List of teams and cyclists in the 1974 Tour de France explained

The 1974 Tour de France had 13 teams, with 10 cyclists each:^[1]

Merckx, who had been absent in 1973 after winning four Tours in a row, was present again. Merckx had not been as dominant in the spring as in other years; it was his first year as a professional cyclist in which he did not win a spring classic.^[2] He did win the 1974 Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse, but after winning the latter he required surgery on the perineum, five days before the 1974 Tour started.^[2]

Notable absents were Ocaña and Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk was injured during the Midi Libre and was in hospital with life-threatening meningitis. Ocaña had crashed in the Tour de l'Aude, gone home and was fired by his team for not communicating. Bernard Thévenet, who was considered a potential winner, had crashed several times in the 1974 Vuelta a España. He did start in the Tour, but was not yet back at his former level.

Start list

By team

No.	Rider	Pos.

1		1
2		21
3		58
4		45
5		66
6		22
7		35
8		83
9		50
10		36

No.	Rider	Pos.

11		6
12		33
13		28
14		92
15		61
16		20
17		DNF
18		DNF
19		81
20		51

No.	Rider	Pos.

21		DNF
22		52
23		13
24		12
25		75
26		59
27		34
28		79
29		74
30		71

No.	Rider	Pos.

31		17
32		5
33		DNF
34		3
35		40
36		49
37		54
38		44
39		29
40		42

No.	Rider	Pos.

41		18
42		86
43		32
44		8
45		87
46		64
47		65
48		DNF
49		24
50		57

No.	Rider	Pos.

51		10
52		93
53		DNF
54		DNF
55		30
56		70
57		53
58		88
59		63
60		73

No.	Rider	Pos.

61		2
62		DNF
63		67
64		37
65		38
66		80
67		16
68		76
69		9
70		56

No.	Rider	Pos.

71		46
72		60
73		DNF
74		DNF
75		19
76		94
77		DNF
78		62
79		DNF
80		14

No.	Rider	Pos.

81		DNF
82		95
83		101
84		55
85		31
86		47
87		72
88		77
89		68
90		DNF

No.	Rider	Pos.

91		4
92		26
93		23
94		91
95		DNF
96		69
97		97
98		43
99		DNF
100		89

No.	Rider	Pos.

101		11
102		48
103		DNF
104		39
105		98
106		90
107		85
108		82
109		104
110		15

No.	Rider	Pos.

111		25
112		DNF
113		DNF
114		DNF
115		41
116		7
117		96
118		99
119		100
120		DNF

No.	Rider	Pos.

121		27
122		105
123		103
124		DNF
125		DNF
126		DNF
127		DNF
128		84
129		78
130		102

By rider

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*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.	Pos.
1	1	^[3]
2	21
3	58
4	45
5	66
6	22
7	35
8	83
9	50
10	36
11	6
12	33
13	28
14	92
15	61
16	20
17	DNF
18	DNF
19	81
20	51
21	DNF
22	52
23	13
24	12
25	75
26	59
27	34
28	79
29	74
30	71
31	17
32	5
33	DNF
34	3
35	40
36	49
37	54
38	44
39	29
40	42
41	18
42	86
43	32
44	8
45	87
46	64
47	65
48	DNF
49	24
50	57
51	10
52	93
53	DNF
54	DNF
55	30
56	70
57	53
58	88
59	63
60	73
61	2
62	DNF
63	67
64	37
65	38
66	80
67	16
68	76
69	9
70	56
71	46
72	60
73	DNF
74	DNF
75	19
76	94
77	DNF
78	62
79	DNF
80	14
81	DNF
82	95
83	101
84	55
85	31
86	47
87	72
88	77
89	68
90	DNF
91	4
92	26
93	23
94	91
95	DNF
96	69
97	97
98	43
99	DNF
100	89
101	11
102	48
103	DNF
104	39
105	98
106	90
107	85
108	82
109	104
110	15
111	25
112	DNF
113	DNF
114	DNF
115	41
116	7
117	96
118	99
119	100
120	DNF
121	27
122	105
123	103
124	DNF
125	DNF
126	DNF
127	DNF
128	84
129	78
130	102

By nationality

Notes and References

Web site: 61ème Tour de France 1974. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 21 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115014015/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1974.php. 15 January 2012.
Book: McGann, Bill. The Story of the Tour De France: 1965-2007. 81–88. McGann, Carol. Dog Ear Publishing. 2008. 1-59858-608-4. 21 January 2015.
Web site: 61ème Tour de France 1974. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115014015/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1974.php. 15 January 2012.