In the 1931 Tour de France, for the second year, the race was run in the national team format, with six different teams. Belgium, Italy, Germany and France each sent a team with eight cyclists. Australia and Switzerland sent a combined team, each with four cyclists. The last team was the Spanish team, with only one cyclist. In addition, 40 cyclists joined as touriste-routiers.
The French team was favourite, because they had dominated the 1930 Tour. The most competition was expected from the Belgian team, followed by the Italian team.
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 Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium DNF 2 Gaston Rebry Belgium 4 3 Romain Gijssels Belgium DNF 4 Jef Demuysere Belgium 2 5 Julien Vervaecke Belgium 6 6 Alphonse Schepers Belgium 18 7 Bernard Van Rysselberghe Belgium DNF 8 Maurice De Waele Belgium 5 9 Luigi Giacobbe Italy DNF 10 Raffaele di Paco Italy 17 11 Fabio Battesini Italy 30 12 Francesco Camusso Italy DNF 13 Eugenio Gestri Italy DNF 14 Felice Gremo Italy DNF 15 Michele Orecchia Italy 25 16 Antonio Pesenti Italy 3 17 Hubert Opperman Australia/Switzerland 12 18 Richard Lamb Australia/Switzerland 35 19 Ossie Nicholson Australia/Switzerland DNF 20 Frankie Thomas Australia/Switzerland DNF 21 Jules Gillard Australia/Switzerland DNF 22 Roger Pipoz Australia/Switzerland 21 23 Georges Antenen Australia/Switzerland DNF 24 Albert Büchi Australia/Switzerland 9 25 Oskar Thierbach Germany 11 26 Alfred Siegel Germany 23 27 Erich Metze Germany 8 28 Ludwig Geyer Germany 19 29 Kurt Stöpel Germany 16 30 Hermann Buse Germany 22 31 Herbert Sieronski Germany 20 32 Karl Altenburger Germany DNF 33 Antonin Magne France 1 34 Benoît Faure France 12 35 André Leducq France 10 36 Jean Maréchal France 32 37 Charles Pélissier France 14 38 Joseph Mauclair France 27 39 Léon Le Calvez France DNF 40 Louis Peglion France 7 41 Francisco Cepeda Spain DNF 101 Jules Goedhuys Touriste-routier 33 102 Achiel Viaene Touriste-routier DNF 103 Gérard Loncke Touriste-routier DNF 104 Auguste Van Tricht Touriste-routier DNF 105 Robert Van Grootenbruele Touriste-routier DNF 106 Jean Naert Touriste-routier DNF 107 Georges Laloup Touriste-routier DNF 108 Giuseppe Pancera Touriste-routier DNF 109 Alessandro Catalani Touriste-routier DNF 110 Amulio Viarengo Touriste-routier DNF 111 Aristide Cavallini Touriste-routier DNF 112 Pietro Mori Touriste-routier DNF 113 Pierino Ferioli Touriste-routier DNF 114 Salvador Cardona Balbastre Touriste-routier DNF 115 Max Bulla Touriste-routier 15 116 Erich Ussat Touriste-routier DNF 117 Kurt Nitzschke Touriste-routier DNF 118 Karl Olböter Touriste-routier DNF 119 Lucien Laval Touriste-routier DNF 120 René Bernard Touriste-routier DNF 121 Jean Bidot Touriste-routier DNF 122 Louis Bajard Touriste-routier 28 123 Georges Berton Touriste-routier DNF 124 Francis Bouillet Touriste-routier DNF 125 Robert Brugère Touriste-routier DNF 126 Adrien Buttafocchi Touriste-routier DNF 127 Fernand Fayolle Touriste-routier 29 128 François Favé Touriste-routier DNF 129 André Godinat Touriste-routier DNF 130 Marius Guiramand Touriste-routier 24 131 Gabriel Hargues Touriste-routier DNF 132 François Henri Touriste-routier 34 133 Jean Fontenay Touriste-routier DNF 134 Marcel Mazeyrat Touriste-routier DNF 135 François Moreels Touriste-routier DNF 136 Julien Perrain Touriste-routier DNF 137 Jean Riondet Touriste-routier DNF 138 Fernand Robache Touriste-routier DNF 139 André Van Vierst Touriste-routier 26 140 Lazare Venot Touriste-routier 31
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