Tour de France 2017: Remaining riders in the third week of racing

As with all WorldTour races, each of the 18 teams that make up the top-flight of professional cycling receive an invite and in the case of the Tour de France, all teams are contracted to race.

In addition to the WorldTour teams, race organisers ASO handed wildcard spots to Cofidis Solutions Crédits, Direct-Énergie, Fortuneo-Oscaro and Wanty-Groupe Gobert. Of the 22 teams starting the 104th edition of the Tour five – Ag2r-La Mondiale, Cofidis, Solutions Crédits, Direct-Énergie, FDJ, Fortuneo-Oscaro – are French.

You can find below the nine-man teams that will contest the second grand tour of the season, the 3,540 kilometre – or 2,220 miles – race from Düsseldorf, Germany, where the race gets under way on July 1 to Paris just over three weeks later on July 23. Throughout the race wee will be updating details as and when riders are forced to abandon.

What does the team and rider list look like?

Ag2r-La Mondiale (Fra)

General manager: Vincent Lavenu
Title sponsor: Personal insurance 
Bike: Factor

Nine-man team: Jan Bakelants (Bel), Romain Bardet (Fra), Axel Domont (Fra), Mathias Frank (Swi), Ben Gastauer (Lux), Cyril Gautier (Fra), Pierre Latour (Fra), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra).

Astana (Kaz)

General manager: Alexandre Vinokourov
Title sponsor: Kazakh business consortium
Bike: Argon 18

Remaining riders: Fabio Aru (Ita), Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz), Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Michael Valgren (Den), Andrey Zeits (Kaz).
Abandoned: Dario Cataldo (Ita, stage 11), Jakob Fuglsang (Den, stage 13).

Bahrain-Merida (Brn)

General manager: Brent Copeland
Title sponsor: Kingdom of Bahrain and Taiwanese bike manufacturer
Bike: Merida

Remaining riders: Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn), Grega Bole (Slo), Borut Bozic (Slo), Janez Brajkovic (Slo), Sonny Colbrelli (Ita), Tsgabu Grmay (Eth), Javier Moreno (Spa).
Abandoned: Ion Izagirre (Spa, stage one), Ondrej Cink (Cze, stage 19).

BMC Racing (US)

General manager: Jim Ochowicz
Title sponsor: Swiss bicycle manufacturer
Bike: BMC

Remaining riders: Damiano Caruso (Ita), Alessandro De Marchi (Ita), Stefan Küng (Swi), Amaël Moinard (Fra), Nicolas Roche (Irl), Michael Schär (Swi), Greg van Avermaet (Bel), Danilo Wyss (Swi).
Abandoned: Richie Porte (Aus, stage nine).

Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)

General manager: Ralph Denk
Title sponsor: German manufacturers specialising in cooking surfaces and bathroom products
Bike: Specialized

Remaining riders: Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Emanuel Buchmann (Ger), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Jay McCarthy (Aus), Pawel Poljanski (Pol), Rüdiger Selig (Ger).
Disqualified: Peter Sagan (Svk, stage four).
Outside time limit: Juraj Sagan (Svk, stage nine).
Abandoned: Rafal Majka (Pol, DNS stage 10).

Cannondale-Drapac (US)

General manager: Jonathan Vaughters
Title sponsor: US bicycle manufacturer and Australian-American management firm
Bike: Cannondale

Nine-man team: Alberto Bettiol (Ita), Patrick Bevin (NZ, neo-pro), Nathan Brown (US), Simon Clarke (Aus), Taylor Phinney (US), Pierre Rolland (Fra), Andrew Talansky (US), Rigoberto Urán (Col), Dylan van Baarle (Hol).

Dimension Data (SA)

General manager: Doug Ryder
Title sponsor: Information technology company
Bike: Cervelo

Remaining riders: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Steve Cummings (GB), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (SA), Serge Pauwels (Bel), Scott Thwaites (GB), Jaco Venter (SA).
Did not start: Mark Cavendish (GB, stage five).
Outside time limit: Mark Renshaw (Aus, stage nine).

FDJ (Fra)

General manager: Marc Madiot
Title sponsor: French national lottery
Bike: Lapierre

Remaining riders: Davide Cimolai (Ita), Olivier Le Gac (Fra), Rudy Molard (Fra).
Outside time limit: Mickaël Delage (Fra, stage nine), Arnaud Démare (Fra, stage nine), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita, stage nine), Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu, stage nine).
Abandoned: Arthur Vichot (Fra, stage 13), Thibaut Pinot (Fra, stage 17).

Katusha-Alpecin (Swi)

General manager: Jose Azevedo
Title sponsors: Russian business conglomerate and German shampoo manufacturer
Bike: Canyon

Nine-man team: Marco Haller (Aut), Reto Hollenstein (Swi), Robert Kiserlovski (Cro), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Maurits Lammertink (Hol), Tiago Machado (Por), Tony Martin (Ger), Nils Politt (Ger, neo-pro), Rick Zabel (Ger).

Lotto-Soudal (Bel)

General manager: Marc Sergeant
Title sponsor: Belgian national lottery and adhesives manufacturer
Bike: Ridley

Remaining riders: Lars Bak (Den), Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Thomas De Gendt (Bel), Tony Gallopin (Fra), André Greipel (Ger), Adam Hansen (Aus), Jürgen Roelandts (Bel).
Abandoned: Tim Wellens (Bel, stage 15), Marcel Sieberg (Ger, did not start stage 16).

