List of teams and cyclists in the 1974 Tour de France

The 1974 Tour de France had 13 teams, with 10 cyclists each:^[1]

Merckx, who had been absent in 1973 after winning four Tours in a row, was present again.^[1] Merckx had not been as dominant in the spring as in other years; it was his first year as a professional cyclist in which he did not win a spring classic.^[2] He did win the 1974 Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse, but after winning the latter he required surgery on the perineum, five days before the 1974 Tour started.^[2]

Notable absents were Ocaña and Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk was injured during the Midi Libre and was in hospital with life-threatening meningitis. Ocaña had crashed in the Tour de l'Aude, gone home and was fired by his team for not communicating. Bernard Thévenet, who was considered a potential winner, had crashed several times in the 1974 Vuelta a España. He did start in the Tour, but was not yet back at his former level.^[2]

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[2]

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
1	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	1	^[3]
2	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	Molteni	21	^[3]
3	Ludo Delcroix	Belgium	Molteni	58	^[3]
4	Jos Deschoenmaecker	Belgium	Molteni	45	^[3]
5	Jos Huysmans	Belgium	Molteni	66	^[3]
6	Edward Janssens	Belgium	Molteni	22	^[3]
7	Marc Lievens	Belgium	Molteni	35	^[3]
8	Frans Mintjens	Belgium	Molteni	83	^[3]
9	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	Molteni	50	^[3]
10	Victor Van Schil	Belgium	Molteni	36	^[3]
11	Joaquim Agostinho	Portugal	Bic	6	^[3]
12	Roland Berland	France	Bic	33	^[3]
13	José Catieau	France	Bic	28	^[3]
14	Bernard Croyet	France	Bic	92	^[3]
15	Gerben Karstens	Netherlands	Bic	61	^[3]
16	Bernard Labourdette	France	Bic	20	^[3]
17	Jean-Luc Molinéris	France	Bic	DNF	^[3]
18	Leif Mortensen	Denmark	Bic	DNF	^[3]
19	Alain Vasseur	France	Bic	81	^[3]
20	Sylvain Vasseur	France	Bic	51	^[3]
21	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot–BP	DNF	^[3]
22	Bernard Bourreau	France	Peugeot–BP	52	^[3]
23	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume	France	Peugeot–BP	13	^[3]
24	Raymond Delisle	France	Peugeot–BP	12	^[3]
25	Jacques Esclassan	France	Peugeot–BP	75	^[3]
26	André Mollet	France	Peugeot–BP	59	^[3]
27	Régis Ovion	France	Peugeot–BP	34	^[3]
28	Raymond Riotte	France	Peugeot–BP	79	^[3]
29	Charles Rouxel	France	Peugeot–BP	74	^[3]
30	Guy Sibille	France	Peugeot–BP	71	^[3]
31	Miguel María Lasa	Spain	Kas	17	^[3]
32	Gonzalo Aja	Spain	Kas	5	^[3]
33	Francisco Galdós	Spain	Kas	DNF	^[3]
34	Vicente López Carril	Spain	Kas	3	^[3]
35	Antonio Martos	Spain	Kas	40	^[3]
36	Carlos Melero	Spain	Kas	49	^[3]
37	Antonio Menéndez	Spain	Kas	54	^[3]
38	Domingo Perurena	Spain	Kas	44	^[3]
39	José Pesarrodona	Spain	Kas	29	^[3]
40	Luis Zubero	Spain	Kas	42	^[3]
41	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	Sonolor–Gitane	18	^[3]
42	Jacques Botherel	France	Sonolor–Gitane	86	^[3]
43	Ferdinand Julien	France	Sonolor–Gitane	32	^[3]
44	Mariano Martínez	France	Sonolor–Gitane	8	^[3]
45	Robert Mintkiewicz	France	Sonolor–Gitane	87	^[3]
46	Alain Nogues	France	Sonolor–Gitane	64	^[3]
47	Willy Teirlinck	Belgium	Sonolor–Gitane	65	^[3]
48	Claude Tollet	France	Sonolor–Gitane	DNF	^[3]
49	Willy Van Neste	Belgium	Sonolor–Gitane	24	^[3]
50	Michael Wright	Great Britain	Sonolor–Gitane	57	^[3]
51	Herman Van Springel	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	10	^[3]
52	Dirk Baert	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	93	^[3]
53	Eric Leman	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	DNF	^[3]
54	Herculano de Oliveira	Portugal	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	DNF	^[3]
55	Georges Pintens	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	30	^[3]
56	Noël Van Clooster	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	70	^[3]
57	Jan Van De Wiele	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	53	^[3]
58	Ronny Van Marcke	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	88	^[3]
59	Staf Van Roosbroeck	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	63	^[3]
60	Wilfried Wesemael	Belgium	Mic–De Gribaldy–Ludo	73	^[3]
61	Raymond Poulidor	France	Gan–Mercier	2	^[3]
62	Cees Bal	Netherlands	Gan–Mercier	DNF	^[3]
