Competitors without next year contract
| # | Rider | PCS Season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THÉVENET Bernard | 5 | |
| 2 | ZOETEMELK Joop | 6 | |
| 3 | HINAULT Bernard | 9 | |
| 4 | SARONNI Giuseppe | 12 | |
| 5 | ESCLASSAN Jacques | 23 | |
| 6 | KELLY Sean | 32 | |
| 7 | PEETERS Ludo | 39 | |
| 8 | PANIZZA Wladimiro | 43 | |
| 9 | VAN SPRINGEL Herman | 45 | |
| 10 | VILLEMIANE Pierre-Raymond | 51 | |
| 11 | PAOLINI Enrico | 52 | |
| 12 | LAURENT Michel | 58 | |
| 13 | JACOBS Jos | 68 | |
| 14 | PEVENAGE Rudy | 75 | |
| 15 | POULIDOR Raymond | 80 | |
| 16 | MESLET Alain | 89 | |
| 17 | DE BAL Alfons | 114 | |
| 18 | HOBAN Barry | 116 | |
| 19 | BITTINGER René | 166 | |
| 20 | LAURENS Marcel | 181 | |
| 21 | DE GENDT Franky | 202 | |
| 22 | TINAZZI Marcel | 205 | |
| 23 | LE GUILLOUX Maurice | 215 | |
| 24 | BOYER Jonathan | 232 | |
| 25 | PESCHEUX Jean-François | 234 | |
| 26 | MINTKIEWICZ Robert | 235 | |
| 27 | PÉRIN Michel | 242 | |
| 28 | MUSELET Christian | 257 | |
| 29 | SANDERS Dominique | 258 | |
| 30 | CONATI Luciano | 280 | |
| 31 | POIRIER Christian | 285 | |
| 32 | BAZZO Pierre | 315 | |
| 33 | BUSOLINI Patrick | 318 | |
| 34 | CAVERZASI Arnaldo | 338 | |
| 35 | ALBAN Robert | 350 | |
| 36 | DIDIER Lucien | 354 | |
| 37 | MATHIS Hubert | 355 | |
| 38 | DE CARVALHO Alain | 368 | |
| 39 | VASSEUR Sylvain | 395 | |
| 40 | LALOUETTE Éric | 427 | |
| 41 | CONVERSET Noël | 534 |