List of cyclists in the 1923 Tour de France

In previous years, the cyclists had been divided in two classes, the sponsored class and the unsponsored class. For the 1923 Tour de France, this system changed, and three categories were used: the "first category", of the top cyclist, the "second category", of lesser but still sponsored cyclists, and the touriste-routiers, the quasi-amateurs.^[1]

The sponsors, who had joined forces in the previous tours under the name La Sportive, were now financially stable enough to have their own teams. Automoto, sponsor of the team with the Pélissier brothers, had commercial interests in Italy, so wanted to have Italian cyclists in the team. Several Italian cyclists were hired, who were supposed to come to France. Only one Italian cyclist showed up, Ottavio Bottecchia, who had started as a professional the year before. The sponsor then decided that the marketing plan would not work with only one Italian cyclist, and wanted to send him back. At the last minute, Bottecchia was allowed to stay on the team.^[2]

By rider

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	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	DNF	[3]
2	Robert Jacquinot	France	25	[3]
4	Jean Alavoine	France	DNF	[3]
5	Romain Bellenger	France	3	[3]
6	Hector Tiberghien	Belgium	4	[3]
7	Gaston Degy	France	16	[3]
8	Léon Despontin	Belgium	7	[3]
9	Robert Reboul	France	DNF	[3]
10	Joseph Muller	France	11	[3]
11	Joseph Mottiat	Belgium	28	[3]
12	Félix Sellier	Belgium	DNF	[3]
14	Albert Dejonghe	Belgium	DNF	[3]
15	Philippe Thys	Belgium	DNF	[3]
16	Léon Scieur	Belgium	DNF	[3]
17	Jean Rossius	Belgium	DNF	[3]
18	Théophile Beeckman	Belgium	14	[3]
19	Marcel Huot	France	10	[3]
20	Honoré Barthélémy	France	DNF	[3]
21	Hector Heusghem	Belgium	DNF	[3]
22	Victor Leenaerts	Belgium	DNF	[3]
23	Henri Pélissier	France	1	[3]
24	Francis Pélissier	France	23	[3]
25	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	8	[3]
26	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	2	[3]
27	Giuseppe Santhià	Italy	DNF	[3]
29	Félix Goethals	France	13	[3]
30	Arsène Alancourt	France	5	[3]
31	Laurent Seret	Belgium	DNF	[3]
32	Paul Deman	Belgium	DNF	[3]
101	Eugène Dhers	France	9	[3]
102	Henri Collé	Switzerland	6	[3]
103	Marcel Godard	France	DNF	[3]
104	Georges Cuvelier	France	20	[3]
105	Roger Lacolle	France	DNF	[3]
106	Charles Longoni	France	26	[3]
107	Lucien Rich	France	17	[3]
108	Benjamin Mortier	Belgium	21	[3]
109	Fernand Moulet	France	DNF	[3]
110	Robert Gerbaud	France	DNF	[3]
111	Joseph Curtel	France	DNF	[3]
112	Joseph Normand	France	15	[3]
113	Joseph Van Daele	Belgium	DNF	[3]
114	Alfons Standaert	Belgium	22	[3]
116	Joseph Marchand	Belgium	DNF	[3]
117	Alfred Debusscher	Belgium	DNF	[3]
118	Alfred Depauw	Belgium	DNF	[3]
119	Karel Govaert	Belgium	DNF	[3]
120	Léon Van Aken	Belgium	DNF	[3]
121	Camille Leroy	Belgium	DNF	[3]
123	André Desbordes	France	DNF	[3]
124	Camille Nicou	France	DNF	[3]
125	Roger Iriart	France	DNF	[3]
126	Paul Duboc	France	18	[3]
201	Marcel Robin	France	DNF	[3]
202	Lucien Lagouche	France	DNF	[3]
203	Joseph Bercegeay	France	DNF	[3]
204	Marcel Vernant	France	DNF	[3]
205	Giuseppe Ercolani	France	41	[3]
