In the 1958 Tour de France, 120 cyclists entered, divided into 10 teams of 12 cyclists each. France, Italy, Belgium and Spain each sent a national team. The Netherlands and Luxembourg had a combined team, as had Switzerland and Germany. There was also one "international" team, consisting of cyclists from Austria, Portugal, Great Britain and Denmark. There were also three regional French teams: Centre-Midi, West/South West and Paris/North East. The French team had had some problems with the selection, as Jacques Anquetil, the winner of the 1957 Tour de France, did not want to share leadership with Louison Bobet, winner in 1953, 1954 and 1955. Anquetil had been so superior in 1957, that he did not want Bobet and Géminiani both in his team. The French team selector then chose to include Bobet in the national team. Raphael Géminiani, who had been in the French national team since 1949, was demoted into the regional Centre-Midi team. Géminiani was not pleased, and sent the French team director Marcel Bidot a jack-ass named "Marcel" to express his displeasure.

Charly Gaul, part of the Dutch/Luxembourgian team, anticipated so little help from his teammates that he announced that he would not share prizes. His teammates then refused to support him, so Gaul was on his own.

Start list

By team

+France No. Rider Pos. 1 DNF 2 15 3 9 4 7 5 21 6 DNF 7 25 8 DNF 9 61 10 60 11 68 12 75+Italy No. Rider Pos. 21 63 22 38 23 43 24 19 25 50 26 DNF 27 2 28 24 29 34 30 5 31 45 32 65+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 41 4 42 DNF 43 DNF 44 33 45 DNF 46 DNF 47 10 48 DNF 49 52 50 6 51 27 52 DNF+Spain No. Rider Pos. 61 8 62 DNF 63 72 64 59 65 20 66 DNF 67 71 68 56 69 DNF 70 55 71 DNF 72 64+Netherlands/Luxembourg No. Rider Pos. 81 11 82 41 83 44 84 DNF 85 46 86 22 87 47 88 DNF 89 32 90 16 91 1 92 37+Switzerland/Germany No. Rider Pos. 101 74 102 78 103 30 104 67 105 DNF 106 42 107 DNF 108 12 109 DNF 110 DNF 111 36 112 58+International No. Rider Pos. 121 28 122 DNF 123 DNF 124 76 125 48 126 68 127 DNF 128 DNF 129 62 130 DNF 131 DNF 132 DNF+France – Centre-Midi No. Rider Pos. 141 17 142 77 143 31 144 DNF 145 DNF 146 DNF 147 3 148 14 149 39 150 26 151 66 152 70+France – West/South-West No. Rider Pos. 161 DNF 162 29 163 DNF 164 54 165 DNF 166 DNF 167 DNF 168 35 169 49 170 53 171 18 172 DNF+France – Paris/North-East No. Rider Pos. 181 23 182 DNF 183 DNF 184 73 185 DNF 186 51 187 13 188 DNF 189 57 190 40 191 DNF 192 DNF

