List of cyclists in the 1923 Tour de France

In previous years, the cyclists had been divided in two classes, the sponsored class and the unsponsored class. For the 1923 Tour de France, this system changed, and three categories were used: the "first category", of the top cyclist, the "second category", of lesser but still sponsored cyclists, and the touriste-routiers, the quasi-amateurs.[1]

The sponsors, who had joined forces in the previous tours under the name La Sportive, were now financially stable enough to have their own teams. Automoto, sponsor of the team with the Pélissier brothers, had commercial interests in Italy, so wanted to have Italian cyclists in the team. Several Italian cyclists were hired, who were supposed to come to France. Only one Italian cyclist showed up, Ottavio Bottecchia, who had started as a professional the year before. The sponsor then decided that the marketing plan would not work with only one Italian cyclist, and wanted to send him back. At the last minute, Bottecchia was allowed to stay on the team.[2]

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 Firmin Lambot   Belgium DNF [3]
2 Robert Jacquinot   France 25 [3]
4 Jean Alavoine   France DNF [3]
5 Romain Bellenger   France 3 [3]
6 Hector Tiberghien   Belgium 4 [3]
7 Gaston Degy   France 16 [3]
8 Léon Despontin   Belgium 7 [3]
9 Robert Reboul   France DNF [3]
10 Joseph Muller   France 11 [3]
11 Louis Mottiat   Belgium 28 [3]
12 Félix Sellier   Belgium DNF [3]
14 Albert Dejonghe   Belgium DNF [3]
15 Philippe Thys   Belgium DNF [3]
16 Léon Scieur   Belgium DNF [3]
17 Jean Rossius   Belgium DNF [3]
18 Théophile Beeckman   Belgium 14 [3]
19 Marcel Huot   France 10 [3]
20 Honoré Barthélémy   France DNF [3]
21 Hector Heusghem   Belgium DNF [3]
22 Victor Leenaerts   Belgium DNF [3]
23 Henri Pélissier   France 1 [3]
24 Francis Pélissier   France 23 [3]
25 Lucien Buysse   Belgium 8 [3]
26 Ottavio Bottecchia   Italy 2 [3]
27 Giuseppe Santhià   Italy DNF [3]
29 Félix Goethals   France 13 [3]
30 Arsène Alancourt   France 5 [3]
31 Laurent Seret   Belgium DNF [3]
32 Paul Deman   Belgium DNF [3]
101 Eugène Dhers   France 9 [3]
102 Henri Collé   Switzerland 6 [3]
103 Marcel Godard   France DNF [3]
104 Georges Cuvelier   France 20 [3]
105 Roger Lacolle   France DNF [3]
106 Carlo Longoni   Italy 26 [3]
107 Lucien Rich   France 17 [3]
108 Benjamin Mortier   Belgium 21 [3]
109 Fernand Moulet   France DNF [3]
110 Robert Gerbaud   France DNF [3]
111 Joseph Curtel   France DNF [3]
112 Joseph Normand   France 15 [3]
113 Joseph Van Daele   Belgium DNF [3]
114 Alfons Standaert   Belgium 22 [3]
116 Joseph Marchand   Belgium DNF [3]
117 Alfred Debusscher   Belgium DNF [3]
118 Achille Depauw   Belgium DNF [3]
119 Karel Govaert   Belgium DNF [3]
120 Léon Van Aken   Belgium DNF [3]
121 Camille Leroy   Belgium DNF [3]
123 André Desbordes   France DNF [3]
124 Camille Nicou   France DNF [3]
125 Roger Iriart   France DNF [3]
126 Paul Duboc   France 18 [3]
201 Marcel Robin   France DNF [3]
202 Lucien Lagouche   France DNF [3]
203 Joseph Bercegeay   France DNF [3]
204 Marcel Vernant   France DNF [3]
205 Giuseppe Ercolani   Italy 41 [3]
206 Lucien Roquebert   France DNF [3]
207 Charles Loew   France 36 [3]
208 Eugène Nicolle   France DNF [3]
