Tour De France?

Question

Roughly, how many cyclists are in the Tour De France?

Answer 1

Actually exactly 18 teams with 10 riders each started the race for a total of 180 riders and the race is roughly 2,175 miles long over the course of 21 stages which takes exactly 3 weeks.  They ride every day of the week except for one "rest day" each week.

Answer 2

At this point, there are 169 riders left in the Tour de France 2008 - not everyone who started will finish (unlike Magnus Magnussson).

Answer 3

There are roughly 20 teams, each with up to 10 riders competing for the Yellow Jersey at the end of 1200 miles.

Answer 4

There are really 20 teams with nine riders each.

Here is a list of this year's starters and the source link is below:

Riders

SILENCE - LOTTO

001 EVANS, Cadel AUS

002 AERTS, Mario BEL

003 BRANDT, Christophe BEL

004 CIONI, Dario ITA

005 HOSTE, Leif BEL

006 MC EWEN, Robbie AUS

007 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR

008 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL

009 VANSEVENANT, Wim BEL

QUICK STEP

091 DEVOLDER, Stijn BEL

092 BARREDO, Carlos ESP

093 CARRARA, Matteo ITA

094 DE JONGH, Steven NED

095 FACCI, Mauro ITA

096 ROSSELER, Sébastien BEL

097 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL

098 TOSATTO, Matteo ITA

099 VAN DE WALLE, Jurgen BEL

AG2R-LA MONDIALE

101 DESSEL, Cyril FRA

102 ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP

103 DUPONT, Hubert FRA

104 EFIMKIN, Vladimir RUS

105 ELMIGER, Martin SUI

106 GADRET, John FRA

107 GOUBERT, Stephane FRA

108 RIBLON, Christophe FRA

109 VALJAVEC, Tadej SLO

GEROLSTEINER

111 SCHUMACHER, Stefan GER

112 FÖRSTER, Robert GER

113 FOTHEN, Markus GER

114 HAUSSLER, Heinrich GER

115 KOHL, Bernhard AUT

116 KRAUSS, Sven GER

117 LANG, Sebastian GER

118 SCHOLZ, Ronny GER

119 WEGMANN, Fabian GER

AGRITUBEL

121 MOREAU, Christophe FRA

122 BICHOT, Freddy FRA

123 CASPER, Jimmy FRA

124 FEILLU, Romain FRA

125 GONZALO RAMIREZ, Eduardo ESP

126 JALABERT, Nicolas FRA

127 LELAY, David FRA

128 LEQUATRE, Geoffroy FRA

129 VOGONDY, Nicolas FRA

RABOBANK

131 MENCHOV, Denis RUS

132 FLECHA, Juan Antonio ESP

133 FREIRE, Oscar ESP

134 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED

135 MOERENHOUT, Koos NED

136 POSTHUMA, Joost NED

137 TANKINK, Bram NED

138 TEN DAM, Laurens NED

139 WEENING, Pieter NED

BOUYGUES TELECOM

141 FEDRIGO, Pierrick FRA

142 CLEMENT, Stef NED

143 FLORENCIO, Xavier ESP

144 LEFEVRE, Laurent FRA

145 PINEAU, Jérôme FRA

146 SPRICK, Matthieu FRA

147 TROFIMOV, Yury RUS

148 TSCHOPP, Johann SUI

149 VOECKLER, Thomas FRA

TEAM MILRAM

151 ZABEL, Erik GER

152 GRABSCH, Ralf GER

153 KNEES, Christian GER

154 LANCASTER, Brett Daniel AUS

155 MÜLLER, Martin GER

156 SCHRÖDER, Björn GER

157 TERPSTRA, Niki NED

158 VELITS, Peter SVK

159 VELO, Marco ITA

FRANCAISE DES JEUX

161 CASAR, Sandy FRA

162 CHAVANEL, Sébastien FRA

163 DI GREGORIO, Rémy FRA

164 GERARD, Arnaud FRA

165 GILBERT, Philippe BEL

166 JEGOU, Lilian FRA

167 LE BOULANGER, Yoann FRA

168 ROY, Jérémy FRA

169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît FRA

SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT

171 RICCO, Riccardo ITA

172 BERTOGLIATI, Rubens SUI

173 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose ESP

