List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Tour de France
The following riders and teams participated in the 2006 Tour de France:
The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are highlighted in bold.
Legend:
- Suspension: Exclusion by own team before the race
- Exclusion: Exclusion by the stewards before the race
- Disqualification: exclusion by the stewards after the race start
- : Stage Winner
- : Yellow jersey for the overall leader
- : Green jersey for the most points
- : Spotted jersey for the best climber
- : White jersey for the best young rider under 25 years
- : Red bib for the most combative rider of the day before
- : Yellow bib for the team lead in the team classification
Discovery Channel (USA)
Sporting director Johan Bruyneel, Dirk Demol
Team CSC (DEN)
Sport Director: Bjarne Riis, Scott Sunderland
T-Mobile Team (GER )
Sport Director: Giovanni Fidanza, Valerio Piva
Ag2r Prévoyance ( FRA )
Sports director: Laurent Biondi
Astana - Würth ( ESP) (Team exclusion )
Sports director: vacant
Due to the doping is suspected in Alberto Contador, Joseba Beloki, Isidro Nozal, Allan Davis and Sergio Paulinho the team suspended this driver. However, since a team must compete with at least five riders, the whole team was excluded from the tour.
Team Gerolsteiner (GER )
Sport Director: Udo Bölts, Christian Wegmann
Rabobank (NED )
Sport Director: Erik Breukink, Frans Maassen
Davitamon - Lotto ( BEL)
Sport Director: Marc Seargent, Herman Frison, Hendrik Redant
Phonak Hearing Systems (SUI )
Sport Director Adriano Baffi
Lampre- Fondital (ITA )
Sports Director: Guido Bontempi
Caisse d' Epargne - Illes Balears ( ESP)
Sports director: Eusebio Labiano
Quickstep Innergetic ( BEL)
Sports director Wilfried Peeters, Serge Parsani
Crédit Agricole ( FRA )
Sports director: Serge Beucherie
Euskaltel -Euskadi ( ESP)
Sports Director: Julian Gorospe
Cofidis ( FRA )
Sport Director: Francis Van Londersele, Alain Deloeuil
Saunier Duval- Prodir ( ESP)
Sports Director: Mauro Gianetti
Française des Jeux ( FRA )
Sports director: Yvon Madiot
Liquigas- Bianchi (ITA )
Sports director: Mario Chiesa
Bouygues Telecom ( FRA )
Sports director: Jean -René Bernaudeau
Team Milram (ITA )
Sports director: Antonio Bevilacqua
Agritubel ( FRA )
Sports director: Denis Leproux