For the 1938 Tour de France, the big cycling nations, Belgium, Italy, Germany and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the Netherlands, sent smaller teams of six cyclists each. The French had two extra teams of 12 cyclists, the Cadets and Bleuets.
The three most powerful teams were the Belgian, the French and the Italian national team. The Italian team was led by Bartali, who had was close to winning the Tour de France in 1937 until he crashed. The Italian cycling federation had requested him to skip the 1938 Giro d'Italia so he could focus on the Tour de France.
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 Sylvère Maes Belgium 14 2 Marcel Kint Belgium 9 3 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 2 4 Albertin Disseaux Belgium 12 5 Éloi Meulenberg Belgium DNF 6 Émile Masson Jr. Belgium 34 7 Jules Lowie Belgium 7 8 Edward Vissers Belgium 4 9 François Neuville Belgium 17 10 Theo Pirmez Belgium DNF 11 René Walschot Belgium 51 12 Constant Lauwers Belgium 39 13 Gino Bartali Italy 1 14 Vasco Bergamaschi Italy 33 15 Aldo Bini Italy 48 16 Enrico Mollo Italy 38 17 Glauco Servadei Italy 20 18 Jules Rossi Italy DNF 19 Mario Vicini Italy 6 20 Giordano Cottur Italy 25 21 Augusto Introzzi Italy 46 22 Giuseppe Martano Italy 27 23 Settimio Simonini Italy DNF 24 Nello Troggi Italy 54 25 Fritz Scheller Germany DNF 26 Karl Seidel Germany DNF 27 Fritz Ruland Germany DNF 28 Herbert Hauswald Germany 52 29 Heinz Wengler Germany DNF 30 Reinhold Wendel Germany 53 31 Jupp Arents Germany 45 32 Herman Schild Germany DNF 33 Paul Langhoff Germany DNF 34 Willi Oberbeck Germany DNF 35 Karl Heide Germany DNF 36 Otto Weckerling Germany 21 37 Antonin Magne France 8 38 Pierre Gallien France 15 39 Jean Fréchaut France 18 40 Auguste Mallet France DNF 41 Marcel Laurent France DNF 42 Pierre Jaminet France 44 43 Sylvain Marcaillou France DNF 44 Georges Naisse France DNF 45 Victor Cosson France 3 46 Georges Speicher France DNF 47 Paul Maye France DNF 48 Jean-Marie Goasmat France 11 49 Mariano Cañardo Spain 16 50 Julián Berrendero Spain 29 51 Rafael Ramos Spain 19 52 Jacques Alzine Spain DNF 53 Emiliano Álvarez Spain DNF 54 Antonio Prior Spain DNF 55 Edgar Hehlen Switzerland DNF 56 René Pedroli Switzerland DNF 57 Paul Egli Switzerland 31 58 Theo Perret Switzerland DNF 59 Bruno Besana Switzerland DNF 60 Albert Knutti Switzerland DNF 61 Piet van Nek Netherlands DNF 62 Janus Hellemons Netherlands 55 63 Gerrit Schulte Netherlands DNF 64 Jozef Dominicus Netherlands DNF 65 Theo Middelkamp Netherlands 43 66 Antoon van Schendel Netherlands 50 67 Mathias Clemens Luxembourg 5 68 Jean Majerus Luxembourg 49 69 François Neuens Luxembourg 37 70 Pierre Clemens Luxembourg DNF 71 Arsène Mersch Luxembourg 32 72 Christophe Didier Luxembourg DNF 73 André Leducq France - Cadets 30 74 René Vietto France - Cadets DNF 75 Raymond Louviot France - Cadets 26 76 Raoul Lesueur France - Cadets DNF 77 Sauveur Ducazeaux France - Cadets DNF 78 Fabien Galateau France - Cadets 28 79 Robert Tanneveau France - Cadets 13 80 Robert Oubron France - Cadets 41 81 Jean Fontenay France - Cadets 24 82 Yvan Marie France - Cadets 23 83 Raymond Passat France - Cadets 22 84 Bruno Carini France - Cadets 47 85 Lucien Le Guével France - Bleuets 36 86 Oreste Bernardoni France - Bleuets 40 87 Albert Bourlon France - Bleuets 35 88 André Deforge France - Bleuets DNF 89 Joseph Goutorbe France - Bleuets DNF 90 Dante Gianello France - Bleuets 10 91 Eloi Tassin France - Bleuets DNF 92 Camille Leroy France - Bleuets 42 93 Pierre Spapperi France - Bleuets DNF 94 Gaston Grimbert France - Bleuets DNF 95 Lucien Lamure France - Bleuets DNF 96 Charles Bouvet France - Bleuets DNF
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