List of teams and cyclists in the 1934 Tour de France

As was the custom since 1930, the 1934 Tour de France was contested by national teams. Belgium, Italy, Germany and France each sent teams of 8 cyclists each, while Switzerland and Spain sent a combined team of eight cyclists. In addition, there were 20 individual cyclists; other than in 1933, they were no longer racing under the nomer "touriste-routier" but as "individuel".[1] In total this made 60 cyclists. Split up in nationalities, there were 20 French, 12 Belgian, 12 Italian, 8 German, 4 Spanish and 4 Swiss cyclists.

The French team of 1934 consisted of all good riders, with the core of the team being the winner of 1933, Georges Speicher, Roger Lapébie, former winner Antonin Magne and Maurice Archambaud, who had performed well in 1933.[2] The French selectors were criticized for selecting René Vietto, a twenty-year-old rider who had only won some small races.[3] The Italian team now included Giuseppe Martano, who had ridden as a touriste-routier in 1933. The Belgian team, which normally included some big contenders, was lackluster.[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 Team Pos.
1 Gaston Rebry  Belgium Belgium DNF
2 Alphonse Schepers  Belgium Belgium DNF
3 Louis Hardiquest  Belgium Belgium DNF
4 Romain Maes  Belgium Belgium DNF
5 Frans Bonduel  Belgium Belgium DNF
6 Edgard de Caluwé  Belgium Belgium DNF
7 Frans Dictus  Belgium Belgium DNF
8 Romain Gijssels  Belgium Belgium 32
9 Giuseppe Martano  Italy Italy 2
10 Eugenio Gestri  Italy Italy 14
11 Antonio Folco  Italy Italy 39
12 Giovanni Gotti  Italy Italy 24
13 Giovanni Cazzulani  Italy Italy 16
14 Vasco Bergamaschi  Italy Italy DNF
15 Adriano Vignoli  Italy Italy 15
16 Raffaele di Paco  Italy Italy DNF
17 Albert Büchi   Switzerland Switzerland/Spain 17
18 Walter Blattmann   Switzerland Switzerland/Spain DNF
19 Kurt Stettler   Switzerland Switzerland/Spain DNF
20 August Erne   Switzerland Switzerland/Spain 20
21 Vicente Trueba  Spain Switzerland/Spain 10
22 Luciano Montero  Spain Switzerland/Spain DNF
23 Mariano Cañardo  Spain Switzerland/Spain 9
24 Fédérico Ezquerra  Spain Switzerland/Spain 19
25 Kurt Stöpel  Germany Germany 22
26 Ludwig Geyer  Germany Germany 7
27 Hermann Buse  Germany Germany DNF
28 Willy Kutschbach  Germany Germany 37
29 Rudolf Wolke  Germany Germany DNF
30 Kurt Nitschke  Germany Germany DNF
31 Rudolf Risch  Germany Germany 38
32 Bruno Wolke  Germany Germany DNF
33 Georges Speicher  France France 11
34 Roger Lapébie  France France 3
35 Raymond Louviot  France France 12
36 Antonin Magne  France France 1
37 Charles Pélissier  France France DNF
38 René Vietto  France France 5
39 René Le Grèves  France France 25
40 Maurice Archambaud  France France DNF
101 Jean Wauters  Belgium Individual 31
102 Sylvère Maes  Belgium Individual 8
103 Théo Herckenrath  Belgium Individual 26
104 Félicien Vervaecke  Belgium Individual 4
105 Ambrogio Morelli  Italy Individual 6
106 Ettore Meini  Italy Individual 29
107 Dante Franzil  Italy Individual 23
108 Edoardo Molinar  Italy Individual 13
109 Léon Level  France Individual 21
110 Jean Bidot  France Individual 35
111 Sylvain Marcaillou  France Individual 34
112 Gabriel Viratelle  France Individual DNF
113 Marcel Renaud  France Individual 28
114 Eugène Le Goff  France Individual DNF
115 Yves Le Goff  France Individual 33
116 Gaspard Rinaldi  France Individual DNF
117 Vincent Salazard  France Individual 27
118 Fabien Galateau  France Individual 36
119 Pierre Pastorelli  France Individual DNF
120 Adrien Buttafocchi  France Individual DNF

References

  1. "28ème Tour de France 1934" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. dog ear publishing. pp. 112–119. ISBN 978-1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. Tom James (15 August 2003). "1934: Vietto's great sacrifice". VeloArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2015.