List of teams and cyclists in the 1974 Tour de France

The 1974 Tour de France had 13 teams, with 10 cyclists each: Molteni Bic Peugeot–BP Kas Sonolor–Gitane Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo Gan–Mercier La Casera–Bahamontes Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage Brooklyn Lejeune–Jobo Carpenter–Confortluxe Frisol Merckx, who had been absent in 1973 after winning four Tours in a row, was present again. Merckx had not been as dominant in the spring as in other years; it was his first year as a professional cyclist in which he did not win a spring classic. He did win the 1974 Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse, but after winning the latter he required surgery on the perineum, five days before the 1974 Tour started.

Notable absents were Ocaña and Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk was injured during the Midi Libre and was in hospital with life-threatening meningitis. Ocaña had crashed in the Tour de l'Aude, gone home and was fired by his team for not communicating. Bernard Thévenet, who was considered a potential winner, had crashed several times in the 1974 Vuelta a España. He did start in the Tour, but was not yet back at his former level.

Start list

By team

+Molteni No. Rider Pos. 1 1 2 21 3 58 4 45 5 66 6 22 7 35 8 83 9 50 10 36+Bic No. Rider Pos. 11 6 12 33 13 28 14 92 15 61 16 20 17 DNF 18 DNF 19 81 20 51+Peugeot–BP No. Rider Pos. 21 DNF 22 52 23 13 24 12 25 75 26 59 27 34 28 79 29 74 30 71+Kas No. Rider Pos. 31 17 32 5 33 DNF 34 3 35 40 36 49 37 54 38 44 39 29 40 42+Sonolor–Gitane No. Rider Pos. 41 18 42 86 43 32 44 8 45 87 46 64 47 65 48 DNF 49 24 50 57+Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo No. Rider Pos. 51 10 52 93 53 DNF 54 DNF 55 30 56 70 57 53 58 88 59 63 60 73+Gan–Mercier No. Rider Pos. 61 2 62 DNF 63 67 64 37 65 38 66 80 67 16 68 76 69 9 70 56+La Casera–Bahamontes No. Rider Pos. 71 46 72 60 73 DNF 74 DNF 75 19 76 94 77 DNF 78 62 79 DNF 80 14+Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage No. Rider Pos. 81 DNF 82 95 83 101 84 55 85 31 86 47 87 72 88 77 89 68 90 DNF+Brooklyn No. Rider Pos. 91 4 92 26 93 23 94 91 95 DNF 96 69 97 97 98 43 99 DNF 100 89+Lejeune–Jobo No. Rider Pos. 101 11 102 48 103 DNF 104 39 105 98 106 90 107 85 108 82 109 104 110 15+Carpenter–Confortluxe No. Rider Pos. 111 25 112 DNF 113 DNF 114 DNF 115 41 116 7 117 96 118 99 119 100 120 DNF+Frisol No. Rider Pos. 121 27 122 105 123 103 124 DNF 125 DNF 126 DNF 127 DNF 128 84 129 78 130 102

