As was the custom since 1930, the 1951 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1951, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, Ile de France–North West, East–South East and West–South West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 7 cyclists, so altogether this made 123 cyclists.

There were 68 French cyclists (of which 1 French-Moroccan and 7 French-Algerian), 12 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss and 7 Luxembourgian cyclists.

Start list By team

+Switzerland No. Rider Pos. 1 24 2 35 3 1 4 DNF 5 DNF 6 28 7 50 8 60+Italy No. Rider Pos. 13 4 14 15 15 10 16 38 17 29 18 DNF 19 7 20 52 21 DNF 22 48 23 54 24 DNF+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 25 40 26 42 27 17 28 22 29 13 30 DNF 31 43 32 5 33 25 34 14 35 62 36 18+France No. Rider Pos. 37 56 38 6 39 20 40 26 41 2 42 61 43 11 44 DNF 45 3 46 41 47 DNF 48 31+Luxembourg No. Rider Pos. 49 DNF 50 12 51 DNF 52 DNF 53 DNF 54 55 56 DNF+Netherlands No. Rider Pos. 57 DNF 58 DNF 59 DNF 60 DNF 61 DNF 62 DNF 63 DNF 64 DNF+Spain No. Rider Pos. 65 DNF 66 DNF 67 58 68 59 69 DNF 70 44 71 9 72 DNF+France - Paris No. Rider Pos. 73 DNF 74 DNF 75 45 76 63 77 DNF 78 DNF 79 DNF 80 DNF 81 DNF 82 DNF 83 DNF 84 27+France - Île-de-France/North-West No. Rider Pos. 85 DNF 86 DNF 87 DNF 88 37 89 46 90 DNF 91 DNF 92 DNF 93 DNF 94 DNF 95 DNF 96 51+France - East/South-East No. Rider Pos. 97 64 98 8 99 36 100 39 101 DNF 102 53 103 32 104 23 105 34 106 47 107 DNF 108 33+France - West/South-West No. Rider Pos. 109 DNF 110 DNF 111 19 112 DNF 113 21 114 DNF 115 30 116 DNF 117 16 118 49 119 DNF 120 57+North Africa No. Rider Pos. 121 DNF 122 DNF 123 DNF 124 DNF 125 65 126 DNF 127 66 128 DNF