Lotto NL-Jumbo (Hol)

General manager: Richard Plugge
Title sponsors: Dutch national lottery and supermarket chain
Bike: Bianchi

Remaining riders: Dylan Groenewegen (Hol), Tom Leezer (Hol), Paul Martens (Ger), Primoz Roglic (Slo), Robert Wagner (Ger).
Abandoned: Robert Gesink (Hol, stage nine), Jos van Emden (Hol, stage nine), George Bennett (NZ, stage 16), Timo Roosen (Hol, stage 19).

Movistar (Spa)

General manager: Eusebio Unzué
Title sponsor: Spanish mobile telephone company
Bike: Canyon

Remaining riders: Andrey Amador (Crc), Daniele Bennati (Ita), Carlos Betancur (Col), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Jesús Herrada (Spa), Nairo Quintana (Col), Jasha Sütterlin (Ger).
Abandoned: Alejandro Valverde (Spa, stage one).

Orica-Scott​ (Aus)

General manager: Shayne Bannan
Title sponsors: Mining services and Swiss bike manufacturer
Bike: Scott

Remaining riders: Michael Albasini (Swi), Esteban Chaves (Col), Mathew Hayman (Aus), Damien Howson (Aus), Daryl Impey (SA), Jens Keukeleire (Bel), Roman Kreuziger (Cze), Simon Yates (GB).
Abandoned: Luke Durbridge (Aus, stage two).

Quick-Step Floors (Bel)

General manager: Patrick Lefévère
Title sponsor: Laminate flooring manufacturers
Bike: Specialized​

Remaining riders: Jack Bauer (NZ), Gianluca Brambilla (Ita), Dan Martin (Irl), Fabio Sabatini (Ita), Zdenek Stybar (Cze), Julien Vermote (Bel).
Missed time-cut: Matteo Trentin (Ita, stage nine).
Abandoned: Philippe Gilbert (Bel, did not start stage 16), Marcel Kittel (Ger, stage 17).

Team Sky (GB)

General manager: Sir Dave Brailsford
Title sponsor: Satellite broadcaster
Bike: Pinarello

Remaining riders: Chris Froome (GB), Sergio Henao (Col), Vasil Kiryienka (Blr), Christian Knees (Ger), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Mikel Landa (Spa), Mikel Nieve (Spa), Luke Rowe (GB).
Abandoned: Geraint Thomas (GB, stage nine).

Trek-Segafredo (US)

General manager: Luca Guercilena
Title sponsors: US bicycle manufacturer and Italian coffee brand
Bike: Trek

Remaining riders: Alberto Contador (Spa), Koen de Kort (Hol), John Degenkolb (Ger), Michael Gogl (Aut), Markel Irizar (Spa), Bauke Mollema (Hol), Jarlinson Pantano (Col), Haimar Zubeldia (Spa).
Abandoned: Fabio Felline (Ita, stage 14).

Sunweb (Hol)

General manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
Title sponsor: Dutch tour operator
Bike: Giant

Remaining riders: Nikias Arndt (Ger), Warren Barguil (Fra), Roy Curvers (Hol), Simon Geschke (Ger), Michael Matthews (Aus), Ramon Sinkeldam (Hol), Laurens ten Dam (Hol), Mike Teunissen (Hol), Albert Timmer (Hol).

UAE Team Emirates (UAE)

General manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Title sponsor: Emirates
Bike: Colnago

Remaining riders: Darwin Atapuma (Col), Matteo Bono (Ita), Kristijan Durasek (Cro), Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor), Mori Manuele (Ita), Marco Marcato (Ita), Louis Meintjes (Sa), Ben Swift (GB), Diego Ulissi (Ita).
Abandoned: Mori Manuele (Ita, stage nine).

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (Fra)

General manager: Yvon Sanquer
Title sponsor:  Money-lending company
Bike: Orbea

Nine-man team: Nacer Bouhanni (Fra), Dimitri Claeys (Bel), Nicolas Edet (Fra), Christophe Laporte (Fra), Cyril Lemoine (Fra), Luis Ángel Maté (Spa), Daniel Navarro (Spa), Florian Sénéchal (Fra), Julien Simon (Fra).

Direct Énergie (Fra)

General manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Title sponsor: Electric services company
Bike: BH

Nine-man team: Thomas Boudat (Fra), Lilian Calmejane (Fra), Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Yohann Gène (Fra), Adrien Petit (Fra), Perrig Quéméneur (Fra), Romain Sicard (Fra), Angelo Tulik (Fra), Thomas Voeckler (Fra).

Fortuneo-Oscaro ​(Fra)

General manager: Emmanuel Hubert
Title sponsor: Investment management company online automotive parts sales
Bike: Look

Remaining riders: Maxime Bouet (Fra), Brice Feillu (Fra), Élie Gesbert (Fra), Romain Hardy (Fra), Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra), Laurent Pichon (Fra), Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg), Florian Vachon (Fra).
Abandoned: Dan McLay (GB, stage 17). 

Wanty-Groupe Gobert (Bel)

General manager: Jean-François Bourlaert
Title sponsor: Recycling, and industrial and civil engineering 
Bike: Cube

Nine-man team: Frederik Backaert (Bel), Thomas Degand (Bel), Guillaume Martin (Fra), Marco Minnaard (Hol), Yoann Offredo (Fra), Andrea Pasqualon (Ita), Dion Smith (NZ), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel).