1964 Tour de France - Participants

Participants

The 1964 Tour started with 132 cyclists, divided into 12 teams of 11 cyclists:

  • Saint Raphael-Gitane-Campagnolo
  • Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
  • Peugeot-BP-Englebert
  • Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune-Wolber
  • Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop
  • Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
  • Solo-Superia
  • Flandria-Romeo
  • Ferrys
  • Kas-Kaskol
  • Salvarani
  • Televizier

The main favourite was defending champion Jacques Anquetil. He had won the 1964 Giro d'Italia earlier that year, and was trying to win a Tour-Giro double, which at that moment had only been done by Fausto Coppi.

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