List of teams and cyclists in the 1991 Tour de France

The 1991 Tour de France started with 198 cyclists, divided into 22 teams of 9 cyclists.^[1] Sixteen teams qualified by being ranked in the top 16 of the FICP ranking for teams in May 1991:^[2]

[1]

[2]

No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos.	Position in the general classification
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Pos.	Ref
1	Greg LeMond	United States	Z	7	^[3]
2	Éric Boyer	France	Z	38	^[3]
3	Philippe Casado	France	Z	87	^[3]
4	Bruno Cornillet	France	Z	54	^[3]
5	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle	France	Z	60	^[3]
6	Atle Kvålsvoll	Norway	Z	DNF	^[3]
7	François Lemarchand	France	Z	101	^[3]
8	Robert Millar	Great Britain	Z	72	^[3]
9	Jérôme Simon	France	Z	23	^[3]
11	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	3	^[3]
12	Djamolidine Abdoujaparov	Soviet Union	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	85	^[3]
13	Guido Bontempi	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	96	^[3]
14	Alessandro Gianelli	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	40	^[3]
15	Erich Maechler	Switzerland	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	128	^[3]
16	Jure Pavlič	Slovenia	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	134	^[3]
17	Giancarlo Perini	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	120	^[3]
18	Vladimir Poulnikov	Soviet Union	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	88	^[3]
19	Enrico Zaina	Italy	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	93	^[3]
21	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
22	Raúl Alcalá	Mexico	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
23	Falk Boden	Germany	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
24	Martin Earley	Ireland	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
25	Sean Kelly	Ireland	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
26	Uwe Raab	Germany	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
27	Jos van Aert	Netherlands	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
28	Jean-Paul van Poppel	Netherlands	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
29	Nico Verhoeven	Netherlands	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	DNF	^[3]
31	Pedro Delgado	Spain	Banesto	9	^[3]
32	Marino Alonso	Spain	Banesto	123	^[3]
33	Dominique Arnaud	France	Banesto	77	^[3]
34	Jean-François Bernard	France	Banesto	14	^[3]
35	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto	1	^[3]
36	Luis Javier Lukin	Spain	Banesto	119	^[3]
37	Fabrice Philipot	France	Banesto	24	^[3]
38	Jesús Rodríguez Magro	Spain	Banesto	100	^[3]
39	Abelardo Rondón	Colombia	Banesto	12	^[3]
41	Marino Lejarreta	Spain	ONCE	53	^[3]
42	Eduardo Chozas Olmo	Spain	ONCE	11	^[3]
43	Herminio Díaz Zabala	Spain	ONCE	75	^[3]
44	Anselmo Fuerte	Spain	ONCE	37	^[3]
45	Stephen Hodge	Australia	ONCE	67	^[3]
46	Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres	Spain	ONCE	76	^[3]
47	Melcior Mauri	Spain	ONCE	64	^[3]
48	José Luis Villanueva Orihuela	Spain	ONCE	DNF	^[3]
49	Johnny Weltz	Denmark	ONCE	DNF	^[3]
51	Gianni Bugno	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	2	^[3]
52	Giuseppe Calcaterra	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	149	^[3]
53	Marco Giovannetti	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	30	^[3]
54	Roberto Gusmeroli	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	131	^[3]
55	Camillo Passera	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	DNF	^[3]
56	Mauro-Antonio Santaromita	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	147	^[3]
57	Jan Schur	Germany	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	139	^[3]
58	Valerio Tebaldi	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	89	^[3]
59	Stefano Zanatta	Italy	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade	141	^[3]
61	Johan Bruyneel	Belgium	Lotto	35	^[3]
62	Peter De Clercq	Belgium	Lotto	137	^[3]
63	Sammie Moreels	Belgium	Lotto	DNF	^[3]
64	Johan Museeuw	Belgium	Lotto	DNF	^[3]
65	Jan Nevens	Belgium	Lotto	DNF	^[3]
66	Hendrik Redant	Belgium	Lotto	140	^[3]
67	Frank Van Den Abeele	Belgium	Lotto	90	^[3]
68	Rik Van Slycke	Belgium	Lotto	142	^[3]
69	Patrick Verschueren	Belgium	Lotto	130	^[3]
71	Andrew Hampsten	United States	Motorola	8	^[3]
72	Phil Anderson	Australia	Motorola	45	^[3]
