The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd tour and featured the first appearance of an Australian-New Zealand team, indicating the beginning of a more international sporting field.
Tour director Henri Desgrange allowed teams to replace exhausted or injured cyclist by new cyclists, to give the weaker teams a fairer chance. However, the effects were opposite, so the concept was quickly abandoned.
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 Team Pos. 1 Nicolas Frantz Alcyon-Dunlop 1 2 André Leducq Alcyon-Dunlop 2 3 Maurice De Waele Alcyon-Dunlop 3 4 Gaston Rebry Alcyon-Dunlop 12 5 Ernest Neuhard Alcyon-Dunlop DNF 6 Désiré Louesse Alcyon-Dunlop 19 7 Julien Vervaecke Armor-Dunlop 5 8 Louis De Lannoy Armor-Dunlop 13 9 Joseph Mauclair Armor-Dunlop 11 10 Jan Mertens Thomann-Dunlop 4 11 Hector Martin JB Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 12 Pé Verhaegen JB Louvet-Hutchinson 16 13 Maurice Geldhof JB Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 14 Raymond Decorte JB Louvet-Hutchinson 24 15 Odile Tailleu JB Louvet-Hutchinson 20 16 Denis Verschueren JB Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 17 Charles Meunier JB Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 18 Camille Van De Casteele JB Louvet-Hutchinson 14 19 Joseph Hemelsoet JB Louvet-Hutchinson DNF 20 René Hamel JB Louvet-Hutchinson 32 21 Antonin Magne Alleluia-Wolber 6 22 Julien Moineau Alleluia-Wolber 17 23 Marcel Bidot Alleluia-Wolber 8 24 Jean Bidot Alleluia-Wolber 22 25 Pierre Magne Alleluia-Wolber 10 26 Arsène Alancourt Alleluia-Wolber DNF 27 Marcel Huot Alleluia-Wolber 9 28 Francis Bouillet Alleluia-Wolber DNF 29 André Godinat Alleluia-Wolber DNF 31 Hubert Opperman Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop 18 32 Harry Watson Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop 28 33 Percy Osborn Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop 38 34 Ernest Bainbridge Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop DNF 41 Victor Fontan Elvish-Wolber 7 42 Paul Lerme Elvish-Wolber DNF 43 Lucien Laval Elvish-Wolber 29 44 Salvador Cardona Balbastre Elvish-Wolber 15 45 Jean Mouveroux Fontan-Wolber 21 46 Raphaël Dupau Fontan-Wolber 36 47 Marcel Autaa Fontan-Wolber 23 48 Raphaël Calmette Fontan-Wolber 26 101 Roger Gregoire France - Alsace-Lorraine DNF 102 Marcel Colleu France - Alsace-Lorraine 30 103 Félix Baud France - Alsace-Lorraine DNF 104 Lucien Lange France - Alsace-Lorraine 40 105 Natale Zaninetti France - Alsace-Lorraine DNF 106 Édouard Persin France - Champagne 41 107 Paul Delbart France - Champagne 33 108 François Henri France - Champagne 34 109 Hector Denis France - Champagne DNF 110 Fernand Moulet France - Champagne 35 111 Maurice Arnoult France - Normandie 27 112 Henri Catelan France - Normandie DNF 113 Paul Denis France - Normandie DNF 114 Elie Guillemer France - Normandie DNF 115 Marcel Masson France - Normandie DNF 116 Eugène Archambault France - Haute-Bretagne DNF 117 Léopold Boisselle France - Haute-Bretagne DNF 118 François Favé France - Haute-Bretagne DNF 119 Pierre Le Doaré France - Haute-Bretagne DNF 120 Yves Ropartz France - Haute-Bretagne DNF 121 Auguste Dufour France - South-East DNF 122 Paul Filliat France - South-East 25 123 Henri Miege France - South-East DNF 124 Pietro Righetti France - South-East DNF 126 Henri Touzard France - Île-de-France DNF 127 Pierre Gueroult France - Île-de-France DNF 128 Roger Lebas France - Île-de-France DNF 129 Valentin Halattre France - Île-de-France DNF 130 André Dumont France - Île-de-France DNF 131 Jules Nempon France - North DNF 132 Marcel Gendrin France - North DNF 