List of teams and cyclists in the 1952 Tour de France

As was the custom since 1930, the 1952 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1952, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg (together with Australia), Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, North East–Center, South East and West–South West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 6 cyclists, so altogether this made 122 cyclists.[1]

There were 57 French (of which 6 Algerian), 13 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Australian cyclist.The winners of the last two editions, Swiss cyclists Hugo Koblet and Ferdi Kübler, were injured and did not enter the race, neither did French cyclist Louison Bobet.[1]

On the last press conference before the race, Jacques Goddet did a poll amongst journalists, to see who they considered the main favourite. Coppi received 29 votes in that poll, followed by Géminiani and Bartali, both 26 votes.[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 Heinrich Spuhler   Switzerland Switzerland 72
2 Walter Diggelmann   Switzerland Switzerland 50
3 Marcel Huber   Switzerland Switzerland DNF
4 Martin Metzger   Switzerland Switzerland DNF
5 Carlo Lafranchi   Switzerland Switzerland 52
6 Gottfried Weilenmann   Switzerland Switzerland 12
7 Roger Aeschlimann   Switzerland Switzerland DNF
8 Walter Reiser   Switzerland Switzerland DNF
9 Maurice Blomme  Belgium Belgium DNF
10 Alex Close  Belgium Belgium 7
11 Roger Decock  Belgium Belgium 38
12 Alois De Hertog  Belgium Belgium 13
13 Germain Derycke  Belgium Belgium DNF
14 Maurice Neyt  Belgium Belgium 29
15 Stan Ockers  Belgium Belgium 2
16 André Rosseel  Belgium Belgium 28
17 Robert Vanderstockt  Belgium Belgium DNF
18 Edward Van Ende  Belgium Belgium 14
19 Henri Van Kerckhove  Belgium Belgium DNF
20 Rik Van Steenbergen  Belgium Belgium DNF
21 Mario Baroni  Italy Italy 41
22 Gino Bartali  Italy Italy 4
23 Giulio Bresci  Italy Italy 62
24 Andrea Carrea  Italy Italy 9
25 Fausto Coppi  Italy Italy 1
26 Giovanni Corrieri  Italy Italy 46
27 Fiorenzo Crippa  Italy Italy 58
28 Franco Franchi  Italy Italy 27
29 Fiorenzo Magni  Italy Italy 6
30 Alfredo Martini  Italy Italy 56
31 Ettore Milano  Italy Italy 51
32 Luciano Pezzi  Italy Italy 35
33 Robert Bonnaventure  France France 64
34 Jean Dotto  France France 8
35 Bernard Gauthier  France France 63
36 Raphaël Géminiani  France France 11
37 Nello Lauredi  France France 19
38 Lucien Lazaridès  France France 43
39 Édouard Muller  France France DNF
40 Maurice Quentin  France France 34
41 Raoul Rémy  France France 37
42 Jean Robic  France France 5
43 Antonin Rolland  France France 21
44 Lucien Teisseire  France France 59
45 Hans Dekkers  Netherlands Netherlands 60
46 Henk Faanhof  Netherlands Netherlands 76
47 Jan Nolten  Netherlands Netherlands 15
48 Thijs Roks  Netherlands Netherlands 53
49 Hein Van Breenen  Netherlands Netherlands 69
50 Wim van Est  Netherlands Netherlands 17
51 Gerrit Voorting  Netherlands Netherlands 22
52 Wout Wagtmans  Netherlands Netherlands 25
53 Antonio Gelabert  Spain Spain 10
54 José Gil  Spain Spain 47
55 Francisco Masip  Spain Spain 30
56 José Pérez Llácer  Spain Spain DNF
57 Bernardo Ruiz  Spain Spain 3
58 José Serra  Spain Spain 23
59 Andrés Trobat  Spain Spain 42
60 Hortensio Vidaurreta  Spain Spain DNF
61 Robert Bintz  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia DNF
62 René Biever  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia DNF
63 Bim Diederich  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia DNF
64 Johny Goedert  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia 57
65 Jean Goldschmit  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia 16
66 Willy Kemp  Luxembourg Luxembourg/Australia DNF
67 John Beasley  Australia Luxembourg/Australia DNF
68 Edward Smith  Australia Luxembourg/Australia DNF
69 Louis Caput  France France - Paris DNF
70 Jean Carle  France France - Paris DNF
71 Robert Chapatte  France France - Paris DNF
72 Charles Coste  France France - Paris DNF
73 Georges Decaux  France France - Paris 36
74 Jacques Dupont  France France - Paris DNF
75 Pierre Gaudot  France France - Paris DNF
76 Jacques Marinelli  France France - Paris 31
77 Armand Papazian  France France - Paris DNF
78 Jacques Renaud  France France - Paris 40
79 Gino Sciardis  France France - Paris DNF
80 Eugène Telotte  France France - Paris 48
81 Gilbert Bauvin  France France - North-East/Centre 32
82 Roger Buchonnet  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
83 Jean-Marie Cieleska  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
84 Jean de Gribaldy  France France - North-East/Centre 45
85 Adolphe Deledda  France France - North-East/Centre 24
86 Robert Ducard  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
87 Marcel Dussault  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
88 Noël Lajoie  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
89 Georges Meunier  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
90 Pierre Pardoën  France France - North-East/Centre 55
91 Roger Rossinelli  France France - North-East/Centre 61
92 Alexandre Sowa  France France - North-East/Centre DNF
93 Jean Bertaina  France France - South-East 68
94 Siro Bianchi  France France - South-East 44
95 Dominique Canavèse  France France - South-East DNF
96 Albert Chaumarat  France France - South-East DNF
97 Édouard Fachleitner  France France - South-East DNF
98 Paul Giguet  France France - South-East 66
99 Michel Llorca  France France - South-East DNF
100 Joseph Mirando  France France - South-East 65
101 Pierre Molinéris  France France - South-East DNF
102 Adolphe Pezzuli  France France - South-East 71
103 René Rotta  France France - South-East 67
104 Vincent Vitetta  France France - South-East 20
105 André Bernard  France France - West/South-West 75
106 René Berton  France France - West/South-West DNF
107 Jean Delahaye  France France - West/South-West 73
108 Albert Dolhats  France France - West/South-West DNF
109 Guy Lapébie  France France - West/South-West DNF
110 Jean Le Guilly  France France - West/South-West 26
111 Jean Malléjac  France France - West/South-West 33
112 Alain Moineau  France France - West/South-West DNF
113 André Dufraisse  France France - West/South-West DNF
114 Tino Sabbadini  France France - West/South-West 70
115 Raymond Scardin  France France - West/South-West 74
116 Jacques Vivier  France France - West/South-West 49
117 Mostafa Chareuf  Algeria North Africa DNF
118 Marcel Fernandez  Algeria North Africa 54
119 Ahmed Kebaili  Algeria North Africa 39
120 Gérard Guercy  Algeria North Africa DNF
121 Henri Paret  France North Africa 78
122 Vincent Soler  Algeria North Africa 77
123 Abdel-Kader Zaaf  Algeria North Africa DNF
124 Marcel Zélasco  Algeria North Africa 18

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "38ème Tour de France 1952" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wagtmans bij favorieten". Dagblad voor Amersfoort (in Dutch) (Archief Eemland). 23 June 1952. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2015.