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 Eddy Merckx Molteni 1 2 Joseph Bruyère Molteni 21 3 Ludo Delcroix Molteni 58 4 Jos Deschoenmaecker Molteni 45 5 Jos Huysmans Molteni 66 6 Edward Janssens Molteni 22 7 Marc Lievens Molteni 35 8 Frans Mintjens Molteni 83 9 Jozef Spruyt Molteni 50 10 Victor Van Schil Molteni 36 11 Joaquim Agostinho Bic 6 12 Roland Berland Bic 33 13 José Catieau Bic 28 14 Bernard Croyet Bic 92 15 Gerben Karstens Bic 61 16 Bernard Labourdette Bic 20 17 Jean-Luc Molinéris Bic DNF 18 Leif Mortensen Bic DNF 19 Alain Vasseur Bic 81 20 Sylvain Vasseur Bic 51 21 Bernard Thévenet Peugeot–BP DNF 22 Bernard Bourreau Peugeot–BP 52 23 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Peugeot–BP 13 24 Raymond Delisle Peugeot–BP 12 25 Jacques Esclassan Peugeot–BP 75 26 André Mollet Peugeot–BP 59 27 Régis Ovion Peugeot–BP 34 28 Raymond Riotte Peugeot–BP 79 29 Charles Rouxel Peugeot–BP 74 30 Guy Sibille Peugeot–BP 71 31 Miguel María Lasa Kas 17 32 Gonzalo Aja Kas 5 33 Francisco Galdós Kas DNF 34 Vicente López Carril Kas 3 35 Antonio Martos Kas 40 36 Carlos Melero Kas 49 37 Antonio Menéndez Kas 54 38 Domingo Perurena Kas 44 39 José Pesarrodona Kas 29 40 Luis Zubero Kas 42 41 Lucien Van Impe Sonolor–Gitane 18 42 Jacques Botherel Sonolor–Gitane 86 43 Ferdinand Julien Sonolor–Gitane 32 44 Mariano Martínez Sonolor–Gitane 8 45 Robert Mintkiewicz Sonolor–Gitane 87 46 Alain Nogues Sonolor–Gitane 64 47 Willy Teirlinck Sonolor–Gitane 65 48 Claude Tollet Sonolor–Gitane DNF 49 Willy Van Neste Sonolor–Gitane 24 50 Michael Wright Sonolor–Gitane 57 51 Herman Van Springel Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 10 52 Dirk Baert Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 93 53 Eric Leman Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo DNF 54 Herculano de Oliveira Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo DNF 55 Georges Pintens Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 30 56 Noël Van Clooster Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 70 57 Jan Van De Wiele Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 53 58 Ronny Van Marcke Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 88 59 Staf Van Roosbroeck Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 63 60 Wilfried Wesemael Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo 73 61 Raymond Poulidor Gan–Mercier 2 62 Cees Bal Gan–Mercier DNF 63 Jean-Pierre Genet Gan–Mercier 67 64 Barry Hoban Gan–Mercier 37 65 Gerrie Knetemann Gan–Mercier 38 66 Jack Mourioux Gan–Mercier 80 67 Michel Périn Gan–Mercier 16 68 Christian Raymond Gan–Mercier 76 69 Alain Santy Gan–Mercier 9 70 Gerard Vianen Gan–Mercier 56 71 Jesús Manzaneque La Casera–Bahamontes 46 72 José Luis Abilleira La Casera–Bahamontes 60 73 Jesús Esperanza La Casera–Bahamontes DNF 74 Félix González La Casera–Bahamontes DNF 75 Andrés Oliva La Casera–Bahamontes 19 76 Fernando Plaza La Casera–Bahamontes 94 77 José Antonio Pontón La Casera–Bahamontes DNF 78 Damaso Torres La Casera–Bahamontes 62 79 Antonio Vallori La Casera–Bahamontes DNF 80 Juan Zurano La Casera–Bahamontes 14 81 Cyrille Guimard Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage DNF 82 Michel Coroller Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 95 83 Régis Delépine Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 101 84 André Dierickx Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 55 85 Joël Millard Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 31 86 Jean-Claude Misac Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 47 87 Gérard Moneyron Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 72 88 Daniel Rébillard Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 77 89 Jean-Jacques Sanquer Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage 68 90 Ghislain Van Landeghem Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage DNF 91 Wladimiro Panizza Brooklyn 4 92 Giancarlo Bellini Brooklyn 26 93 Fausto Bertoglio Brooklyn 23 94 Gianni Di Lorenzo Brooklyn 91 95 Ercole Gualazzini Brooklyn DNF 96 Valerio Lualdi Brooklyn 69 97 Aldo Parecchini Brooklyn 97 98 Arturo Pecchielan Brooklyn 43 99 Attilio Rota Brooklyn DNF 100 Patrick Sercu Brooklyn 89 101 Roger Pingeon Lejeune–Jobo 11 102 Christian Blain Lejeune–Jobo 48 103 Jean-Claude Blocher Lejeune–Jobo DNF 104 Francis Campaner Lejeune–Jobo 39 105 Alain Cigana Lejeune–Jobo 98 106 Daniel Ducreux Lejeune–Jobo 90 107 Jean-Pierre Guillemot Lejeune–Jobo 85 108 Claude Magni Lejeune–Jobo 82 109 Bernard Masson Lejeune–Jobo 104 110 André Romero Lejeune–Jobo 15 111 Ronald De Witte Carpenter–Confortluxe 25 112 Eddy Cael Carpenter–Confortluxe DNF 113 Wilfried David Carpenter–Confortluxe DNF 114 Lucien De Brauwere Carpenter–Confortluxe DNF 115 Marc Demeyer Carpenter–Confortluxe 41 116 Michel Pollentier Carpenter–Confortluxe 7 117 Arthur Van De Vijver Carpenter–Confortluxe 96 118 Frans Van Looy Carpenter–Confortluxe 99 119 Daniel Verplancke Carpenter–Confortluxe 100 120 Roger Verschaeve Carpenter–Confortluxe DNF 121 Fedor den Hertog Frisol 27 122 Lorenzo Alaimo Frisol 105 123 Donald Allan Frisol 103 124 Will De Vlam Frisol DNF 125 Albert Hulzebosch Frisol DNF 126 Henk Poppe Frisol DNF 127 Cees Priem Frisol DNF 128 Henk Prinsen Frisol 84 129 Wim Prinsen Frisol 78 130 Piet van Katwijk Frisol 102

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