63	Jean-Pierre Genet	France	Gan–Mercier	67	^[3]
64	Barry Hoban	Great Britain	Gan–Mercier	37	^[3]
65	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands	Gan–Mercier	38	^[3]
66	Jack Mourioux	France	Gan–Mercier	80	^[3]
67	Michel Périn	France	Gan–Mercier	16	^[3]
68	Christian Raymond	France	Gan–Mercier	76	^[3]
69	Alain Santy	France	Gan–Mercier	9	^[3]
70	Gerard Vianen	Netherlands	Gan–Mercier	56	^[3]
71	Jesús Manzaneque	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	46	^[3]
72	José Luis Abilleira	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	60	^[3]
73	Jesús Esperanza	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	DNF	^[3]
74	Félix González	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	DNF	^[3]
75	Andrés Oliva	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	19	^[3]
76	Fernando Plaza	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	94	^[3]
77	José Antonio Pontón	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	DNF	^[3]
78	Damaso Torres	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	62	^[3]
79	Antonio Vallori	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	DNF	^[3]
80	Juan Zurano	Spain	La Casera–Bahamontes	14	^[3]
81	Cyrille Guimard	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	DNF	^[3]
82	Michel Coroller	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	95	^[3]
83	Régis Delépine	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	101	^[3]
84	André Dierickx	Belgium	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	55	^[3]
85	Joël Millard	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	31	^[3]
86	Jean-Claude Misac	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	47	^[3]
87	Gérard Moneyron	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	72	^[3]
88	Daniel Rébillard	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	77	^[3]
89	Jean-Jacques Sanquer	France	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	68	^[3]
90	Ghislain Van Landeghem	Belgium	Flandria–Shimano–Merlin Plage	DNF	^[3]
91	Wladimiro Panizza	Italy	Brooklyn	4	^[3]
92	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	Brooklyn	26	^[3]
93	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	Brooklyn	23	^[3]
94	Gianni Di Lorenzo	Italy	Brooklyn	91	^[3]
95	Ercole Gualazzini	Italy	Brooklyn	DNF	^[3]
96	Valerio Lualdi	Italy	Brooklyn	69	^[3]
97	Aldo Parecchini	Italy	Brooklyn	97	^[3]
98	Arturo Pecchielan	Italy	Brooklyn	43	^[3]
99	Attilio Rota	Italy	Brooklyn	DNF	^[3]
100	Patrick Sercu	Belgium	Brooklyn	89	^[3]
101	Roger Pingeon	France	Lejeune–Jobo	11	^[3]
102	Christian Blain	France	Lejeune–Jobo	48	^[3]
103	Jean-Claude Blocher	France	Lejeune–Jobo	DNF	^[3]
104	Francis Campaner	France	Lejeune–Jobo	39	^[3]
105	Alain Cigana	France	Lejeune–Jobo	98	^[3]
106	Daniel Ducreux	France	Lejeune–Jobo	90	^[3]
107	Jean-Pierre Guillemot	France	Lejeune–Jobo	85	^[3]
108	Claude Magni	France	Lejeune–Jobo	82	^[3]
109	Bernard Masson	France	Lejeune–Jobo	104	^[3]
110	André Romero	France	Lejeune–Jobo	15	^[3]
111	Ronald De Witte	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	25	^[3]
112	Eddy Cael	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	DNF	^[3]
113	Wilfried David	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	DNF	^[3]
114	Lucien De Brauwere	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	DNF	^[3]
115	Marc Demeyer	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	41	^[3]
116	Michel Pollentier	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	7	^[3]
117	Arthur Van De Vijver	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	96	^[3]
118	Frans Van Looy	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	99	^[3]
119	Daniel Verplancke	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	100	^[3]
120	Roger Verschaeve	Belgium	Carpenter–Confortluxe	DNF	^[3]
121	Fedor den Hertog	Netherlands	Frisol	27	^[3]
122	Lorenzo Alaimo	Italy	Frisol	105	^[3]
123	Donald Allan	Australia	Frisol	103	^[3]
124	Will De Vlam	Netherlands	Frisol	DNF	^[3]
125	Albert Hulzebosch	Netherlands	Frisol	DNF	^[3]
126	Henk Poppe	Netherlands	Frisol	DNF	^[3]
127	Cees Priem	Netherlands	Frisol	DNF	^[3]
128	Henk Prinsen	Netherlands	Frisol	84	^[3]
129	Wim Prinsen	Netherlands	Frisol	78	^[3]
130	Piet van Katwijk	Netherlands	Frisol	102	^[3]

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