List of teams and cyclists in the 1948 Tour de France

As was the custom since 1930, the 1948 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. After there had not been an official Italian team allowed in the previous edition, the Italians were back. The Italian cyclists was divided between Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. Both argued in the preparation for the race about who would be the team leader. The Tour organisation wanted to have both cyclists in the race, so they allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team.[1] In the end, Coppi refused to participate, and Bartali became the team leader.[2] The organisation still allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team, but they were to be composed of young cyclists, and were named the Italian Cadets and the Belgian Aiglons.[1]

The Tour organisation invited the Swiss to send a team, as they wanted Ferdi Kübler, the winner of the 1948 Tour de Suisse, in the race. Kübler refused this because he could earn more money in other races. When the brothers Georges and Roger Aeschlimann announced that they wanted to join the race, they were quickly accepted, especially because they were from Lausanne, where the Tour would pass through. They were put in a team with eight non-French cyclists living in France, and were named the Internationals.[3]

Twelve teams of ten cyclists entered the race: Belgium, Dutch/Luxembourg, Internationals, Italy, France, Belgian Aiglons, Italian Cadets, Centre–South-West, Ile de France–France-North-East, West-France, Paris and France-South-East. There were 60 French cyclists, 24 Italian, 22 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 4 Luxembourgian, 2 Swiss, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian cyclist.[4]

