As was the custom since 1930, the 1934 Tour de France was contested by national teams. Belgium, Italy, Germany and France each sent teams of 8 cyclists each, while Switzerland and Spain sent a combined team of eight cyclists. In addition, there were 20 individual cyclists; other than in 1933, they were no longer racing under the nomer "touriste-routier" but as "individuel". In total this made 60 cyclists. Split up in nationalities, there were 20 French, 12 Belgian, 12 Italian, 8 German, 4 Spanish and 4 Swiss cyclists.
The French team of 1934 consisted of all good riders, with the core of the team being the winner of 1933, Georges Speicher, Roger Lapébie, former winner Antonin Magne and Maurice Archambaud, who had performed well in 1933. The French selectors were criticized for selecting René Vietto, a twenty-year-old rider who had only won some small races. The Italian team now included Giuseppe Martano, who had ridden as a touriste-routier in 1933. The Belgian team, which normally included some big contenders, was lackluster.
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 Gaston Rebry Belgium DNF 2 Alphonse Schepers Belgium DNF 3 Louis Hardiquest Belgium DNF 4 Romain Maes Belgium DNF 5 Frans Bonduel Belgium 18 6 Edgard De Caluwé Belgium DNF 7 Frans Dictus Belgium DNF 8 Romain Gijssels Belgium 32 9 Giuseppe Martano Italy 2 10 Eugenio Gestri Italy 14 11 Antonio Folco Italy 39 12 Giovanni Gotti Italy 24 13 Giovanni Cazzulani Italy 16 14 Vasco Bergamaschi Italy DNF 15 Adriano Vignoli Italy 15 16 Raffaele di Paco Italy DNF 17 Albert Büchi Switzerland/Spain 17 18 Walter Blattmann Switzerland/Spain DNF 19 Kurt Stettler Switzerland/Spain DNF 20 August Erne Switzerland/Spain 20 21 Vicente Trueba Switzerland/Spain 10 22 Luciano Montero Switzerland/Spain 30 23 Mariano Cañardo Switzerland/Spain 9 24 Fédérico Ezquerra Switzerland/Spain 19 25 Kurt Stöpel Germany 22 26 Ludwig Geyer Germany 7 27 Hermann Buse Germany DNF 28 Willy Kutschbach Germany 37 29 Rudolf Wolke Germany DNF 30 Kurt Nitschke Germany DNF 31 Rudolf Risch Germany 38 32 Bruno Wolke Germany DNF 33 Georges Speicher France 11 34 Roger Lapébie France 3 35 Raymond Louviot France 12 36 Antonin Magne France 1 37 Charles Pélissier France DNF 38 René Vietto France 5 39 René Le Grevès France 25 40 Maurice Archambaud France DNF 101 Jean Wauters Individual 31 102 Sylvère Maes Individual 8 103 Théo Herckenrath Individual 26 104 Félicien Vervaecke Individual 4 105 Ambrogio Morelli Individual 6 106 Ettore Meini Individual 29 107 Dante Franzil Individual 23 108 Edoardo Molinar Individual 13 109 Léon Level Individual 21 110 Jean Bidot Individual 35 111 Sylvain Marcaillou Individual 34 112 Gabriel Viratelle Individual DNF 113 Marcel Renaud Individual 28 114 Eugène Le Goff Individual DNF 115 Yves Le Goff Individual 33 116 Gaspard Rinaldi Individual DNF 117 Vincent Salazard Individual 27 118 Fabien Galateau Individual 36 119 Pierre Pastorelli Individual DNF 120 Adrien Buttafocchi Individual DNF
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