The national teams format, which had been in use before the Second World War, was used again in the 1947 Tour de France. The German team was not invited, and the Italian team was made up out of Franco-Italians living in France, as the peace treaty between France and Italy was not yet official, so the countries were technically still in war. The Tour organisers invited ten teams of ten cyclists each. Besides the Italian team, there was also a French team and a Belgian team, and a combined Swiss/Luxembourgian team The plan was to have a joint Dutch-British team, but the Dutch cyclists protested because the British cyclists were too inexperienced, and the British cyclists were replaced by "French strangers". There were also five French regional teams: Ile de France, West France, North East France, Center/South West France and South East France.
There were 58 French cyclists, 13 Italian, 11 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 6 Swiss, 4 Luxembourg, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian cyclist. Of the 100 cyclists, 53 finished the race.
Start list By team
+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 1 45 2 DNF 3 43 4 6 5 27 6 42 7 38 8 DNF 9 13 10 DNF +Netherlands/Strangers of France No. Rider Pos. 11 32 12 DNF 13 DNF 14 DNF 15 DNF 16 DNF 17 7 18 DNF 19 47 20 34+Italy No. Rider Pos. 21 DNF 22 DNF 23 3 24 DNF 25 8 26 31 27 4 28 DNF 29 14 30 23+Switzerland/Luxembourg No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF 32 DNF 33 DNF 34 17 35 52 36 53 37 DNF 38 15 39 20 40 18+France No. Rider Pos. 41 DNF 42 DNF 43 2 44 DNF 45 DNF 46 30 47 25 48 11 49 DNF 50 5+France - Île de France No. Rider Pos. 51 41 52 DNF 53 DNF 54 DNF 55 49 56 DNF 57 44 58 DNF 59 36 60 16+France - West No. Rider Pos. 61 DNF 62 12 63 9 64 DNF 65 33 66 DNF 67 DNF 68 1 69 50 70 37+France - North-East No. Rider Pos. 71 51 72 DNF 73 DNF 74 35 75 DNF 76 DNF 77 DNF 78 46 79 48 80 DNF +France - Centre/South-West No. Rider Pos. 81 DNF 82 21 83 DNF 84 DNF 85 DNF 86 26 87 24 88 DNF 89 40 90 DNF +France - South-East No. Rider Pos. 91 29 92 DNF 93 DNF 94 22 95 19 96 39 97 10 98 DNF 99 DNF 100 28
By rider + Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 Jean Breuer Belgium 45 + 4h 45' 14" 2 Norbert Callens Belgium DNF — 3 Roger Gyselinck Belgium 43 + 4h 43' 47" 4 Raymond Impanis Belgium 6 + 18' 14" 5 Florent Mathieu Belgium 27 + 3h 16' 28" 6 Maurice Mollin Belgium 42 + 4h 42' 27" 7 René Oreel Belgium 38 + 4h 29' 06" 8 Prosper Depredomme Belgium DNF — 9 Briek Schotte Belgium 13 + 1h 56' 45" 10 Albert Sercu Belgium DNF — 11 Sjefke Janssen Netherlands/Strangers of France 32 + 3h 57' 11" 12 André de Korver Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 13 Bouk Schellingerhoudt Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 14 Huub Sijen Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 15 Albert van Schendel Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 16 Arie Vooren Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 17 Fermo Camellini Netherlands/Strangers of France 7 + 24' 08" 18 Eugenio Galliussi Netherlands/Strangers of France DNF — 19 Victor Joly Netherlands/Strangers of France 47 + 4h 52' 18" 20 Edward Klabiński Netherlands/Strangers of France 34 + 4h 06' 36" 21 Elio Bertocchi Italy DNF — 22 Olimpio Bizzi Italy DNF — 23 Pierre Brambilla Italy 3 + 10' 07" 24 Giovanni Corrieri Italy DNF — 25 Giordano Cottur Italy 8 + 1h 06' 03" 26 Egidio Feruglio Italy 31 + 3h 43' 04" 27 Aldo Ronconi Italy 4 + 11' 00" 28 Vincenzo Rossello Italy DNF — 29 Giuseppe Tacca