The Italian team, that had been absent in 1936, returned for the 1937 Tour de France, after Benito Mussolini removed their boycott of the Tour, and selected new star Gino Bartali, who had won the 1936 and 1937 Giro d'Italia, as the Italian team leader. The Italian team had 10 cyclists, just as the Belgian, German and French teams. There were also small teams of six cyclists: the Spanish, Dutch, Luxembourgian and Swiss teams. The last national team was the Great Britain-Canada team, consisting of two British cyclists and one Canadian.
The French team included Roger Lapébie. Lapébie had had a difficult relation with Desgrange. This had caused Lapébie to be out of the national team in 1935, and completely absent from the Tour in 1936. In 1937, Desgrange had retired, and Lapébie was back. In the month before the Tour started, Lapébie had undergone surgery for a lumbar hernia, and there were doubts about his form.
There were also 31 cyclists riding as individuals. These individuals were responsible for their own food and accommodation.
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 Sylvère Maes Belgium DNF 2 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium DNF 3 Albert Hendrickx Belgium DNF 4 Robert Wierinckx Belgium DNF 5 Hubert Deltour Belgium DNF 6 Albertin Disseaux Belgium DNF 7 Gustave Danneels Belgium DNF 8 Jules Lowie Belgium DNF 9 Marcel Kint Belgium DNF 10 Éloi Meulenberg Belgium DNF 11 Gino Bartali Italy DNF 12 Jules Rossi Italy DNF 13 Giuseppe Martano Italy 24 14 Marco Cimatti Italy DNF 15 Glauco Servadei Italy DNF 16 Carlo Romanatti Italy 36 17 Walter Generati Italy DNF 18 Augusto Introzzi Italy 26 19 Giovanni Valetti Italy DNF 20 Francesco Camusso Italy 4 21 Oskar Thierbach Germany 14 22 Ludwig Geyer Germany 28 23 Otto Weckerling Germany 41 24 Erich Bautz Germany 9 25 Heinrich Schultenjohann Germany DNF 26 Heinz Wengler Germany 37 27 Reinhold Wendel Germany 45 28 Hermann Schild Germany DNF 29 Willi Oberbeck Germany DNF 30 Herbert Hauswald Germany 43 31 Paul Chocque France 7 32 Roger Lapébie France 1 33 René Le Grevès France DNF 34 Émile Gamard France 44 35 Pierre Cloarec France 32 36 Maurice Archambaud France DNF 37 Georges Speicher France DNF 38 Louis Thiétard France DNF 39 Robert Tanneveau France 21 40 Sylvain Marcaillou France 5 41 Mariano Cañardo Spain 30 42 Julián Berrendero Spain 15 43 Antonio Prior Spain DNF 44 Fédérico Ezquerra Spain DNF 45 Rafael Ramos Spain DNF 46 Juan Gimeno Spain DNF 47 Albert van Schendel Netherlands DNF 48 Theo Middelkamp Netherlands DNF 49 Antoon van Schendel Netherlands 33 50 John Braspennincx Netherlands DNF 51 Gerrit Van De Ruit Netherlands DNF 52 Piet van Nek Netherlands DNF 53 Pierre Clemens Luxembourg DNF 54 Arsène Mersch Luxembourg 27 55 Mathias Clemens Luxembourg DNF 56 Jean Majerus Luxembourg DNF 57 François Neuens Luxembourg 38 58 Aloyse Klensch Luxembourg 46 59 Robert Zimmermann Switzerland 31 60 René Pedroli Switzerland 39 61 Leo Amberg Switzerland 3 62 Fritz Saladin Switzerland DNF 63 Gottlieb Weber Switzerland DNF 64 Paul Egli Switzerland 29 65 Charlie Holland Great Britain/Canada DNF 66 Bill Burl Great Britain/Canada DNF 66 Pierre Gachon Great Britain/Canada DNF 101 Adolph Braeckeveldt Touriste-routier 22 102 Gustaaf Deloor Touriste-routier 16 103 Herbert Muller Touriste-routier 11 104 Edward Vissers Touriste-routier 6 105 Edoardo Molinar Touriste-routier DNF 106 Mario Vicini Touriste-routier 2 107 Settimio Simonini Touriste-routier DNF 108 Ambrogio Morelli Touriste-routier DNF 109 Pierre Allès Touriste-routier DNF 110 Pierre Cento Touriste-routier DNF 111 André Auville Touriste-routier DNF 112 André Bramard Touriste-routier DNF 113 Maurice Cacheux Touriste-routier DNF 114 Bruno Carini Touriste-routier 42 115 Victor Cosson Touriste-routier 17 116 Gabriel Dubois Touriste-routier 34 117 Sauveur Ducazeaux Touriste-routier 19 118 Jean Fréchaut Touriste-routier 10 119 Fabien Galateau Touriste-routier 25 120 Pierre Gallien Touriste-routier 8 121 Jean-Marie Goasmat Touriste-routier 18 122 Robert Godard Touriste-routier DNF 123 Jean Goujon Touriste-routier 35 124 Marcel Laurent Touriste-routier 13 125 Raymond Lemarié Touriste-routier 40 126 Paul Maye Touriste-routier DNF 127 Robert Oubron Touriste-routier 20 128 Raymond Passat Touriste-routier 12 129 Henri Puppo Touriste-routier 23 130 Joseph Soffietti Touriste-routier DNF 134 Alphonse Antoine Touriste-routier DNF
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