List of cyclists in the 1906 Tour de France

There were 100 cyclists signed up for the 1906 Tour de France, but only 76 of them came to the start. One of the absentees was Henri Cornet, winner of the 1904 Tour de France. Four cyclists were Belgian, one was Luxembourgian (later winner François Faber), one was German, and the rest were French.[1] Louis Trousselier, winner of the 1905 Tour de France, was present. The riders were not grouped in teams, but some cyclists had the same sponsor, even though they were not allowed to work together. Before the race started, most was expected from Cadolle, Aucouturier, Georget, Pottier, Trousselier, Dortignac and Petit-Breton.[2]

As in 1905, the cyclists were divided in two categories, the coureurs de vitesse and the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées, where the riders in the first category were allowed to change bicycles, which could be an advantage in the mountains, where they could use a bicycle with lower gears. In 1905, sponsors had not been so enthusiastic about entering their cyclists in this category, but in 1906 they had learned that it had a commercial advantage to have cyclists starting in the poinçonnées category, because the average French citizen could identify more with them. In 1906, more than half of the cyclists started in the poinçonnées category, including Lucien Petit-Breton, one of the pre-favourites.[3]

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. Rider Nationality Pos.
1 Édouard Wattelier  France 7
2 Georges Sérès  France DNF
4 François Beaugendre  France DNF
5 Augustin Ringeval  France DNF
6 Eugène Christophe  France 9
7 Arsène Tuale  France DNF
8 François Poiry  France DNF
9 Gaston Codam  France DNF
10 Prosper Rau  France DNF
11 Paul Trippier  France DNF
13 Emile Bertrand  France DNF
14 Pierre Desvages  France DNF
15 Henri Timmermann  Belgium DNF
17 Marcel Cadolle  France DNF
18 Hippolyte Aucouturier  France DNF
19 Fernand Gaborias  France DNF
21 Aloïs Catteau  Belgium 6
22 Victor Lascoutounax  France DNF
24 Julien Gabory  France DNF
25 Henri Gauban  France DNF
26 Émile Georget  France 5
28 Ferdinand Payan  France 12
30 Martin Soulie  France DNF
32 Georges Devilly  France DNF
35 Firmin Pauloin  France DNF
37 Charles Crupelandt  France DNF
38 Ernest Ricaux  France DNF
39 Antoine Wattelier  France 10
40 Fernand Lallement  France DNF
41 Frédéric Saillot  France DNF
42 Léon Winant  France 13
43 Jules Chabas  France DNF
45 Arthur Pottiez  France DNF
46 Georges Fleury  France 11
47 Pierre Schneider  France DNF
48 René Pottier  France 1
49 Louis Trousselier  France 3
50 Georges Passerieu  France 2
51 Maurice Decaup  France DNF
52 Albert Baudet  France DNF
53 Eugène Duffis  France DNF
55 Emile Haemmerlin  France DNF
56 Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq  France DNF
57 Emile Lamboeuf  France DNF
58 D. Gonjeaud  France DNF
59 Charles Perreard  France DNF
60 Georges Bronchard  France 14
61 David Dupont  France DNF
62 Léon Georget  France 8
63 Gaston Tuvache  France DNF
64 Henri Star  France DNF
66 Christophe Laurent  France DNF
68 Henri Marchand  France DNF
69 Giovanni Gerbi  France DNF
70 François Faber  Luxembourg DNF
71 Julien Lootens  Belgium DNF
72 Lucien Mazan  France 4
73 Pierre Privat  France DNF
74 Henri Menez  France DNF
76 D. Communal  France DNF
77 Edouard Chaumard  France DNF
79 Robert Dubois  France DNF
80 Robert Wancour  France DNF
81 Albert Chartier  France DNF
82 Gaston Heneau  France DNF
83 E. Vernimmen  France DNF
84 Alfred Belleville  France DNF
85 Charles Habert  France DNF
86 Albert Godefroy  France DNF
87 Maurice Carrere  France DNF
88 Alfred Pocarius  France DNF
89 Maxime Morel  France DNF
90 Louis Tanchou  France DNF
91 Heini Scholl  Germany DNF
93 François Lafourcade  France DNF
94 Jean Perreard  France DNF
95 Jean Giran  France DNF
96 Ludwig Barthelmann  Germany DNF

References

  1. "4ème Tour de France 1906" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. "El "Tour de France" 1906". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 July 1906. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "Gelode fietsen". Heersers van de Weg (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.