Touriste-routiers, individuals etc.
This overview is several years old. A better overview, with some errors removed and additional info added, is in my book about Tour de France rules. Many links below have died unfortunately, but I keep them in because knowing the original link may find other people to find back the source.
In the early days of the Tour de France, there were other classifications besides the general classification, which included some riders and others not. Because these classifications no longer exist, they're not widely researched, and there's little information available about them, spread across many locations. Here's a summary of what I've managed to glean.
This overview is a bit outdated (I have found a little bit more than what is below: more info is in my book about Tour de France rules and statistics.
Machines poinçonnées: 1904–1907
In 1905, Pautrat was the winner of the "Machines poinçonnées" classification. (source) "Machines poinçonnées" means something like "stamped machines" and is also sometimes translated as "leaded bicycles," and the riders in this category had a stamp on their bikes to ensure they didn't change bikes. At that time, gears weren't yet used in the Tour, and when a climb or descent was approaching, riders in the other category ("coureurs de vitesse") could change bikes. This category was also used in 1906 and 1907, both times won by Lucien Petit-Breton. (source, source)
1905
Van 1905, I only know the winner (Philippe Pautrat), but no final standings. The category wasn' that important that year either: manufacterers did not want to limit their riders, and only entered unimportant ones into this category. (source)
1906
In 1906, manufacturers were more interested, having discovered that it was good publicity for a bicycle if a a rider could finish the Tour de France on it without changing. (source) I couldn't find a list of participants, but I did find a final result:
| source | ||
| Position | Rider | Position in general |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucien Petit-Breton | 4 |
| 2 | José Catieau | 6 |
| 3 | Edouard Wattelier | 7 |
| 4 | Eugène Christophe | 9 |
| 5 | Antony Wattelier | 10 |
| 6 | Georges Fleury | 11 |
| 7 | Ferdinand Payan | 12 |
None of these riders achieved stage wins. There may also have been riders in this category who didn't finish and therefore weren't included in the final results. Of the riders who did win a stage, at most Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (winner of stage 8) could have been in this category.
1907
In 1907, the final classification in this category was:
| source | ||
| Position | Rider | Position in general |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucien Petit-Breton | 1 |
| 2 | François Beaugendre | 5 |
| 3 | Eberardo Pavesi | 6 |
| 4 | François Faber | 7 |
| 5 | José Catieau | 8 |
| 6 | Ferdinand Payan | 10 |
| 7 | Georges Fleury | 12 |
| 8 | François Lafourcade | 13 |
| 9 | Marius Julien Villette | 14 |
| 10 | Alcide Vivier | 15 |
| 11 | Gaston Tuvache | 16 |
| 12 | Eugène Delhaye | 17 |
| 13 | Henri Timmermann | 20 |
| 14 | Georges Bronchard | 21 |
| 15 | Marceau Narcy | 22 |
| 16 | Albert Baudet | 25 |
| 17 | Alfred Quenon | 27 |
| 18 | René Fleury | 29 |
| 19 | Octave Noél | 30 |
| 20 | Albert Géraud | 31 |
| 21 | Marcel Dozol | 32 |
| 22 | Albert Chartier | 33 |
I did not find full confirmation on how this was calculated, but I am 99% sure that it was just made by taking the general classification and removing all riders that swapped bicycles at some point in the race.
I don't have a full list of riders starting in this category (more explicitly: I don't know the status of riders who abandoned during this Tour), but it is clear that Petit-Breton was the only rider in the machine poinçonnées category that won a stage: he won the 6th, 9th and 11th stage. He is also the only rider from this category leading the general classification this year.
From 1908, riders were no longer allowed to change bicycles, and in case of problems had to repair their own bicycles. From that point on, basically all riders rode in the machines poinçonnées category, so there was no special classification anymore.
For completeness: I found hints that Faber won this classification in 1908, but I don't trust this, and I think this source mixes it up with the "pneus démontables" category, see below. (source)
Pneus démontables: 1908
In 1908, the "pneus démontables" category was used. "Pneus démontables" means removable tyre. The first five riders in this category received a prize from tyre manufacturer Wolber. Faber won this prize. (source) I think this was not an initiative of the Tour organization, but it was tolerated.
Isolated riders: 1909–1914
In 1909, riders could enter the Tour de France with a sponsored team. That automatically generated the category of riders that were not part of such a team, the isolated riders. (Frans: Isolés). These isolated riders were not the top riders: in the six years that they participated, they only won three stages in total, all other stages were won by sponsored riders.
