List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France
The following riders and teams participated in the 2008 Tour de France:
The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are highlighted in bold.
Legend:
- Suspension: Exclusion by special team
- 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 leader in the points classification
- : Spotted jersey for the leader in the mountains classification
- : White jersey for the leader in the ranking of the under-25s
- : Red bib for the most combative rider of the day before
- : Yellow bib for the team lead in the team classification
Overview of participants
Silence- Lotto ( Belgium)
Sports director: Herman Frison
Team CSC- Saxo Bank ( Denmark)
Sports director Kim Andersen
Euskaltel -Euskadi (Spain )
Sports Director: Gorka Gerrikago
Caisse d' Epargne (Spain )
Sports Director: José Luis Jaimerena
Team Columbia (USA)
Sports Director: Brian Holm
Team Barloworld ( United Kingdom )
Sports director: Valerio Tebaldi
Liquigas (Italy )
Sports Director: Stefano Zanatta
Lampre- Fondital (Italy )
Sports Director: Maurizio Piovani
Crédit Agricole (France)
Sports director: Serge Beucherie
Quickstep Innergetic (Belgium )
Sports Director Wilfried Peeters
Ag2r La Mondiale (France)
Sports director: Vincent Lavenu
Team Gerolsteiner ( Germany )
Sports Director: Hans -Michael Holczer
Agritubel (France)
Sports director: Denis Leproux
Rabobank (Netherlands)
Sports director: Erik Breukink
Bouygues Telecom ( France)
Sports director: Jean -François Rodriguez
Team Milram ( Germany )
Sports director: Vittorio Algeri
Française des Jeux (France)
Sports director: Marc Madiot
Saunier Duval- Scott ( Spain)
Sports director: Joxean Fernandez
After Riccardo Riccò doping EPO was detected, the team went to no longer 12th stage.
Équipe Cofidis (France)
Sports Director: Francis van Londersele
Garmin -Slipstream (USA)
Sports Director: Matthew White