73	Steve Bauer	Canada	Motorola	97	^[3]
74	Andy Bishop	United States	Motorola	126	^[3]
75	Michael Carter	United States	Motorola	DNF	^[3]
76	Ron Kiefel	United States	Motorola	138	^[3]
77	Dag Otto Lauritzen	Norway	Motorola	DNF	^[3]
78	Sean Yates	Great Britain	Motorola	DNF	^[3]
79	Urs Zimmermann	Switzerland	Motorola	116	^[3]
81	Fabio Parra	Colombia	Amaya Seguros	DNF	^[3]
82	Patrice Esnault	France	Amaya Seguros	28	^[3]
83	Enrique Guerrikagoitia	Spain	Amaya Seguros	143	^[3]
84	Roland Le Clerc	France	Amaya Seguros	106	^[3]
85	Jesús Montoya	Spain	Amaya Seguros	74	^[3]
86	Javier Murguialday	Spain	Amaya Seguros	22	^[3]
87	Per Pedersen	Denmark	Amaya Seguros	135	^[3]
88	Ronan Pensec	France	Amaya Seguros	41	^[3]
89	Fernando Quevedo	Spain	Amaya Seguros	DNF	^[3]
91	Laurent Fignon	France	Castorama–Raleigh	6	^[3]
92	Dominique Arnould	France	Castorama–Raleigh	68	^[3]
93	Jean-Claude Bagot	France	Castorama–Raleigh	36	^[3]
94	Christophe Lavainne	France	Castorama–Raleigh	92	^[3]
95	Luc Leblanc	France	Castorama–Raleigh	5	^[3]
96	Thierry Marie	France	Castorama–Raleigh	111	^[3]
97	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	Castorama–Raleigh	107	^[3]
98	Pascal Simon	France	Castorama–Raleigh	57	^[3]
99	Frédéric Vichot	France	Castorama–Raleigh	20	^[3]
101	Gilles Delion	France	Helvetia–La Suisse	21	^[3]
102	Serge Demierre	Switzerland	Helvetia–La Suisse	DNF	^[3]
103	Mauro Gianetti	Switzerland	Helvetia–La Suisse	98	^[3]
104	Dominik Krieger	Germany	Helvetia–La Suisse	63	^[3]
105	Henri Manders	Netherlands	Helvetia–La Suisse	144	^[3]
106	Pascal Richard	Switzerland	Helvetia–La Suisse	49	^[3]
107	Gérard Rué	France	Helvetia–La Suisse	10	^[3]
108	Peter Stevenhaagen	Netherlands	Helvetia–La Suisse	94	^[3]
109	Guido Winterberg	Switzerland	Helvetia–La Suisse	69	^[3]
111	Luis Herrera	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	31	^[3]
112	Alberto Luis Camargo	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	18	^[3]
113	Henry Cárdenas	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	43	^[3]
114	Arsenio Chaparro Cardoso	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	104	^[3]
115	Carlos Jaramillo	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	151	^[3]
116	Álvaro Mejía	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	19	^[3]
117	Gerardo Moncada	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	46	^[3]
118	Reynel Montoya	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	58	^[3]
119	Óscar Vargas	Colombia	Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao	48	^[3]
121	Moreno Argentin	Italy	Ariostea	59	^[3]
122	Davide Cassani	Italy	Ariostea	112	^[3]
123	Bruno Cenghialta	Italy	Ariostea	56	^[3]
124	Roberto Conti	Italy	Ariostea	29	^[3]
125	Alberto Elli	Italy	Ariostea	91	^[3]
126	Rolf Gölz	Germany	Ariostea	79	^[3]
127	Massimiliano Lelli	Italy	Ariostea	DNF	^[3]
128	Marco Lietti	Italy	Ariostea	DNF	^[3]
129	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	Ariostea	DNF	^[3]
131	Charly Mottet	France	RMO	4	^[3]
132	Éric Caritoux	France	RMO	17	^[3]
133	Thierry Claveyrolat	France	RMO	27	^[3]
134	Thierry Laurent	France	RMO	102	^[3]
135	Pascal Lino	France	RMO	70	^[3]
136	Marc Madiot	France	RMO	115	^[3]
137	Yvon Madiot	France	RMO	DNF	^[3]
138	Mauro Ribeiro	Brazil	RMO	47	^[3]
139	Michel Vermote	Belgium	RMO	118	^[3]
141	Gert-Jan Theunisse	Netherlands	TVM–Sanyo	13	^[3]
142	Thomas Barth	Germany	TVM–Sanyo	156	^[3]
143	Rob Harmeling	Netherlands	TVM–Sanyo	158	^[3]
144	Vasily Zhdanov	Soviet Union	TVM–Sanyo	121	^[3]
145	Dimitri Konyshev	Soviet Union	TVM–Sanyo	52	^[3]
146	Eddy Schurer	Netherlands	TVM–Sanyo	152	^[3]
147	Jan Siemons	Netherlands	TVM–Sanyo	146	^[3]
148	Jesper Skibby	Denmark	TVM–Sanyo	DNF	^[3]
149	Sergei Uslamin	Soviet Union	TVM–Sanyo	136	^[3]
151	Rudy Dhaenens	Belgium	Panasonic–Sportlife	DNF	^[3]
152	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Soviet Union	Panasonic–Sportlife	42	^[3]
153	Maurizio Fondriest	Italy	Panasonic–Sportlife	15	^[3]
154	Olaf Ludwig	Germany	Panasonic–Sportlife	114	^[3]
155	Guy Nulens	Belgium	Panasonic–Sportlife	62	^[3]
156	Marc Sergeant	Belgium	Panasonic–Sportlife	81	^[3]
157	Eric Van Lancker	Belgium	Panasonic–Sportlife	84	^[3]
158	Marc van Orsouw	Netherlands	Panasonic–Sportlife	78	^[3]
159	Dimitri Zhdanov	Soviet Union	Panasonic–Sportlife	86	^[3]
161	Thomas Wegmüller	Switzerland	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	155	^[3]