209 Georges Dauphin   France DNF [3]
210 Henri Timmermann   Belgium DNF [3]
211 Alexandre Baud   France DNF [3]
212 Jean Grousset   France DNF [3]
214 Célestin Rouget   France DNF [3]
215 Pierre Gilbert   France DNF [3]
216 Marcel Simonet   France 46 [3]
217 Daniel Masson   France 48 [3]
218 André Andresse   France DNF [3]
219 Emile Bonnefoi   France DNF [3]
220 Camille Botte   Belgium 19 [3]
221 Giovanni Bai   Italy DNF [3]
224 François Chevalier   France DNF [3]
225 Adrien Alpini   France DNF [3]
226 Pietro Casati   Italy DNF [3]
227 Maurice Langrenais   France DNF [3]
228 Adrien-Robert Toussaint   France DNF [3]
229 Paul Denis   France 37 [3]
230 Louis Verbraecken   Belgium DNF [3]
231 Felix Richard   France 38 [3]
232 Henri Catelan   France DNF [3]
233 Emile Kass   France DNF [3]
234 André Robustel   France DNF [3]
235 Silvio Borsetti   Italy DNF [3]
236 Albert Colbec   France DNF [3]
237 Pierre Hudsyn   Belgium 30 [3]
238 Georges Kamm   France 44 [3]
239 Charles Parel   Switzerland 27 [3]
240 Joseph Douard   France DNF [3]
241 Jean Kienlen   France 40 [3]
242 Jules Brun   France DNF [3]
245 Oscar Barselotti   France DNF [3]
246 Charles Budts   Belgium DNF [3]
247 Clotaire Guillon   France DNF [3]
248 Ernest Schiavo   Switzerland DNF [3]
250 Antoine Rière   France 32 [3]
252 Maurice Arnoult   France 35 [3]
253 Vincenzo Bianco   Italy 43 [3]
254 Joseph Rayen   France DNF [3]
255 Ange-Marie Aubry   France DNF [3]
256 Henri Miege   Switzerland 39 [3]
257 Maurice Laine   France DNF [3]
258 Maurive Protin   Belgium 47 [3]
259 Fernand Durieux   France DNF [3]
260 Louis Marty   France DNF [3]
261 François Picolot   France DNF [3]
263 Pietro Fasoli   Italy DNF [3]
264 Jean Hautot   France DNF [3]
265 Jules Deloffre   France DNF [3]
266 Pierre Faillu   France DNF [3]
267 Robert Fournier   France DNF [3]
269 Edgard Roy   France 31 [3]
270 Jules Vertriest   Belgium DNF [3]
271 Louis Alais   France DNF [3]
272 Maurice Guenot   France DNF [3]
273 André Coutte   France DNF [3]
274 Marcel Allain   France DNF [3]
275 Alfred Hersard   France 42 [3]
277 Georges Tufeny   France DNF [3]
278 Octave Hie   France DNF [3]
280 Victoriano Otero   Spain DNF [3]
281 Jean Pennaneach   France DNF [3]
282 Vincenzo Mantelli   Italy DNF [3]
283 Andrea Cornelio   France DNF [3]
284 Louis Lemitere   France DNF [3]
285 Julien Noth   France DNF [3]
286 Jules Nempon   France DNF [3]
288 Charles Hennuyer   France DNF [3]
289 Charles Arnulf   France 45 [3]
290 Louis Budts   Belgium DNF [3]
291 Eugène Leveille   France DNF [3]
292 Henri Touzard   France 24 [3]
293 Robert Asse   France DNF [3]
294 Luigi Vertemati   Italy DNF [3]
295 Charles Cento   France 34 [3]
297 Giuseppe Ruffoni   Italy 33 [3]
299 Ottavio Pratesi   Italy 12 [3]
301 Giovanni Rossignoli   Italy 29 [3]

By nationality

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References

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  1. ^ Thompson, Christopher S. (2008). The Tour de France. University of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-520-25630-1. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour de France. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 66–72. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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