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 Georges Aeschlimann Switzerland 24 2 Marcel Huber Switzerland 35 3 Hugo Koblet Switzerland 1 4 Walter Reiser Switzerland DNF 5 Giovanni Rossi Switzerland DNF 6 Hans Sommer Switzerland 28 7 Gottfried Weilenmann Switzerland 50 8 Leo Weilenmann Switzerland 60 13 Gino Bartali Italy 4 14 Serafino Biagioni Italy 15 15 Fausto Coppi Italy 10 16 Andrea Carrea Italy 38 17 Franco Franchi Italy 29 18 Attilio Lambertini Italy DNF 19 Fiorenzo Magni Italy 7 20 Ettore Milano Italy 52 21 Silvio Pedroni Italy DNF 22 Luciano Pezzi Italy 48 23 Virgilio Salimbeni Italy 54 24 Renzo Zanazzi Italy DNF 25 Armand Baeyens Belgium 40 26 Hilaire Couvreur Belgium 42 27 Roger Decock Belgium 17 28 Alois De Hertog Belgium 22 29 Marcel De Mulder Belgium 13 30 Isidore De Rijck Belgium DNF 31 Germain Derycke Belgium 43 32 Stan Ockers Belgium 5 33 André Rosseel Belgium 25 34 Edward Van Ende Belgium 14 35 Alois Vansteenkiste Belgium 62 36 Marcel Verschueren Belgium 18 37 Jean Baldassari France 56 38 Pierre Barbotin France 6 39 Louison Bobet France 20 40 Bernard Gauthier France 26 41 Raphaël Géminiani France 2 42 Jean Guéguen France 61 43 Nello Lauredi France 11 44 Apo Lazaridès France DNF 45 Lucien Lazaridès France 3 46 Édouard Muller France 41 47 Raoul Rémy France DNF 48 Lucien Teisseire France 31 49 Robert Bintz Luxembourg DNF 50 Bim Diederich Luxembourg 12 51 René Biever Luxembourg DNF 52 Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg DNF 53 Henri Kass Luxembourg DNF 54 Willy Kemp Luxembourg 55 56 Josy Polfer Luxembourg DNF 57 Hans Dekkers Netherlands DNF 58 Wim Dielissen Netherlands DNF 59 Henk Faanhof Netherlands DNF 60 Gerard Peters Netherlands DNF 61 Harrie Schoenmakers Netherlands DNF 62 Wim van Est Netherlands DNF 63 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands DNF 64 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands DNF 65 Victorio Ruiz García Spain DNF 66 Miguel Gual Spain DNF 67 Dalmacio Langarica Spain 58 68 Francisco Masip Spain 59 69 Emilio Rodríguez Spain DNF 70 Manuel Rodríguez Barros Spain 44 71 Bernardo Ruiz Spain 9 72 José Serra Spain DNF 73 Serge Blusson France - Paris DNF 74 Robert Bonnaventure France - Paris DNF 75 Louis Caput France - Paris 45 76 Jean-Louis Carle France - Paris 63 77 Robert Chapatte France - Paris DNF 78 Jean Chateau France - Paris DNF 79 Maurice Diot France - Paris DNF 80 Dominique Forlini France - Paris DNF 81 Marcel Michel France - Paris DNF 82 Roger Piel France - Paris DNF 83 Jacques Renaud France - Paris DNF 84 Jean Robic France - Paris 27 85 José Beyaert France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 86 Roger Creton France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 87 Jean Delahaye France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 88 Louis Déprez France - Île-de-France/North-West 37 89 André Labeylie France - Île-de-France/North-West 46 90 Guy Lintilhac France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 91 Lucien Maelfait France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 92 Jacques Marinelli France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 93 Maurice Quentin France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 94 Roger Queugnet France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 95 Attilio Redolfi France - Île-de-France/North-West DNF 96 Gino Sciardis France - Île-de-France/North-West 51 97 Emile Baffert France - East/South-East 64 98 Gilbert Bauvin France - East/South-East 8 99 Pierre Brambilla France - East/South-East 36 100 Roger Buchonnet France - East/South-East 39 101 Robert Castellin France - East/South-East DNF 102 Angelo Colinelli France - East/South-East 53 103 Adolphe Deledda France - East/South-East 32 104 Jean Dotto France - East/South-East 23 105 Paul Giguet France - East/South-East 34 106 Joseph Mirando France - East/South-East 47 107 Pierre Molineris France - East/South-East DNF 108 Vincent Vitetta France - East/South-East 33 109 Armand Audaire France - West/South-West DNF 110 Jean-Marie Cieliczka France - West/South-West DNF 111 Pierre Cogan France - West/South-West 19 112 Robert Desbats France - West/South-West DNF 113 Jean-Marie Goasmat France - West/South-West 21 114 Raymond Guégan France - West/South-West DNF 115 Roger Leveque France - West/South-West 30 116 André Mahe France - West/South-West DNF 117 Georges Meunier France - West/South-West 16 118 Joseph Morvan France - West/South-West 49 119 André Ruffet France - West/South-West DNF 120 Roger Walkowiak France - West/South-West 57 121 Abdel-Kader Abbes North Africa DNF 122 Max Charroin North Africa DNF 123 Marcel Fernandez North Africa DNF 124 Ahmed Kebaili North Africa DNF 125 Jean Manuel Mayen North Africa 65 126 Vincent Soler North Africa DNF 127 Abdel-Kader Zaaf North Africa 66 128 Marcel Zelasco North Africa DNF

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