Most riders are qualified in the Tour of Cambridgeshire (26%) followed by l’Albigeoise (10%) and wildcards (9% – national champions and representatives of nations without qualifier event). The Amy’s GF, Tour of Ayrshire and Schleck Granfondo also have a good representation. The UK has most riders at the start followed by France and Australia.
We will have for the first time a 75+ world title for men on the road and riders from non-traditional cycling countries like Tanzania, Mongolia, Lebanon, Djibouti, Chili and Peru have signed up. Also remarkable a delegation of 5 Iranian riders.
Because of the large number of riders in the women age groups, there will be three starts instead of two with 19-34 and 35-39 together while 40-44 and 45-49 will have a separate start.
All lists with starters for the different road races and the time trial starting times http://albi2017cycling.eu/en/START_LISTS
All riders are invited for the three riders? briefings, Wednesday 14h for the time trial, Friday 14h for the team relay and Saturday 14h for the road races. Briefings will take place in the Expo Hall but are not mandatory. It gives riders the chance to ask questions but most of what will be explained can also be downloaded from http://albigeoise.com/docs/GUIDE_COMPETITEUR_DEF.pdf
56 different nations
| 910 United Kingdom 375 France 310 Australia 122 Belgium 99 Italy 88 United States 76 New Zealand 75 Germany 73 Sweden 71 Denmark 69 Canada 69 Poland 66 Norway 51 Spain 46 Netherlands 45 Mexico 39 Japan 32 Slovenia 28 Portugal 28 Russia 28 Switzerland 24 Ireland 23 Czech Republic 19 Austria 17 Greece 16 Latvia 16 South Africa 15 Cyprus 14 Finland 7 Belarus 7 Slovakia 6 Brazil 6 Costa Rica 6 Estonia 5 Bulgaria 5 Iran 5 Turkey 5 Ukraine 4 Colombia 4 Israel 4 Lithuania 3 Croatia 3 Indonesia 3 Luxembourg 3 Malaysia 2 Peru 2 Singapore 2 Taiwan 1 Chili 1 Djibouti 1 Lebanon 1 Mongolia 1 Romania 1 San Marino 1 Serbia And Montenegro 1 Tanzania |
