Competitors without next year contract
| # | Rider | PCS Season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ULLRICH Jan | 3 | |
| 2 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | 5 | |
| 3 | ZÜLLE Alex | 6 | |
| 4 | PANTANI Marco | 15 | |
| 5 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | |
| 6 | RIIS Bjarne | 24 | |
| 7 | MONCASSIN Frédéric | 26 | |
| 8 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | 32 | |
| 9 | NOÈ Andrea | 37 | |
| 10 | BLIJLEVENS Jeroen | 38 | |
| 11 | VOGELS Henk | 49 | |
| 12 | MAURI Melchor | 50 | |
| 13 | DOMÍNGUEZ Juan Carlos | 54 | |
| 14 | BOOGERD Michael | 58 | |
| 15 | TRAVERSONI Mario | 69 | |
| 16 | MOREAU Christophe | 76 | |
| 17 | HERAS Roberto | 94 | |
| 18 | BREUKINK Erik | 102 | |
| 19 | O'GRADY Stuart | 121 | |
| 20 | VOSKAMP Bart | 148 | |
| 21 | BAFFI Adriano | 150 | |
| 22 | IVANOV Sergei | 161 | |
| 23 | JONKER Patrick | 165 | |
| 24 | BOUVARD Gilles | 169 | |
| 25 | SMETANINE Serguei | 170 | |
| 26 | EDO Ángel | 171 | |
| 27 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 173 | |
| 28 | HEPPNER Jens | 181 | |
| 29 | BRUYNEEL Johan | 207 | |
| 30 | STEPHENS Neil | 216 | |
| 31 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 228 | |
| 32 | HINCAPIE George | 229 | |
| 33 | JEMISON Marty | 255 | |
| 34 | GAMITO Vitor | 257 | |
| 35 | ARTUNGHI Marco | 303 | |
| 36 | HAMILTON Tyler | 358 | |
| 37 | BONTEMPI Fabrizio | 442 | |
| 38 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Álvaro | 481 | |
| 39 | VILLA Marco | 504 | |
| 40 | DÍAZ DE OTAZU Luis María | 628 | |
| 41 | SARREIRA Luis Miguel | 739 | |
| 42 | JEMISON Craig |