133 Armand Goubert France - North 31 134 Ernest Lemaire France - North DNF 135 Maurice Denamur France - North DNF 136 Cipriano Elys France - Midi DNF 137 Adrien Plautin France - Midi DNF 138 Marius Perrier France - Midi DNF 139 Gabriël Garcia France - Midi DNF 140 Charles Valere France - Midi DNF 141 François Menta France - Côte d'Azur 37 142 Battista Berardi France - Côte d'Azur DNF 143 Sébastien Piccardo France - Côte d'Azur DNF 144 Paulin Lanteri France - Côte d'Azur DNF 145 Fernand Fayolle France - Côte d'Azur 39 151 Edgard Chevillard Touriste-routier DNF 154 Alexandre Bontoux Touriste-routier DNF 156 Paul Maillet Touriste-routier DNF 158 Battista Bertello Touriste-routier DNF 159 Jean Stellati Touriste-routier DNF 160 Charles Roux Touriste-routier DNF 161 Robert Beaulieu Touriste-routier DNF 163 André Mazziotta Touriste-routier DNF 164 Angelo Tintori Touriste-routier DNF 165 Henri Drapel Touriste-routier DNF 167 Pierre Charton Touriste-routier DNF 168 René Crepin Touriste-routier DNF 170 Simeon Vergnol Touriste-routier DNF 174 Battista Ghiano Touriste-routier DNF 176 Gaston Corbiere Touriste-routier DNF 178 Albert Jordens Touriste-routier DNF 179 Eugène Hermann Touriste-routier DNF 180 Clovis Cros Touriste-routier DNF 183 Giosué Cattarossi Touriste-routier DNF 184 André Léger Touriste-routier DNF 185 Giovanni Grespan Touriste-routier DNF 190 Jules Deloffre Touriste-routier DNF 191 Vincent Carrara Touriste-routier DNF 192 Emile Faillu Touriste-routier DNF 193 Louis Veau Touriste-routier DNF 194 Hector Leroy Touriste-routier DNF 197 Jean Thilges Touriste-routier DNF 198 Julien Grujon Touriste-routier DNF 199 René Franc Touriste-routier DNF 200 Eugen Werner Touriste-routier DNF 201 Charles Hennuyer Touriste-routier DNF 204 Jean Martinet Touriste-routier DNF 205 Guy Bariffi Touriste-routier DNF 206 Jules Gillard Touriste-routier DNF 207 Palmiro Cassonne Touriste-routier DNF 208 Luigi Bavini Touriste-routier DNF 210 Jean Guizier Touriste-routier DNF 212 Joseph Curtel Touriste-routier DNF 213 Alfred Louchet Touriste-routier DNF 214 Gino Bartolucci Touriste-routier DNF 215 Jean Ampurias Touriste-routier DNF 216 David Wybon Touriste-routier DNF 217 Arthur D'Haene Touriste-routier DNF 218 René Wendels Touriste-routier DNF 219 Casimir Lombardi Touriste-routier DNF 221 Hubert Hennes Touriste-routier DNF 222 Charles Loew Touriste-routier DNF 223 Georges Petit Touriste-routier DNF 224 Alfredo Francini Touriste-routier DNF 225 Giuseppe Pusterla Touriste-routier DNF 226 Robert Asse Touriste-routier DNF 228 Fernand Lemesle Touriste-routier DNF 229 Henri Gottrand Touriste-routier DNF 232 Georges De Beurmann Touriste-routier DNF 233 Bagio Gavinelli Touriste-routier DNF 234 Joseph Normand Touriste-routier DNF 235 Mario Della-Fina Touriste-routier DNF 236 Giusto Cerutti Touriste-routier DNF 238 Marius Rouvier Touriste-routier DNF 239 Georges Robert Touriste-routier DNF 241 Jules Hendrickx Touriste-routier DNF 242 Auguste Baumans Touriste-routier DNF 243 Antoine Lox Touriste-routier DNF 244 Robert Brugère Touriste-routier DNF 248 Henri Colle Touriste-routier DNF 249 Henri Lefevre Touriste-routier DNF 250 Henri Thomas Touriste-routier DNF 251 Marcel Folliot Touriste-routier DNF 252 Charles Cento Touriste-routier DNF 253 Bernardo Pesce Touriste-routier DNF 254 Jean Lucas Touriste-routier DNF 255 Edouard Teisseire Touriste-routier DNF 256 Baptistin Mousset Touriste-routier DNF 257 André Van Vierst Touriste-routier DNF 260 René Baudoin Touriste-routier DNF 261 Lucien Rich Touriste-routier DNF 262 Secondo Martinetto Touriste-routier DNF
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