1996 Tour de France - Participants

Participants

The 18 teams on top of the UCI rankings at the start of 1996 were automatically invited for the Tour. These were:

  • Banesto
  • ONCE
  • Team Telekom
  • Mapei-GB
  • MG Maglificio-Technogym
  • Gewiss Playbus
  • Motorola
  • Festina-Lotus
  • Rabobank
  • GAN
  • Saeco-AS Juvenes San Marino
  • Team Polti
  • Panaria-Vinavil
  • Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
  • Roslotto-ZG Mobili
  • TVM-Farm Frites
  • Refin-Mobilvetta
  • Lotto

Four wildcards were given, for a total of 22 teams:

  • Kelme-Artiach
  • Brescialat
  • Agrigel-La Creuse-Fenioux
  • Aubervilliers 93

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