List of cyclists in the 1929 Tour de France

For the 1929 Tour de France, Nicolas Frantz had won two consecutive Tours, in 1927 and 1928, 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 officially not there, and riders started in the A-category (professional cyclists) or as touriste-routiers (semi-professional or amateur).[1]

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 Nicolas Frantz  Luxembourg 5
2 Antonin Magne  France 7
3 Victor Fontan  France DNF
4 Ferdinand Le Drogo  France DNF
5 Jef Demuysere  Belgium 3
6 Giuseppe Pancera  Italy 2
7 Marcel Bidot  France 16
8 Hector Martin  Belgium DNF
9 Jean Aerts  Belgium DNF
10 Paul Le Drogo  France DNF
11 Pé Verhaegen  Belgium DNF
12 Mario Pomposi  Italy 24
13 André Leducq  France 11
14 Julien Moineau  France DNF
15 Julien Perrain  France 27
16 Romain Bellenger  France DNF
17 Gustaaf Van Slembrouck  Belgium DNF
18 Settimo Innocenti  Italy 26
19 Louis De Lannoy  Belgium 6
20 Ernest Neuhard  France 20
21 Salvador Cardona Balbastre  Spain 4
22 André Godinat  France DNF
23 August Verdyck  Belgium DNF
24 Charles Rovida  Italy DNF
25 Aimé Deolet  Belgium DNF
26 Pierre Magne  France 9
27 Luc Govaerts  Belgium 18
28 Jules Merviel  France 23
29 Camille Van De Casteele  Belgium DNF
30 Alfonso Piccin  Italy DNF
31 Maurice De Waele  Belgium 1
32 Armand Van Bruaene  Belgium 17
33 Désiré Louesse  Belgium 13
34 Frans Bonduel  Belgium 12
35 Lucien Buysse  Belgium DNF
36 Alfonso Crippa  Italy DNF
37 Julien Vervaecke  Belgium 8
38 Léon Chene  France 22
39 Camille Foucaux  France DNF
40 Bernard Van Rysselberghe  Belgium 14
41 Francis Bouillet  France 19
42 Michele Orecchia  France DNF
43 Gaston Rebry  Belgium 10
44 Julien Delbecque  Belgium DNF
45 François Henri  France DNF
46 Karel Van Haaselt  Belgium DNF
47 Roger Gregoire  France 30
48 Michele Mara  Italy DNF
49 Charles Pélissier  France 28
50 Emile Joly  Belgium DNF
51 Raymond Decorte  Belgium DNF
52 Maurice Geldhof  Belgium DNF
53 Aimé Dossche  Belgium DNF
102 Giovanni Canova  France DNF
105 André Philippe  France DNF
108 Pierre Maligne  France DNF
109 Florimond Guillain  France DNF
110 Laure Werner  Belgium 51
111 Henri Touzard  France 39
112 Charles Garin  France DNF
113 Robert Clauws  Belgium DNF
114 Edouard Levier  France DNF
116 Auguste Sauvage  France DNF
117 Léon Joudelat  France DNF
118 Adrien Plautin  France 35
121 Jean Preuss  France 36
122 Henri Prevost  France 53
123 Robert Recordon  France 46
125 Fernand Comparini  France DNF
126 François Van Vlaslaer  France DNF
127 Battista Berardi  Italy 49
128 Joseph Pusterla  France DNF
129 Pierre Charton  France DNF
131 Cyprien Monteca  France DNF
132 François Ondet  France 55
133 René Picot  France DNF
134 Pierre Charmes  France DNF
135 Fernand Depraetere  France DNF
136 André Pompon  France DNF
137 André Léger  France 60
138 Auguste Encrine  France 33
139 Victor Pellier  France DNF
140 Paul Leger  France DNF
141 Ubaldo Merlo  Italy DNF
142 Maurice Arnoult  France DNF
143 Marcel Ilpide  France 59
145 Hector Denis  France 31
146 Guerrino-Angelo Canova  France 37
147 Armand Goubert  France DNF
148 Alfred Hersard  France DNF
149 Marcel Masson  France 52
150 Mario Vendruscolo  France DNF
151 Joseph Ercolani  France DNF
152 Léopold Boisselle  France 42
153 Edouard Teisseire  France 48
154 Jean Nirascou  France DNF
156 Magnus Matter   Switzerland DNF
157 Guido Magnani  France DNF
158 Marcel Folliot  France DNF
160 Marcel Gendrin  France 54
161 Gino Bartolucci  France DNF
162 Clovis Cros  France DNF
163 Henri Derain  France DNF
164 Albert Jordens  Belgium 34
165 Paul Delbart  France 44
166 Henri Catelan  France DNF
167 Pierre Righetti  France DNF
168 Roger Lebas  France 40
170 Jean Zenon  France DNF
171 Paul Filliat  France DNF
172 Léon Delmulle  France DNF
173 Omer Taverne  Belgium 21
174 Fernand Binet  France DNF
175 Guy Bariffi   Switzerland 43
176 Michele Gordini  Italy DNF
178 Antonio Pesenti  Italy DNF
179 Sébastien Greau  France 47
180 André Souchard  France DNF
181 René Baudoin  France DNF
182 François Moreels  France 38
183 Georges Petit  France 50
184 Lorenzo Fortuno  France DNF
186 Marcel Huot  France DNF
187 Charles Martinet   Switzerland 32
189 Georges Laloup  Belgium 25
191 Henri Thomas  France 45
192 Henri Dodane  France DNF
193 Paul Denis  France 58
194 Bernardo Pesce  France DNF
195 Louis Racko  France DNF
198 Mario Della-Fina  France DNF
201 Georges Dever  France DNF
203 René Faure  France 15
204 Marcel Mazeyrat  France 41
206 Robert Asse  France DNF
207 Jean Benot  France DNF
208 Jean Garcia  France DNF
209 Charles Cottalorda  France 56
210 Emile Faillu  France 57
212 Jean Thilges  France DNF
213 François Vidon  France DNF
214 Paul Renoux  France DNF
215 Eugène Guilbert  France DNF
216 René Berton  France 29
218 Henri Simonin  France DNF
219 Aristide Drouet  France DNF
220 Jean Kienlen  France DNF
223 Albert Barthelemy  France DNF
225 Pierre Bobo  France DNF
227 Bernard Wiber  France DNF
230 Rodolphe Delbrassine  France DNF
231 Natale Zaninetti  France DNF
232 Thiébaut Bischene  France DNF
239 Etienne Marlot  France DNF
241 Constant Meriel  France DNF

References

  1. Tom James (15 August 2003). "1929: A "moribund" winner". Retrieved 25 January 2015.