162	Alfred Achermann	Switzerland	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	145	^[3]
163	Carlo Bomans	Belgium	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	DNF	^[3]
164	Michel Dernies	Belgium	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	105	^[3]
165	Jan Goessens	Belgium	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	DNF	^[3]
166	Rolf Järmann	Switzerland	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	83	^[3]
167	Werner Stutz	Switzerland	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	113	^[3]
168	Rudy Verdonck	Belgium	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	109	^[3]
169	Ludwig Willems	Belgium	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	150	^[3]
171	Uwe Ampler	Germany	Histor–Sigma	32	^[3]
172	Etienne De Wilde	Belgium	Histor–Sigma	125	^[3]
173	Brian Holm	Denmark	Histor–Sigma	124	^[3]
174	Andreas Kappes	Germany	Histor–Sigma	65	^[3]
175	Søren Lilholt	Denmark	Histor–Sigma	DNF	^[3]
176	Wilfried Peeters	Belgium	Histor–Sigma	95	^[3]
177	Remig Stumpf	Germany	Histor–Sigma	DNF	^[3]
178	Benjamin Van Itterbeeck	Belgium	Histor–Sigma	DNF	^[3]
179	Didier Virvaleix	France	Histor–Sigma	50	^[3]
181	Laurent Jalabert	France	Toshiba	71	^[3]
182	Henri Abadie	France	Toshiba	108	^[3]
183	Thierry Bourguignon	France	Toshiba	25	^[3]
184	Christian Chaubet	France	Toshiba	110	^[3]
185	Martial Gayant	France	Toshiba	DNF	^[3]
186	Pascal Lance	France	Toshiba	99	^[3]
187	Philippe Louviot	France	Toshiba	44	^[3]
188	Olaf Lurvik	Norway	Toshiba	73	^[3]
189	Denis Roux	France	Toshiba	16	^[3]
191	Steven Rooks	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	26	^[3]
192	Gerrit de Vries	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	34	^[3]
193	Frans Maassen	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	129	^[3]
194	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	117	^[3]
195	Twan Poels	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	154	^[3]
196	Gerrit Solleveld	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	133	^[3]
197	Edwig Van Hooydonck	Belgium	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	103	^[3]
198	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	127	^[3]
199	Wiebren Veenstra	Netherlands	Buckler–Colnago–Decca	157	^[3]
201	Stephen Roche	Ireland	Tonton Tapis–GB	DNF	^[3]
202	John Carlsen	Denmark	Tonton Tapis–GB	DNF	^[3]
203	Jean-Claude Colotti	France	Tonton Tapis–GB	80	^[3]
204	Dirk De Wolf	Belgium	Tonton Tapis–GB	DNF	^[3]
205	Patrick Jacobs	Belgium	Tonton Tapis–GB	82	^[3]
206	Francis Moreau	France	Tonton Tapis–GB	132	^[3]
207	Atle Pedersen	Norway	Tonton Tapis–GB	DNF	^[3]
208	Laurent Pillon	France	Tonton Tapis–GB	51	^[3]
209	Laurence Roche	Ireland	Tonton Tapis–GB	153	^[3]
211	Pello Ruiz Cabestany	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	33	^[3]
212	Manuel Jorge Domínguez	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	DNF	^[3]
213	Javier Duch	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	122	^[3]
214	Nico Emonds	Belgium	CLAS–Cajastur	DNF	^[3]
215	Francisco Espinosa	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	66	^[3]
216	Iñaki Gastón	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	61	^[3]
217	Alberto Leanizbarrutia	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	39	^[3]
218	Francisco Javier Mauleón	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	55	^[3]
219	José Manuel Oliveira	Spain	CLAS–Cajastur	148	^[3]

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Australia	2	2	1 (Phil Anderson)
Brazil	1	1	1 (Mauro Ribeiro)
Belgium	27	18	1 (Etienne De Wilde)
Canada	1	1
Colombia	11	10
Denmark	8	4
France	41	39	5 (Thierry Marie ×2, Charly Mottet ×2, Thierry Claveyrolat)
Germany	10	7
Great Britain	2	1
Ireland	4	1
Italy	21	18	5 (Claudio Chiappucci, Bruno Cenghialta, Moreno Argentin, Marco Lietti, Gianni Bugno)
Mexico	1	0
Netherlands	18	13	2 (Jelle Nijdam, Jean-Paul van Poppel)
Norway	4	1
Slovenia	1	1
Soviet Union	7	7	5 (Djamolidine Abdoujaparov ×2, Dimitri Konyshev ×2, Viatcheslav Ekimov)
Spain	24	21	2 (Miguel Indurain ×2)
Switzerland	10	9
United States	5	4
Total	198	158	22^{[nb 1]}

List of teams and cyclists in the 1991 Tour de France

Teams

Cyclists

By starting number

By team

By nationality

Notes

References

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