	Dante Rezze	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	25	100	+ 1h 53' 03"	[3]
158	Régis Simon	France	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	30	123	+ 2h 18' 18"	[3]
159	Michel Vermote	Belgium	RMO–Liberia–Mavic	25	133	+ 2h 27' 00"	[3]
161	Rolf Gölz	West Germany	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	25	91	+ 1h 44' 47"	[3]
162	Gert Jakobs	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	24	145	+ 2h 45' 28"	[3]
163	Frans Maassen	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	23	126	+ 2h 19' 43"	[3]
164	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	24	122	+ 2h 15' 59"	[3]
165	Ludo Peeters	Belgium	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	34	89	+ 1h 42' 47"	[3]
166	Twan Poels	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	24	127	+ 2h 20' 02"	[3]
167	Gerrit Solleveld	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	27	132	+ 2h 26' 56"	[3]
168	Jean-Paul van Poppel	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	25	138	+ 2h 35' 09"	[3]
169	Nico Verhoeven	Netherlands	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel	26	143	+ 2h 42' 20"	[3]
171	Pedro Delgado	Spain	Reynolds	28	1	84h 27' 53"	[3]
172	Dominique Arnaud	France	Reynolds	32	48	+ 1h 07' 31"	[3]
173	Ángel Arroyo	Spain	Reynolds	31	DNF (AB-15)	—	[3]
174	Herminio Díaz Zabala	Spain	Reynolds	23	118	+ 2h 11' 42"	[3]
175	Julián Gorospe	Spain	Reynolds	28	60	+ 1h 17' 33"	[3]
176	Omar Hernández	Colombia	Reynolds	26	DNF (AB-19)	—	[3]
177	Miguel Induráin	Spain	Reynolds	23	47	+ 1h 03' 15"	[3]
178	Luis Javier Lukin	Spain	Reynolds	24	82	+ 1h 34' 00"	[3]
179	Jesús Rodríguez Magro	Spain	Reynolds	28	52	+ 1h 11' 17"	[3]
181	Fabio Parra	Colombia	Kelme	28	3	+ 9' 58"	[3]
182	Vicente Belda	Spain	Kelme	33	75	+ 1h 29' 29"	[3]
183	Eduardo Chozas	Spain	Kelme	27	30	+ 45' 45"	[3]
184	Antonio Coll Pontanilla	Spain	Kelme	29	DNF (AB-5)	—	[3]
185	Iñaki Gastón	Spain	Kelme	25	112	+ 2h 07' 49"	[3]
186	Ricardo Martínez	Spain	Kelme	24	DNF (AB-7)	—	[3]
187	Juan Martínez Oliver	Spain	Kelme	24	134	+ 2h 27' 44"	[3]
188	José Recio	Spain	Kelme	31	DNF (AB-12)	—	[3]
189	Jaime Vilamajó	Spain	Kelme	28	DNF (NP-6)	—	[3]
191	Niki Rüttimann	Switzerland	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	25	43	+ 1h 01' 43"	[3]
192	Steve Bauer	Canada	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	29	4	+ 12' 15"	[3]
193	Jean-Claude Leclercq	France	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	25	58	+ 1h 17' 21"	[3]
194	Pascal Richard	Switzerland	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	24	DNF (AB-3)	—	[3]
195	Gerard Veldscholten	Netherlands	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	28	45	+ 1h 02' 32"	[3]
196	Frédéric Vichot	France	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	29	28	+ 42' 00"	[3]
197	Michael Wilson	Australia	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	28	50	+ 1h 09' 31"	[3]
198	Guido Winterberg	Switzerland	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	25	DNF (NP-16)	—	[3]
199	Gerhard Zadrobilek	Austria	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster	27	21	+ 32' 09"	[3]
201	Dirk Demol	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	28	149	+ 2h 55' 18"	[3]
202	Alfons De Wolf	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	32	102	+ 1h 55' 56"	[3]
203	Frank Hoste	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	32	124	+ 2h 18' 50"	[3]
