List of teams and cyclists in the 1970 Tour de France

After his dominating victory in the previous year, Merckx was the major favourite for the 1970 Tour de France. The main competition was expected from Luis Ocaña and Bernard Thévenet. Early in the race, 86 journalists predicted who would be in the top five of the Tour. 85 of them expected Merckx to be in the top five; Ocana was named by 78, Poulidor by 73. Merckx had already won important races in 1970, including Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Nice, the Giro d'Italia and the Belgian national road championship. Luis Ocaña, who had won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Vuelta a España, suffered from bronchitis, but still started the Tour, unable to seriously challenge Merckx.

The Tour de France started with 15 teams, of 10 cyclists each, from five countries:

French Bic Fagor–Mercier Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber Peugeot–BP Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber

Italian Salvarani Molteni Scic Ferretti

Belgian Faema–Faemino Mars–Flandria Mann–Grundig

Dutch Caballero–Laurens Willem II–Gazelle Spanish KAS–Kaskol

A few days before the Tour started, it became known that Paul Gutty had failed a doping test when he won the French national road championship. Gutty was removed from his Frimatic team, and replaced by Rene Grelin.

Start list

By team

+Faema–Faemino No. Rider Pos. 1 1 2 87 3 50 4 30 5 75 6 46 7 24 8 DNF 9 68 10 13+Peugeot–BP–Michelin No. Rider Pos. 11 41 12 64 13 11 14 21 15 DNF 16 76 17 58 18 DNF 19 52 20 35+Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson No. Rider Pos. 21 84 22 82 23 62 24 33 25 DNF 26 79 27 90 28 7 29 27 30 37+Salvarani No. Rider Pos. 31 12 32 DNF 33 96 34 29 35 71 36 8 37 DNF 38 28 39 18 40 DNF+KAS–Kaskol No. Rider Pos. 41 23 42 9 43 20 44 25 45 56 46 74 47 34 48 66 49 DNF 50 15+Willem II–Gazelle No. Rider Pos. 51 32 52 100 53 DNF 54 78 55 DNF 56 DNF 57 DNF 58 44 59 80 60 5+Molteni No. Rider Pos. 61 55 62 63 63 DNF 64 DNF 65 53 66 DNF 67 49 68 38 69 39 70 4+Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber No. Rider Pos. 71 14 72 DNF 73 59 74 42 75 97 76 DNF 77 DNF 78 61 79 DNF 80 22+Bic No. Rider Pos. 81 77 82 DNF 83 DNF 84 26 85 83 86 DNF 87 31 88 19 89 40 90 95+Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber No. Rider Pos. 91 DNF 92 17 93 DNF 94 70 95 DNF 96 DNF 97 51 98 72 99 DNF 100 6+Mann–Grundig No. Rider Pos. 101 94 102 57 103 43 104 89 105 10 106 54 107 65 108 16 109 67 110 DNF+Mars–Flandria No. Rider Pos. 111 81 112 85 113 69 114 98 115 DNF 116 DNF 117 DNF 118 91 119 88 120 2+Caballero–Laurens No. Rider Pos. 121 DNF 122 DNF 123 DNF 124 DNF 125 92 126 DNF 127 45 128 47 129 DNF 130 86+Ferretti No. Rider Pos. 131 DNF 132 DNF 133 DNF 134 3 135 36 136 DNF 137 DNF 138 93 139 48 140 DNF+Scic No. Rider Pos. 141 DNF 142 60 143 DNF 144 99 145 DNF 146 DNF 147 DNF 148 73 149 DNF 150 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 Eddy Merckx Faema–Faemino 1 2 Etienne Antheunis Faema–Faemino 87 3 Joseph Bruyère Faema–Faemino 50 4 Jos Huysmans Faema–Faemino 30 5 Frans Mintjens Faema–Faemino 75 6 Jozef Spruyt Faema–Faemino 46 7 Roger Swerts Faema–Faemino 24 8 Georges Vandenberghe Faema–Faemino DNF 9 Victor Van Schil Faema–Faemino 68 10 Italo Zilioli Faema–Faemino 13 11 Robert Bouloux Peugeot–BP–Michelin 41 12 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Peugeot–BP–Michelin 64 13 Raymond Delisle Peugeot–BP–Michelin 11 14 Jean Dumont Peugeot–BP–Michelin 21 15 Désiré Letort Peugeot–BP–Michelin DNF 16 Pierre Martelozzo Peugeot–BP–Michelin 76 17 Jean-Pierre Paranteau Peugeot–BP–Michelin 58 18 Roger Pingeon Peugeot–BP–Michelin DNF 19 Christian Raymond Peugeot–BP–Michelin 52 20 Bernard Thévenet Peugeot–BP–Michelin 35 21 Georges Chappe Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 84 22 Jean-Pierre Genet Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 82 23 Cyrille Guimard Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 62 24 Bernard Labourdette Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 33 25 Eddy Peelman Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson DNF 26 Michel Périn Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 79 27 Domingo Perurena Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 90 28 Raymond Poulidor Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 7 29 Henri Rabaute Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 27 30 Rolf Wolfshohl Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson 37 31 Franco Balmamion Salvarani 12 32 Cipriano Chemello Salvarani DNF 33 Luciano Dalla Bona Salvarani 96 34 Walter Godefroot Salvarani 29 35 Pietro Guerra Salvarani 71 36 Tony Houbrechts