List of teams and cyclists in the 1971 Tour de France

The 1971 Tour de France started with the following 13 teams, each with 10 cyclists:^[1]

Eddy Merckx, who had won the 1969 and 1970 Tours, was the big favourite. Pre-race predictions were certain that if he would not become ill or crash, Merckx would be the winner, and were speculating whether he would be able to lead the race from start to end.^[2]

With fewer flat stages, fewer time trials and more mountain stages, it was thought that climbers would have an advantage.^[2]

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No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos.	Position in the general classification
Time	Deficit to the winner of the general classification
*	Denotes the winner of the general classification^[3]
†	Denotes the winner of the points classification^[4]
DNS	Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
HD	Denotes a rider who finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so
Age correct as of 26 June 1971, the date on which the Tour began

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Pos.	Ref
1	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	1	^[5]
2	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	Molteni	60	^[5]
3	Jos Huysmans	Belgium	Molteni	27	^[5]
4	Frans Mintjens	Belgium	Molteni	57	^[5]
5	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	Molteni	44	^[5]
6	Julien Stevens	Belgium	Molteni	90	^[5]
7	Roger Swerts	Belgium	Molteni	35	^[5]
8	Victor Van Schil	Belgium	Molteni	21	^[5]
9	Herman Van Springel	Belgium	Molteni	14	^[5]
10	Rini Wagtmans	Netherlands	Molteni	16	^[5]
11	Erik De Vlaeminck	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	62	^[5]
12	Roger De Vlaeminck	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	DNF	^[5]
13	Edward Janssens	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	75	^[5]
14	Eric Leman	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	91	^[5]
15	Marc Lievens	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	DNF	^[5]
16	Pieter Nassen	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	93	^[5]
17	Edy Schütz	Luxembourg	Flandria–Mars	55	^[5]
18	Tino Tabak	Netherlands	Flandria–Mars	DNF	^[5]
19	Willy Van Neste	Belgium	Flandria–Mars	70	^[5]
20	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	Flandria–Mars	2	^[5]
21	Mario Anni	Italy	Ferretti	DNF	^[5]
22	Roberto Ballini	Italy	Ferretti	92	^[5]
23	Pietro Campagnari	Italy	Ferretti	DNF	^[5]
24	Lino Farisato	Italy	Ferretti	DNF	^[5]
25	Wilmo Francioni	Italy	Ferretti	64	^[5]
26	Gösta Pettersson	Sweden	Ferretti	DNF	^[5]
27	Tomas Pettersson	Sweden	Ferretti	DNF	^[5]
28	Sandro Quintarelli	Italy	Ferretti	85	^[5]
29	Mauro Simonetti	Italy	Ferretti	19	^[5]
30	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Belgium	Ferretti	29	^[5]
31	Lucien Aimar	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	9	^[5]
32	Gilbert Bellone	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	DNF	^[5]
33	José Catieau	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	43	^[5]
34	Bernard Guyot	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	28	^[5]
35	Barry Hoban	Great Britain	Sonolor–Lejeune	40	^[5]
36	Robert Mintkiewicz	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	84	^[5]
37	Raymond Riotte	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	34	^[5]
38	Jean-Jacques Sanquer	France	Sonolor–Lejeune	54	^[5]
39	Willy Teirlinck	Belgium	Sonolor–Lejeune	74	^[5]
40	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	Sonolor–Lejeune	3	^[5]
41	Georges Chappe	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	94	^[5]
42	François Coquery	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	56	^[5]
43	Régis Delépine	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	DNF	^[5]
44	Jean-Pierre Genet	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	26	^[5]
45	René Grelin	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	81	^[5]
46	Cyrille Guimard	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	7	^[5]
47	Eddy Peelman	Belgium	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	88	^[5]
48	Michel Périn	France	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	23	^[5]
49	Gerard Vianen	Netherlands	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	DNF	^[5]
50	Rolf Wolfshohl	West Germany	Fagor–Mercier–Hutchinson	71	^[5]
51	Ottavio Crepaldi	Italy	Salvarani	25	^[5]
52	Silvano Davo	Italy	Salvarani	86	^[5]
53	Tommaso de Pra	Italy	Salvarani	DNF	^[5]
54	Ercole Gualazzini	Italy	Salvarani	DNF	^[5]
55	Pietro Guerra	Italy	Salvarani	68	^[5]
56	Virginio Levati	Italy	Salvarani	DNF	^[5]
57	Primo Mori	Italy	Salvarani	12	^[5]
58	Gianni Motta	Italy	Salvarani	DNF	^[5]
59	Guido Reybrouck	Belgium	Salvarani	DNF	^[5]
60	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	Salvarani	42	^[5]
61	José Manuel Fuente	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	72	^[5]
62	Francisco Javier Galdeano	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	73	^[5]
63	Francisco Galdós	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	11	^[5]
64	Andrés Gandarias	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	DNF	^[5]
