List of teams and cyclists in the 1972 Tour de France

The 1972 Tour de France started with the following 12 teams, each with 11 cyclists:[1]

  • Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson
  • Rokado
  • Salvarani
  • Goudsmit-Hoff
  • Gitane
  • Watney-Avia

In the previous year, Ocana was on his way to beat Merckx, when he fell as leader and had to give up. Everybody expected Merckx and Ocana to battle for the victory in 1972.[1] Ocana felt that he could have won the 1971 Tour, and Merckx did not like the comments that he did not deserve the 1971 victory, and both wanted to show their strengths.[2] Merckx had won important races before the Tour started, including the 1972 Giro d'Italia, and was also the reigning world champion. Ocana had won less races, but won the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.[2]

The most important other participants were considered Raymond Poulidor, Felice Gimondi, Joop Zoetemelk and Bernard Thevenet.[2]

José Manuel Fuente, who had won the 1972 Vuelta a España and finished second in the 1972 Giro d'Italia, did not compete, as his team decided they had already been in too many hard races.[3]

Herman Vanspringel had announced four days prior to the Tour that he would leave his team after his contract would end at the end of 1972. His team then removed him from the Tour squad.[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 Eddy Merckx  Belgium Molteni 1
2 Joseph Bruyère  Belgium Molteni 26
3 Jos Deschoenmaecker  Belgium Molteni 22
4 Jos Huysmans  Belgium Molteni 28
5 Willy In 't Ven  Belgium Molteni 51
6 Marc Lievens  Belgium Molteni 43
7 Frans Mintjens  Belgium Molteni 37
8 Jozef Spruyt  Belgium Molteni DNF
9 Roger Swerts  Belgium Molteni 14
10 Martin Van Den Bossche  Belgium Molteni 15
11 Victor Van Schil  Belgium Molteni DNF
12 Joaquim Andrade  Portugal Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
13 Gérard David  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria 59
14 Johan De Muynck  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
15 André Dierickx  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
16 Evert Dolman  Netherlands Beaulieu-Flandria 83
17 Fernando Mendes  Portugal Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
18 Jan Van De Wiele  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
19 Herman Van Der Slagmolen  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria DNF
20 Ronny Van Marcke  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria 62
21 Willy van Neste  Belgium Beaulieu-Flandria 33
22 Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands Beaulieu-Flandria 5
23 José Catieau  France Sonolor DNF
24 Bernard Guyot  France Sonolor 81
25 Yves Hézard  France Sonolor 7
26 Robert Mintkiewicz  France Sonolor 87
27 Mathieu Pustjens  Netherlands Sonolor 25
28 Walter Ricci  France Sonolor 27
29 Raymond Riotte  France Sonolor 48
30 Jean-Jacques Sanquer  France Sonolor DNF
31 Willy Teirlinck  Belgium Sonolor 66
32 Lucien Van Impe  Belgium Sonolor 4
33 Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium Sonolor DNF
34 Robert Bouloux  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin DNF
35 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin 21
36 Wilfried David  Belgium Peugeot-BP-Michelin 41
37 Raymond Delisle  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin 11
38 Ronald De Witte  Belgium Peugeot-BP-Michelin 31
39 Walter Godefroot  Belgium Peugeot-BP-Michelin 44
40 Jean-Pierre Paranteau  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin 38
41 Roger Pingeon  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin DNF
42 Christian Raymond  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin 47
43 Bernard Thévenet  France Peugeot-BP-Michelin 9
44 Jürgen Tschan  West Germany Peugeot-BP-Michelin 45
45 Willy Abbeloos  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 65
46 Joaquim Agostinho  Portugal De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 8
47 Herman Beysens  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 23
48 Edward Janssens  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 10
49 Roger Kindt  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter DNF
50 Mariano Martínez  France De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 6
51 Joël Millard  France De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 32
52 Jean-Claude Largeau  France De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 46
53 André Poppe  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter DNF
54 Rik Van Linden  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 80
