The
2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the race, one of cycling's
Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place from 2 to 24 July 2016, starting in
Mont Saint-Michel in
Normandy and finishing on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris.[1] All eighteen
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In March 2016, four
UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by the organiser –
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team
peloton.[2] As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 198 riders from 35 countries.[3][4] France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany all had ten or more riders competing in the race.[4]
The number of riders per nation participated in the 2016 Tour de France:
The 18
UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Tour. In addition,
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the race organiser, invited four wildcard team,
Bora–Argon 18,
Cofidis,
Direct Énergie and
Fortuneo–Vital Concept. Three of the teams (Cofidis, Direct Énergie and Fortuneo–Vital Concept) are French while Bora–Argon 18 is German. The 2016 Tour de France was the third consecutive Tour de France that Bora–Argon 18 and Fortuneo–Vital Concept had been invited to compete as a wildcard. After the wildcard announcement, Bora–Argon 18's team manager, Ralph Denk, said, "These are great news today! [sic], To be invited for the third time in a row to the world's biggest cycling event is a big honour, and I want to thank the ASO for their trust in us."[2]
Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF
Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
DSQ
Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 2 July 2016, the date on which the Tour began
By starting number
Note: As each team used numbers from 1 to 9; 11 to 19; 21 to 29 etc., there were no race numbers ending in 0. This is so all the team leaders had a race number ending in "1".[12][n 1]
^The race numbers were handed out based on the team leader's result in the
2015 Tour de France. The better the team leader did in the 2015 Tour, the lower the race numbers handed to his team. For example, Team Sky were given numbers 1 to 9 due to Chris Froome winning the 2015 Tour.[12]
The
2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the race, one of cycling's
Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place from 2 to 24 July 2016, starting in
Mont Saint-Michel in
Normandy and finishing on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris.[1] All eighteen
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In March 2016, four
UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by the organiser –
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team
peloton.[2] As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 198 riders from 35 countries.[3][4] France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany all had ten or more riders competing in the race.[4]
The number of riders per nation participated in the 2016 Tour de France:
The 18
UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Tour. In addition,
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the race organiser, invited four wildcard team,
Bora–Argon 18,
Cofidis,
Direct Énergie and
Fortuneo–Vital Concept. Three of the teams (Cofidis, Direct Énergie and Fortuneo–Vital Concept) are French while Bora–Argon 18 is German. The 2016 Tour de France was the third consecutive Tour de France that Bora–Argon 18 and Fortuneo–Vital Concept had been invited to compete as a wildcard. After the wildcard announcement, Bora–Argon 18's team manager, Ralph Denk, said, "These are great news today! [sic], To be invited for the third time in a row to the world's biggest cycling event is a big honour, and I want to thank the ASO for their trust in us."[2]
Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF
Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
DSQ
Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 2 July 2016, the date on which the Tour began
By starting number
Note: As each team used numbers from 1 to 9; 11 to 19; 21 to 29 etc., there were no race numbers ending in 0. This is so all the team leaders had a race number ending in "1".[12][n 1]
^The race numbers were handed out based on the team leader's result in the
2015 Tour de France. The better the team leader did in the 2015 Tour, the lower the race numbers handed to his team. For example, Team Sky were given numbers 1 to 9 due to Chris Froome winning the 2015 Tour.[12]