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 Team Pos. 1 Jacques Anquetil France DNF 2 Gilbert Bauvin France 15 3 Louis Bergaud France 9 4 Louison Bobet France 7 5 André Darrigade France 21 6 Jean Forestier France DNF 7 Joseph Groussard France 25 8 François Mahé France DNF 9 Francis Pipelin France 61 10 René Privat France 60 11 Jean Stablinski France 68 12 Roger Walkowiak France 75 21 Pierino Baffi Italy 63 22 Emilio Bottecchia Italy 38 23 Rizzardo Brenioli Italy 43 24 Antonino Catalano Italy 19 25 Gilberto Dall'Agata Italy 50 26 Giuseppe Fallarini Italy DNF 27 Vito Favero Italy 2 28 Gianni Ferlenghi Italy 24 29 Pietro Nascimbene Italy 34 30 Gastone Nencini Italy 5 31 Arigo Padovan Italy 45 32 Giuseppe Pintarelli Italy 65 41 Jan Adriaensens Belgium 4 42 Jean Brankart Belgium DNF 43 Pino Cerami Belgium DNF 44 Armand Desmet Belgium 33 45 Gilbert Desmet Belgium DNF 46 Noël Foré Belgium DNF 47 Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 10 48 Marcel Janssens Belgium DNF 49 Rik Luyten Belgium 52 50 Jef Planckaert Belgium 6 51 Martin Van Geneugden Belgium 27 52 André Vlayen Belgium DNF 61 Federico Bahamontes Spain 8 62 Salvador Botella Spain DNF 63 Miguel Bover Spain 72 64 Jesús Galdeano Spain 59 65 Fernando Manzaneque Spain 20 66 Carmelo Morales Spain DNF 67 Francisco Moreno Spain 71 68 Luis Otaño Spain 56 69 Miguel Pacheco Spain DNF 70 Bernardo Ruiz Spain 55 71 Julio San Emeterio Spain DNF 72 Antonio Suárez Spain 64 81 Piet Damen Netherlands/Luxembourg 11 82 Piet De Jongh Netherlands/Luxembourg 41 83 Jaap Kersten Netherlands/Luxembourg 44 84 Jef Lahaye Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF 85 Wim van Est Netherlands/Luxembourg 46 86 Piet van Est Netherlands/Luxembourg 22 87 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands/Luxembourg 47 88 Martin Van Den Borgh Netherlands/Luxembourg DNF 89 Aldo Bolzan Netherlands/Luxembourg 32 90 Marcel Ernzer Netherlands/Luxembourg 16 91 Charly Gaul Netherlands/Luxembourg 1 92 Jean-Pierre Schmitz Netherlands/Luxembourg 37 101 Ernest Ecuyer Switzerland/Germany 74 102 Walter Favre Switzerland/Germany 78 103 Anton Graeser Switzerland/Germany 30 104 Jean-Claude Grèt Switzerland/Germany 67 105 Hans Hollenstein Switzerland/Germany DNF 106 Ernst Traxel Switzerland/Germany 42 107 Günther Debusmann Switzerland/Germany DNF 108 Lothar Friedrich Switzerland/Germany 12 109 Mathias Löder Switzerland/Germany DNF 110 Reinhold Pommer Switzerland/Germany DNF 111 Frans Reitz Switzerland/Germany 36 112 Horst Tueller Switzerland/Germany 58 121 Adolf Christian International 28 122 Rudolf Maresch International DNF 123 Antonino Baptista International DNF 124 Antonio Barbosa Alves International 76 125 Seamus Elliott International 48 126 Stan Brittain International 68 127 Ron Coe International DNF 128 Brian Robinson International DNF 129 Hans Andresen International 62 130 Eluf Dalgaard International DNF 131 Kaj Allan Olsen International DNF 132 Fritz Ravn International DNF 141 Henry Anglade France – Centre-Midi 17 142 Mario Bertolo France – Centre-Midi 77 143 Emmanuel Busto France – Centre-Midi 31 144 Claude Colette France – Centre-Midi DNF 145 Jean Dotto France – Centre-Midi DNF 146 Georges Gay France – Centre-Midi DNF 147 Raphaël Géminiani France – Centre-Midi 3 148 Jean Graczyk France – Centre-Midi 14 149 Pierre Polo France – Centre-Midi 39 150 Marcel Rohrbach France – Centre-Midi 26 151 Antonin Rolland France – Centre-Midi 66 152 Roger Chaussabel France – Centre-Midi 70 161 Jean Bourlès France – West/South-West DNF 162 Jean Gainche France – West/South-West 29 163 Maurice Lavigne France – West/South-West DNF 164 Camille Le Menn France – West/South-West 54 165 Eugène Letendre France – West/South-West DNF 166 Jean Malléjac France – West/South-West DNF 167 Robert Roudaut France – West/South-West DNF 168 Joseph Morvan France – West/South-West 35 169 Fernand Picot France – West/South-West 49 170 Tino Sabbadini France – West/South-West 53 171 Joseph Thomin France – West/South-West 18 172 Robert Varnajo France – West/South-West DNF 181 Jean-Claude Annaert France – Paris/North-East 23 182 Claude Barmier France – Paris/North-East DNF 183 Nicolas Barone France – Paris/North-East DNF 184 Stanislas Bober France – Paris/North-East 73 185 Jean Dacquay France – Paris/North-East DNF 186 Serge David France – Paris/North-East 51 187 Édouard Delberghe France – Paris/North-East 13 188 André Dupré France – Paris/North-East DNF 189 Raymond Hoorelbeke France – Paris/North-East 57 190 Fernand Lamy France – Paris/North-East 40 191 Maurice Moucheraud France – Paris/North-East DNF 192 Maurice Quentin France – Paris/North-East DNF

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