In the 1931 Tour de France, for the second year, the race was run in the national team format, with six different teams. Belgium, Italy, Germany and France each sent a team with eight cyclists. Australia and Switzerland sent a combined team, each with four cyclists. The last team was the Spanish team, with only one cyclist. In addition, 40 cyclists joined as touriste-routiers.[1]

The French team was favourite, because they had dominated the 1930 Tour. The most competition was expected from the Belgian team, followed by the Italian team.[2]

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. Ref
1 Alfred Haemerlinck  Belgium Belgium DNF [3]
2 Gaston Rebry  Belgium Belgium 4 [3]
3 Romain Gijssels  Belgium Belgium DNF [3]
4 Jef Demuysere  Belgium Belgium 2 [3]
5 Julien Vervaecke  Belgium Belgium 6 [3]
6 Alphonse Schepers  Belgium Belgium 18 [3]
7 Bernard Van Rysselberghe  Belgium Belgium DNF [3]
8 Maurice De Waele  Belgium Belgium 5 [3]
9 Luigi Giacobbe  Italy Italy DNF [3]
10 Raffaele di Paco  Italy Italy 17 [3]
11 Fabio Battesini  Italy Italy 30 [3]
12 Francesco Camusso  Italy Italy DNF [3]
13 Eugenio Gestri  Italy Italy DNF [3]
14 Felice Gremo  Italy Italy DNF [3]
15 Michele Orecchia  Italy Italy 25 [3]
16 Antonio Pesenti  Italy Italy 3 [3]
17 Hubert Opperman  Australia Australia/Switzerland 12 [3]
18 Richard Lamb  Australia Australia/Switzerland 35 [3]
19 Ossie Nicholson  Australia Australia/Switzerland DNF [3]
20 Frankie Thomas  Australia Australia/Switzerland DNF [3]
21 Jules Gillard  Switzerland Australia/Switzerland DNF [3]
22 Roger Pipoz  Switzerland Australia/Switzerland 21 [3]
23 Georges Antenen  Switzerland Australia/Switzerland DNF [3]
24 Albert Büchi  Switzerland Australia/Switzerland 9 [3]
25 Oskar Thierbach  Germany Germany 11 [3]
26 Alfred Siegel  Germany Germany 23 [3]
27 Erich Metze  Germany Germany 8 [3]
28 Ludwig Geyer  Germany Germany 19 [3]
29 Kurt Stöpel  Germany Germany 16 [3]
30 Hermann Buse  Germany Germany 22 [3]
31 Herbert Sieronski  Germany Germany 20 [3]
32 Karl Altenburger  Germany Germany DNF [3]
33 Antonin Magne  France France 1 [3]
34 Benoît Faure  France France 12 [3]
35 André Leducq  France France 10 [3]
36 Jean Maréchal  France France 32 [3]
37 Charles Pélissier  France France 14 [3]
38 Joseph Mauclair  France France 27 [3]
39 Léon Le Calvez  France France DNF [3]
40 Louis Peglion  France France 7 [3]
41 Francisco Cepeda  Spain Spain DNF [3]
101 Jules Goedhuys  Belgium Touriste-routier 33 [3]
102 Achiel Viaene  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
103 Gérard Loncke  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
104 Auguste Van Tricht  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
105 Robert Van Grootenbruele  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
106 Jean Naert  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
107 Georges Laloup  Belgium Touriste-routier DNF [3]
108 Giuseppe Pancera  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
109 Alessandro Catalani  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
110 Amulio Viarengo  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
111 Aristide Cavallini  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
112 Pietro Mori  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
113 Pierino Ferioli  Italy Touriste-routier DNF [3]
114 Salvador Cardona Balbastre  Spain Touriste-routier DNF [3]
115 Max Bulla  Austria Touriste-routier 15 [3]
116 Erich Ussat  Germany Touriste-routier DNF [3]
117 Kurt Nitzschke  Germany Touriste-routier DNF [3]
118 Karl Olböter  Germany Touriste-routier DNF [3]
119 Lucien Laval  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
120 René Bernard  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
121 Jean Bidot  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
122 Louis Bajard  France Touriste-routier 28 [3]
123 Georges Berton  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
124 Francis Bouillet  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
125 Robert Brugère  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
126 Adrien Buttafocchi  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
127 Fernand Fayolle  France Touriste-routier 29 [3]
128 François Favé  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
129 André Godinat  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
130 Marius Guiramand  France Touriste-routier 24 [3]
131 Gabriel Hargues  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
132 François Henri  France Touriste-routier 34 [3]
133 Jean Fontenay  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
134 Marcel Mazeyrat  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
135 François Moreels  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
136 Julien Perrain  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
137 Jean Riondet  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
138 Fernand Robache  France Touriste-routier DNF [3]
139 André Van Vierst  France Touriste-routier 26 [3]
140 Lazare Venot  France Touriste-routier 31 [3]

References

  1. ^ "25ème Tour de France 1931" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ^ McGann, Bill; Mcgann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France Volume 1:1903-1964. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 100–103. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc ""25ème Tour de France 1931". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.