As was the custom since 1930, the 1949 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1949, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 6 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain. Italy and Belgium also sent two extra teams of young riders of 6 cyclists each. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Ile de France, West-North, Centre-South West and South East. Altogether this made 120 cyclists.
There were 57 French cyclists, 22 Italian, 18 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 6 Luxembourg, 6 Spanish, 6 Swiss and 1 Polish cyclist. In the previous year, Fausto Coppi refused to enter the Tour de France because of personal problems with his teammate Gino Bartali. Bartali had won the previous Tour, and was trying to equal Philippe Thys by winning the Tour three times. Coppi had won the 1949 Giro d'Italia, and wanted to be the first one to achieve the Tour-Giro double in one year. The Italian team manager Alfredo Binda convinced them two weeks before the start of the race to join forces, so both Italians were in the race.
Start list By team
+Italy No. Rider Pos. 1 2 2 17 3 53 4 1 5 52 6 55 7 51 8 24 9 50 10 36 11 41 12 12+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 13 DNF 14 DNF 15 DNF 16 DNF 17 34 18 DNF 19 11 20 37 21 7 22 33 23 DNF 24 29+France No. Rider Pos. 25 DNF 26 16 27 DNF 28 30 29 DNF 30 DNF 31 25 32 DNF 33 9 34 32 35 14 36 28+Switzerland No. Rider Pos. 37 19 38 DNF 39 DNF 40 DNF 41 DNF 42 40+Luxembourg No. Rider Pos. 43 DNF 44 15 45 DNF 46 8 47 DNF 48 13+Netherlands No. Rider Pos. 49 DNF 50 DNF 51 DNF 52 DNF 53 DNF 54 DNF+Spain No. Rider Pos. 55 DNF 56 DNF 57 DNF 58 DNF 59 DNF 60 DNF+Italy Cadets No. Rider Pos. 61 38 62 DNF 63 6 64 DNF 65 DNF 66 DNF+Belgium Aiglons No. Rider Pos. 67 DNF 68 21 69 5 70 27 71 43 72 DNF+France - Île-de-France No. Rider Pos. 73 23 74 DNF 75 DNF 76 DNF 77 DNF 78 DNF 79 DNF 80 3 81 44 82 DNF 83 20 84 DNF+France - West/North No. Rider Pos. 85 10 86 22 87 DNF 88 DNF 89 DNF 90 DNF 91 49 92 DNF 93 DNF 94 DNF 95 4 96 DNF+France - Centre/South-West No. Rider Pos. 97 48 98 DNF 99 DNF 100 42 101 54 102 DNF 103 DNF 104 DNF 105 31 106 DNF 107 39 108 46+France - South-East No. Rider Pos. 109 26 110 DNF 111 DNF 112 DNF 113 47 114 18 115 35 116 DNF 117 DNF 118 DNF 119 DNF 120 45
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 Pos. 1 Gino Bartali Italy 2 2 Serafino Biagioni Italy 17 3 Angelo Brignole Italy 53 4 Fausto Coppi Italy 1 5 Giovanni Corrieri Italy 52 6 Guido De Santi Italy 55 7 Ettore Milano Italy 51 8 Bruno Pasquini Italy 24 9 Luciano Pezzi Italy 50 10 Vincenzo Rossello Italy 36 11 Mario Ricci Italy 41 12 Gino Sciardis Italy 12 13 Norbert Callens Belgium DNF 14 Roger Ghyselinck Belgium DNF 15 Raymond Impanis Belgium DNF 16 Léon Jomaux Belgium DNF 17 Désiré Keteleer Belgium 34 18 Marcel Kint Belgium DNF 19 Roger Lambrecht Belgium 11 20 Florent Mathieu Belgium 37 21 Stan Ockers Belgium 7 22 Briek Schotte Belgium 33 23 Edward Van Dijck Belgium DNF 24 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 29 25 Louison Bobet France DNF 26 Robert Chapatte France 16 27 Camille Danguillaume France DNF 28 Louis Déprez France 30 29 Maurice Diot France DNF 30 Bernard Gauthier France DNF 31 Raphaël Géminiani France 25 32 Guy Lapébie France DNF 33 Apo Lazaridès France 9 34 Lucien Lazaridès France 32 35 Lucien Teisseire France 14 36 René Vietto France 28 37 Georges Aeschlimann Switzerland 