For the 1922 Tour de France, although World War I was already a few years ago, its economic impact was not yet over. The cycling companies were still not able to sponsor the cyclists in the way they did before the war, so as in 1919, 1920 and 1921 they bundled their forces under the nick La Sportive. The cyclists were divided in two categories, this time named 1ère classe (first class), the professionals, and 2ème classe (second class), the amateurs.
The French cyclists Henri and Francis Pélissier had stopped the 1920 Tour de France after Henri received a penalty from the Tour organisation for throwing away a tire. For this reason, the Pélissier brothers did not start in the 1921 and 1922 Tours.
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 Pos. 1 Léon Scieur DNF 2 Jean Rossius 9 3 Félix Goethals DNF 4 Robert Grassin DNF 5 Eugène Christophe 8 6 Honoré Barthélémy DNF 8 Victor Lenaers 5 9 Jean Alavoine 2 10 Romain Bellenger DNF 11 Robert Jacquinot DNF 12 Hector Tiberghien 6 13 Firmin Lambot 1 14 Léon Depontin 7 15 Philippe Thys 14 16 Eugène Dhers DNF 17 Gaston Degy 10 18 Louis Heusghem 19 19 Joseph Muller 16 21 Émile Masson 12 22 Félix Sellier 3 23 Hector Heusghem 4 24 Joseph Van Daele DNF 25 Albert Dejonghe DNF 26 Angelo Gremo DNF 27 Federico Gay 11 28 Arsène Alancourt 13 101 Eugène Forestier DNF 103 Georges Nemo DNF 104 Henri Catelan DNF 105 Edgard Roy 22 106 Henri Miege DNF 107 Fernand Braeckman DNF 108 Jules Lebreton DNF 109 Adolphe Villaux DNF 110 José Pelletier 15 111 Lucien Abbe DNF 112 François Colomines DNF 113 Antoine Riere DNF 114 Charles Pavese DNF 115 Noël Amenc DNF 116 René Wendels DNF 117 Joseph Rasqui DNF 118 Eugène Nicolle DNF 120 Adrien Alpini DNF 121 Emanuele Luigi 34 122 Robert Beaulieu DNF 123 Charles Raboisson DNF 124 Jules Nempon 20 125 Laurent Devalle 35 126 Silvio Borsetti DNF 127 Georges Kamm 31 128 Émile Desterbecq DNF 129 Henri Hanlet DNF 130 Gaston Van Waesberghe DNF 131 Guillaume Nyssen DNF 132 Georges Hautin DNF 133 Roger Marye DNF 134 Edmond Pertusot DNF 135 Jacques Carette DNF 136 Maurice Charreire DNF 137 Henri Martin DNF 138 Fernand Combes DNF 139 Marcel Thoreau DNF 140 Marcel Brunie DNF 142 Louis Léonce DNF 143 Vincenzo Bianco DNF 144 François Chevalier DNF 145 Henri Jacob DNF 147 Alfred Hersard DNF 149 Joseph Rayen DNF 150 André Zonnequin DNF 151 Charles Hennuyer 37 152 Didier Meslard DNF 153 Camille Botte DNF 154 André Chazeau DNF 155 Auguste Meyer DNF 156 Jules Brun 33 157 Jean Kienlen DNF 158 Henri Yvon DNF 159 René Sal DNF 160 Robert Constantin 36 161 Ange-Marie Aubry 29 162 Lauro Bordin DNF 163 Charles Parel 27 164 Léon Van Aken 28 165 Joseph Marchand 23 166 Théophile Beeckman 18 167 Camille Leroy DNF 168 Jules-Richard Matton 25 169 Charles Loew 32 170 Robert Asse DNF 171 Léon Poncelet DNF 172 Paul Denis DNF 173 Jean Archelais DNF 174 Auguste Berthault DNF 175 Alfred De Busschere DNF 176 Clotaire Guillon DNF 177 Raoul Boucher DNF 178 Pierre Hudsyn 26 179 Daniel Masson 38 180 Jean Benot DNF 181 Albert Rousselle DNF 182 Victor Guichon DNF 183 Julien Noth DNF 184 Ernest Paul 30 186 Hilaire Hellebaut DNF 187 Alfons Standaert 21 188 Henri De Jaegher DNF 189 Léon Braeckeveldt DNF 190 Giuseppe Santhià 17 191 Luigi Vertemati DNF 192 Evaristo Endanco DNF 193 Lorenzo Costa DNF 195 Emile Lejeune DNF 196 Maurice Guenot DNF 197 Georges Davoine DNF 202 Lucien Lagouche DNF 203 Alexandre Dupontreue DNF 207 Angelo Erba DNF 208 Enrico Sala 24
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