204	Jaanus Kuum	Norway	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	23	24	+ 38' 53"	[3]
205	René Martens	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	33	131	+ 2h 24' 52"	[3]
206	Johan Museeuw	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	22	DNF (AB-18)	—	[3]
207	Patrick Onnockx	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	28	DNF (AB-18)	—	[3]
208	Eddy Planckaert	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	29	115	+ 2h 09' 34"	[3]
209	Dirk Wayenberg	Belgium	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC	32	151	+ 3h 28' 41"	[3]
211	Hennie Kuiper	Netherlands	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	39	95	+ 1h 49' 37"	[3]
212	Etienne De Wilde	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	30	103	+ 1h 57' 17"	[3]
213	Jean-Pierre Heynderickx	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	23	148	+ 2h 54' 07"	[3]
214	Roger Ilegems	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	25	DNF (HD-12)	—	[3]
215	Søren Lilholt	Denmark	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	22	99	+ 1h 51' 58"	[3]
216	Jan Nevens	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	29	61	+ 1h 18' 11"	[3]
217	Rik Van Slycke	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	25	137	+ 2h 33' 03"	[3]
218	Willem Wijnant	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	26	DNF (HD-12)	—	[3]
219	Ludwig Wijnants	Belgium	Sigma–Fina–Diamant	32	DNF (HD-13)	—	[3]

Carrera Jeans–Vagabond No. Rider Pos. 1  Urs Zimmermann (SUI) AB-15 2  Marco Bergamo (ITA) 109 3  Guido Bontempi (ITA) 106 4  Massimo Ghirotto (ITA) 85 5  Bruno Leali (ITA) 77 6  Erich Maechler (SUI) 136 7  Walter Magnago (ITA) 141 8  Marco Tabai (ITA) 146 9  Roberto Visentini (ITA) 22 Directeur sportif: Davide Boifava	PDM No. Rider Pos. 11  Steven Rooks (NED) 2 12  Andy Bishop (USA) 135 13  Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 87 14  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) AB-6 15  Jörg Müller (SUI) 27 16  Peter Stevenhaagen (NED) 29 17  Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED) 11 18  Adri van der Poel (NED) 84 19  Marc van Orsouw (NED) 76 Directeur sportif: Jan Gijsbers	Toshiba No. Rider Pos. 21  Jean-François Bernard (FRA) AB-15 22  Frédéric Garnier (FRA) 108 23  Martial Gayant (FRA) 71 24  Jacques Hanegraaf (NED) 119 25  Andreas Kappes (FRG) 110 26  Johan Lammerts (NED) 130 27  Philippe Leleu (FRA) 65 28  Marc Madiot (FRA) 66 29  Yvon Madiot (FRA) AB-16 Directeur sportif: Yves Hézard
Système U No. Rider Pos. 31  Laurent Fignon (FRA) NP-12 32  Éric Boyer (FRA) 5 33  Jacques Decrion (FRA) 72 34  Dominique Garde (FRA) 93 35  Christophe Lavainne (FRA) 67 36  Thierry Marie (FRA) 98 37  Charly Mottet (FRA) AB-15 38  Joël Pelier (FRA) 120 39  Pascal Simon (FRA) 17 Directeur sportif: Cyrille Guimard	Café de Colombia No. Rider Pos. 41  Luis Herrera (COL) 6 42  Samuel Cabrera (COL) 31 43  Julio César Cadena (COL) 42 44  Henry Cárdenas (COL) AB-4 45  Edgar Corredor (COL) 41 46  Israel Corredor (COL) 49 47  José Patrocinio Jiménez (COL) 51 48  Marco Antonio León (COL) 73 49  Martín Ramírez (COL) NP-21 Directeur sportif: Rafael Antonio Niño	BH No. Rider Pos. 51  Anselmo Fuerte (ESP) AB-12 52  Francisco Antequera (ESP) 121 53  Philippe Bouvatier (FRA) 32 54  Laudelino Cubino Gonzalez (ESP) 13 55  Manuel Jorge Domínguez (ESP) 128 56  Federico Echave (ESP) 25 57  Javier Murguialday (ESP) 114 58  Jørgen Pedersen (DEN) 26 59  Álvaro Pino (ESP) 8 Directeur sportif: Javier Mínguez [es]
