Philippe Thys, who had won the 1913 Tour de France, returned for the 1914 Tour de France and was considered as the favourite, together with his teammate Henri Pélissier. Apart from him six other previous Tour de France winners started the race: Louis Trousselier, Lucien Petit-Breton, Octave Lapize, François Faber, Odile Defraye and Gustave Garrigou. Four more cyclists started the race that would later win a Tour de France: Firmin Lambot, Léon Scieur, Henri Pélissier and Lucien Buysse. This number of 11 former or future Tour de France winners on the start line is a record. In addition, Italian champion Costante Girardengo, started the race, but Girardengo was not yet the champion from 1919 on, and was not the team leader. In 1914, the first cyclists from Australia started the Tour de France, Don Kirkham and Iddo Munro. They also finished the race, in 17th place and 20th place.

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 Marcel Buysse Alcyon–Soly DNF 2 Lucien Buysse Alcyon–Soly DNF 3 Odile Defraye Alcyon–Soly DNF 4 Paul Deman Alcyon–Soly DNF 5 Jean Rossius Alcyon–Soly 4 6 Joseph Verdickt Alcyon–Soly DNF 7 Louis Mottiat Alcyon–Soly DNF 8 Dieudonné Gauthy Alcyon–Soly DNF 9 François Faber Peugeot–Wolber 9 10 Gustave Garrigou Peugeot–Wolber 5 11 Émile Georget Peugeot–Wolber 6 12 Émile Engel Peugeot–Wolber DNF 13 Oscar Egg Peugeot–Wolber 13 14 Eugène Christophe Peugeot–Wolber 11 15 Philippe Thys Peugeot–Wolber 1 16 Jean Alavoine Peugeot–Wolber 3 17 Firmin Lambot Peugeot–Wolber 8 18 Henri Pélissier Peugeot–Wolber 2 19 Louis Heusghem Peugeot–Wolber 10 20 Marcel Baumler Peugeot–Wolber 29 21 Lucien Mazan Automoto–Continental DNF 22 Costante Girardengo Automoto–Continental DNF 23 Automoto–Continental DNF 24 Angelo Gremo Automoto–Continental DNF 25 Automoto–Continental DNF 26 Gaston Degy Automoto–Continental 40 27 Paul Duboc Automoto–Continental 31 28 Louis Trousselier Automoto–Continental 38 29 André Blaise Automoto–Continental DNF 30 Automoto–Continental DNF 31 Maurice Brocco Gladiator–Dunlop 23 32 Marcel Godivier Gladiator–Dunlop 30 33 Constant Ménager Gladiator–Dunlop 34 34 Charles Cruchon Gladiator–Dunlop 35 35 Charles Kippert Gladiator–Dunlop 45 36 Hector Tiberghien Delage–Continental 18 37 Louis Engel Delage–Continental 42 38 Ernest Paul Delage–Continental 12 39 Louis Petitjean Delage–Continental 26 40 Delage–Continental 21 41 Henri Devroye Armor–Soly 22 42 Vincenzo Borgarello Clément–Dunlop 25 43 Giuseppe Santhià Clément–Dunlop DNF 44 Marius Auriaux Clément–Dunlop DNF 45 Maurice Dejoie Clément–Dunlop DNF 47 Georges Passerieu Phebus–Dunlop DNF 48 Don Kirkham Phebus–Dunlop 17 49 Iddo Munro Phebus–Dunlop 20 50 René Vandenberghe JB Louvet–Continental 28 51 Alfons Spiessens JB Louvet–Continental 7 52 Édouard Léonard JB Louvet–Continental DNF 53 Eugène Dhers JB Louvet–Continental DNF 54 Pietro Fasoli JB Louvet–Continental DNF 55 Jules Nempon JB Louvet–Continental 27 56 JB Louvet–Continental DNF 57 Camillo Bertarelli Alleluia–Continental 37 58 Henri Lignon Alleluia–Continental DNF 59 Raymond Harquet