19 38 Roger Aeschlimann Switzerland DNF 39 Hans Hutmacher Switzerland DNF 40 Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland DNF 41 Ernst Stettler Switzerland DNF 42 Gottfried Weilenmann Switzerland 40 43 René Biver Luxembourg DNF 44 Bim Diederich Luxembourg 15 45 Marcel Ernzer Luxembourg DNF 46 Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg 8 47 Willy Kemp Luxembourg DNF 48 Jeng Kirchen Luxembourg 13 49 Henk De Hoog Netherlands DNF 50 André De Korver Netherlands DNF 51 Wim De Ruyter Netherlands DNF 52 Jan Lambrichs Netherlands DNF 53 Frans Pauwels Netherlands DNF 54 Hubert Sijen Netherlands DNF 55 Julián Berrendero Spain DNF 56 Bernardo Capó Spain DNF 57 Dalmacio Langarica Spain DNF 58 Emilio Rodríguez Spain DNF 59 Bernardo Ruiz Spain DNF 60 José Serra Gil Spain DNF 61 Giuseppe Ausenda Italy Cadets 38 62 Giuseppe Cerami Italy Cadets DNF 63 Fiorenzo Magni Italy Cadets 6 64 Alfredo Martini Italy Cadets DNF 65 Silvio Pedroni Italy Cadets DNF 66 Armando Peverelli Italy Cadets DNF 67 Jean Breuer Belgium Aiglons DNF 68 Marcel De Mulder Belgium Aiglons 21 69 Marcel Dupont Belgium Aiglons 5 70 Jacques Geus Belgium Aiglons 27 71 Marcel Hendrickx Belgium Aiglons 43 72 Joseph Verhaert Belgium Aiglons DNF 73 André Brule France - Île-de-France 23 74 Louis Caput France - Île-de-France DNF 75 Robert Dorgebray France - Île-de-France DNF 76 Dominique Forlini France - Île-de-France DNF 77 Georges Guillier France - Île-de-France DNF 78 Émile Idée France - Île-de-France DNF 79 Raymond Lucas France - Île-de-France DNF 80 Jacques Marinelli France - Île-de-France 3 81 Édouard Muller France - Île-de-France 44 82 Attilio Redolfi France - Île-de-France DNF 83 Pierre Tacca France - Île-de-France 20 84 Louis Thiétard France - Île-de-France DNF 85 Pierre Cogan France - West/North 10 86 Jean-Marie Goasmat France - West/North 22 87 Edward Klabiński France - West/North DNF 88 Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy France - West/North DNF 89 Ange Le Strat France - West/North DNF 90 Lucien Maelfait France - West/North DNF 91 André Mahé France - West/North 49 92 César Marcelak France - West/North DNF 93 François Person France - West/North DNF 94 Roger Pontet France - West/North DNF 95 Jean Robic France - West/North 4 96 Eloi Tassin France - West/North DNF 97 Jean Blanc France - Centre/South-West 48 98 Roger Buchonnet France - Centre/South-West DNF 99 Robert Desbats France - Centre/South-West DNF 100 Albert Dolhats France - Centre/South-West 42 101 Custodio Dos Reis France - Centre/South-West 54 102 Marcel Dussault France - Centre/South-West DNF 103 Bruno Garonzi France - Centre/South-West DNF 104 Antoine Gomez France - Centre/South-West DNF 105 Roger Lévêque France - Centre/South-West 31 106 Henri Massal France - Centre/South-West DNF 107 Paul Pineau France - Centre/South-West 39 108 Georges Ramoulux France - Centre/South-West 46 109 Pierre Brambilla France - South-East 26 110 Fermo Camellini France - South-East DNF 111 Adolphe Deledda France - South-East DNF 112 Édouard Fachleitner France - South-East DNF 113 Paul Giguet France - South-East 47 114 Nello Lauredi France - South-East 18 115 Georges Martin France - South-East 35 116 Pierre Molinéris France - South-East DNF 117 Paul Néri France - South-East DNF 118 Jean Rey France - South-East DNF 119 Raoul Rémy France - South-East DNF 120 Antonin Rolland France - South-East 45
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