1909
In 1909, 112 isolated riders started the Tour. (source) The other riders, in sponsored teams, were in the category of "coureurs groupés". Technically, in 1909 these sponsored riders were not part of teams yet, but were spnosored individually, but effectively this worked the same. (source: Thompson, p.36) For the isolated riders, separate prizes were available: the best isoalted rider in a stage received 100 francs, and the second 40 francs. The prizes won were shown in newspapers as a classification, and the final reported classification was:
| Blaise, Lafourcade and Combelles did not complete the Tour. | ||
| source | ||
| Position | Rider | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernest Paul | 780 Fr. |
| 2 | Eugène Christophe | 560 Fr. |
| 3 | Aldo Bettini | 220 Fr. |
| 4 | Antoine Fauré | 40 Fr. |
| – | André Blaise | 140 Fr. |
| – | François Lafourcade | 40 Fr. |
| – | Noël Combelles | 40 Fr. |
Added together, this is 1820 francs, which corresponds to 13 stages, while this Tour had 14 stages. It seems that the last stage was missing in the overview. To check this, I did my own calculation:
| Position | Rider | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernest Paul | 820 Fr. |
| 2 | Eugène Christophe | 560 Fr. |
| 3 | Aldo Bettini | 320 Fr. |
| 4 | André Blaise | 140 Fr. |
| 5 | Noël Combelles | 40 Fr. |
| 6 | François Lafourcade | 40 Fr. |
| 7 | Alfred Faure | 40 Fr. |
Ernest Paul was the only isolated rider who won a stage in 1909 (stage 7).
1910
In 1910, 80 riders started in this category. (source) The other riders now really started in teams, named after their main sponsor. (source:Thompson, p.36) The same prizes as in 1909 were given to isolated riders. Sponsored rides had supporting staff and could get new tyres, but isolated riders had to do everything by themselves. (source)
| source | ||
| Position | Rider | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Cruchon | 840 Fr. |
| 2 | Ernest Paul | 720 Fr. |
| 3 | François Lafourcade | 280 Fr. |
| 4 | Augustin Ringeval | 80 Fr. |
| 5 | Maurice Pardon | 40 Fr. |
Added up, this is 1960 francs, enough for 14 stages, while this Tour had 15 stages. Maybe again the last stage was missing, so I calculated it myself:
| Position | Rider | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Cruchon | 880 Fr. |
| 2 | Ernest Paul | 820 Fr. |
| 3 | François Lafourcade | 280 Fr. |
| 4 | Augustin Ringeval | 80 Fr. |
| 5 | Maurice Pardon | 40 Fr. |
Just as in 1909, Ernest Paul was the only isolated rider who won a stage (11).
1911
In 1911, 47 riders started in this category. (source) The other riders started again as individually sponsored riders. (source: Thompson p.36) In 1911, a real classification for isolated riders was made, based on points. These points were ccalculated in the same way as the general classification, but based on the stage result only including isolated riders.
| (source) | ||
| Position | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Deman | 31 |
| 2 | Jules Deloffre | 43 |
| 3 | Ottavio Pratesi | 54 |
| 4 | Vincent D'Hulst | 58 |
| 5 | Louis Colsaet | 67 |
| 6 | Marius Julien Villette | 79 |
| 7 | Pietro Ghislotti | 104 |
| 8 | Lucien Roquebert | 104 |
No isolated rider won a stage in 1911. The best result was the 5th place of Jules Deloffre in the 15th stage.
1912
In 1912, 81 riders started in this category. (source) Also in 1912, grouped riders started as individually sponsored riders. (source: Thompson, p.36) The points system of 1911 was kept in 1911. The winner of this year, Deloffre, only passed the runner-up Pratesi in the final stage. They were so closely matched, that in the general classification with a slightly different points system, Pratesis was ranked before Deloffre.
| Calculated myself, but the order matches source | ||
| Position | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jules Deloffre | 41 |
| 2 | Ottavio Pratesi | 42 |
| 3 | Pierre Everaerts | 64 |
| 4 | François Lafourcade | 78 |
| 5 | Eberardo Pavesi | 82 |
| 6 | Maurice Leliaert | 90 |
| 7 | Georges Oudin | 129 |
| 8 | Fernand Courcelles | 140 |
| 9 | Raymond Harquet | 141 |
| 10 | Émile Druz | 164 |
| 11 | Charles Dumont | 165 |
| 12 | Émile Eigeldinger | 171 |
| 13 | Henri Alavoine | 192 |
| 14 | Émile Caudrelier | 213 |
| 15 | Gaston Neboux | 222 |
| 16 | Maurice Dartigue | 224 |
No stages were won by isolated riders in 1912. The best result was the shared 7th to 18th place in the 11th stage by Pierre Everaerts and Jules Deloffre, or the 10th place of Ottavio Pratesi in the 12th stage, depending on how shared places are counted.
