In the 1976 Tour de France, the following 13 teams each sent 10 cyclists, for a total of 130: Peugeot–Esso Gitane–Campagnolo Gan–Mercier Kas–Campagnolo Super Ser TI–Raleigh Jobo–Wolber–La France Velda–Flandria Miko–Superia Jolly Ceramica Lejeune–BP Brooklyn Scic–Fiat Eddy Merckx, who already had won the Tour de France five times, had troubles to find his form in 1976, and suffered from saddle sores. He decided not to enter the 1976 Tour de France. The main favourite for the victory was now Joop Zoetemelk, who had never finished worse than fifth place in the Tour de France. The winner of the previous Tour, Bernard Thévenet, had a good spring season, winning the Dauphiné Libéré. The other former winner that was still racing, Luis Ocaña, had become second in the 1976 Vuelta a España, and was hoping to win again Also reigning world champion Hennie Kuiper was considered a pre-race favourite.

Start list

By team

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

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 Bernard Thévenet Peugeot–Esso DNF 2 Patrick Béon Peugeot–Esso 61 3 Bernard Bourreau Peugeot–Esso 30 4 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Peugeot–Esso 22 5 Raymond Delisle Peugeot–Esso 4 6 Jacques Esclassan Peugeot–Esso 80 7 Jean-Luc Molinéris Peugeot–Esso DNF 8 Régis Ovion Peugeot–Esso 28 9 Charles Rouxel Peugeot–Esso 58 10 Guy Sibille Peugeot–Esso 47 11 Lucien Van Impe Gitane–Campagnolo 1 12 Hubert Arbès Gitane–Campagnolo 53 13 André Chalmel Gitane–Campagnolo 65 14 Jean Chassang Gitane–Campagnolo DNF 15 René Dillen Gitane–Campagnolo 74 16 Raymond Martin Gitane–Campagnolo 15 17 Alain Meslet Gitane–Campagnolo 24 18 Robert Mintkiewicz Gitane–Campagnolo 49 19 Willy Teirlinck Gitane–Campagnolo 67 20 Sylvain Vasseur Gitane–Campagnolo 60 21 Raymond Poulidor Gan–Mercier 3 22 Régis Delépine Gan–Mercier 73 23 Jean-Pierre Genet Gan–Mercier 43 24 Yves Hézard Gan–Mercier 45 25 Maurice Le Guilloux Gan–Mercier 48 26 Michel Périn Gan–Mercier 40 27 Christian Seznec Gan–Mercier 29 28 Georges Talbourdet Gan–Mercier 21 29 Gerard Vianen Gan–Mercier 76 30 Joop Zoetemelk Gan–Mercier 2 31 Francisco Galdós Kas–Campagnolo 6 32 Eulalio García Pereda Kas–Campagnolo DNF 33 Vicente López Carril Kas–Campagnolo 10 34 Enrique Martínez Heredia Kas–Campagnolo 23 35 José Martins Kas–Campagnolo 12 36 Antonio Martos Kas–Campagnolo 25 37 Carlos Melero Kas–Campagnolo 52 38 Antonio Menéndez Kas–Campagnolo 27 39 Domingo Perurena Kas–Campagnolo 71 40 José Pesarrodona Kas–Campagnolo 11 41 Luis Ocaña Super Ser 14 42 Roland Berland Super Ser 72 43 José Casas Super Ser DNF 44 Josef Fuchs Super Ser DNF 45 Anastasio Greciano Super Ser DNF 46 Santiago Lazcano Super Ser 68 47 Jesús Manzaneque Super Ser DNF 48 Pedro Torres Super Ser 17 49 José Luis Uribezubia Super Ser 86 50 José Viejo Super Ser 31 51 Hennie Kuiper TI–Raleigh DNF 52 José De Cauwer TI–Raleigh 79 53 Co Hoogedoorn TI–Raleigh DNF 54 Gerben