With Lance Armstrong stepping out of the race, the 2006 Tour de France is a chance for another racer to emerge on top. Here is a list of the 2006 Tour de France teams and their racers.
Discovery Channel Team
- Vladimir Gusev (Russia)
- Stijn Devolder (Belgium)
- Michael Barry (Canada)
- Paolo Savoldelli (Italy)
- Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine)
- Pavel Padrnos (Czech Republic)
- Noval Gonzalez (Spain)
- Egoi Martinez (Spain)
- George Hincapie (USA)
- Viatceslav Ekimov (Russia)
- Jose Azevedo (Portugal)
Team CSC
- Inigo Cuesta (Spain)
- Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
- Kurt-Asle Arversen (Norway)
- David Zabriskie (USA)
- Jens Voigt (Germany)
- Christian Vandevelde (USA)
- Frank Schleck (Luxembourg)
- Carlos Sastre (Spain)
- Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
- Giovanni Lombardi (Italy)
- Bobby Julich (USA)
- Ivan Basso (Italy)
T-Mobile Team
- Daniele Nardello (Italy)
- Serguei Ivanov (Russia)
- Lorenzo Bernucci (Italy)
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Germany)
- Oscar Sevilla (Spain)
- Michael Rogers (Australia)
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy)
- Andreas Kloden (Germany)
- Matthias Kessler (Germany)
- Serhiy Honchar (Ukraine)
- Guiseppe Guerini (Italy)
- Jan Ulrich (Germany)
AG2R Prevoyance
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (France)
- Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukraine)
- Sylvain Calzati (France)
- Alexandre Usov (Belarus)
- Christophe Moreau (France)
- Stephane Goubert (France)
- Simon Gerrans (Australia)
- Samuel Dumoulin (France)
- Cyril Dessel (France)
- Mikel Astarloza (Spain)
- Jose Luis Arrieta (Spain)
- Francisco Mancebo(Spain)