55 Ludo Van Staeyen  Belgium De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter 49
56 Jesús Aranzabal  Spain Bic 56
57 Roland Berland  France Bic 40
58 Jean-Claude Genty  France Bic 64
59 Bernard Labourdette  France Bic DNF
60 Désiré Letort  France Bic DNF
61 Leif Mortensen  Denmark Bic 12
62 Luis Ocaña  Spain Bic DNF
63 Alain Santy  France Bic DNF
64 Guy Santy  France Bic 29
65 Johny Schleck  Luxembourg Bic 30
66 Sylvain Vasseur  France Bic 35
67 Jacques Cadiou  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson DNF
68 Régis Delépine  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 76
69 Jean-Pierre Genet  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson DNF
70 René Grelin  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson DNF
71 Cyrille Guimard  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson DNF
72 Barry Hoban  United Kingdom Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 70
73 Gérard Moneyron  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 36
74 Jack Mourioux  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 58
75 Michel Périn  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 19
76 Raymond Poulidor  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson 3
77 Yves Ravaleu  France Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson DNF
78 Lucien Aimar  France Rokado 17
79 Gilbert Bellone  France Rokado 34
80 Hans Junkermann  West Germany Rokado DNF
81 Gerben Karstens  Netherlands Rokado 60
82 Karl-Heinz Kunde  West Germany Rokado 20
83 Karl-Heinz Muddemann  West Germany Rokado 52
84 Wilfried Peffgen  West Germany Rokado 63
85 Dieter Puschel  West Germany Rokado 42
86 Berndt Rasing  West Germany Rokado DNF
87 Wim Schepers  Netherlands Rokado DNF
88 Rolf Wolfshohl  West Germany Rokado 24
89 Marino Basso  Italy Salvarani 82
90 Pietro Campagnari  Italy Salvarani 74
91 Luigi Castelletti  Italy Salvarani 85
92 Felice Gimondi  Italy Salvarani 2
93 Ercole Gualazzini  Italy Salvarani DNF
94 Pietro Guerra  Italy Salvarani 86
95 Antoon Houbrechts  Belgium Salvarani 13
96 Primo Mori  Italy Salvarani 39
97 Guido Reybrouck  Belgium Salvarani DNF
98 Giacinto Santambrogio  Italy Salvarani 53
99 Italo Zilioli  Italy Salvarani DNF
100 Leo Duyndam  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff DNF
101 Ger Harings  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff DNF
102 Cees Koeken  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff DNF
103 Jan Krekels  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 78
104 Wim Prinsen  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 61
105 Tino Tabak  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 18
106 Jos van der Vleuten  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 73
107 Jan van Katwijk  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff DNF
108 Harry van Leeuwen  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff DNF
109 Gerard Vianen  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 71
110 Marinus Wagtmans  Netherlands Goudsmit-Hoff 54
111 Alain Bellouis  France Gitane 88
112 Serge Bolley  France Gitane DNF
113 Gérard Briend  France Gitane DNF
114 Georges Chappe  France Gitane 50
115 Jean-Claude Daunat  France Gitane 72
116 René Grenier  France Gitane 57
117 Loïc Le Bourhis  France Gitane DNF
118 Pierre Matignon  France Gitane 75
119 Léon-Paul Ménard  France Gitane 84
120 Jean Vidament  France Gitane DNF
121 Michael Wright  United Kingdom Gitane 55
122 Paul Aerts  Belgium Watney-Avia 69
123 Etienne Antheunis  Belgium Watney-Avia DNF
124 Michel Coulon  Belgium Watney-Avia DNF
125 Pieter Nassen  Belgium Watney-Avia 79
126 Englebert Opdebeeck  Belgium Watney-Avia DNF
127 Walter Planckaert  Belgium Watney-Avia DNF
128 Marc Sohet  Belgium Watney-Avia 68
129 Noël Van Clooster  Belgium Watney-Avia 77
130 Willy Van Malderghem  Belgium Watney-Avia DNF
131 Frans Verbeeck  Belgium Watney-Avia 16
132 Eddy Verstraeten  Belgium Watney-Avia 67

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "59ème Tour de France 1972" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2008). The Story of the Tour De France: 1965-2007. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 66–73. ISBN 1-59858-608-4. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Spaanse Kas-ploeg niet aan de start in Tour de France". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch) (De krant van toen). 14 June 1972. p. 23. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Angers nog niet in ban wielercircus". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch) (De krant van toen). 1 July 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2015.