The Nations of the Tour de France

July 9th, 2008 by Ricky Blayney

180 Men entered this years Tour de France and currently through four and a half days we are down to 177. Only three men have pulled out so far, all through injury. Herve Duclos-Lassalle fractured his left-wrist in stage one and abandoned, Angel Gomez pulled out during stage three after a crash and early today Jan Mauricio Soler Hernandez of Barloworld, who won last years polka-dot jersey, retired due to an injury he has been carrying since day one.

After the jump, a list of the 177 riders left, per nation, in the Tour: MORE »

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