2000 Tour de France - Participants

Participants

The following 17 teams were automatically selected based on their UCI rankings:

  • US Postal
  • Banesto
  • Mapei-Quick Step
  • Rabobank
  • ONCE-Deutsche Bank
  • Team Telekom
  • Mercatone Uno-Albacom
  • AG2R Prévoyance
  • Saeco Macchine per Caffè-Valli & Valli
  • Festina
  • Farm Frites
  • Cofidis
  • Lotto-Adecco
  • Française des Jeux
  • Team Polti
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Vini Caldirola-Sidermec

In addition, three teams were given wildcards by the Tour organisation:

  • Kelme-Costa Blanca
  • Team Memory Card-Jack & Jones
  • Bonjour

Each of these 20 teams sent 9 cyclists, for a total of 180: Before the start, each rider had to do a health check. Three riders failed this health check:

  • Sergei Ivanov (RUS), from Farm Frites,
  • Rossano Brasi (ITA), from Team Polti,
  • Andrei Hauptman (SLO), from Vini Caldirola-Sidermec,

all because they had a hematocrit value above 50%. The race thus started with 177 cyclists.

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