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 Norbert Callens  Belgium Belgium DNF
2 André Declerck  Belgium Belgium DNF
3 Raymond Impanis  Belgium Belgium 10
4 Florent Mathieu  Belgium Belgium 30
5 René Mertens  Belgium Belgium DNF
6 Stan Ockers  Belgium Belgium 11
7 Albert Ramon  Belgium Belgium DNF
8 Emile Rogiers  Belgium Belgium DNF
9 Briek Schotte  Belgium Belgium 2
10 Edward Van Dijck  Belgium Belgium 14
11 Cor Bakker  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
12 Henk de Hoog  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
13 Wim de Ruyter  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg 42
14 Bernard Franken  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
15 Sjefke Janssen  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg 36
16 Frans Pauwels  Netherlands Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
17 Henri Ackermann  Luxembourg Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
18 René Biver  Luxembourg Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
19 Willy Kemp  Luxembourg Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF
20 Jeng Kirchen  Luxembourg Netherlands/Luxembourg 5
21 Georges Aeschlimann   Switzerland International DNF
22 Roger Aeschlimann   Switzerland International DNF
23 Pierre Brambilla  Italy International DNF
24 Fermo Camellini  Italy International 8
25 Victor Joly  Belgium International DNF
26 Edward Klabiński  Poland International 18
27 Roger Lambrecht  Belgium International 7
28 Paul Néri  Italy International 37
29 Gino Sciardis  Italy International DNF
30 Giuseppe Tacca/Pierre Tacca  Italy/ France International DNF
31 Gino Bartali  Italy Italy 1
32 Antonio Bevilacqua  Italy Italy 33
33 Serafino Biagioni  Italy Italy 34
34 Giovanni Corrieri  Italy Italy 29
35 Giordano Cottur  Italy Italy DNF
36 Guido De Santi  Italy Italy DNF
37 Egidio Feruglio  Italy Italy 41
38 Bruno Pasquini  Italy Italy 19
39 Vincenzo Rossello  Italy Italy DNF
40 Primo Volpi  Italy Italy 27
41 Louison Bobet  France France 4
42 Louis Caput  France France DNF
43 Camille Danguillaume  France France DNF
44 Édouard Fachleitner  France France DNF
45 Émile Idée  France France DNF
46 Apo Lazaridès  France France 21
47 Paul Giguet  France France 25
48 Jean Robic  France France 16
49 Lucien Teisseire  France France 6
50 René Vietto  France France 17
51 Marcel Dupont  Belgium Belgium Aiglons 20
52 Jan Engels  Belgium Belgium Aiglons 22
53 Léon Jomaux  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
54 Lucien Mathys  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
55 Maurice Meersman  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
56 Maurice Mollin  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
57 Rik Renders  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
58 Florent Rondelé  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
59 André Rosseel  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
60 Adolph Verschueren  Belgium Belgium Aiglons DNF
61 Oreste Conte  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
62 Enzo Coppini  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
63 Umberto Drei  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
64 Mario Fazio  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
65 Attilio Lambertini  Italy Italy Cadets 13
66 Vittorio Magni  Italy Italy Cadets 38
67 Aldo Ronconi  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
68 Virgilio Salimbeni  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
69 Vittorio Seghezzi  Italy Italy Cadets 44
70 Nello Sforacchi  Italy Italy Cadets DNF
71 Robert Desbats  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
72 Raphaël Géminiani  France France - Centre/South-West 15
73 Guy Lapébie  France France - Centre/South-West 3
74 Roger Lévêque  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
75 Alfred Macorig  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
76 Henri Massal  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
77 Paul Maye  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
78 Daniel Orts  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
79 Jacques Pras  France France - Centre/South-West DNF
80 Georges Ramoulux  France France - Centre/South-West 26
81 Pierre Baratin  France France - Île de France/North-East 35
82 Urbain Caffi  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
83 Jean de Gribaldy  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
84 Maurice De Muer  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
85 Louis Déprez  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
86 Alphonse Devreese  France France - Île de France/North-East 32
87 François Hélary  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
88 César Marcelak  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
89 Édouard Muller  France France - Île de France/North-East DNF
90 Daniel Thuayre  France France - Île de France/North-East 40
91 Robert Bonnaventure  France France - West DNF
92 Maurice Carpentier  France France - West DNF
93 Roger Chupin  France France - West DNF
94 Pierre Cogan  France France - West DNF
95 Jean-Marie Goasmat  France France - West DNF
96 Raymond Guégan  France France - West DNF
97 Yvan Marie  France France - West DNF
98 François Person  France France - West DNF
99 Roger Pontet  France France - West DNF
100 Eloi Tassin  France France - West DNF
101 André Brulé  France France - Paris 12
102 Robert Chapatte  France France - Paris 28
103 Maurice Diot  France France - Paris DNF
104 Raymond Goussot  France France - Paris DNF
105 Jean Lauk  France France - Paris DNF
106 Lucien Lauk  France France - Paris DNF
107 Jacques Marinelli  France France - Paris DNF
108 Robert Mignat  France France - Paris DNF
109 Kleber Piot  France France - Paris 13
110 Louis Thiétard  France France - Paris 9
111 Marius Bonnet  France France - South-East DNF
112 Bernard Gauthier  France France - South-East 24
113 Georges Martin  France France - South-East 39
114 Maurice Lauze  France France - South-East DNF
115 Pierre Molinéris  France France - South-East DNF
116 Victor Pernac  France France - South-East DNF
117 Raoul Rémy  France France - South-East 23
118 Jean Rey  France France - South-East 43
119 Amédée Rolland  France France - South-East DNF
120 Abdel-Kader Zaaf  Algeria France - South-East DNF

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maso, Benjo (2003). Wij waren allemaal goden (in Dutch). AmstelSport. p. 37. ISBN 978-90-482-0003-0.
  2. ↑ Ligget, Phil; Raia, James; Lewis, Sammarye (2005). Tour de France for dummies. For Dummies. p. 175. ISBN 0-7645-8449-9.
  3. ↑ Maso, Benjo (2003). Wij waren allemaal goden (in Dutch). AmstelSport. p. 36. ISBN 978-90-482-0003-0.
  4. ↑ "35ème Tour de France 1948" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

Notes

1.^ The French naturalisation of Giuseppe Tacca, under the name of Pierre Tacca, became official during the Tour de France, on 2 July 1948.