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 July 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 represented in the 2016 Tour de France:
The final stage in Paris was contested by 174 riders, with 24 of the riders failing to finish the race, a record low number of withdrawals.[5][6] The race was won by Chris Froome (Team Sky), the champion from both the 2013 Tour and the 2015 Tour.[7] Froome first took the lead of the race following the eighth stage after attacking on the descent into Bagnères-de-Luchon. He extended his lead on stages 11 and 13 before furthering extending his lead in the Alps to eventually win his third Tour de France.[7] Frenchman Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) finished second, 4 minutes and 5 seconds behind Froome, with Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) third.[8] Adam Yates (Orica–BikeExchange) won the competition for the best young rider.[7] The points classification was won for the fifth consecutive year by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff, who also won the combativity award.[7] Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) of Poland won the mountains classification, while Movistar won the team classification.[7] In the lists below the teams are listed in order of the race number worn by its cyclists.
Teams
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]
- UCI WorldTeams
- UCI Professional Continental teams
Cyclists
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]
By team
By nationality
The 198 riders that competed in the 2016 Tour de France represented 35 different countries.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 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]
References
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- 1 2 "2016 Tour de France wildcards announced". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Lulham, Amanda (6 July 2016). "Tour de France 2016 Guide: Everything you need to know plus fun facts". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Start list". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ "Classifications stage 21". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (24 July 2016). "Chris Froome wins 2016 Tour de France as André Greipel takes final stage". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Scrivener, Peter (24 July 2016). "Tour de France 2016: How Chris Froome won third yellow jersey". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Benson, Daniel (25 July 2016). "Tour de France: Froome seals third overall victory in Paris". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ "Overall individual time classification". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Tour de France: The legend of bib number 51". Cyclist.com. Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Team Sky – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Movistar Team – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Collis, Simon (22 July 2016). "Who's out of the Tour de France on stage 19". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Astana Pro Team – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tinkoff – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "AG2R La Mondiale – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Team LottoNL–Jumbo – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Trek–Segafredo – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (15 July 2016). "Tour de France: Theuns fractures vertebra in time trial crash". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "IAM Cycling – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cannondale Drapac Team – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "BMC Racing Team – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (19 July 2016). "Rohan Dennis quits Tour de France to prepare for Rio Olympics". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Team Dimension Data – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Parker, Ian (20 July 2016). "Tour de France 2016: Mark Cavendish withdraws 'with great sadness' in bid to focus on Olympic gold dream". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (10 July 2016). "Mark Cavendish's key lead-out man Mark Renshaw abandons Tour de France". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Team Giant–Alpecin – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "FDJ – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "Thibaut Pinot abandons Tour de France". Eurosport. Discovery Communications. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 Wynn, Nigel (10 July 2016). "Chris Froome retains Tour de France lead after stage nine mountain test". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bora–Argon 18 – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "New Zealand cyclist Shane Archbold breaks pelvis, rides out stage of Tour de France". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Team Katusha – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Windsor, Richard (9 July 2016). "First rider to abandon the 2016 Tour de France comes during stage eight's mountain test". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ "Jurgen Van den Broeck needs to abandon Tour de France". Team Katusha. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lampre–Merida – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lotto Soudal – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "Debusschere abandons 2016 Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Direct Énergie – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Etixx–Quick Step – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Windsor, Richard (26 July 2016). "Tony Martin reveals why he had to abandon Tour de France on Champs Élysées". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cofidis, Solutions Credits – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ "Cycling: Tour of France 19th stage results". The Times of India. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Orica–BikeExchange – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ De Neef, Matt (15 July 2016). "Simon Gerrans out of the Tour de France with collarbone fracture". CyclingTips.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Fortuneo–Vital Concept – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Teams – The riders – Tour de France 2016". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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