1913
In 1913, 89 riders started in this category. (source) This time, the other riders really rode in teams. By this year, the time classification had returned, and the classification for isolated riders was simply made by removing the sponsored riders from the general classification. What remained:
| source | ||
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camillo Bertarelli | 214h 15' 38" |
| 2 | Jules Deloffre | +2h 09' 52" |
| 3 | Vincent D'Hulst | +3h 48' 34" |
| 4 | Louis Petitjean | +5h 38' 49" |
| 5 | Maurice Leliaert | +9h 56' 47" |
| 6 | Giuseppe Contesini | +14h 15' 56" |
| 7 | Louis Colsaet | +15h 25' 12" |
| 8 | Achille Desmedt | +38h 22' 29" |
| 9 | Charles Dumont | +48h 11' 57" |
| 10 | Celidonio Morini | +60h 20' 09" |
| 11 | Henri Alavoine | +60h 34' 14" |
Henri Van Lerberghe was the only isolated rider who won a stage in 1913 (stage 5). In this stage, there was a separate start: the isolated riders started 15 minutes after the sponsored riders. (source)
1914
In 1914, 76 riders started in this category. (source) The rules were the same as in 1913.
| Unfortunately no source yet | ||
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camille Botte | 210h 43' 21" |
| 2 | Julien-Leon Tuytten | +4h 19' 41" |
| 3 | Pierre Everaerts | +9h 06' 31" |
| 4 | Ottavio Pratesi | +10h 17' 07" |
| 5 | Jules Deloffre | +11h 48' 42" |
| 6 | Adrien Alpini | +15h 56' 49" |
| 7 | Émile Guyon | +20h 40' 37" |
| 8 | Mario Spinelli | +24h 59' 02" |
| 9 | Charles Dumont | +27h 27' 58" |
| 10 | René Cottrel | +27h 27' 58" |
| 11 | Sante Goi | +42h 00' 59" |
| 12 | Emilio Cucchietti | +49h 05' 43" |
| 13 | Gaston Neboux | +49h 44' 28" |
| 14 | Henry Allard | +57h 31' 51" |
| 15 | Henri Alavoine | +62h 40' 48" |
| 16 | Marcel Rottié | +73h 48' 37" |
| 17 | Henri Leclercq | +88h 50' 12" |
No isolated rider won a stage in 1914. The best result was the shared 5th to 13th place of Julien-Leon Tuytten in the 3rd stage or the 8th place of Camille Botte in the 9th stage, depending on how these shared places are counted.
Category B/2e category: 1919–1924
After the Second World War, the economy hadn't recovered sufficiently to sponsor the Tour de France riders. Therefore, the former sponsors joined forces and sponsored everyone collectively, as it was cheaper. Two stages were won by riders from the second division, in 1921 and 1924.
1919
In 1919, the riders were divided into two categories: Category A and Category B. The riders in Category A were the better riders. Twenty-five riders started in this category. (source)
Jules Nempon was the only B-rider in 1919 that finished the Tour de France, so he was automatically the winner of this category. (source) No stages were won by B-riders.
1920
In 1920, riders were divided into the 1st and 2nd classes, but the principle remained the same. 82 riders participated in the second class. (source) The best rider in this category was José Pelletier. (source)
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Pelletier | 248h 40' 15" |
| 2 | Theodore Wynsdau | +5h 09' 30" |
| 3 | Noël Amenc | +13h 21' 15" |
| 4 | Joseph Muller | +13h 44' 18" |
| 5 | Henri Ferrara | +14h 27' 55" |
| 6 | Guglielmo Cecherelli | +28h 36' 02" |
| 7 | Marius Matheron | +31h 06' 32" |
| 8 | Etienne Dorfeuille | +33h 05' 28" |
| 9 | Pierre Hudsyn | +35h 32' 10" |
| 10 | André Coutte | +35h 53' 14" |
| 11 | Charles Raboisson | +48h 55' 33" |
No stages were won by 2nd-class riders. Closest were Henri Ferrara in the ninth stage and Joseph Muller in the 11th stage, both in 8th place.
