Competitors without next year contract
| # | Rider | PCS Season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THÉVENET Bernard | 5 | |
| 2 | ZOETEMELK Joop | 6 | |
| 3 | HINAULT Bernard | 9 | |
| 4 | SARONNI Giuseppe | 11 | |
| 5 | ESCLASSAN Jacques | 24 | |
| 6 | KELLY Sean | 28 | |
| 7 | PEETERS Ludo | 39 | |
| 8 | PANIZZA Wladimiro | 40 | |
| 9 | VAN SPRINGEL Herman | 47 | |
| 10 | VILLEMIANE Pierre-Raymond | 51 | |
| 11 | PAOLINI Enrico | 52 | |
| 12 | LAURENT Michel | 58 | |
| 13 | JACOBS Jos | 60 | |
| 14 | PEVENAGE Rudy | 83 | |
| 15 | POULIDOR Raymond | 84 | |
| 16 | MESLET Alain | 86 | |
| 17 | DE BAL Alfons | 115 | |
| 18 | HOBAN Barry | 120 | |
| 19 | BITTINGER René | 153 | |
| 20 | DE GENDT Franky | 177 | |
| 21 | LAURENS Marcel | 184 | |
| 22 | LE GUILLOUX Maurice | 200 | |
| 23 | MUSELET Christian | 205 | |
| 24 | TINAZZI Marcel | 206 | |
| 25 | SANDERS Dominique | 231 | |
| 26 | BOYER Jonathan | 237 | |
| 27 | PESCHEUX Jean-François | 250 | |
| 28 | MINTKIEWICZ Robert | 259 | |
| 29 | DE CARVALHO Alain | 286 | |
| 30 | CONATI Luciano | 287 | |
| 31 | POIRIER Christian | 288 | |
| 32 | ALBAN Robert | 297 | |
| 33 | CAVERZASI Arnaldo | 301 | |
| 34 | BAZZO Pierre | 318 | |
| 35 | PÉRIN Michel | 320 | |
| 36 | BUSOLINI Patrick | 342 | |
| 37 | DIDIER Lucien | 359 | |
| 38 | MATHIS Hubert | 374 | |
| 39 | VASSEUR Sylvain | 401 | |
| 40 | LALOUETTE Éric | 411 | |
| 41 | CONVERSET Noël | 572 |