Italy 14 + 2h 06' 07" 30 Primo Volpi Italy 23 + 3h 02' 48" 31 Leo Amberg Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF — 32 Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF — 33 Robert Lang Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF — 34 Gottfried Weilenmann Switzerland/Luxembourg 17 + 2h 18' 23" 35 Leo Weilenmann Switzerland/Luxembourg 52 + 6h 05' 34" 36 Pietro Tarchini Switzerland/Luxembourg 53 + 7h 48' 18" 37 Henri Ackermann Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF — 38 Bim Diederich Switzerland/Luxembourg 15 + 2h 10' 43" 39 Jean Goldschmit Switzerland/Luxembourg 20 + 2h 32' 24" 40 Jeng Kirchen Switzerland/Luxembourg 18 + 2h 20' 26" 41 Louison Bobet France DNF — 42 Louis Caput France DNF — 43 Édouard Fachleitner France 2 + 3' 58" 44 Manuel Huguet France DNF — 45 Émile Idée France DNF — 46 Henri Massal France 30 + 3h 25' 49" 47 Kléber Piot France 25 + 3h 10' 48" 48 Lucien Teisseire France 11 + 1h 32' 16" 49 Louis Thiétard France DNF — 50 René Vietto France 5 + 15' 23" 51 René Barret France - Île de France 41 + 4h 38' 31" 52 Robert Bonnaventure France - Île de France DNF — 53 Urbain Caffi France - Île de France DNF — 54 Victor Cosson France - Île de France DNF — 55 Maurice Diot France - Île de France 49 + 5h 20' 43" 56 Robert Charpentier France - Île de France DNF — 57 Raymond Lucas France - Île de France 44 + 4h 45' 07" 58 Paul Maye France - Île de France DNF — 59 Édouard Muller France - Île de France 36 + 4h 17' 28" 60 Daniel Thuayre France - Île de France 16 + 2h 13' 04" 61 Louis Bocquet France - West DNF — 62 Pierre Cogan France - West 12 + 1h 44' 55" 63 Jean-Marie Goasmat France - West 9 + 1h 16' 03" 64 Raymond Guégan France - West DNF — 65 Ange Le Strat France - West 33 + 4h 06' 23" 66 André Mahé France - West DNF — 67 Roger Pontet France - West DNF — 68 Jean Robic France - West 1 69 Gaston Rousseau France - West 50 + 5h 34' 01" 70 Eloi Tassin France - West 37 + 4h 23' 49" 71 Gaston Audier France - North-East 51 + 5h 37' 55" 72 Jean-Baptiste Delille France - North-East DNF — 73 Maurice De Muer France - North-East DNF — 74 Louis Déprez France - North-East 35 + 4h 09' 29" 75 Alphonse De Vreese France - North-East DNF — 76 Robert Dorgebray France - North-East DNF — 77 Louis Gauthier France - North-East DNF — 78 Jean de Gribaldy France - North-East 46 + 4h 51' 44" 79 Alexandre Pawlisiak France - North-East 48 + 5h 04' 06" 80 Georges Martin France - North-East DNF — 81 Joseph Berrini France - Centre/South-West DNF — 82 Albert Bourlon France - Centre/South-West 21 + 2h 38' 18" 83 Camille Danguillaume France - Centre/South-West DNF — 84 Joseph Dessertine France - Centre/South-West DNF — 85 Raphaël Géminiani France - Centre/South-West DNF — 86 Antoine Latorre France - Centre/South-West 26 + 3h 14' 40" 87 Roger Lévêque France - Centre/South-West 24 + 3h 05' 04" 88 Alfred Macorig France - Centre/South-West DNF — 89 Joseph Neri France - Centre/South-West 40 + 4h 36' 27" 90 Yves Pierracci France - Centre/South-West DNF — 91 Marius Bonnet France - South-East 29 + 3h 21' 20" 92 Ahmed Chibane France - South-East DNF — 93 Pierre Fautrier France - South-East DNF — 94 Bernard Gauthier France - South-East 22 + 2h 52' 45" 95 Paul Giguet France - South-East 19 + 2h 26' 25" 96 Pascal Gnazzo France - South-East 39 + 4h 34' 09" 97 Apo Lazaridès France - South-East 10 + 1h 18' 44" 98 Paul Néri France - South-East DNF — 99 Victor Pernac France - South-East DNF — 100 Raoul Rémy France - South-East 28 + 3h 20' 31"
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