174 DE LA FUENTE, David ESP

175 DEL NERO, Jesus ESP

176 GOMEZ, Angel ESP

177 JUFRE POU, Josep ESP

178 PASSERON, Aurélien FRA

179 PIEPOLI, Leonardo ITA

COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE

181 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA

182 AUGE, Stéphane FRA

183 BRARD, Florent FRA

184 DUCLOS-LASSALLE, Hervé FRA

185 DUMOULIN, Samuel FRA

186 DUQUE, Leonardo COL

187 MOINARD, Amaël FRA

188 MONCOUTIE, David FRA

189 MONFORT, Maxime BEL

TEAM CSC SAXO BANK

011 SASTRE, Carlos ESP

012 ARVESEN, Kurt-Asle NOR

013 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI

014 GUSTOV, Volodymir UKR

015 O’GRADY, Stuart AUS

016 SCHLECK, Andy LUX

017 SCHLECK, Frank LUX

018 SORENSEN, Nicki DEN

019 VOIGT, Jens GER

GARMIN CHIPOTLE

191 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA

192 BACKSTEDT, Magnus SWE

193 DEAN, Julian NZL

194 FRISCHKORN, William USA

195 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN

196 LOWE, Trent AUS

197 MAASKANT, Martijn NED

198 MILLAR, David GBR

199 PATE, Danny USA

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI

021 ZUBELDIA, Haimar ESP

022 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP

023 ISASI, Inaki ESP

024 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP

025 OROZ, Juan José ESP

026 PEREZ, Ruben ESP

027 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP

028 TXURRUKA, Amets ESP

029 VERDUGO, Gorka ESP

CAISSE D’EPARGNE

031 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP

032 ARROYO, David ESP

033 COYOT, Arnaud FRA

034 GARCIA ACOSTA, Vicente ESP

035 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP

036 LOPEZ GARCIA, David ESP

037 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP

038 PORTAL, Nicolas FRA

039 SANCHEZ, Luis-Leon ESP

TEAM COLUMBIA

041 KIRCHEN, Kim LUX

042 BURGHARDT, Marcus GER

043 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR

044 CIOLEK, Gerald GER

045 EISEL, Bernhard AUT

046 HANSEN, Adam AUS

047 HINCAPIE, George USA

048 LÖVKVIST, Thomas SWE

049 SIUTSOU, Konstantsin BLR

BARLOWORLD

051 SOLER HERNANDEZ, Juan Mauricio COL

052 AUGUSTYN, John-Lee RSA

053 CARDENAS, Félix COL

054 CHEULA, Gianpaolo ITA

055 COOKE, Baden AUS

056 DUENAS NEVADO, Moises ESP

057 FROOME, Christopher KEN

058 HUNTER, Robert RSA

059 LONGO BORGHINI, Paolo ITA

LIQUIGAS

061 POZZATO, Filippo ITA

062 BELTRAN, Manuel ESP

063 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA

064 FISCHER, Murilo Antoniobil BRA

065 KREUZIGER, Roman CZE

066 KUSCHYNSKI, Aleksandr BLR

067 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA

068 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA

069 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL

LAMPRE

071 CUNEGO, Damiano ITA

072 BALLAN, Alessandro ITA

073 BONO, Matteo ITA

074 BRUSEGHIN, Marzio ITA

075 MARZANO, Marco ITA

076 MORI, Massimiliano ITA

077 RIGHI, Daniele ITA

078 SZMYD, Sylvester POL

079 TIRALONGO, Paolo ITA

CREDIT AGRICOLE

081 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR

082 BONNET, William FRA

083 BOTCHAROV, Alexandre RUS

084 ENGOULVENT, Jimmy FRA

085 FOFONOV, Dmitriy KAZ

086 GERRANS, Simon AUS

087 LE MEVEL, Christophe FRA

088 PAURIOL, Rémi FRA

089 RENSHAW, Mark AUS

Answer 5

22 teams each with 9 riders.