206	Lucien Roquebert	France	DNF	[3]
207	Charles Loew	France	36	[3]
208	Eugène Nicolle	France	DNF	[3]
209	Georges Dauphin	France	DNF	[3]
210	Henri Timmermann	Belgium	DNF	[3]
211	Alexandre Baud	France	DNF	[3]
212	Jean Grousset	France	DNF	[3]
214	Célestin Rouget	France	DNF	[3]
215	Pierre Gilbert	France	DNF	[3]
216	Marcel Simonet	France	46	[3]
217	Daniel Masson	France	48	[3]
218	André Andresse	France	DNF	[3]
219	Emile Bonnefoi	France	DNF	[3]
220	Camille Botte	Belgium	19	[3]
221	Giovanni Bai	Italy	DNF	[3]
224	François Chevalier	France	DNF	[3]
225	Adrien Alpini	France	DNF	[3]
226	Pietro Casati	France	DNF	[3]
227	Maurice Langrenais	France	DNF	[3]
228	Adrien Toussaint	France	DNF	[3]
229	Paul Denis	France	37	[3]
230	Louis Verbraecken	Belgium	DNF	[3]
231	Felix Richard	France	38	[3]
232	Henri Catelan	France	DNF	[3]
233	Emile Kass	France	DNF	[3]
234	André Robustel	France	DNF	[3]
235	Silvio Borsetti	Italy	DNF	[3]
236	Albert Colbec	France	DNF	[3]
237	Pierre Hudsyn	Belgium	30	[3]
238	Georges Kamm	France	44	[3]
239	Charles Parel	Switzerland	27	[3]
240	Joseph Douard	France	DNF	[3]
241	Jean Kienlen	France	40	[3]
242	Jules Brun	France	DNF	[3]
245	Oscar Barselotti	France	DNF	[3]
246	Charles Budts	Belgium	DNF	[3]
247	Clotaire Guillon	France	DNF	[3]
248	Ernest Schiavo	Switzerland	DNF	[3]
250	Antoine Riere	France	32	[3]
252	Maurice Arnoult	France	35	[3]
253	Vincenzo Bianco	Italy	43	[3]
254	Joseph Rayen	France	DNF	[3]
255	Ange-Marie Aubry	France	DNF	[3]
256	Henri Miege	Switzerland	39	[3]
257	Maurice Laine	France	DNF	[3]
258	Maurive Protin	Belgium	47	[3]
259	Fernand Durieux	France	DNF	[3]
260	Louis Marty	France	DNF	[3]
261	François Picolot	France	DNF	[3]
263	Pietro Fasoli	Italy	DNF	[3]
264	Jean Hautot	France	DNF	[3]
265	Jules Deloffre	France	DNF	[3]
266	Pierre Faillu	France	DNF	[3]
267	Robert Fournier	France	DNF	[3]
269	Edgard Roy	France	31	[3]
270	Jules Vertriest	Belgium	DNF	[3]
271	Louis Alais	France	DNF	[3]
272	Maurice Guenot	France	DNF	[3]
273	André Coutte	France	DNF	[3]
274	Marcel Allain	France	DNF	[3]
275	Alfred Hersard	France	42	[3]
277	Georges Tufeny	France	DNF	[3]
278	Octave Hie	France	DNF	[3]
280	Victorino Otero	Spain	DNF	[3]
281	Jean Pennaneach	France	DNF	[3]
282	Vincenzo Mantelli	Italy	DNF	[3]
283	André Cornelio	France	DNF	[3]
284	Louis Lemitere	France	DNF	[3]
285	Julien Noth	France	DNF	[3]
286	Jules Nempon	France	DNF	[3]
288	Charles Hennuyer	France	DNF	[3]
289	Charles Arnulf	France	45	[3]
290	Louis Budts	Belgium	DNF	[3]
291	Eugène Leveille	France	DNF	[3]
292	Henri Touzard	France	24	[3]
293	Robert Asse	France	DNF	[3]
294	Luigi Vertemati	Italy	DNF	[3]
295	Charles Cento	France	34	[3]
297	Giuseppe Ruffoni	Italy	33	[3]
299	Ottavio Pratesi	Italy	12	[3]
301	Giovanni Rossignoli	Italy	29	[3]

References

1. Thompson, Christopher S. (2008). The Tour de France. University of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-520-25630-1. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour de France. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 66–72. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
3. "17ème Tour de France 1923". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.