Since Jacques Anquetil had won in 1957, he was unable to repeat it, due to illness, tiredness and struggle within the French team. For the 1961 Tour de France, he asked the team captain Marcel Bidot to make a team that would only ride for him, and Bidot agreed. Anquetil announced before the race that he would take the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification on the first day, and wear it until the end of the race in Paris. Gastone Nencini, who won the previous edition, did not enter in 1961, but Graziano Battistini, his teammate and runner-up of 1960, started the race as leader of the Italian team. If the French team would again have internal struggles, the Italian team could emerge as the winner. The Spanish team had two outsiders, José Pérez Francés and Fernando Manzaneque. The last outsider was Charly Gaul, winner of the 1958 Tour de France, who rode in the mixed Luxembourg-Swiss team. He considered his teammates so weak that he did not seek their help, and rode the race on his own. Raymond Poulidor was convinced by his team manager Antonin Magne that it would be better to skip the Tour, because the national team format would undermine his commercial value.
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By rider
| 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 | Renzo Accordi |  Italy
|
Italy | 43 | |
| 2 | Graziano Battistini | Italy
|
Italy | DNF | |
| 3 | Guido Boni | Italy
|
Italy | DNF | |
| 4 | Carlo Brugnami | Italy
|
Italy | DNF | |
| 5 | Guido Carlesi | Italy
|
Italy | 2 | |
| 6 | Roberto Falaschi | Italy
|
Italy | 50 | |
| 7 | Vito Favero | Italy
|
Italy | DNF | |
| 8 | Imerio Massignan | Italy
|
Italy | 4 | |
| 9 | Mario Minieri | Italy
|
Italy | 44 | |
| 10 | Armando Pellegrini | Italy
|
Italy | 56 | |
| 11 | Ezio Pizzoglio | Italy
|
Italy | DNF | |
| 12 | Adriano Zamboni | Italy
|
Italy | 16 | |
| 13 | Henry Anglade |  France
|
France | 18 | |
| 14 | Jacques Anquetil | France
|
France | 1 | |
| 15 | Robert Cazala | France
|
France | 40 | |
| 16 | André Darrigade | France
|
France | 32 | |
| 17 | Pierre Everaert | France
|
France | 68 | |
| 18 | Jean Forestier | France
|
France | 35 | |
| 19 | René Privat | France
|
France | DNF | |
| 20 | Joseph Groussard | France
|
France | 45 | |
| 21 | François Mahé | France
|
France | DNF | |
| 22 | Raymond Mastrotto | France
|
France | 19 | |
| 23 | Louis Rostollan | France
|
France | 31 | |
| 24 | Jean Stablinski | France
|
France | 42 | |
| 25 | Jan Adriaensens |  Belgium
|
Belgium | 10 | |
| 26 | Frans Aerenhouts | Belgium
|
Belgium | 17 | |
| 27 | Jean-Baptiste Claes | Belgium
|
Belgium | 36 | |
| 28 | Emile Daems | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 29 | Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium
|
Belgium | 11 | |
| 30 | Eddy Pauwels | Belgium
|
Belgium | 9 | |
| 31 | Jef Planckaert | Belgium
|
Belgium | 15 | |
| 32 | Louis Proost | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 33 | Michel Van Aerde | Belgium
|
Belgium | 13 | |
| 34 | René Vanderveken | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 35 | Martin Van Geneugden | Belgium
|
Belgium | 61 | |
| 36 | Joseph Vloeberghs | Belgium
|
Belgium | DNF | |
| 37 | Jaime Alomar |  Spain
|
Spain | DNF | |
| 38 | Antonio Bertrán | Spain
|
Spain | DNF | |
| 39 | Juan Campillo | Spain
|
Spain | 55 | |
| 40 | José Gómez del Moral | Spain
|
Spain | DNF | |
| 41 | Vicente Iturat | Spain
|
Spain | 69 | |
| 42 | Fernando Manzaneque | Spain
|
Spain | 6 | |
| 43 | René Marigil | Spain
|
Spain | 62 | |
| 44 | Carmelo Morales Erostarbe | Spain
|
Spain | DNF | |
| 45 | Luis Otaño | Spain
|
Spain | 38 | |
| 46 | Miguel Pacheco | Spain
|
Spain | DNF | |
| 47 | José Pérez Francés | Spain
|
Spain | 7 | |
| 48 | Julio San Emeterio | Spain
|
Spain | 49 | |
| 49 | Piet Damen |  Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 51 | |
| 50 | Jo de Haan | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 51 | Dick Enthoven | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 52 | Albertus Geldermans | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 53 | Jaap Kersten | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 58 | |
| 54 | Jef Lahaye | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 55 | Coen Niesten | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 56 | Piet van Est | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 57 | Wim van Est | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 58 | Antoon van der Steen | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 64 | |
| 59 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | DNF | |
| 60 | Jan Westdorp | Netherlands
|
Netherlands | 66 | |
| 61 | Josef Borghard |  West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 62 | Manfred Donike | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 63 | Friedhelm Fischerkeller | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 64 | Hans Jaroscewicz | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 65 | Hans Junkermann | West Germany
|
Germany | 5 | |
| 66 | Dieter Kemper | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 67 | Helmut Kuckelkorn | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 68 | Horst Oldenburg | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 69 | Reinhold Pommer | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 70 | Dieter Puschel | West Germany
