List of teams and cyclists in the 1963 Tour de France information
List of cyclists
The 1963 Tour de France started with 130 cyclists, divided into 13 teams:[1]
VC XII–Saint-Raphaël–Géminiani–Dunlop
Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
Faema–Flandria
Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
Margnat–Paloma–Motul–Dunlop
Carpano
Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune–Wolber
Ferrys
GBC–Libertas
IBAC–Molteni
Kas
Peugeot–BP–Englebert
Solo–Terrot–Englebert
The IBAC-Molteni team was a combination of five cyclists from IBAC and five from Molteni, each wearing their own sponsor's jerseys.[1]
The main favourite before the race was Jacques Anquetil, at that moment already a three-time winner of the Tour, including the previous two editions. Anquetil had shown good form before the Tour, as he won Paris–Nice, the Dauphiné Libéré, the Critérium National and the 1961 Vuelta a España. Anquetil was not sure if he would ride the Tour until a few days before the start; he had been infected by a tapeworm, and was advised not to start.[2] Anquetil had chosen to ride races with tough climbs, to prepare for the 1963 Tour de France.[3]
The major competitor was thought to be Raymond Poulidor, who had shown his capabilities in the 1962 Tour de France.[2]
^ ab"50ème Tour de France 1963" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
^ abMcGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour de France Volume 1: 1903-1964. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 260–267. ISBN 1-59858-180-5.
^Boyce, Barry (2004). "Anquetil's 4th victory makes TdF history". CyclingRevealed. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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