Three former winners of the Tour, François Faber, Octave Lapize and Lucien Petit-Breton had died fighting in World War I. Two other former winners, Philippe Thys and Odile Defraye started the race. The war had been only over for seven months, so most cyclists did not have a chance to train enough for the Tour. For that reason, there were almost no new younger cyclists, and the older cyclists dominated the race.
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 Pos. 1 René Gerwig DNF 3 Robert Asse DNF 4 François Chevalier DNF 6 Gaston Van Waesberghe DNF 7 Constant Ménager DNF 15 Philippe Thys DNF 19 Luigi Lucotti 7 25 Marcel Buysse DNF 26 Lucien Buysse DNF 37 Henri Pélissier DNF 38 Alexis Michiels DNF 39 Hector Tiberghien DNF 40 Émile Masson DNF 41 Jean Rossius DNF 42 Jean Alavoine 2 43 Louis Heusghem DNF 44 Paul Duboc DNF 45 Firmin Lambot 1 46 Eugène Christophe 3 47 René Vandenhove DNF 48 Louis Mottiat DNF 49 Honoré Barthélémy 5 50 Odile Defraye DNF 51 Francis Pélissier DNF 52 Alfons Spiessens DNF 53 Charles Juseret DNF 54 Jules Masselis DNF 55 Joseph Van Daele 8 56 Alfred Steux 9 57 Léon Scieur 4 58 Louis Engel DNF 59 Félix Goethals DNF 60 Robert Jacquinot DNF 61 René Chassot DNF 62 Hector Heusghem DNF 63 Jacques Coomans 6 65 Albert Dejonghe DNF 66 Urbain Anseeuw DNF 67 Eugène Dhers DNF 68 Basiel Matthys DNF 69 André Huret DNF 70 Charles Hans DNF 72 Joseph Verdickt DNF 101 Pietro Fasoli DNF 102 Maurice Borel DNF 103 Henri Leclerc DNF 104 Edgard Roy DNF 105 André Renard DNF 106 Etienne Nain DNF 107 Emile Denys DNF 108 Jean Deyries DNF 113 Alfred Brailly DNF 114 Camille Van Marcke DNF 115 José Orduna DNF 119 Maurice Bissiere DNF 120 Lucien Decour DNF 123 Léon Kopp DNF 125 Emile Ledran DNF 131 Napoléon Paoli DNF 133 Albert Heux DNF 137 Ernest Gery DNF 138 Paul Blenck DNF 143 Paul Thondoux DNF 149 Henri Allard DNF 151 Jules Nempon 10 152 Henri Moreillon DNF 155 Aloïs Verstraeten DNF
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