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Cyclist list Tour de France 1999

July 02

A provisional list of participating cyclists has been released on the official Tour site. It mentions the following riders which had not been mentioned on this site: Forconi (Mercatone Uno), Pinotti (Lampre), Navas (Banesto), Giunti (Cantina Tollo) and Ljungquist (Cantina Tollo).

June 30

Richard Virenque, runner-up of 1997, will start in this Tour. The French cyclist was banned by the Tour bosses but the world cycling association UCI has decided that preventing Virenque from competing this time was against the rules.

June 24

Marco Pantani, winner of last years Tour, will not start in this edition. Pantani was suspended for two weeks after failing a health test in the Giro de Italia. He has said that he will focus on the cycling events in the final part of the season (Vuelta de España and World Championships).

June 21

The Tour winner of 1997, Jan Ullrich, has announced that he will not take part this year. He is injured. His Telekom team mate Bjarne Riis, Tour winner of 1996, announced earlier that he will not participate in this Tour.

June 17:

The Vini Caldirola team has been taken back from the list of participating teams after their leading man Gontchar was disallowed to start in the Tour de Suisse. His reb blood cell level was too high and this could imply that he has taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The team has been replaced by Cantina Tollo.

June 16:

The names of the participating teams have been announced. The TVM team and the cyclists Virenque, Roux and Gaumont are not allowed to take part because the Tour bosses suspect them of being involved in taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The members of the teams are not known yet.

February 27:

The names of 16 participating teams have been announced. The other teams will be selected after the Giro and the Dauphiné Libéré. The official list of participating cyclists will probably not be available before Friday July 2.

Sources for preliminary 1999 Tour participant information: Cycling 4 all, International Pro Cycling, Eddy van der Mark and NOS Teletekst: pages 639 and 640.

For detailed general information about the members of the teams please check out cycling team pages of Bill Mitchell and Stefaan Degryse. You can also examine 1998 participant list but there is no guarantee that the same cyclists will take part this year.

+  announced as a selected cyclist for the Tour de France 1999
?  among the other cyclists which might be selected
-  will not participate in the Tour de France 1999

###COFIDIS
  1. B. Julich
  2. S. De Wolf 
  3. L. Desbiens
  4. P. Farazijn
  5. C. Lamour
  6. M. Lelli
  7. T. Loder
  8. R. Meier
  9. C. Rinero
###MERCATONE UNO-BIANCHI
 11. S. Garzelli
 12. M. Artunghi
 13. S. Barbero
 14. R. Conti
 15. M. Coppolillo
 16. M. Fincato
 17. R. Forconi
 18. D. Konyshev
 19. M. Napolitano
###TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM-ARD
 21. E. Zabel
 22. U. Bolts
 23. A. Elli
 24. G. Guerini
 25. K. Hundertmarck
 26. J. Jaksche
 27. J. Schaffrath
 28. G. Totschnig
 29. S. Wesemann
###MAPEI-QUICKSTEP
 31. P. Tonkov
 32. D. Bramati
 33. G. Faresin
 34. M. Fernandez
 35. P. Lanfranchi
 36. B. Leysen
 37. A. Merckx
 38. D. Nardello
 39. T. Steels
###RABOBANK
 41. M. Boogerd
 42. E. Dekker
 43. M. den Bakker
 44. P. Jonker
 45. M. Lotz
 46. R. McEwen
 47. L. van Bon
 48. M. Wauters
 49. B. Zberg
###ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK
 51. A. Olano
 52. R. Diaz
 53. D. Extebarria
 54. M. Garcia
 55. S. Gonzalez
 56. L. Perez
 57. A. Peron
 58. J. Rebello
 59. M. Serrano
###TEAM POLTI
 61. I. Gotti
 62. R. Brasi
 63. S. Cattai
 64. M. Crepaldi
 65. S. Goubert
 66. S. Martinello
 67. O. Pellicioli
 68. F. Sacchi
 69. R. Virenque
###SAECO-CANNONDALE
 71. M. Cipollini
 72. G. Calcaterra
 73. S. Comesso
 74. L. Dufaux
 75. G. Fagnini
 76. A. Meier
 77. P. Savoldelli
 78. M. Scirea
 79. F. Secchiari
###LOTTO-MOBISTAR
 81. M. Aerts
 82. F. De Waele
 83. S. Demarbaix
 84. J. Durand
 85. T. Marichal
 86. K. Van de Wouwer
 87. R. Verbrugghe
 88. G. Verheyen
 89. P. Wuyts
###CASINO
 91. A. Vinokourov
 92. S. Barthe
 93. F. Bessy
 94. P. Chanteur
 95. F. Gougot
 96. J. Kirsipuu
 97. G. Maignan
 98. C. Oriol
 99. B. Salmon
###LAMPRE
101. M. Serpellini
102. R. Belohvosciks
103. L. Dierckxsens 
104. P. Padrnos
105. M. Piccoli
106. M. Pinotti
107. Z. Spruch 
108. J. Svorada 
109. J. Verstrepen 
###KELME-COSTA BLANCA
111. F. Escartin
112. J. Castelblanco
113. C. Contreras
114. J. de los Angeles
115. J. Gomez
116. J. Otxoa
117. J. Llorente
118. J. Rodriguez
119. J. Vidal
###VITALICIO SEGUROS
121. A. Casero
122. E. Aggiano
123. H. Buenahora
124. F. Cerezo
125. F. Garcia
126. A. Gonzalez
127. P. Horillo
128. P. Indurain
129. G. Salmeron
###CREDIT AGRICOLE
131. F. Simon
132. M. Backstedt
133. C. Boardman
134. S. Hinault
135. A. Langella
136. S. O'Grady
137. C. Vasseur
138. H. Vogels
139. J. Voigt
###FESTINA-LOTUS
141. W. Belli
142. L. Brochard
143. J. Hernandez 
144. R. Huser
145. F. Jeker
146. L. Lefevre
147. L. Madouas
148. C. Moreau
149. D. Rous
###LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
151. J. Robin
152. C. Bassons
153. J. Casper
154. F. Guesdon
155. S. Heulot
156. C. Mengin
157. L. Michaelsen 
158. A. Morin
159. D. Nazon
###BANESTO
161. A. Zulle
162. J. Arrieta
163. M. Beltran
164. J. Garcia
165. F. Mancebo
166. D. Navas
167. J. Ordionzola
168. M. Pena
169. C. Solaun
###CANTINA TOLLO
171. B. Hamburger 
172. A. Baronti
173. G. Colombo
174. M. Di Biase
175. M. Giunti
176. M. Ljungqvist
177. L. Mazzanti
178. N. Minali
179. G. Mondini
###US POSTAL
181. L. Armstrong
182. F. Andreu
183. P. Derame
184. T. Hamilton
185. G. Hincapie
186. K. Livingston
187. P. Meinert
188. C. VandeVelde
189. J. Vaughters
###BIG MAT
191. L. Auger
192. T. Bourguignon
193. C. Capelle
194. C. Da Cruz
195. T. Gouvenou
196. L. Lebreton
197. D. Rault
198. A. Sivakov
199. J. Sweet