List of cyclists in the 1923 Tour de France

In previous years, the cyclists had been divided in two classes, the sponsored class and the unsponsored class. For the 1923 Tour de France, this system changed, and three categories were used: the "first category", of the top cyclist, the "second category", of lesser but still sponsored cyclists, and the touriste-routiers, the quasi-amateurs.[1]

The sponsors, who had joined forces in the previous tours under the name La Sportive, were now financially stable enough to have their own teams. Automoto, sponsor of the team with the Pélissier brothers, had commercial interests in Italy, so wanted to have Italian cyclists in the team. Several Italian cyclists were hired, who were supposed to come to France. Only one Italian cyclist showed up, Ottavio Bottecchia, who had started as a professional the year before. The sponsor then decided that the marketing plan would not work with only one Italian cyclist, and wanted to send him back. At the last minute, Bottecchia was allowed to stay on the team.[2]

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 Firmin Lambot  Belgium DNF
2 Robert Jacquinot  France 25
4 Jean Alavoine  France DNF
5 Romain Bellenger  France 3
6 Hector Tiberghien  Belgium 4
7 Gaston Degy  France 16
8 Léon Despontin  Belgium 7
9 Robert Reboul  France DNF
10 Joseph Muller  France 11
11 Joseph Mottiat  Belgium 28
12 Félix Sellier  Belgium DNF
14 Albert Dejonghe  Belgium DNF
15 Philippe Thys  Belgium DNF
16 Léon Scieur  Belgium DNF
17 Jean Rossius  Belgium DNF
18 Théophile Beeckman  Belgium 14
19 Marcel Huot  France 10
20 Honoré Barthélémy  France DNF
21 Hector Heusghem  Belgium DNF
22 Victor Leenaerts  Belgium DNF
23 Henri Pélissier  France 1
24 Francis Pélissier  France 23
25 Lucien Buysse  Belgium 8
26 Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy 2
27 Giuseppe Santhià  Italy DNF
29 Félix Goethals  France 13
30 Arsène Alancourt  France 5
31 Laurent Seret  Belgium DNF
32 Paul Deman  Belgium DNF
101 Eugène Dhers  France 9
102 Henri Collé   Switzerland 6
103 Marcel Godard  France DNF
104 Georges Cuvelier  France 20
105 Roger Lacolle  France DNF
106 Charles Longoni  France 26
107 Lucien Rich  France 17
108 Benjamin Mortier  Belgium 21
109 Fernand Moulet  France DNF
110 Robert Gerbaud  France DNF
111 Joseph Curtel  France DNF
112 Joseph Normand  France 15
113 Joseph Van Daele  Belgium DNF
114 Alfons Standaert  Belgium 22
116 Joseph Marchand  Belgium DNF
117 Alfred Debusscher  Belgium DNF
118 Alfred Depauw  Belgium DNF
119 Karel Govaert  Belgium DNF
120 Léon Van Aken  Belgium DNF
121 Camille Leroy  Belgium DNF
123 André Desbordes  France DNF
124 Camille Nicou  France DNF
125 Roger Iriart  France DNF
126 Paul Duboc  France 18
201 Marcel Robin  France DNF
202 Lucien Lagouche  France DNF
203 Joseph Bercegeay  France DNF
204 Marcel Vernant  France DNF
205 Giuseppe Ercolani  France 41
206 Lucien Roquebert  France DNF
207 Charles Loew  France 36
208 Eugène Nicolle  France DNF
209 Georges Dauphin  France DNF
210 Henri Timmermann  Belgium DNF
211 Alexandre Baud  France DNF
212 Jean Grousset  France DNF
214 Célestin Rouget  France DNF
215 Pierre Gilbert  France DNF
216 Marcel Simonet  France 46
217 Daniel Masson  France 48
218 André Andresse  France DNF
219 Emile Bonnefoi  France DNF
220 Camille Botte  Belgium 19
221 Giovanni Bai  Italy DNF
224 François Chevalier  France DNF
225 Adrien Alpini  France DNF
226 Pietro Casati  France DNF
227 Maurice Langrenais  France DNF
228 Adrien Toussaint  France DNF
229 Paul Denis  France 37
230 Louis Verbraecken  Belgium DNF
231 Felix Richard  France 38
232 Henri Catelan  France DNF
233 Emile Kass  France DNF
234 André Robustel  France DNF
235 Silvio Borsetti  Italy DNF
236 Albert Colbec  France DNF
237 Pierre Hudsyn  Belgium 30
238 Georges Kamm  France 44
239 Charles Parel   Switzerland 27
240 Joseph Douard  France DNF
241 Jean Kienlen  France 40
242 Jules Brun  France DNF
245 Oscar Barselotti  France DNF
246 Charles Budts  Belgium DNF
247 Clotaire Guillon  France DNF
248 Ernest Schiavo   Switzerland DNF
250 Antoine Riere  France 32
252 Maurice Arnoult  France 35
253 Vincenzo Bianco  Italy 43
254 Joseph Rayen  France DNF
255 Ange-Marie Aubry  France DNF
256 Henri Miege   Switzerland 39
257 Maurice Laine  France DNF
258 Maurive Protin  Belgium 47
259 Fernand Durieux  France DNF
260 Louis Marty  France DNF
261 François Picolot  France DNF
263 Pietro Fasoli  Italy DNF
264 Jean Hautot  France DNF
265 Jules Deloffre  France DNF
266 Pierre Faillu  France DNF
267 Robert Fournier  France DNF
269 Edgard Roy  France 31
270 Jules Vertriest  Belgium DNF
271 Louis Alais  France DNF
272 Maurice Guenot  France DNF
273 André Coutte  France DNF
274 Marcel Allain  France DNF
275 Alfred Hersard  France 42
277 Georges Tufeny  France DNF
278 Octave Hie  France DNF
280 Victorino Otero  Spain DNF
281 Jean Pennaneach  France DNF
282 Vincenzo Mantelli  Italy DNF
283 André Cornelio  France DNF
284 Louis Lemitere  France DNF
285 Julien Noth  France DNF
286 Jules Nempon  France DNF
288 Charles Hennuyer  France DNF
289 Charles Arnulf  France 45
290 Louis Budts  Belgium DNF
291 Eugène Leveille  France DNF
292 Henri Touzard  France 24
293 Robert Asse  France DNF
294 Luigi Vertemati  Italy DNF
295 Charles Cento  France 34
297 Giuseppe Ruffoni  Italy 33
299 Ottavio Pratesi  Italy 12
301 Giovanni Rossignoli  Italy 29

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Christopher S. (2008). The Tour de France. University of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-520-25630-1. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour de France. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 66–72. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 24 January 2015.