The 1991 Tour de France started with 198 cyclists, divided into 22 teams of 9 cyclists. Sixteen teams qualified by being ranked in the top 16 of the FICP ranking for teams in May 1991:
Teams
Qualified teams
- Z
- Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
- PDM–Concorde–Ultima
- Banesto
- ONCE
- Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade
- Lotto
- Motorola
- Helvetia–La Suisse
- Ariostea
- RMO
- Weinmann–Eddy Merckx
- Histor–Sigma
- Toshiba
- Buckler–Colnago–Decca
- CLAS–Cajastur
Invited teams
- Amaya Seguros
- Castorama–Raleigh
- Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao
- TVM–Sanyo
- Panasonic–Sportlife
- Tonton Tapis–GB
Cyclists
By starting number
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
By team
By nationality
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 |
Notes
- The team time trial on stage 2, won by Ariostea, is not counted in this total.
References
- "78ème Tour de France 1991" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- "Ploegen Post en Priem in wachtkamer voor Tour". Nieuwsblad voor het Noorden (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 23 May 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "78ème Tour de France 1991". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012.
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