7 Eleven–Hoonved No. Rider Pos. 61  Andrew Hampsten (USA) 15 62  Raúl Alcalá (MEX) 20 63  Ron Kiefel (USA) 69 64  Roy Knickman (USA) HD-18 65  Dag Otto Lauritzen (NOR) 34 66  Davis Phinney (USA) 105 67  Jeff Pierce (USA) HD-19 68  Nathan Dahlberg (NZL) 144 69  Jens Veggerby (DEN) 113 Directeur sportif: Mike Neel	Caja Rural–Orbea No. Rider Pos. 71  Marino Lejarreta (ESP) 16 72  René Beuker (NED) AB-15 73  Roque de la Cruz (ESP) 104 74  Mathieu Hermans (NED) 147 75  Roland Le Clerc (FRA) 70 76  Jokin Mújika (ESP) 63 77  Erwin Nijboer (NED) AB-15 78  Vicente Ridaura (ESP) 107 79  José Salvador Sanchis (ESP) 111 Directeur sportif: Domingo Perurena	Hitachi–Bosal–BCE No. Rider Pos. 81  Claude Criquielion (BEL) 14 82  Bruno Bruyere (BEL) NP-14 83  Dirk De Wolf (BEL) 80 84  Jos Haex (BEL) 56 85  Stefan Morjean (BEL) 101 86  Marc Sergeant (BEL) 33 87  Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (BEL) 37 88  Wiebren Veenstra (NED) NP-10 89  Jan Wijnants (BEL) 96 Directeur sportif: Albert De Kimpe
Chateau d'Ax No. Rider Pos. 91  Gianni Bugno (ITA) 62 92  Roberto Amadio (ITA) NP-16 93  Stefano Giuliani (ITA) AB-12 94  Milan Jurčo (CSK) 139 95  Alessandro Pozzi (ITA) 79 96  Tony Rominger (SUI) 68 97  Valerio Tebaldi (ITA) AB-19 98  Ennio Vanotti (ITA) 86 99  Stefano Zanatta (ITA) 142 Directeur sportif: Enzo Moser	Fagor No. Rider Pos. 101  Robert Millar (GBR) AB-18 102  Jean-Claude Bagot (FRA) 39 103  Charly Bérard (FRA) 40 104  Malcolm Elliott (GBR) 90 105  Pedro Muñoz (ESP) AB-12 106  Bernard Richard (FRA) AB-19 107  Eddy Schepers (BEL) AB-12 108  Johnny Weltz (DEN) 54 109  Sean Yates (GBR) 59 Directeur sportif: Pierre Bazzo	Panasonic–Isostar No. Rider Pos. 111  Erik Breukink (NED) 12 112  Theo de Rooij (NED) AB-18 113  Henk Lubberding (NED) AB-20 114  Guy Nulens (BEL) 38 115  John Talen (NED) 150 116  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) AB-12 117  Eric Van Lancker (BEL) 74 118  Teun van Vliet (NED) NP-9 119  Peter Winnen (NED) 9 Directeur sportif: Peter Post
Z–Peugeot No. Rider Pos. 121  Ronan Pensec (FRA) 7 122  Henri Abadie (FRA) 44 123  Frédéric Brun (FRA) 81 124  Philippe Casado (FRA) 129 125  Bruno Cornillet (FRA) NP-11 126  Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) 36 127  Atle Kvålsvoll (NOR) NP-16 128  Denis Roux (FRA) 10 129  Jérôme Simon (FRA) 19 Directeur sportif: Roger Legeay	Teka No. Rider Pos. 131  Reimund Dietzen (FRG) 83 132  Enrique Alberto Aja Cagigas (ESP) 64 133  Jesús Blanco Villar (ESP) 35 134  Ángel Camarillo Llorens (ESP) 116 135  Régis Clère (FRA) 94 136  Arsenio González (ESP) 97 137  Alfonso Gutiérrez (ESP) HD-13 138  Carlos Hernández Bailo (ESP) NP-16 139  Mariano Sánchez Martinez (ESP) 57 Directeur sportif: José Antonio González	KAS–Canal 10–Mavic No. Rider Pos. 141  Sean Kelly (IRL) 46 142  Alfred Achermann (SUI) 125 143  Éric Caritoux (FRA) 18 144  Acácio da Silva (POR) 92 145  Martin Earley (IRL) AB-17 146  Celestino Prieto (ESP) 117 147  Gilles Sanders (FRA) AB-19 148  Jon Unzaga (ESP) 53 149  Guido Van Calster (BEL) AB-11 Directeur sportif: Christian Rumeau
