In the 1958 Tour de France, 120 cyclists entered, divided into 10 teams of 12 cyclists each. France, Italy, Belgium and Spain each sent a national team. The Netherlands and Luxembourg had a combined team, as had Switzerland and Germany. There was also one "international" team, consisting of cyclists from Austria, Portugal, Great Britain and Denmark. There were also three regional French teams: Centre-Midi, West/South West and Paris/North East. [1] The French team had had some problems with the selection, as Jacques Anquetil, the winner of the 1957 Tour de France, did not want to share leadership with Louison Bobet, winner in 1953, 1954 and 1955. [2] Anquetil had been so superior in 1957, that he did not want Bobet and Géminiani both in his team. The French team selector then chose to include Bobet in the national team. [3] Raphael Géminiani, who had been in the French national team since 1949, was demoted into the regional Centre-Midi team. Géminiani was not pleased, and sent the French team director Marcel Bidot a jack-ass named "Marcel" to express his displeasure. [2]
Charly Gaul, part of the Dutch/Luxembourgian team, anticipated so little help from his teammates that he announced that he would not share prizes. His teammates then refused to support him, so Gaul was on his own. [3]
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 | Team | Pos. | Ref |
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1 | Jacques Anquetil | France | France | DNF | [4] |
2 | Gilbert Bauvin | France | France | 15 | [4] |
3 | Louis Bergaud | France | France | 9 | [4] |
4 | Louison Bobet | France | France | 7 | [4] |
5 | André Darrigade | France | France | 21 | [4] |
6 | Jean Forestier | France | France | DNF | [4] |
7 | Joseph Groussard | France | France | 25 | [4] |
8 | François Mahé | France | France | DNF | [4] |
9 | Francis Pipelin | France | France | 61 | [4] |
10 | René Privat | France | France | 60 | [4] |
11 | Jean Stablinski | France | France | 68 | [4] |
12 | Roger Walkowiak | France | France | 75 | [4] |
21 | Pierino Baffi | Italy | Italy | 63 | [4] |
22 | Emilio Bottecchia | Italy | Italy | 38 | [4] |
23 | Rizzardo Brenioli | Italy | Italy | 43 | [4] |
24 | Antonino Catalano | Italy | Italy | 19 | [4] |
25 | Gilberto Dall'Agata | Italy | Italy | 50 | [4] |
26 | Giuseppe Fallarini | Italy | Italy | DNF | [4] |
27 | Vito Favero | Italy | Italy | 2 | [4] |
28 | Gianni Ferlenghi | Italy | Italy | 24 | [4] |
29 | Pietro Nascimbene | Italy | Italy | 34 | [4] |
30 | Gastone Nencini | Italy | Italy | 5 | [4] |
31 | Arigo Padovan | Italy | Italy | 45 | [4] |
32 | Giuseppe Pintarelli | Italy | Italy | 65 | [4] |
41 | Jan Adriaensens | Belgium | Belgium | 4 | [4] |
42 | Jean Brankart | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
43 | Pino Cerami | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
44 | Armand Desmet | Belgium | Belgium | 33 | [4] |
45 | Gilbert Desmet | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
46 | Noël Foré | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
47 | Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium | Belgium | 10 | [4] |
48 | Marcel Janssens | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
49 | Rik Luyten | Belgium | Belgium | 52 | [4] |
50 | Jef Planckaert | Belgium | Belgium | 6 | [4] |
51 | Martin Van Geneugden | Belgium | Belgium | 27 | [4] |
52 | André Vlayen | Belgium | Belgium | DNF | [4] |
61 | Federico Bahamontes | Spain | Spain | 8 | [4] |
62 | Salvador Botella | Spain | Spain | DNF | [4] |
63 | Miguel Bover | Spain | Spain | 72 | [4] |
64 | Jesús Galdeano | Spain | Spain | 59 | [4] |
65 | Fernando Manzaneque | Spain | Spain | 20 | [4] |
66 | Carmelo Morales | Spain | Spain | DNF | [4] |
67 | Francisco Moreno | Spain | Spain | 71 | [4] |
68 | Luis Otaño | Spain | Spain | 56 | [4] |
69 | Miguel Pacheco | Spain | Spain | DNF | [4] |
70 | Bernardo Ruiz | Spain | Spain | 55 | [4] |
71 | Julio San Emeterio | Spain | Spain | DNF | [4] |
72 | Antonio Suárez | Spain | Spain | 64 | [4] |
81 | Piet Damen | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 11 | [4] |
82 | Piet De Jongh | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 41 | [4] |
83 | Jaap Kersten | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 44 | [4] |
84 | Jef Lahaye | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF | [4] |
85 | Wim van Est | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 46 | [4] |
86 | Piet van Est | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 22 | [4] |
87 | Gerrit Voorting | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 47 | [4] |
88 | Martin Van Den Borgh | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF | [4] |