|
Germany | 54 | |
| 71 | Siegfried Renz | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 72 | Ludwig Troche | West Germany
|
Germany | DNF | |
| 73 | Fritz Gallati |  Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 63 | |
| 74 | Kurt Gimmi | Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 75 | Rolf Graf | Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 60 | |
| 76 | Jean Luisier | Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 77 | Serge Ruchet | Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 67 | |
| 78 | Alfred Rüegg | Switzerland
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 12 | |
| 79 | Raymond Bley |  Luxembourg
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 80 | Aldo Bolzan | Luxembourg
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 33 | |
| 81 | Marcel Ernzer | Luxembourg
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 37 | |
| 82 | Charly Gaul | Luxembourg
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | 3 | |
| 83 | Jean-Pierre Sintges | Luxembourg
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Switzerland/Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 84 | Roger Thull | Luxembourg
|
Switzerland/Luxembourg | DNF | |
| 85 | Stan Brittain |  Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 86 | Ron Coe | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 87 | Vin Denson | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 88 | Seamus Elliott |  Ireland
|
Great Britain | 47 | |
| 89 | Albert Hitchen | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 90 | Ken Laidlaw | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | 65 | |
| 91 | Ian Moore | Ireland
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 92 | George O'Brien | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 93 | Peter Ryalls | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 94 | Sean Ryan | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 95 | Brian Robinson | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | 53 | |
| 96 | Tom Simpson | Great Britain
|
Great Britain | DNF | |
| 101 | Albert Bouvet | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | DNF | |
| 102 | Henri Duez | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | DNF | |
| 103 | Philippe Gaudrillet | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | DNF | |
| 104 | André Geneste | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 72 | |
| 105 | Elio Gerussi | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 26 | |
| 106 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 70 | |
| 107 | Stéphane Lach | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 29 | |
| 108 | André Le Dissez | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | DNF | |
| 109 | Jean-Claude Lefebvre | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 71 | |
| 110 | Claude Sauvage | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | DNF | |
| 111 | Bernard Viot | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 57 | |
| 112 | Joseph Wasko | France
|
France - Paris/North-East | 24 | |
| 113 | Antoine Abate | France
|
France - Centre | 52 | |
| 114 | Louis Bergaud | France
|
France - Centre | 46 | |
| 115 | Emmanuel Busto | France
|
France - Centre | 48 | |
| 116 | Jean Dotto | France
|
France - Centre | 8 | |
| 117 | Valentin Huot | France
|
France - Centre | 39 | |
| 118 | Camille Le Menn | France
|
France - Centre | DNF | |
| 119 | Claude Mattio | France
|
France - Centre | 22 | |
| 120 | Jean Milesi | France
|
France - Centre | 34 | |
| 121 | Anatole Novak | France
|
France - Centre | DNF | |
| 122 | Marcel Rohrbach | France
|
France - Centre | DNF | |
| 123 | Pierre Ruby | France
|
France - Centre | DNF | |
| 124 | Gérard Thiélin | France
|
France - Centre | 41 | |
| 125 | Pierre Beuffeuil | France
|
France - West/South-West | 28 | |
| 126 | Edouard Bihouée | France
|
France - West/South-West | 23 | |
| 127 | André Cloarec | France
|
France - West/South-West | DNF | |
| 128 | André Foucher | France
|
France - West/South-West | 20 | |
| 129 | Jean Gainche | France
|
France - West/South-West | 14 | |
| 130 | Georges Groussard | France
|
France - West/South-West | 30 | |
| 131 | Marc Huiart | France
|
France - West/South-West | DNF | |
| 132 | Guy Ignolin | France
|
France - West/South-West | 59 | |
| 133 | Félix Lebuhotel | France
|
France - West/South-West | DNF | |
| 134 | Fernand Picot | France
|
France - West/South-West | 27 | |
| 135 | Marcel Queheille | France
|
France - West/South-West | 21 | |
| 136 | Joseph Thomin | France
|
France - West/South-West | 25 |
By nationality
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References
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog ear publishing. pp. 249–253. ISBN 978-1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Dauncey, Hugh; Hare, Geoff (2003). The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 0-7146-5362-4. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "48ème Tour de France 1961". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012.
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