List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France

In the 1921 Tour de France, two veteran cyclists who joined the race were Ernest Paul and Lucien Pothier, both forty years old.[1] Paul rode his first Tour de France in 1908,[2] while Pothier had started in the first Tour de France in 1903, and finished second.[3] The winner of 1920, Philippe Thys, was the dominant stage racer of the time, but he was recovering from an illness and could not compete for the victory.[4]

The economic impact of World War I was still not over, so as in the previous years there were not sponsored teams, but the cycling companies had bundled their forces under the nick La Sportive.[5] The cyclists were divided in two categories, this time named 1ère class (first class), the professionals, and 2ème classe (second class), the amateurs.[6] This year, some of the second class cyclists would finish higher than some of the first class cyclists.

The 1921 Tour de France saw the introduction of foreign press. They followed the race in their own cars.[7] For the first time, an inhabitant from Monaco joined the Tour de France. Laurent Devalle needed more than twenty-seven hours for the fifth stage,[8] and would finally give up in the eleventh stage.[7]

By starting number
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. Name Nationality Pos. Ref
1 Eugène Christophe  France DNF [9]
2 Jean Rossius  Belgium DNF [9]
3 Hector Heusghem  Belgium 2 [9]
4 Firmin Lambot  Belgium 9 [9]
5 Honoré Barthélémy  France 3 [9]
6 Jean Alavoine  France DNF [9]
7 Louis Mottiat  Belgium 11 [9]
8 Louis Heusghem  Belgium DNF [9]
9 René Vermandel  Belgium DNF [9]
10 Félix Goethals  France 10 [9]
11 Émile Masson  Belgium DNF [9]
12 Hector Tiberghien  Belgium 5 [9]
13 Romain Bellenger  France DNF [9]
15 Philippe Thys  Belgium DNF [9]
16 Charles Juseret  Belgium DNF [9]
17 Robert Jacquinot  France DNF [9]
18 Albert Dejonghe  Belgium DNF [9]
19 Léon Scieur  Belgium 1 [9]
20 Jacques Coomans  Belgium DNF [9]
21 René Chassot  France DNF [9]
22 Alfred Steux  Belgium DNF [9]
23 Marcel Godard  France DNF [9]
24 Robert Gerbaud  France DNF [9]
25 Luigi Lucotti  Italy 4 [9]
101 Joseph Rayen  France DNF [9]
102 André Coutte  France DNF [9]
103 Paul Coppens  France 30 [9]
104 Henri Catelan  France 38 [9]
105 Eugène Dhers  France 12 [9]
106 Jules Lebreton  France DNF [9]
107 Robert Martens  France DNF [9]
108 Alexandre Bodinier  France DNF [9]
109 Robert Constantin  France 34 [9]
110 Félix Sellier  Belgium 16 [9]
111 Edgard Roy  France 28 [9]
112 Ange-Marie Aubry  France DNF [9]
113 Raoul Petouille  France DNF [9]
114 Émile Dalifard  France DNF [9]
115 Charles Cento  France 35 [9]
116 Antoine Rière  France DNF [9]
117 Pierre Hudsyn  Belgium 22 [9]
118 Camille Botte  Belgium DNF [9]
119 Edouard Leonard  France DNF [9]
120 Gaston Degy  France DNF [9]
121 Alexandre Gilles  France DNF [9]
122 Maurice Pesnin  France DNF [9]
123 Jules Deloffre  France 26 [9]
124 Lucien Pothier  France 32 [9]
126 Léon Despontin  Belgium 7 [9]
127 François Chevalier  France DNF [9]
128 Jean Kienlen  France 31 [9]
129 Fernand Moulet  France DNF [9]
131 Maurice Armand  France DNF [9]
132 Charles Pavese  France DNF [9]
133 Guillaume Cecherelli  France 19 [9]
134 Emile Dorvilliers  France DNF [9]
135 François Colomines  France DNF [9]
136 Jules Beyens  Belgium DNF [9]
137 Robert Asse  France DNF [9]
138 Etienne Dorfeuille  France 24 [9]
139 Victor Lenaers  Belgium 6 [9]
140 Henri Ferrara  France 13 [9]
141 Noël Amenc  France 14 [9]
142 Napoléon Paoli  France DNF [9]
143 Théodore Abada  France DNF [9]
144 Adrien Alpini  France 37 [9]
146 Lucien Roquebert  France 33 [9]
147 Gwénolé Michel  France DNF [9]
148 Clotaire Guillon  France DNF [9]
149 Charles Hennuyer  France DNF [9]
150 René Paxion  France DNF [9]
151 Henri Miège   Switzerland DNF [9]
152 José Pelletier  France DNF [9]
153 Paul Seigne  France DNF [9]
154 Georges Kamm  France 36 [9]
155 Pierre Excoffier  France DNF [9]
156 Laurent Devalle  Monaco DNF [9]
157 Emile Brelloch  France DNF [9]
158 Firmin Pauloin  France DNF [9]
159 Ernest Paul  France 27 [9]
160 Jules Banino  France DNF [9]
161 Daniel Dagrau  France DNF [9]
162 Joseph Normand  France 23 [9]
163 Lucien Lagouche  France DNF [9]
164 René Billing  France DNF [9]
169 Arthur Claerhout  Belgium DNF [9]
171 Jules Nempon  France DNF [9]
172 Jean Belvaux  Belgium DNF [9]
173 Auguste Meyer  France 20 [9]
174 Benjamin Javaux  Belgium 21 [9]
175 Louis Budts  Belgium DNF [9]
178 Pierre Coolens  Belgium DNF [9]
179 Jules Bertrand  France DNF [9]
180 Nicolas Urme  France DNF [9]
181 Camille Leroy  Belgium 8 [9]
183 Charles Raboisson  France 25 [9]
184 Angelo Erba  Italy DNF [9]
186 Enrico Sala  Italy 18 [9]
187 Michele Brega  Italy DNF [9]
190 Mario Verzeletti  Italy DNF [9]
191 Lucien Abbe  France DNF [9]
192 Julien Samyn  France DNF [9]
194 Charles Hans  France DNF [9]
198 Léon Bonnery  France DNF [9]
199 Edouard Tibal  France DNF [9]
200 Charles Parel   Switzerland 29 [9]
201 Louis Lembeye  France DNF [9]
203 Silvio Borsetti  Italy DNF [9]
204 Camille Dulac  France DNF [9]
205 Alexis Rosset  France DNF [9]
206 Eugène Poncelin  France DNF [9]
207 Charles Loew  France DNF [9]
210 Joseph Muller  France 15 [9]
211 Armand Thewis  Belgium DNF [9]
213 Jean Riou  France DNF [9]
214 Louis Verbraecken  Belgium DNF [9]
216 Emile Ledran  France DNF [9]
217 Emile Lejeune  France DNF [9]
218 Henri Collé   Switzerland 17 [9]
220 Jacques Van Rompaey  Belgium DNF [9]
221 Mathieu Caplat  France DNF [9]
222 Pietro Casati  Italy DNF [9]
224 Jaime Janer  Spain DNF [9]

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