Competitors without next year contract
| # | Rider | PCS Season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JALABERT Laurent | 2 | |
| 2 | ZABEL Erik | 5 | |
| 3 | VANDENBROUCKE Frank | 7 | |
| 4 | TCHMIL Andrei | 11 | |
| 5 | JULICH Bobby | 20 | |
| 6 | VAN BON Léon | 21 | |
| 7 | STEELS Tom | 26 | |
| 8 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 44 | |
| 9 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 52 | |
| 10 | MCEWEN Robbie | 54 | |
| 11 | EDO Ángel | 74 | |
| 12 | PLANCKAERT Jo | 77 | |
| 13 | HINCAPIE George | 98 | |
| 14 | LOMBARDI Giovanni | 99 | |
| 15 | VAN HEESWIJK Max | 120 | |
| 16 | ETXEBARRIA David | 123 | |
| 17 | GARCÍA Marcelino | 138 | |
| 18 | ARMSTRONG Lance | 153 | |
| 19 | FARAZIJN Peter | 187 | |
| 20 | HUNT Jeremy | 205 | |
| 21 | BESSY Frédéric | 269 | |
| 22 | CABELLO Francisco | 345 | |
| 23 | SALMERÓN Ginés | 391 | |
| 24 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 449 | |
| 25 | MERCADO Juan Miguel | 660 | |
| 26 | MARTÍNEZ Miguel Ángel | 1088 |