The 1913 Tour de France started with 140 cyclists; there were 51 cyclists distributed over 9 teams, including all favourites for the overall victory. The remaining 89 cyclists started in the isolés category. This edition started with six former Tour de France winners (Louis Trousselier, Lucien Petit-Breton, François Faber, Octave Lapize, Gustave Garrigou and Odile Defraye), the most ever.

Although cyclists had started in teams previously, the rules had forbidden them to work together against other cyclists. In 1913, this changed, and cyclists from the same team were allowed to work together. The organizers preferred riders to ride solo, so they added a rule that if a cyclist would win a stage with a margin of 20 minutes or more, he would not only get his own prize money, but also the half of all the other cyclists' prize money of that stage.

The first African cyclist took part in the Tour de France in 1913: Ali Neffati from Tunisia. Neffati had been discovered by Tour organizer Henri Desgrange, and would later become a driver at l'Auto, the newspaper that organised the Tour de France.

Cyclists

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 Team Pos. 1 Émile Georget La Française-Diamant DNF 2 Charles Crupelandt La Française-Diamant DNF 3 Octave Lapize La Française-Diamant DNF 4 Paul Duboc La Française-Diamant DNF 5 Maurice Brocco La Française-Diamant DNF 6 Charles Cruchon La Française-Diamant DNF 7 Arthur Maertens La Française-Diamant DNF 8 La Française-Diamant DNF 9 François Faber Peugeot-Wolber 5 10 Jean Alavoine Peugeot-Wolber 19 11 Eugène Christophe Peugeot-Wolber 7 12 Marcel Buysse Peugeot-Wolber 3 13 Paul Hostein Peugeot-Wolber 17 14 Gustave Garrigou Peugeot-Wolber 2 15 Philippe Thys Peugeot-Wolber 1 16 Émile Engel Peugeot-Wolber 10 17 Lucien Mazan Automoto-Continental DNF 18 Georges Passerieu Automoto-Continental DNF 19 Paul Deman Automoto-Continental 14 20 Maurice Leturgie Automoto-Continental DNF 21 Automoto-Continental DNF 22 Constant Niedergang Automoto-Continental DNF 23 Automoto-Continental DNF 24 Constant Ménager Automoto-Continental DNF 25 Odile Defraye Alcyon-Soly DNF 26 René Vandenberghe Alcyon-Soly DNF 27 Henri Pélissier Alcyon-Soly DNF 28 Louis Heusghem Alcyon-Soly DNF 29 Jean Rossius Alcyon-Soly DNF 30 Louis Mottiat Alcyon-Soly DNF 31 Jules Masselis Alcyon-Soly DNF 32 Émile Masson Alcyon-Soly DNF 33 Alfred Depauw Liberator-Hutchinson DNF 34 Henri Hanlet Liberator-Hutchinson DNF 35 Marcel Godivier Liberator-Hutchinson DNF 36 Liberator-Hutchinson DNF 37 Giovanni Micheletto Griffon-Continental DNF 38 Firmin Lambot Griffon-Continental 4 39 Angelo Gremo Griffon-Continental DNF 40 Griffon-Continental DNF 41 Joseph Van Daele JB Louvet-Continental 9 42 Alfons Spiessens JB Louvet-Continental 6 44 Pierino Albini JB Louvet-Continental DNF 45 Clemente Canepari JB Louvet-Continental 13 46 Eberardo Pavesi JB Louvet-Continental DNF 47 Louis Trousselier JB Louvet-Continental 11 48 René Guénot JB Louvet-Continental DNF 49 Léon Scieur Armor-Soly DNF 50 Pierre-Joseph Heusghem Armor-Soly DNF 51 Henri Devroye Labor-Soly