1921
Again in 1921, rider were separated in the first class and the second class. In the second class, 99 riders started. (source) Victor Lenaers was the winner of the second class.(source) Newspapers from 1921 also indicated which rider from the second class ranked highest in each stage, and which ranked highest in the general classification. (source, source, source, source, source)
| In total, 30 riders from the second class finished the Tour. | ||
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Lenaers | 226h 43' 49" |
| 2 | Léon Despontin | +8' 31" |
| 3 | Camille Leroy | +3h 03' 04" |
| 4 | Eugène Dhers | +4h 51' 13" |
| 5 | Henri Ferrara | +7h 05' 11" |
Because the jury thought that the 12th stage had not seen enough combativity, the 13th stage had a separate start, in which riders from the second category started before the riders from the first category. In the end, Félix Sellier (from the second class) won this stage. He was the only rider from the second class to win a stage in 1921.
1922
In 1922, riders were again split into the 1st and 2nd class. In total, 94 riders started in the second class. (source) Some newspaper articles called riders from the second class the isolated riders. (source)
Also in 1922, newspaper articles mentioned which 2nd class rider ranked highest every stage, and which 2nd class rider was highest in the general classification. (source, source, source, source)
| (source) In total, 22 riders from the second class finished the Tour. | ||
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Pelletier | 228h 01' 35" |
| 2 | Giuseppe Santhia | +3h 04' 06" |
| 3 | Théo Beeckman | +3h 47' 03" |
| 4 | Jules Nempon | +6h 18' 27" |
| 5 | Alfons Standaert | +6h 55' 17" |
In 1922, no rider from the second class won a stage. The best result was the fifth place, obtained three times: Jules Nempon in the 9th stage, Théo Beeckman in the 10th stage and José Pelletier in the 13th stage.
1923
In 1923 there were again riders in the 1st and 2nd class, but now there were also riders in an extra category, the touristes-routiers, see further down. The second class had 24 riders starting the Tour. (source)
Newspaper articles (other than L'Auto) don't emphasize the difference between 1st class and 2nd class anymore, it is hard to find a mention of Henri Collé, who was the best rider of the second class. Instead, riders from the 1st class and 2nd class were known to be associated to trade teams, and the newspapers counted how many stages were won by each trade team: (source) Peugeot 7 (3x Alavoine, 2x Jacquinot, 1x Muller, 1x Bellenger), Automoto 5 (Henri Pélissier 3x, Bottecchia 1x, 2874 1x), Thomann 2 (2x Goethals), La Française 1 (Dejonghe 1x). (source) It seems like in 1923 the difference between 1st and 2nd class became less relevant than the different sponsors that riders had.
In 1923, no stages were won by riders from the 2nd class. The best result was the 3rd place, obtained four times: Joseph Normand in the 5th and 6th stages, Henri Collé in the 9th stage and Alfons Standaert in the 13th stage.
1924
In 1924, riders were again separated into the 1st class, 2nd class and touristes-routiers. Riders from the second category had to pay half of the entrance fee as riders from the first category (250 francs in stead of 500 francs). (source) Only 11 riders started in the second class. (source) Huysse was the best rider in the second class. (source)
Newspaper articles again show who was leading the second class. (source)
Omer Huyse was the only rider from the second class who won a stage (stage 5).
| (source) | ||
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omer Huyse | 234h 31' 14" |
| 2 | Gaston Degy | +2h 13' 35" |
| 3 | Alfons Standaert | +2h 41' 13" |
| 4 | Emile Hardy | +3h 22' 45" |
| 5 | Eugène Dhers | +4h 13' 24" |
After the Tour de France of 1924, Desgrange decided to remove the prizes for second (and third?) category. (source)
Touristes-Routiers: 1923–1937
In 1923, the touriste-routiers category was introduced. In total, they won nineteen stages:
- Benoît Faure won stage 13 in 1929.
- Max Bulla won stage 2 in 1931.
- André Godinat won stage 4 in 1931.
- Gerard Loncke won stage 7 in 1931.
- Max Bulla won stage 12 in 1931.
- Max Bulla won stage 17 in 1931.
- Léon Louyet won stage 5 in 1933.
- Fernand Cornez won stage 10 in 1933.
- Léon Louyet won stage 16 in 1933.
- Ettore Meini won stage 19 in 1934.
- Sylvère Maes won stage 23 in 1934.
- Jean-Marie Goasmat won stage 8 in 1936.
- Léon Level won stage 9 in 1936.
- Sauveur Ducazeaux won stage 15 in 1936.
- Enrico Puppo won stage 5A in 1937.
- Gustaaf Deloor won stage 6 in 1937.
- Alphonse Antoine won stage 12A in 1937.
