List of cyclists in the 1907 Tour de France

Not all cyclists were competing for the victory in the 1907 Tour de France, some only joined as tourists. The most notable of them was Henri Pépin. Pépin had hired two riders, Jean Dargassies[1] and Henri Gauban to ride with him. They treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find.[1] Dargassies and Gaubin became the first cyclists in the history of the Tour de France to ride not for their own placings but for their team leader's interest. During the race, they found another Tour de France competitor, Jean-Marie Teychenne, lying in a ditch. They helped him get up, fed him, and from that moment Teycheime was also helping Pépin.[2][3]

As in the previous years, there were two classes of cyclists, the coureurs de vitesse and the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées. Of the 93 cyclists starting the race, 82 were in the poinçonnée category, which meant that they had to finish the race on the same bicycle as they left, and if it was broken they had to fix it without assistance. The coureurs de vitesse could get help from the car with bicycle repairmen when they had to fix a bicycle, and when a bicycle was beyond repair, they could change it to a new one.[citation needed]

Although the riders officially rode the Tour as individuals, some had the same sponsor and cooperated as if they rode in teams. At the start of the race, it was clear that the riders sponsored by Alcyon and the riders sponsored by Peugeot would compete for the overall victory. Alcyon started with three main contenders: Louis Trousselier, Marcel Cadolle and Léon Georget; Peugeot counted on Emile Georget.[4]

By starting number

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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. Name Nationality Pos. Ref
1 Édouard Wattelier   France DNF [5]
2 Augustin Ringeval   France 8 [5]
3 Lucien Pothier   France DNF [5]
4 François Faber   Luxembourg 7 [5]
5 Constant Ménager   France DNF [5]
6 Alfred Faure   France DNF [5]
7 Gaston Tuvache   France 16 [5]
8 Albert Chartier   France 33 [5]
9 Prosper Rau   France DNF [5]
10 Marcel Cadolle   France DNF [5]
11 Louis Trousselier   France DNF [5]
12 Lucien Mazan   France 1 [5]
13 Henri Lignon   France DNF [5]
14 Marcel Lequatre   Switzerland DNF [5]
16 Albert Baudet   France 25 [5]
17 Noël Prevost   France DNF [5]
18 Ferdinand Payan   France 10 [5]
19 Armand Roume   France DNF [5]
22 Baptiste Roux   France 18 [5]
23 Paul Adeh   France DNF [5]
24 Marcel Dozol   France 32 [5]
25 Marcel Lallement   France DNF [5]
26 Fernand Vercher   France DNF [5]
27 Gabriel Mathonat   France DNF [5]
28 Léon Riche   France DNF [5]
29 Georges Fleury   France 12 [5]
30 Georges Bronchard   France 21 [5]
31 Henri Timmermann   Belgium 20 [5]
32 David Dupont   France DNF [5]
34 Henri Gauban   France DNF [5]
35 Gaston Angeli   France DNF [5]
36 Louis Lavalette   France DNF [5]
37 Jules Chabas   France DNF [5]
38 Louis Gardent   France DNF [5]
39 Louis Lorillon   France 28 [5]
40 Carlo Galetti   Italy DNF [5]
42 Luigi Ganna   Italy DNF [5]
43 Eberardo Pavesi   Italy 6 [5]
44 Léon Aumonier   France DNF [5]
45 Cyrille van Hauwaert   Belgium DNF [5]
46 Alzir Vivier   France 15 [5]
47 François Poiry   France DNF [5]
48 Marceau Narcy   France 22 [5]
49 Joseph Ponthieu   France DNF [5]
50 Georges Landrieu   France DNF [5]
52 Martin Soulie   France DNF [5]
53 Honoré Genin   France 23 [5]
54 Claude Cursillat   France DNF [5]
55 Charles Crupelandt   France DNF [5]
56 André Sevestre   France DNF [5]
57 Alfred Le Bars   France 26 [5]
58 Jacques Mendes   France DNF [5]
59 Henri Pépin   France DNF [5]
61 Marius Vilette   France 14 [5]
62 Eloi Guichard   France DNF [5]
63 Julien Maitron   France DNF [5]
64 Arsène Tuale   France DNF [5]
65 Alfred Quenon   France 27 [5]
66 Jean Dargassies   France DNF [5]
67 Henri Anthoine   France DNF [5]
68 Léon Georget   France DNF [5]
70 Georges Passerieu   France 4 [5]
71 Gustave Garrigou   France 2 [5]
72 Henri Cornet   France DNF [5]
73 Émile Georget   France 3 [5]
76 Jean-Michel Teychenne   France DNF [5]
78 Georges Jeanblanc   France DNF [5]
79 Jean Vezie   France DNF [5]
80 Georges Devilly   France DNF [5]
81 Charles Jeanperin   France DNF [5]
82 Auguste Dufour   France DNF [5]
83 Octave Noel   France 30 [5]
84 François Lafourcade   France 13 [5]
86 Pierre Privat   France 11 [5]
87 François Beaugendre   France 5 [5]
88 Philippe Pautrat   France 19 [5]
89 Aloïs Catteau   Belgium 9 [5]
90 Marcel Lecuyer   France DNF [5]
92 Julien Gabory   France DNF [5]
93 Ernest Ricaux   France DNF [5]
94 Marcel Godivier   France DNF [5]
95 Jules Bertholat   France DNF [5]
97 Christophe Laurent   France DNF [5]
98 Joseph Rouaix   France DNF [5]
99 Eugène Delhaye   Belgium 17 [5]
100 Anselme Mazan   France DNF [5]
101 Henri Star   France DNF [5]
103 Raymond Etcheverry   France DNF [5]
104 Albert Geraud   France 31 [5]
105 Antony Wattelier   France 24 [5]
106 Anton Jaeck   Switzerland DNF [5]
108 Pierre Desvages   France DNF [5]
109 René Fleury   France 29 [5]

By nationality

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References

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  1. ^ Chany, Pierre; Cazeneuve, Thierry (1985). La Fabuleuse Histoire du Tour de France (in French). France: ODIL. ISBN 2-8307-0689-7.
  2. ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour de France. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 19–22. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ Thompson, Christopher S. (2003). The Tour de France. Routledge. p. 73. ISBN 0-520-25630-1. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ^ Amels, Wim (1984). De geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903–1984 (in Dutch). Sport-Express. ISBN 90-70763-05-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co "5ème Tour de France 1907". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.

Notes

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1.^ His real name was Dargaties but the Tour spelled his name wrongly and the error stuck.