Italy, Germany and Spain did not send teams to the 1939 Tour de France. The Tour organisation were short on participating cyclists, because of this. To solve the problem, they allowed Belgium to send two teams, and France to send four additional regional teams.
The French cyclists had been successful in the 1930s, but their Tour winners were absent in 1939: 1930 and 1932 winner André Leducq had retired in 1938, as had 1931 and 1934 winner Antonin Magne; 1933 winner Georges Speicher did not ride, and 1937 winner Roger Lapébie was injured. This all made the Belgian team favourite.
By team
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By rider
| 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 | Sylvère Maes |  Belgium
|
Belgium | 1 | |
| 2 | Félicien Vervaecke | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 3 | Edward Vissers | Belgium
|
Belgium | 5 | |
| 4 | Marcel Kint | Belgium
|
Belgium | 34 | |
| 5 | Lucien Storme | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 6 | Albert Hendrickx | Belgium
|
Belgium | 26 | |
| 7 | François Neuville | Belgium
|
Belgium | 27 | |
| 8 | Romain Maes | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 9 | Karl Litschi |  Switzerland
|
Switzerland | DNF | |
| 10 | Werner Jaisli | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | DNF | |
| 11 | Josef Wagner | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | 30 | |
| 12 | Walter Gross | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | DNF | |
| 13 | Théo Perret | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | 41 | |
| 14 | Karl Wyss | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | DNF | |
| 15 | Ettore Maestranzi | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | DNF | |
| 16 | René Pedroli | Switzerland
|
Switzerland | 44 | |
| 17 | Jean Majerus |  Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 18 | Pierre Clemens | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | 20 | |
| 19 | Mathias Clemens | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | 4 | |
| 20 | François Neuens | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | 42 | |
| 21 | Arsène Mersch | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 22 | Grégoire Leisen | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 23 | Christophe Didier | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | 18 | |
| 24 | Lucien Bidinger | Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 25 | Albert van Schendel |  Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 15 | |
| 26 | Antoon van Schendel | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 38 | |
| 27 | Janus Hellemons | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 46 | |
| 28 | Jan Lambrichs | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 8 | |
| 29 | Jozef Dominicus | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 39 | |
| 30 | Jan Gommers | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 31 | André de Korver | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 28 | |
| 32 | Hubert Sijen | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 33 | Auguste Mallet |  France
|
France | 13 | |
| 34 | Georges Naisse | France
|
France | 19 | |
| 35 | Lucien Le Guével | France
|
France | 35 | |
| 36 | Victor Cosson | France
|
France | 25 | |
| 37 | Sylvain Marcaillou | France
|
France | 6 | |
| 38 | Pierre Jaminet | France
|
France | DNF | |
| 39 | Dante Gianello | France
|
France | 11 | |
| 40 | Raymond Louviot | France
|
France | 29 | |
| 41 | Albertin Disseaux | Belgium
|
Belgium B | 7 | |
| 42 | Jules Lowie | Belgium
|
Belgium B | DNF | |
| 43 | Lucien Vlaemynck | Belgium
|
Belgium B | 3 | |
| 44 | Albert Ritserveldt | Belgium
|
Belgium B | 9 | |
| 45 | Éloi Meulenberg | Belgium
|
Belgium B | DNF | |
| 46 | Cyriel Vanoverberghe | Belgium
|
Belgium B | 10 | |
| 47 | Albert Perikel | Belgium
|
Belgium B | 21 | |
| 48 | Edmond Delathouwer | Belgium
|
Belgium B | DNF | |
| 49 | Maurice Archambaud | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | 14 | |
| 50 | Fernand Mithouard | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | DNF | |
| 51 | Louis Thiétard | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | 17 | |
| 52 | Pierre Gallien | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | 16 | |
| 53 | Gabriel Dubois | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | DNF | |
| 54 | Amédée Fournier | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | 47 | |
| 55 | Roger Bailleux | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | DNF | |
| 56 | Victor Codron | France
|
France – North-East/Île de France | 40 | |
| 57 | René Le Grevès | France
|
France – West | 45 | |
| 58 | Pierre Cloarec | France
|
France – West | 31 | |
| 59 | Christophe Taëron | France
|
France – West | DNF | |
| 60 | Jean Fontenay | France
|
France – West | 43 | |
| 61 | Armand Le Moal | France
|
France – West | 49 | |
| 62 | Yvan Marie | France
|
France – West | DNF | |
| 63 | Albert Goutal | France
|
France – West | DNF | |
| 64 | Eloi Tassin | France
|
France – West | 32 | |
| 65 | Paul Maye | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 66 | Jean Fréchaut | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 67 | Gérard Virol | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 68 | Edmond Pagès | France
|
France – South-West | 23 | |
| 69 | André Bramard | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 70 | Joffre Daran | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 71 | François Garcia | France
|
France – South-West | DNF | |
| 72 | Raymond Passat | France
|
France – South-West | 12 | |
| 73 | Oreste Bernardoni | France
|
France – South-East | 24 | |
| 74 | René Vietto | France
|
France – South-East | 2 | |
| 75 | Charles Berty | France
|
France – South-East | 33 | |
| 76 | Joseph Soffietti | France
|
France – South-East | 48 | |
| 77 | Gabriel Bouffier | France
|
France – South-East | DNF | |
| 78 | Trino Yelamos | France
|
France – South-East | 36 | |
| 79 | Fabien Galateau | France
|
France – South-East | 22 | |
| 80 | Joseph Aureille | France
|
France – South-East | 37 |
By nationality
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References
- Bowen, Wayne H (2006). Spain during World War II. University of Missouri Press. p. 152. ISBN 0826216587. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- James, Tom (15 August 2003). "1939: "Le Roi René" and the regionals". VeloArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 144–147. ISBN 978-1598581805. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "33ème Tour de France 1939". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
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