65	Nemesio Jiménez	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	61	^[5]
66	Vicente López Carril	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	10	^[5]
67	Jesús Manzaneque	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	53	^[5]
68	Gabriel Mascaró Febrer	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	38	^[5]
69	José Luis Uribezubia	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	49	^[5]
70	Luis Zubero	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	DNF	^[5]
71	Robert Bouloux	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	41	^[5]
72	Ferdinand Bracke	Belgium	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	58	^[5]
73	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	18	^[5]
74	Wilfried David	Belgium	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	DNF	^[5]
75	Raymond Delisle	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	77	^[5]
76	Jean Dumont	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	20	^[5]
77	Walter Godefroot	Belgium	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	DNF	^[5]
78	Pierre Martelozzo	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	89	^[5]
79	Christian Raymond	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	32	^[5]
80	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	4	^[5]
81	Joaquim Agostinho	Portugal	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	5	^[5]
82	Jacques Botherel	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	DNF	^[5]
83	Jean-Claude Daunat	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	46	^[5]
84	Albert Fritz	West Germany	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	DNF	^[5]
85	Pierre Ghisellini	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	79	^[5]
86	Mariano Martínez	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	31	^[5]
87	Yves Ravaleu	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	69	^[5]
88	Pierre Rivory	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	DNF	^[5]
89	Kurt Rub	Switzerland	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	47	^[5]
90	Jean Vidament	France	Hoover–de Gribaldy–Wolber	51	^[5]
91	Roland Berland	France	Bic	37	^[5]
92	Francis Ducreux	France	Bic	36	^[5]
93	Jean-Claude Genty	France	Bic	39	^[5]
94	Charly Grosskost	France	Bic	48	^[5]
95	Bernard Labourdette	France	Bic	8	^[5]
96	Désiré Letort	France	Bic	17	^[5]
97	Leif Mortensen	Denmark	Bic	6	^[5]
98	Luis Ocaña	Spain	Bic	DNF	^[5]
99	Johny Schleck	Luxembourg	Bic	22	^[5]
100	Alain Vasseur	France	Bic	65	^[5]
101	Luciano Armani	Italy	Scic	66	^[5]
102	Franco Balmamion	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
103	Attilio Benfatto	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
104	Davide Boifava	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
105	Tino Conti	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
106	Claudio Michelotto	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
107	Enrico Paolini	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
108	Adriano Pella	Italy	Scic	78	^[5]
109	Celestino Vercelli	Italy	Scic	83	^[5]
110	Paolo Zini	Italy	Scic	DNF	^[5]
111	Henk Benjamins	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	80	^[5]
112	Matthijs de Koning	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	76	^[5]
113	Gerard Harings	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	82	^[5]
114	Gerben Karstens	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	63	^[5]
115	Jan Krekels	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	50	^[5]
116	Wim Prinsen	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	59	^[5]
117	Cees Rentmeester	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	DNF	^[5]
118	Harry Steevens	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	DNF	^[5]
119	Jos van der Vleuten	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	30	^[5]
120	Jan van Katwijk	Netherlands	Goudsmit–Hoff	87	^[5]
121	Luis Balague	Spain	Werner	45	^[5]
122	José Casas	Spain	Werner	DNF	^[5]
123	Ventura Díaz	Spain	Werner	33	^[5]
124	José Gómez	Spain	Werner	DNF	^[5]
125	José Grande	Spain	Werner	DNF	^[5]
126	José Manuel López Rodríguez	Spain	Werner	52	^[5]
127	Antonio Martos	Spain	Werner	13	^[5]
128	Luis Santamarina	Spain	Werner	24	^[5]
129	Agustín Tamames	Spain	Werner	15	^[5]
130	Francisco Julia	Spain	Werner	67	^[5]

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Belgium	25	20	9 (Eric Leman ×3, Albert Van Vlierberghe, Eddy Merckx ×4, Herman Van Springel)
Denmark	1	1
France	35	31	4 (Jean-Pierre Genet, Bernard Thévenet, Bernard Labourdette, Jean-Pierre Danguillaume)
West Germany	2	1
Great Britain	1	1
Italy	25	11	3 (Pietro Guerra, Mauro Simonetti, Luciano Armani)
Luxembourg	2	2
Netherlands	14	10	3 (Gerben Karstens, Rini Wagtmans, Jan Krekels)
Portugal	1	1
Spain	21	15	4 (Luis Ocaña ×2, José Manuel Fuente ×2)
Sweden	2	0
Switzerland	1	1
Total	130	94	24^[a]

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List of teams and cyclists in the 1971 Tour de France

Cyclists

By starting number

By team

By nationality

Notes

References

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