DNF 52 Jacques Coomans Labor-Soly DNF 101 Marcel Billion Lone rider DNF 102 René Blandet Lone rider DNF 103 Alcide Riviere Lone rider DNF 104 Luigi Gorret Lone rider DNF 105 Léon Bonnery Lone rider DNF 106 François Chevalier Lone rider DNF 107 Henri Alavoine Lone rider 25 108 Alfred Niklaus Lone rider DNF 109 Henri Timmermann Lone rider DNF 110 Albert Cartigny Lone rider DNF 111 Albert Nouchet Lone rider DNF 113 Maurice Leliaert Lone rider 18 114 Ernest Berthet Lone rider DNF 115 Georges Oudin Lone rider DNF 116 Vincent D’Hulst Lone rider 15 117 François Bertrand Lone rider DNF 118 Fernand Pin Lone rider DNF 119 Louis Gabba Lone rider DNF 120 René Barret Lone rider DNF 121 Albert Macon Lone rider DNF 122 Christian Christensen Lone rider DNF 123 Marcel Rottie Lone rider DNF 124 Émile Bouhours Lone rider DNF 125 Augustin Ringeval Lone rider DNF 126 Marcel Lallement Lone rider DNF 127 Alain Andrin Lone rider DNF 128 Louis Coolsaet Lone rider 21 129 Achiel De Smet Lone rider 22 130 André Batilly Lone rider DNF 131 Lucien Leman Lone rider DNF 133 Charles Dumont Lone rider 23 134 Ernest Tobler Lone rider DNF 135 Michel Franc Lone rider DNF 136 Louis Flamand Lone rider DNF 137 Guido Decoster Lone rider DNF 140 Maurice Borel Lone rider DNF 142 Henri Menager Lone rider DNF 143 Celidonio Morini Lone rider 24 145 Paul Lepine Lone rider DNF 146 Louis Villemus Lone rider DNF 147 Ali Neffati Lone rider DNF 148 Louis Ferrault Lone rider DNF 149 Émile Lachaise Lone rider DNF 150 Auguste Spelle Lone rider DNF 151 Jules Deloffre Lone rider 12 152 Peter Böhm Lone rider DNF 153 Joanny Panel Lone rider DNF 154 Louis Verbraecken Lone rider DNF 155 Charles Privas Lone rider DNF 157 Auguste Rossignol Lone rider DNF 158 André Renard Lone rider DNF 159 Camille Mathieu Lone rider DNF 161 Eugène Monnarat Lone rider DNF 162 Louis Moliere Lone rider DNF 163 Auguste Pierron Lone rider DNF 164 Henry Fontaine Lone rider DNF 165 Yves Quideau Lone rider DNF 166 Albert Chiarena Lone rider DNF 167 Maurice Rossi Lone rider DNF 168 Pierre Delplace Lone rider DNF 169 Camillo Bertarelli Lone rider 8 170 Henri Murat Lone rider DNF 171 Marcel Allain Lone rider DNF 172 Gaston Neboux Lone rider DNF 173 Philippe Alary Lone rider DNF 174 Camille Botte Lone rider DNF 175 Lone rider 20 176 Joseph Chanteperdrix Lone rider DNF 178 Adolphe Dorion Lone rider DNF 180 Eugène Leroy Lone rider DNF 183 Laurent Quemeneur Lone rider DNF 184 Lucien Cornu Lone rider DNF 185 Georges Devilly Lone rider DNF 186 Henri Serverin Lone rider DNF 187 Gustave Verbeken Lone rider DNF 190 Emile Druz Lone rider DNF 191 Henri Leclerc Lone rider DNF 193 Jean Bouillet Lone rider DNF 194 Pierre Everaerts Lone rider DNF 195 Joseph Verdickt Lone rider DNF 196 José Samyn Lone rider DNF 198 Maurice Lartigue Lone rider DNF 199 Louis Petitjean Lone rider 16 200 Jos Zorloni Lone rider DNF 203 Antoine Wattelier Lone rider DNF 205 Jules Sales Lone rider DNF 207 Eugène Platteau Lone rider DNF 208 Henri Van Lerberghe Lone rider DNF 209 Albert Dupont Lone rider DNF

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