List of teams and cyclists in the 1947 Tour de France
The 1947 Tour de France used the pre-war national teams format. Germany’s team wasn’t invited. The Italian team was made up of Franco-Italian residents in France because a peace treaty hadn’t been signed yet, so the two countries were technically still at war. Ten teams of ten riders were invited. Besides Italy, there were French, Belgian, and a combined Swiss/Luxembourg team. A planned Dutch-British team never happened: the Dutch riders protested that the British riders were too inexperienced, and the British riders were replaced by “French strangers.” There were also five French regional teams: Île de France, West France, North East France, Center/South West France and South East France. Nationalities were 58 French, 13 Italian, 11 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 6 Swiss, 4 Luxembourg, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian. Of the 100 cyclists, 53 finished the race.
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