For the 1929 Tour de France, Nicolas Frantz had won the preceding two Tours and was looking for a third. In addition the 1926 Tour winner, Lucien Buysse, was looking for another title.
The entire podium in 1928 was occupied by members from the Alcyon cycling team. The tour organisation wanted the Tour to be an individual race, so in 1929 the teams were not officially recognised, and riders started in the A-category (professional cyclists) or as touriste-routiers (semi-professional or amateur).
By starting number + 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 Pos. 1 Nicolas Frantz 5 2 Antonin Magne 7 3 Victor Fontan DNF 4 Ferdinand Le Drogo DNF 5 Jef Demuysere 3 6 Giuseppe Pancera 2 7 Marcel Bidot 16 8 Hector Martin DNF 9 Jean Aerts DNF 10 Paul Le Drogo DNF 11 Pé Verhaegen DNF 12 Mario Pomposi 24 13 André Leducq 11 14 Julien Moineau DNF 15 Julien Perrain 27 16 Romain Bellenger DNF 17 Gustaaf Van Slembrouck DNF 18 Settimo Innocenti 26 19 Louis De Lannoy 6 20 Ernest Neuhard 20 21 Salvador Cardona Balbastre 4 22 André Godinat DNF 23 August Verdyck DNF 24 Charles Rovida DNF 25 Aimé Deolet DNF 26 Pierre Magne 9 27 Karel Govaert 18 28 Jules Merviel 23 29 Camille Van De Casteele DNF 30 Alfonso Piccin DNF 31 Maurice De Waele 1 32 Armand Van Bruaene 17 33 Désiré Louesse 13 34 Frans Bonduel 12 35 Lucien Buysse DNF 36 Alfonso Crippa DNF 37 Julien Vervaecke 8 38 Léon Chene 22 39 Camille Foucaux DNF 40 Bernard Van Rysselberghe 14 41 Francis Bouillet 19 42 Michele Orecchia DNF 43 Gaston Rebry 10 44 Julien Delbecque DNF 45 François Henri DNF 46 Karel Van Hassel DNF 47 Roger Gregoire 30 48 Michele Mara DNF 49 Charles Pélissier 28 50 Emile Joly DNF 51 Raymond Decorte DNF 52 Maurice Geldhof DNF 53 Aimé Dossche DNF 102 Giovanni Canova DNF 105 André Philippe DNF 108 Pierre Maligne DNF 109 Florimond Guillain DNF 110 Eugen Werner 51 111 Henri Touzard 39 112 Charles Garin DNF 113 Robert Clauws DNF 114 Edouard Levier DNF 116 Auguste Sauvage DNF 117 Léon Joudelat DNF 118 Adrien Plautin 35 121 Jean Preuss 36 122 Henri Prevost 53 123 Robert Recordon 46 125 Fernand Comparini DNF 126 François Van Vlaslaer DNF 127 Battista Berardi 49 128 Giuseppe Pusterla DNF 129 Pierre Charton DNF 131 Cipriano Monteca DNF 132 François Ondet 55 133 René Picot DNF 134 Pierre Charmes DNF 135 Fernand Depraetere DNF 136 André Pompon DNF 137 André Léger 60 138 Auguste Encrine 33 139 Victor Pellier DNF 140 Paul Leger DNF 141 Ubaldo Merlo DNF 142 Maurice Arnoult DNF 143 Marcel Ilpide 59 145 Hector Denis 31 146 Guerrino-Angelo Canova 37 147 Armand Goubert DNF 148 Alfred Hersard DNF 149 Marcel Masson 52 150 Mario Vendruscolo DNF 151 Giuseppe Ercolani DNF 152 Léopold Boisselle 42 153 Edouard Teisseire 48 154 Jean Nirascou DNF 156 Magnus Matter DNF 157 Guido Magnani DNF 158 Marcel Folliot DNF 160 Marcel Gendrin 54 161 Gino Bartolucci DNF 162 Clovis Cros DNF 163 Henri Derain DNF 164 Albert Jordens 34 165 Paul Delbart 44 166 Henri Catelan DNF 167 Pietro Righetti DNF 168 Roger Lebas 40 170 Jean Zenon DNF 171 Paul Filliat DNF 172 Léon Delmulle DNF 173 Omer Taverne 21 174 Fernand Binet DNF 175 Guy Bariffi 43 176 Michele Gordini DNF 178 Antonio Pesenti DNF 179 Sébastien Greau 47 180 André Souchard DNF 181 René Baudoin DNF 182 François Moreels 38 183 Georges Petit 50 184 Lorenzo Fortuno DNF 186 Marcel Huot DNF 187 Charles Martinet 32 189 Georges Laloup 25 191 Henri Thomas 45 192 Henri Dodane DNF 193 Paul Denis 58 194 Bernardo Pesce DNF 195 Louis Racko DNF 198 Mario Della-Fina DNF 201 Georges Dever DNF 203 Benoît Faure 15 204 Marcel Mazeyrat 41 206 Robert Asse DNF 207 Jean Benot DNF 208 Jean Garcia DNF 209 Charles Cottalorda 56 210 Emile Faillu 57 212 Jean Thilges DNF 213 François Vidon DNF 214 Paul Renoux DNF 215 Eugène Guilbert DNF 216 Georges Berton 29 218 Henri Simonin DNF 219 Aristide Drouet DNF 220 Jean Kienlen DNF 223 Albert Barthelemy DNF 225 Pierre Bobo DNF 227 Bernard Wiber DNF 230 Rodolphe Delbrassine DNF 231 Natale Zaninetti DNF 232 Thiébaut Bischene DNF 239 Etienne Marlot DNF 241 Constant Meriel DNF
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