The 1968 Tour de France started with 110 cyclists, divided into 11 teams of 10 cyclists: France A France B France C Germany Belgium A Belgium B Spain Great Britain Italy Netherlands Switzerland/Luxembourg (combined)
Start list By team
+France A No. Rider Pos. 1 5 2 41 3 27 4 DNF 5 50 6 DNF 7 45 8 DNF 9 DNF 10 DNF+France B No. Rider Pos. 11 7 12 40 13 48 14 42 15 31 16 DNF 17 37 18 17 19 58 20 DNF+France C No. Rider Pos. 21 22 22 59 23 DNF 24 DNF 25 DNF 26 21 27 43 28 DNF 29 DNF 30 DNF+Germany No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF 32 DNF 33 DNF 34 DNF 35 DNF 36 DNF 37 36 38 DNF 39 44 40 6+Belgium A No. Rider Pos. 41 34 42 32 43 57 44 49 45 12 46 14 47 DNF 48 46 49 2 50 53+Belgium B No. Rider Pos. 51 3 52 DNF 53 51 54 20 55 16 56 52 57 47 58 54 59 18 60 60+Spain No. Rider Pos. 61 29 62 38 63 9 64 11 65 13 66 30 67 DNF 68 23 69 DNF 70 4+Great Britain No. Rider Pos. 71 DNF 72 63 73 62 74 DNF 75 DNF 76 33 77 DNF 78 DNF 79 DNF 80 28+Italy No. Rider Pos. 81 DNF 82 8 83 25 84 10 85 61 86 DNF 87 24 88 15 89 19 90 DNF+Netherlands No. Rider Pos. 91 55 92 26 93 56 94 1 95 DNF 96 DNF 97 DNF 98 DNF 99 DNF 100 DNF+Switzerland/Luxembourg No. Rider Pos. 101 DNF 102 35 103 DNF 104 DNF 105 DNF 106 DNF 107 DNF 108 DNF 109 DNF 110 39
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 Roger Pingeon France A 5 2 Jean-Pierre Genet France A 41 3 Bernard Guyot France A 27 4 Jean Jourden France A DNF 5 Anatole Novak France A 50 6 Raymond Poulidor France A DNF 7 Christian Raymond France A 45 8 Raymond Riotte France A DNF 9 José Samyn France A DNF 10 Jean Stablinski France A DNF 11 Lucien Aimar France B 7 12 Gilbert Bellone France B 40 13 Serge Bolley France B 48 14 Georges Chappe France B 42 15 Jean-Pierre Ducasse France B 31 16 Fernand Etter France B DNF 17 Michel Grain France B 37 18 Charly Grosskost France B 17 19 Jean-Marie Leblanc France B 58 20 Paul Lemeteyer France B DNF 21 André Bayssière France C 22 22 Jean-Louis Bodin France C 59 23 Jacques Cadiou France C DNF 24 André Desvages France C DNF 25 Francis Ducreux France C DNF 26 Jean Dumont France C 21 27 Maurice Izier France C 43 28 Désiré Letort France C DNF 29 Henri Rabaute France C DNF 30 Christian Robini France C DNF 31 Siegfried Adler Germany DNF 32 Winfried Bölke Germany DNF 33 Peter Glemser Germany DNF 34 Winfried Gottschalk Germany DNF 35 Klemens Großimlinghaus Germany DNF 36 Karl-Heinz Kunde Germany DNF 37 Dieter Puschel Germany 36 38 Ernst Streng Germany DNF 39 Herbert Wilde Germany 44 40 Rolf Wolfshohl Germany 6 41 Frans Brands Belgium A 34 42 Jos Huysmans Belgium A 32 43 Willy In 't Ven Belgium A 57 44 Marcel Maes Belgium A 49 45 Georges Pintens Belgium A 12 46 André Poppe Belgium A 14 47 Edward Sels Belgium A DNF 48 Daniel Van Ryckeghem Belgium A 46 49 Herman Van Springel Belgium A 2 50 Edouard Weckx Belgium A 53 51 Ferdinand Bracke Belgium B 3 52 Wilfried David Belgium B DNF 53 Erik De Vlaeminck Belgium B 51 54 Walter Godefroot Belgium B 20 55 Antoon Houbrechts Belgium B 16 56 Eric Leman Belgium B 52 57 Jean Monteyne Belgium B 47 58 Victor Nuelant Belgium B 54 59 Georges Vandenberghe Belgium B 18 60 Remi Van Vreckom Belgium B 60 61 Carlos Echeverría Spain 29 62 Sebastián Elorza Spain 38 63 Andrés Gandarias Spain 9 64 Antonio Gómez del Moral Spain 11 65 Aurelio González Puente Spain 13 66 Julio Jiménez Spain 30 67 José Manuel Lasa Spain DNF 68 Vicente López Carril Spain 23 69 José Pérez Francés Spain DNF 70 Gregorio San Miguel Spain 4 71 Robert Addy Great Britain DNF 72 John Clarey Great Britain 63 73 Vin Denson Great Britain 62 74 Derek Green Great Britain DNF 75 Derek Harrison Great Britain DNF 76 Barry Hoban Great Britain 33 77 Colin Lewis Great Britain DNF 78 Arthur Metcalfe Great Britain DNF 79 Hugh Porter Great Britain DNF 80 Michael Wright Great Britain 28 81 Severini Andreoli Italy DNF 82 Franco Bitossi Italy 8 83 Carlo Chiappano Italy 25 84 Ugo Colombo Italy 10 85 Mino Denti Italy 61 86 Pietro Guerra Italy DNF 87 Adriano Passuello Italy 24 88 Silvano Schiavon Italy 15 89 Flaviano Vicentini Italy 19 90 Italo Zilioli Italy DNF 91 Eddy Beugels Netherlands 55 92 Arie den Hartog Netherlands 26 93 Evert Dolman Netherlands 56 94 Jan Janssen Netherlands 1 95 Henk Nijdam Netherlands DNF 96 Harm Ottenbros Netherlands DNF 97 Wim Schepers Netherlands DNF 98 Jos van der Vleuten Netherlands DNF 99 Gerard Vianen Netherlands DNF 100 Huub Zilverberg Netherlands DNF 101 Francis Blanc Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 102 Karl Brand Switzerland/Luxembourg 35 103 Robert Hagmann Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 104 Albert Herger Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 105 Josef Johanns Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 106 Paul Köchli Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 107 Johny Schleck Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 108 Edy Schütz Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 109 Roland Smaniotto Switzerland/Luxembourg DNF 110 Willy Spuhler Switzerland/Luxembourg 39
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