89 | Aldo Bolzan | Italy | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 32 | [4] |
90 | Marcel Ernzer | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 16 | [4] |
91 | Charly Gaul | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 1 | [4] |
92 | Jean-Pierre Schmitz | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 37 | [4] |
101 | Ernest Ecuyer | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 74 | [4] |
102 | Walter Favre | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 78 | [4] |
103 | Anton Graeser | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 30 | [4] |
104 | Jean-Claude Grèt | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 67 | [4] |
105 | Hans Hollenstein | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF | [4] |
106 | Ernst Traxel | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 42 | [4] |
107 | Günther Debusmann | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF | [4] |
108 | Lothar Friedrich | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | 12 | [4] |
109 | Mathias Löder | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF | [4] |
110 | Reinhold Pommer | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF | [4] |
111 | Frans Reitz | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | 36 | [4] |
112 | Horst Tueller | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | 58 | [4] |
121 | Adolf Christian | Austria | International | 28 | [4] |
122 | Rudolf Maresch | Austria | International | DNF | [4] |
123 | Antonino Baptista | Portugal | International | DNF | [4] |
124 | Antonio Barbosa Alves | Portugal | International | 76 | [4] |
125 | Seamus Elliott | Ireland | International | 48 | [4] |
126 | Stan Brittain | Great Britain | International | 68 | [4] |
127 | Ron Coe | Great Britain | International | DNF | [4] |
128 | Brian Robinson | Great Britain | International | DNF | [4] |
129 | Hans Andresen | Denmark | International | 62 | [4] |
130 | Eluf Dalgaard | Denmark | International | DNF | [4] |
131 | Kaj Allan Olsen | Denmark | International | DNF | [4] |
132 | Fritz Ravn | Denmark | International | DNF | [4] |
141 | Henry Anglade | France | France – Centre-Midi | 17 | [4] |
142 | Mario Bertolo | Italy [5] | France – Centre-Midi | 77 | [4] |
143 | Emmanuel Busto | France | France – Centre-Midi | 31 | [4] |
144 | Claude Colette | France | France – Centre-Midi | DNF | [4] |
145 | Jean Dotto | France | France – Centre-Midi | DNF | [4] |
146 | Georges Gay | France | France – Centre-Midi | DNF | [4] |
147 | Raphaël Géminiani | France | France – Centre-Midi | 3 | [4] |
148 | Jean Graczyk | France | France – Centre-Midi | 14 | [4] |
149 | Pierre Polo | France | France – Centre-Midi | 39 | [4] |
150 | Marcel Rohrbach | France | France – Centre-Midi | 26 | [4] |
151 | Antonin Rolland | France | France – Centre-Midi | 66 | [4] |
152 | Roger Chaussabel | France | France – Centre-Midi | 70 | [4] |
161 | Jean Bourlès | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
162 | Jean Gainche | France | France – West/South-West | 29 | [4] |
163 | Maurice Lavigne | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
164 | Camille Le Menn | France | France – West/South-West | 54 | [4] |
165 | Eugène Letendre | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
166 | Jean Malléjac | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
167 | Robert Roudaut | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
168 | Joseph Morvan | France | France – West/South-West | 35 | [4] |
169 | Fernand Picot | France | France – West/South-West | 49 | [4] |
170 | Tino Sabbadini | France | France – West/South-West | 53 | [4] |
171 | Joseph Thomin | France | France – West/South-West | 18 | [4] |
172 | Robert Varnajo | France | France – West/South-West | DNF | [4] |
181 | Jean-Claude Annaert | France | France – Paris/North-East | 23 | [4] |
182 | Claude Barmier | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
183 | Nicolas Barone | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
184 | Stanislas Bober | France | France – Paris/North-East | 73 | [4] |
185 | Jean Dacquay | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
186 | Serge David | France | France – Paris/North-East | 51 | [4] |
187 | Édouard Delberghe | France | France – Paris/North-East | 13 | [4] |
188 | André Dupré | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
189 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | France | France – Paris/North-East | 57 | [4] |
190 | Fernand Lamy | France | France – Paris/North-East | 40 | [4] |
191 | Maurice Moucheraud | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
192 | Maurice Quentin | France | France – Paris/North-East | DNF | [4] |
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