As was the custom since 1930, the 1954 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. Seven national teams were sent, with 10 cyclists each from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Luxembourg/Austria (the latter a combined team). France additionally sent five regional teams from 10 cyclists each, divided into Center-North East France, West France, South East France, Ile de France and South West France. The combined team Luxembourg/Austria consisted of six Luxembourgian cyclists, three Austrian cyclists and one from Liechtenstein. In total, 110 cyclists started the race.

Notable absents were the Italian cyclists. In Italy, new sponsors had entered the market, named "extra-sportives" because they did not sell a product directly related to the sport. During the 1954 Giro d'Italia, this caused a strike, the Bernina strike. After this, the Italian federation decided not to send a team to the 1954 Tour de France.

Start list By team

+France No. Rider Pos. 1 1 2 49 3 26 4 27 5 DNF 6 11 7 59 8 38 9 19 10 23+Netherlands No. Rider Pos. 11 47 12 DNF 13 14 14 DNF 15 DNF 16 20 17 DNF 18 16 19 17 20 DNF+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 21 9 22 29 23 36 24 21 25 DNF 26 34 27 64 28 6 29 DNF 30 22+Spain No. Rider Pos. 41 31 42 25 43 54 44 DNF 45 55 46 44 47 43 48 45 49 18 50 37+Switzerland No. Rider Pos. 51 12 52 56 53 DNF 54 DNF 55 DNF 56 DNF 57 2 58 DNF 59 50 60 3+Luxembourg/Austria No. Rider Pos. 61 69 62 DNF 63 DNF 64 30 65 DNF 66 DNF 67 DNF 68 68 69 DNF 70 DNF+France – North-East/Centre No. Rider Pos. 71 10 72 66 73 46 74 DNF 75 DNF 76 DNF 77 39 78 DNF 79 DNF 80 57+France – West No. Rider Pos. 81 DNF 82 63 83 60 84 65 85 15 86 5 87 DNF 88 DNF 89 DNF 90 41+France – South-East No. Rider Pos. 91 DNF 92 4 93 DNF 94 DNF 95 13 96 24 97 42 98 DNF 99 61 100 8+France – Île-de-France No. Rider Pos. 101 DNF 102 51 103 48 104 32 105 35 106 33 107 28 108 DNF 109 DNF 110 58+France – South-West No. Rider Pos. 111 67 112 7 113 DNF 114 DNF 115 62 116 53 117 DNF 118 52 119 DNF 120 40

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 Louison Bobet France 1 2 André Darrigade France 49 3 Adolphe Deledda France 26 4 Jean Forestier France 27 5 Raphaël Géminiani France DNF 6 Nello Lauredi France 11 7 Pierre Molinéris France 59 8 Raoul Rémy France 38 9 Antonin Rolland France 19 10 Lucien Teisseire France 23 11 Henk Faanhof Netherlands 47 12 Jules Maenen Netherlands DNF 13 Jan Nolten Netherlands 14 14 Thijs Roks Netherlands DNF 15 Adri Suykerbuyk Netherlands DNF 16 Hein van Breenen Netherlands 20 17 Nico van Est Netherlands DNF 18 Wim van Est Netherlands 16 19 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands 17 20 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands DNF 21 Jean Brankart Belgium 9 22 Alex Close Belgium 29 23 Fred De Bruyne Belgium 36 24 Marcel De Mulder Belgium 21 25 Germain Derycke Belgium DNF 26 René De Smet Belgium 34 27 Marcel Hendrickx Belgium 64 28 Stan Ockers Belgium 6 29 Alfons Van den Brande Belgium DNF 30 Richard Van Genechten Belgium 22 41 Francisco Alomar Spain 31 42 Federico Bahamontes Spain 25 43 Salvador Botella Spain 54 44 Dalmacio Langarica Spain DNF 45 Francisco Masip Spain 55 46 José Perez Llacer Spain 44 47 Emilio Rodríguez Spain 43 48 Manuel Rodríguez Spain 45 49 Bernardo Ruiz Spain 18 50 Andrés Trobat Spain 37 51 Carlo Clerici Switzerland 12 52 Emilio Croci-Torti Switzerland 56 53 Rolf Graf Switzerland DNF 54 Hans Hollenstein Switzerland DNF 55 Marcel Huber Switzerland DNF 56 Hugo Koblet Switzerland DNF 57 Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland 2 58 Martin Metzger Switzerland DNF 59 Remo Pianezzi Switzerland 50 60 Fritz Schär Switzerland 3 61 Marcel Dierkens Luxembourg/Austria 69 62 Charly Gaul Luxembourg/Austria DNF 63 François Gelhausen Luxembourg/Austria DNF 64 Willy Kemp Luxembourg/Austria 30 65 Nicolas Morn Luxembourg/Austria DNF 66 Jean Schmit Luxembourg/Austria DNF 67 Alfred Kain Luxembourg/Austria DNF 68 Kurt Schneider Luxembourg/Austria 68 69 Kurt Urbancic Luxembourg/Austria DNF 70 Bertram Seger Luxembourg/Austria DNF 71 Gilbert Bauvin France – North-East/Centre 10 72 Jean Bellay France – North-East/Centre 66 73 Jean-Marie Cieleska France – North-East/Centre 46 74 Jean Dacquay France – North-East/Centre DNF 75 Roger Hassenforder France – North-East/Centre DNF 76 Jacques Marinelli France – North-East/Centre DNF 77 Georges Meunier France – North-East/Centre 39 78 Gilbert Scodeller France – North-East/Centre DNF 79 Jean Stablinski France – North-East/Centre DNF 80 Eugène Telotte France – North-East/Centre 57 81 Pierre Barbotin France – West DNF 82 Albert Bouvet France – West 63 83 Georges Gilles France – West 60 84 Émile Guérinel France – West 65 85 François Mahé France – West 15 86 Jean Malléjac France – West 5 87 Joseph Morvan France – West DNF 88 Jean Robic France – West DNF 89 André Ruffet France – West DNF 90 Robert Varnajo France – West 41 91 Siro Bianchi France – South-East DNF 92 Jean Dotto France – South-East 4 93 Raymond Elena France – South-East DNF 94 Ahmed Kebaili France – South-East DNF 95 Apo Lazaridès France – South-East 13 96 Lucien Lazaridès France – South-East 24 97 Joseph Mirando France – South-East 42 98 Pierre Polo France – South-East DNF 99 Francis Siguenza France – South-East 61 100 Vincent Vitetta France – South-East 8 101 Serge Blusson France – Île-de-France DNF 102 Stanislas Bober France – Île-de-France 51 103 Jean Carle France – Île-de-France 48 104 Dominique Forlini France – Île-de-France 32 105 Raymond Hoorelbeke France – Île-de-France 35 106 Jean Le Guily France – Île-de-France 33 107 Maurice Quentin France – Île-de-France 28 108 Attilio Redolfi France – Île-de-France DNF 109 Henri Surbatis France – Île-de-France DNF 110 Alfred Tonello France – Île-de-France 58 111 Philippe Agut France – South-West 67 112 Louis Bergaud France – South-West 7 113 Louis Caput France – South-West DNF 114 Joseph Cigana France – South-West DNF 115 Marcel Dussault France – South-West 62 116 Marcel Guitard France – South-West 53 117 Valentin Huot France – South-West DNF 118 René Privat France – South-West 52 119 René Remangeon France – South-West DNF 120 Jacques Vivier France – South-West 40

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