There were 126 cyclists who started the 1926 Tour de France; 82 of them were touriste-routiers, cyclists who did not have the support from a team. The other 44 cyclists started the race in teams; some teams only had two cyclists. The two teams with favourites were Automoto and Alcyon. The Automoto team had Ottavio Bottecchia, the winner of the last two editions of the race, and Lucien Buysse, the runner-up of the previous edition. The Alcyon team had Bartolomeo Aymo and Nicolas Frantz, third and fourth in 1925. They also had Adelin Benoit, and the Tour organisation thought that the battle would be between Bottecchia and Benoit.
Cyclists
By starting number + 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 Pos. 1 Ottavio Bottecchia Automoto-Hutchinson DNF 2 Lucien Buysse Automoto-Hutchinson 1 3 Jules Buysse Automoto-Hutchinson 9 4 Samuel Tequi Automoto-Hutchinson DNF 5 Omer Huyse Automoto-Hutchinson 13 6 Joseph Van Dam Automoto-Hutchinson 12 7 Emile Hardy Christophe-Hutchinson 16 8 Alfonso Piccin Christophe-Hutchinson DNF 9 Aimé Dossche Christophe-Hutchinson 15 10 Joseph Pe Jean Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 11 Henri Collé Jean Louvet-Hutchinson 18 12 Léon Parmentier Jean Louvet-Hutchinson 7 13 Albert Dejonghe JB Louvet-Wolber 6 14 Camille Van De Casteele JB Louvet-Wolber 14 15 Gustaaf Van Slembrouck JB Louvet-Wolber DNF 16 Henri Pélissier JB Louvet-Wolber DNF 17 Romain Bellenger JB Louvet-Wolber DNF 18 Arsène Alancourt JB Louvet-Wolber DNF 19 Odile Tailleu JB Louvet-Wolber 11 20 Raymond Decorte JB Louvet-Wolber DNF 21 Nicolas Frantz Alcyon-Dunlop 2 22 Bartolomeo Aimo Alcyon-Dunlop 3 23 Jean De Busschere Alcyon-Dunlop DNF 24 Félix Sellier Alcyon-Dunlop 5 25 Adelin Benoît Alcyon-Dunlop DNF 26 Raymond Englebert Alcyon-Dunlop 17 27 Théophile Beeckman Armor-Dunlop 4 28 Alfons Standaert Armor-Dunlop 22 29 Jan Mertens Labor-Dunlop 26 30 Louis De Lannoy Labor-Dunlop 28 31 Marcel Bidot Thomann-Dunlop 10 32 Léon Devos Thomann-Dunlop 25 33 Georges Cuvelier Météore-Wolber 8 34 Georges Detreille Météore-Wolber 19 35 Secondo Martinetto Météore-Wolber DNF 36 Benoît Faure Météore-Wolber 23 37 Marcel Gobillot Météore-Wolber DNF 38 Marcel Huot Météore-Wolber DNF 39 Fernand Saivé Météore-Wolber 32 40 Fernand Moulet Météore-Wolber 36 41 Omer Vermeulen Météore-Wolber 20 42 André Casterman Météore-Wolber DNF 43 Henri Dejaeghere Météore-Wolber DNF 44 Albert Flahaut Météore-Wolber DNF 101 Charles Parel Touriste-routier DNF 102 Alexandre Bontoux Touriste-routier DNF 103 Battista Recrosio Touriste-routier DNF 108 Léopold Gelot Touriste-routier DNF 109 Fernand Besnier Touriste-routier DNF 112 Jules Gillard Touriste-routier 40 113 Henri Tesi Touriste-routier DNF 119 André Drobecq Touriste-routier 41 120 Oscar Barselotti Touriste-routier DNF 121 Albert Vigna Touriste-routier DNF 122 Germain Bezille Touriste-routier DNF 125 Robert Beaulieu Touriste-routier DNF 127 Maxime Mourguiat Touriste-routier DNF 129 Baptiste Mousset Touriste-routier DNF 130 Paul Coppens Touriste-routier DNF 131 Henri Ferrara Touriste-routier 39 132 Alfred Francini Touriste-routier 37 133 Giovanni Canova Touriste-routier DNF 134 Louis Michelena Touriste-routier DNF 135 Henri Beirnaert Touriste-routier DNF 136 Henri Hennequin Touriste-routier DNF 137 Louis Millo Touriste-routier DNF 138 Kisso Kawamuro Touriste-routier DNF 139 Léon Jacacier Touriste-routier DNF 140 Clovis Cros Touriste-routier DNF 141 Battista Ghiano Touriste-routier DNF 142 Louis Gauthier Touriste-routier DNF 143 Émile Brichard Touriste-routier DNF 144 Mario Della-Fina Touriste-routier DNF 145 Charles Martinet Touriste-routier 31 146 Felix Richard Touriste-routier DNF 147 Ermest Gillioli Touriste-routier DNF 151 Adrien Toussaint Touriste-routier DNF 152 Carlo Longoni Touriste-routier 30 153 Maurice Arnoult Touriste-routier 33 154 Henri Touzard Touriste-routier 24 155 Luigi Vertemati Touriste-routier DNF 156 Norbert Larose Touriste-routier DNF 157 François Chevalier Touriste-routier DNF 158 Paul Filliat Touriste-routier DNF 159 Adrien Alpini Touriste-routier DNF 160 Robert Asse Touriste-routier DNF 161 François Faillu Touriste-routier DNF 162 Edouard Teisseire Touriste-routier 38 163 Eugène Dhers Touriste-routier 29 164 Arthur Hendryckx Touriste-routier DNF 165 Rodolfo Betta Touriste-routier DNF 166 François Liverani Touriste-routier DNF 167 Pierre Bristo Touriste-routier DNF 168 Alfred Louchet Touriste-routier DNF 169 Gino Bartolucci Touriste-routier DNF 171 Ricardo Benasseni Touriste-routier DNF 172 Giovanni Rossignoli Touriste-routier 21 174 Adrien Fraisse Touriste-routier DNF 175 Maurice Vayssiere Touriste-routier DNF 176 Emanuele Luigi Touriste-routier DNF 177 Henri Faivre Touriste-routier DNF 178 Henri Catelan Touriste-routier 34 179 Raphaël Dupau Touriste-routier DNF 181 Edouard Petre Touriste-routier DNF 182 Joseph Le Boubennec Touriste-routier DNF 183 Jacques Pfister Touriste-routier DNF 184 François Brient Touriste-routier DNF 186 Pierre Corini Touriste-routier DNF 187 Eugène Chiaberge Touriste-routier DNF 189 Primo Gaida Touriste-routier DNF 190 André Peton Touriste-routier DNF 191 Luigi Cecili Touriste-routier DNF 192 Paul Duboc Touriste-routier 27 193 Jean-Roger Schwenter Touriste-routier DNF 194 Jules Deloffre Touriste-routier DNF 195 Julien Drougard Touriste-routier DNF 196 Tulio Rangis Touriste-routier DNF 197 Yvon Pascoli Touriste-routier DNF 198 Joseph Rayen Touriste-routier DNF 200 Camille Bière Touriste-routier DNF 202 Mose Arrosio Touriste-routier 35 203 Gaston Coriol Touriste-routier DNF 206 Giuseppe Brenna Touriste-routier DNF 207 Piero Brumana Touriste-routier DNF 216 Guy Bariffi Touriste-routier DNF 217 Maurice Guenot Touriste-routier DNF
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