Alleluia–Continental 41 60 Angelo Erba Alleluia–Continental 16 61 Emile Wirtz Alleluia–Continental DNF 62 Gaston Ducerisier Alleluia–Continental DNF 64 Charles Crupelandt La Française–Hutchinson DNF 65 Octave Lapize La Française–Hutchinson DNF 66 La Française–Hutchinson DNF 67 Pierre Vuge La Française–Hutchinson DNF 68 Omer Verschoore La Française–Hutchinson DNF 69 Georges Tribouillard La Française–Hutchinson DNF 70 Léon Scieur Thomann–Soly 14 71 Jacques Coomans Thomann–Soly 19 101 Albert Macon Lone rider DNF 102 Camille Van Marcke Lone rider DNF 103 Louis Bonino Lone rider DNF 104 Henri Alavoine Lone rider 52 105 Auguste Pierron Lone rider DNF 106 Eugène Heninger Lone rider DNF 107 Marcel Perrière Lone rider DNF 108 Charles Raboisson Lone rider DNF 109 Maurice Leliaert Lone rider DNF 110 Adrien Alpini Lone rider 39 111 Camille Mathieu Lone rider DNF 112 Celidonio Morini Lone rider DNF 113 Charles Dumont Lone rider 46 114 Marcel Rottie Lone rider 53 116 Alcide Rivière Lone rider DNF 118 Georges Lips Lone rider DNF 119 René Dourdon Lone rider DNF 120 Henri Pépin Lone rider DNF 121 André Coutte Lone rider DNF 122 Pierre Stabat Lone rider DNF 123 Emile Guyon Lone rider 43 124 Jules Deloffre Lone rider 36 125 Ali Neffati Lone rider DNF 126 Paul Noterman Lone rider DNF 127 Auguste Garnier Lone rider DNF 128 Lucien Meunier Lone rider DNF 129 Joanny Panel Lone rider DNF 130 Auguste Rossignol Lone rider DNF 131 Henri Hostalier Lone rider DNF 132 François Flandin Lone rider DNF 133 Gaston Van Waesberghe Lone rider DNF 134 Giovanni Micheletto Lone rider DNF 135 René Cottrel Lone rider 47 136 Henri Tavernier Lone rider DNF 138 Henri Leclerc Lone rider 54 139 Alexandre Gervais Lone rider DNF 140 Maurice Rossi Lone rider DNF 141 Henry Allard Lone rider 51 142 André Cottard Lone rider DNF 143 Georges Ducom Lone rider DNF 144 Henri Viatoux Lone rider DNF 145 Paul Boillat Lone rider DNF 146 Felix Pregnac Lone rider DNF 149 Giovanni Casetta Lone rider DNF 151 Camille Botté Lone rider 15 152 Florent Desanthoine Lone rider DNF 153 Marc Mesnard Lone rider DNF 154 Pierre Everaerts Lone rider 32 155 Séraphin Morel Lone rider DNF 156 Julien Gabory Lone rider DNF 157 Yves Quideau Lone rider DNF 158 Louis Ferrault Lone rider DNF 159 Louis Villemus Lone rider DNF 160 Lone rider DNF 161 Eduardo Cuchetti Lone rider 49 164 Georges Nemo Lone rider DNF 165 Gaston Neboux Lone rider 50 166 Achiel De Smet Lone rider DNF 167 Charles Guyot Lone rider DNF 168 Alfred Faure Lone rider DNF 169 Jean Delafaille Lone rider DNF 171 Etienne Repette Lone rider DNF 173 Julien Tuytten Lone rider 24 174 Joseph Cassiers Lone rider DNF 175 Marcel Allain Lone rider DNF 176 Hilleret Lone rider DNF 177 Emile Lachaise Lone rider DNF 178 Louis Grasset Lone rider DNF 179 Mario Spinelli Lone rider 44 181 Lone rider DNF 182 Vincent D'Hulst Lone rider DNF 189 Sante Goi Lone rider 48 193 Albert Dejonghe Lone rider DNF 194 Louis Valckenaers Lone rider DNF 195 Henri Van Lerberghe Lone rider DNF 197 Ottavio Pratesi Lone rider 33

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