RMO–Liberia–Mavic No. Rider Pos. 151  Patrice Esnault (FRA) 78 152  Michel Bibollet (FRA) 88 153  Hartmut Bölts (FRG) 140 154  Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) 23 155  Jean-Claude Colotti (FRA) 55 156  Gilles Mas (FRA) AB-19 157  Dante Rezze (FRA) 100 158  Régis Simon (FRA) 123 159  Michel Vermote (BEL) 133 Directeur sportif: Bernard Vallet	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel No. Rider Pos. 161  Rolf Gölz (FRG) 91 162  Gert Jakobs (NED) 145 163  Frans Maassen (NED) 126 164  Jelle Nijdam (NED) 122 165  Ludo Peeters (BEL) 89 166  Twan Poels (NED) 127 167  Gerrit Solleveld (NED) 132 168  Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) 138 169  Nico Verhoeven (NED) 143 Directeur sportif: Jan Raas	Reynolds No. Rider Pos. 171  Pedro Delgado (ESP) 1 172  Dominique Arnaud (FRA) 48 173  Ángel Arroyo (ESP) AB-15 174  Herminio Díaz Zabala (ESP) 118 175  Julián Gorospe (ESP) 60 176  Omar Hernández (COL) AB-19 177  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 47 178  Luis Javier Lukin (ESP) 82 179  Jesús Rodríguez Magro (ESP) 52 Directeur sportif: José Miguel Echavarri
Kelme No. Rider Pos. 181  Fabio Parra (COL) 3 182  Vicente Belda (ESP) 75 183  Eduardo Chozas (ESP) 30 184  Antonio Coll Pontanilla (ESP) AB-5 185  Iñaki Gastón (ESP) 112 186  Ricardo Martínez (ESP) AB-7 187  Juan Martínez Oliver (ESP) 134 188  José Recio (ESP) AB-12 189  Jaime Vilamajó (ESP) NP-6 Directeur sportif: Rafael Carrasco Guerra [ca]	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster No. Rider Pos. 191  Niki Rüttimann (SUI) 43 192  Steve Bauer (CAN) 4 193  Jean-Claude Leclercq (FRA) 58 194  Pascal Richard (SUI) AB-3 195  Gerard Veldscholten (NED) 45 196  Frédéric Vichot (FRA) 28 197  Michael Wilson (AUS) 50 198  Guido Winterberg (SUI) NP-16 199  Gerhard Zadrobilek (AUT) 21 Directeur sportif: Paul Köchli	ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC No. Rider Pos. 201  Dirk Demol (BEL) 149 202  Alfons De Wolf (BEL) 102 203  Frank Hoste (BEL) 124 204  Jaanus Kuum (NOR) 24 205  René Martens (BEL) 131 206  Johan Museeuw (BEL) AB-18 207  Patrick Onnockx (BEL) AB-18 208  Eddy Planckaert (BEL) 115 209  Dirk Wayenberg (BEL) 151 Directeur sportif: José De Cauwer
Sigma–Fina–Diamant No. Rider Pos. 211  Hennie Kuiper (NED) 95 212  Etienne De Wilde (BEL) 103 213  Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL) 148 214  Roger Ilegems (BEL) HD-12 215  Søren Lilholt (DEN) 99 216  Jan Nevens (BEL) 61 217  Rik Van Slycke (BEL) 137 218  Willem Wijnant (BEL) HD-12 219  Ludwig Wijnants (BEL) HD-13 Directeur sportif: Willy Teirlinck

The 198 riders that competed in the 1988 Tour de France represented 20 countries. Riders from ten countries won stages during the race; Netherlands riders won the largest number of stages.

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Australia	1	1
Austria	1	1
Belgium	31	22
Canada	1	1	1 (Steve Bauer)
Colombia	11	8	1 (Fabio Parra)
Czechoslovakia	1	1
Denmark	4	4	1 (Johnny Weltz)
France	41	33	2 (Jérôme Simon, Thierry Marie)
Ireland	2	1
Italy	14	11	4 (Guido Bontempi, Valerio Tebaldi, Massimo Ghirotto, Gianni Bugno)
Mexico	1	1
Netherlands	27	20	7 (Jean-Paul van Poppel ×4, Jelle Nijdam, Steven Rooks, Adri van der Poel)
New Zealand	1	1
Norway	3	2
Portugal	1	1	1 (Acácio da Silva)
Spain	37	28	3 (Pedro Delgado, Laudelino Cubino, Juan Martínez Oliver)
Switzerland	8	5
Great Britain	3	2	1 (Sean Yates)
United States	6	4
West Germany	4	4	1 (Rolf Gölz)
Total	198	151	22[nb 1]