Before the start of the 1905 Tour de France, 78 riders had signed up for the race. Eighteen of those did not start the race, so the Tour began with 60 riders, including former winner Henri Cornet and future winners René Pottier and Lucien Petit-Breton. The riders were not grouped in teams, but most of them rode with an individual sponsor. Two of the cyclists—Catteau and Lootens—were Belgian, all other cyclists were French. Leading up to the start of the Tour, Wattelier, Trousselier, Pottier and Augereau were all considered the most likely contenders to win the event.
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. 1 J. Mechin DNF 2 Henri Pépin DNF 3 Camille Fily 14 4 Léon Riche DNF 5 Léon Leygoutte 13 6 Pierre Desvages DNF 7 Philippe Pautrat 8 9 Henri Lignon 16 10 Félix Bernard DNF 11 Jean Fischer DNF 12 René Pottier DNF 13 Hippolyte Aucouturier 2 14 Louis Trousselier 1 15 Jules Chosson DNF 18 Joseph Delporte DNF 19 Charles Habert DNF 20 Georges Pasquier DNF 21 Julien Gabory 9 22 Augustin Ringeval 6 23 Maurice Carrere 18 24 Gustave Guillarme 19 25 Henri Richard DNF 27 Charles Prévost DNF 28 Francis Gouspy DNF 29 Jean Dargassies DNF 30 Noël Prévost DNF 31 Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq 3 32 Fernand Lallement 23 34 Pinchau 21 35 Eugène Ventresque 22 36 Marcel Morvan DNF 37 Henri Cornet DNF 38 Martin Soulie 12 39 Antoine Perrichon DNF 40 Clovis Lacroix 24 41 Henri Gauban DNF 42 Maurice Chedebois DNF 43 Auguste Daumain DNF 44 Georges Sérès DNF 45 Louis Lavalette DNF 46 Henri Marchand DNF 47 Georges Bamonde DNF 49 Auguste Laprée DNF 50 Émile Georget 4 51 Germain Fourchotte DNF 52 Paul Chauvet 7 53 Henri Vigne DNF 54 Julien Maitron 10 55 Antoine Wattelier 15 57 Auguste Théo DNF 59 Julien Lootens 20 62 Édouard Grandsire DNF 64 Édouard Wattelier DNF 67 Élie Mogne DNF 68 Aloïs Catteau 11 72 Léon Habets DNF 73 Paul Trippier DNF 75 Jean Ruffin DNF 76 Maurice Decaup 17 77 Lucien Mazan 5
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