Salvarani 8 37 Vittorio Marcelli Salvarani DNF 38 Primo Mori Salvarani 28 39 Wladimiro Panizza Salvarani 18 40 Silvano Schiavon Salvarani DNF 41 Francisco Gabica KAS–Kaskol 23 42 Francisco Galdós KAS–Kaskol 9 43 Andrés Gandarias KAS–Kaskol 20 44 Aurelio González Puente KAS–Kaskol 25 45 José Antonio González KAS–Kaskol 56 46 Nemesio Jiménez KAS–Kaskol 74 47 Vicente López Carril KAS–Kaskol 34 48 Gabriel Mascaró Febrer KAS–Kaskol 66 49 José Luis Uribezubia KAS–Kaskol DNF 50 Luis Zubero KAS–Kaskol 15 51 Evert Dolman Willem II–Gazelle 32 52 Frits Hoogerheide Willem II–Gazelle 100 53 Victor Nuelant Willem II–Gazelle DNF 54 Harm Ottenbros Willem II–Gazelle 78 55 René Pijnen Willem II–Gazelle DNF 56 Edward Sels Willem II–Gazelle DNF 57 Jan Serpenti Willem II–Gazelle DNF 58 Jos van der Vleuten Willem II–Gazelle 44 59 Jan van Katwijk Willem II–Gazelle 80 60 Marinus Wagtmans Willem II–Gazelle 5 61 Mario Anni Molteni 55 62 Marino Basso Molteni 63 63 Davide Boifava Molteni DNF 64 Carlo Chiappano Molteni DNF 65 Franco Mori Molteni 53 66 Arturo Pecchielan Molteni DNF 67 Giacinto Santambrogio Molteni 49 68 Edy Schütz Molteni 38 69 Guerrino Tosello Molteni 39 70 Martin Van Den Bossche Molteni 4 71 Joaquim Agostinho Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 14 72 Régis Delépine Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber DNF 73 Mogens Frey Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 59 74 Pierre Gautier Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 42 75 Pierre Ghisellini Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 97 76 Michel Grain Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber DNF 77 René Grelin Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber DNF 78 Maurice Izier Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 61 79 Jean Vidament Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber DNF 80 Bernard Vifian Frimatic–de Gribaldy–Viva–Wolber 22 81 Roland Berland Bic 77 82 Jean-Claude Genty Bic DNF 83 Charly Grosskost Bic DNF 84 Jan Janssen Bic 26 85 Jean-Marie Leblanc Bic 83 86 Anatole Novak Bic DNF 87 Luis Ocaña Bic 31 88 Johny Schleck Bic 19 89 Alain Vasseur Bic 40 90 Sylvain Vasseur Bic 95 91 Stéphane Abrahamian Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber DNF 92 Lucien Aimar Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber 17 93 Gilbert Bellone Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber DNF 94 José Catieau Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber 70 95 Bernard Guyot Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber DNF 96 Barry Hoban Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber DNF 97 Walter Ricci Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber 51 98 Raymond Riotte Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber 72 99 Jean-Claude Theillière Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber DNF 100 Lucien Van Impe Sonolor–Lejeune–Wolber 6 101 René De Bie Mann–Grundig 94 102 Jos Deschoenmaecker Mann–Grundig 57 103 Ronald De Witte Mann–Grundig 43 104 Willy In ’t Ven Mann–Grundig 89 105 Georges Pintens Mann–Grundig 10 106 André Poppe Mann–Grundig 54 107 Eddy Reyniers Mann–Grundig 65 108 Willy Van Neste Mann–Grundig 16 109 Daniel Van Ryckeghem Mann–Grundig 67 110 Herman Van Springel Mann–Grundig DNF 111 Eddy Beugels Mars–Flandria 81 112 Michel Coulon Mars–Flandria 85 113 Gérard David Mars–Flandria 69 114 Jaak De Boever Mars–Flandria 98 115 Erik De Vlaeminck Mars–Flandria DNF 116 Roger De Vlaeminck Mars–Flandria DNF 117 Eric Leman Mars–Flandria DNF 118 Marc Lievens Mars–Flandria 91 119 Pieter Nassen Mars–Flandria 88 120 Joop Zoetemelk Mars–Flandria 2 121 Henk Benjamins Caballero–Laurens DNF 122 Arie den Hartog Caballero–Laurens DNF 123 Leo Duyndam Caballero–Laurens DNF 124 Huub Harings Caballero–Laurens DNF 125 Cees Rentmeester Caballero–Laurens 92 126 Wim Schepers Caballero–Laurens DNF 127 Harry Steevens Caballero–Laurens 45 128 Gerard Vianen Caballero–Laurens 47 129 Adrie Wouters Caballero–Laurens DNF 130 Cees Zoontjens Caballero–Laurens 86 131 Giuseppe Beghetto Ferretti DNF 132 Eraldo Bocci Ferretti DNF 133 Franco Cortinovis Ferretti DNF 134 Gösta Pettersson Ferretti 3 135 Tomas Pettersson Ferretti 36 136 Renato Rota Ferretti DNF 137 Pietro Tamiazzo Ferretti DNF 138 Romano Tumellero Ferretti 93 139 Albert Van Vlierberghe Ferretti 48 140 Loris Vignolini Ferretti DNF 141 Luciano Armani Scic DNF 142 Attilio Benfatto Scic 60 143 Constantino Conti Scic DNF 144 Adriano Durante Scic 99 145 Ernesto Jotti Scic DNF 146 Claudio Michelotto Scic DNF 147 Enrico Paolini Scic DNF 148 Giancarlo Polidori Scic 73 149 Ambrogio Portalupi Scic DNF 150 Paolo Zini Scic DNF

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