Karstens TI–Raleigh 84 55 Gerrie Knetemann TI–Raleigh DNF 56 Bert Pronk TI–Raleigh 26 57 Jan Raas TI–Raleigh 83 58 Aad van den Hoek TI–Raleigh 87 59 Jan van Katwijk TI–Raleigh DNF 60 Piet van Katwijk TI–Raleigh DNF 61 André Romero Jobo–Wolber–La France 39 62 Jacques Boulas Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 63 Robert Bouloux Jobo–Wolber–La France 20 64 Alain Cigana Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 65 André Corbeau Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 66 Guy Dolhats Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 67 Henri Fin Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 68 Bernard Labourdette Jobo–Wolber–La France 41 69 Claude Magni Jobo–Wolber–La France DNF 70 Guy Maingon Jobo–Wolber–La France 75 71 Freddy Maertens Velda–Flandria 8 72 Herman Beysens Velda–Flandria 62 73 Marc Demeyer Velda–Flandria 56 74 Eric Loder Velda–Flandria DNF 75 Michel Pollentier Velda–Flandria 7 76 Iwan Schmid Velda–Flandria 51 77 Tino Tabak Velda–Flandria DNF 78 Herman Van Springel Velda–Flandria DNF 79 Albert Van Vlierberghe Velda–Flandria 57 80 Frans Verhaegen Velda–Flandria DNF 81 Michel Laurent Miko–Superia DNF 82 Jean-Pierre Baert Miko–Superia DNF 83 Maurizio Bellet Miko–Superia DNF 84 Thierry Bolle Miko–Superia DNF 85 Michel Charlier Miko–Superia DNF 86 Antoine Gutierrez Miko–Superia DNF 87 Roger Loysch Miko–Superia 82 88 Hubert Mathis Miko–Superia 33 89 Patrick Perret Miko–Superia DNF 90 Paul Wellens Miko–Superia 69 91 Fausto Bertoglio Jolly Ceramica 9 92 Alessio Antonini Jolly Ceramica 59 93 Giovanni Battaglin Jolly Ceramica DNF 94 Marco Bergamo Jolly Ceramica 38 95 Alfredo Chinetti Jolly Ceramica DNF 96 Simone Fraccaro Jolly Ceramica DNF 97 Piero Gavazzi Jolly Ceramica 63 98 Donato Giuliani Jolly Ceramica 32 99 Knut Knudsen Jolly Ceramica 64 100 Enrico Maggioni Jolly Ceramica DNF 101 Mariano Martínez Lejeune–BP 42 102 Ferdinand Bracke Lejeune–BP 77 103 Joël Hauvieux Lejeune–BP 70 104 Ferdinand Julien Lejeune–BP 19 105 Éric Lalouette Lejeune–BP 85 106 Michel Le Denmat Lejeune–BP 46 107 Roger Legeay Lejeune–BP 35 108 Eugène Plet Lejeune–BP DNF 109 Roy Schuiten Lejeune–BP DNF 110 Roland Smet Lejeune–BP 81 111 Ronald De Witte Brooklyn 18 112 Giancarlo Bellini Brooklyn 16 113 Luciano Borgognoni Brooklyn DNF 114 Willy De Geest Brooklyn DNF 115 Ercole Gualazzini Brooklyn DNF 116 Valerio Lualdi Brooklyn DNF 117 Marcello Osler Brooklyn 66 118 Aldo Parecchini Brooklyn DNF 119 Adriano Passuello Brooklyn 78 120 Herman Van der Slagmolen Brooklyn 54 121 Gianbattista Baronchelli Scic–Fiat DNF 122 Arnaldo Caverzasi Scic–Fiat 44 123 Luciano Conati Scic–Fiat 37 124 José Grande Sánchez Scic–Fiat DNF 125 Miguel María Lasa Scic–Fiat 34 126 Wladimiro Panizza Scic–Fiat 13 127 Enrico Paolini Scic–Fiat 50 128 Walter Riccomi Scic–Fiat 5 129 Attilio Rota Scic–Fiat 36 130 Celestino Vercelli Scic–Fiat 55

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