- Raymond Passat won stage 19A in 1937.
- Edward Vissers won stage 20 in 1937.
1923
In 1923, 86 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) Henri Collé won.
1924
In 1924, 103 riders started in the touriste-routiers category kostte. (source) Ottavio Pratesi was the best, at the nineteenth palce in the general classification. (source) In total, 38 touristes-routiers finished the Tour de France. Pratesi won 2880 francs (Bottechia, the winner of the general classification, won 18993 francs voor). (source)
1925
In 1925, 91 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) Léon Despontin was the best Touriste-routier. (source)
1926
In 1926, 84 riders started in the touriste-routiers category, in total, 14 of these riders finished. (source)
1927
In 1927, 95 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) Secondo Martinetto was the best. (source)
1928
In 1928, 127 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) Not a single rider finished the Tour. But 45 riders who would have otherwise started as touriste-routiers, were combined into 9 regional teams, see also the origin of the teams classification. Of these regional riders, Paul Filliat finished highest in the general classification, see also further below.
1929
In 1929, 104 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source)
Some riders were divided into regional teams, see also the origin of the teams classification.
1930
From 1930, Desgrange decided how many Touristes-Routiers would be allowed to start. Everybody could apply, but Desgrange selected only riders who had proven themselves to be capable of riding a race as large as the Tour; in practice, only (semi-)professional riders would be selected. (source) In 1930, 60 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source)
1931
In 1931, 40 riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) They received less care than riders in the main categories, but now there was a company that would arrange their food and hotels. Riders in national teams had to ride in a bicycle supplied by the Tour organisation, but touriste-routiers could choose which bicycle they wanted to use. (source)
Max Bulla, Gerard Loncke and André Godinat were the only riders from this cateory that won a stage in this year. (source)
1932
In 1932, Luigi Barral won the classification for touriste-routiers. The final classification had 25 riders. (source, source)
1933
In 1933, Giuseppe Martano was the best touriste-routier. (source, source, source, source) Fourty riders started in this category.
1934
In 1934, Desgrange had decided to give more support to touriste-routiers. This was more expensive, so only 20 riders were allowed to start in this category. He decided that 10 French riders, 4 Belgians, 4 Italian and 2 other would be chosen (source), but the two "others" also turned out to be French. Fifteen riders finished in this classification, with Félicien Vervaecke as the winner. (source)
1935
In 1935, the support for Touriste-Routiers reduced again, also because the new category of individuals (see below) had been created. Thirty riders started in the touriste-routiers category. (source) Gabriel Ruozzi was the highest ranked. (source, source)
All riders were French, and young. (source) In the team time trial of stage 19, the remaining touriste-routiers were added to incomplete teams to make the team sizes more even. (source)
1936
In 1936, thirty French riders started in the touristes-routiers category. (source)
According to one source, the Touristes-routiers category had been abandoned, and these thirty riders rode as individuals (but not national individuals). (source) But another source explicitly calls them touristes-routiers, (source) something that the Tour archive confirms. (source) A Spanish newspaper from 1936 also calls them touristes-routiers. (source, source) By the way: the national riders were also split in two categories: A-national riders were in teams with 10 riders, and B-national riders in team with 4 riders. In the category B-national riders, 4 riders finished, with the Swiss Léo Amberg rank highest.
1937
In 1937, 31 riders started, and 19 finished. Mario Vicini was the best, finishing in second place. (source) His second place may have been the reason that the touriste-routiers category was removed afterwards.
Individuals: 1935
The category of individuals (French: Individuels) consisted of riders that were not in a team, but in some cases could be added to a national team.
1935
In 1934, some important riders had dropped out early in the race, and their national teams were not able to compete with the other teams anymore, making the race less interesting. To compensate, in 1935 it was decided to add the category of individual riders. These riders would get the same support and prizes as riders in national teams, but they were not allowed to assist riders in national teams, and were supposed to ride as individual riders. When a rider from a national team left the race, their place could be taken by an individual rider. There were five national teams, and each national team was supplemented with four individual riders. Additionally, the Swiss team was not able to send a team of 10 riders, so they also sent a team of 4 individual riders. They could not be added to a team. (source, source)
The Spanish team only used three of the four available places, so in 1935 23 riders started as individuals, of which 15 finished. Charles Pélissier was the best with his 13th place. A. Morelli, S. Maes and J. Lowie had also started the Tour as individual riders, but they had been added to their national teams (Italy, Belgium and Belgium).
Riders that abandoned in national teams, and their replacements:
- Belgium
- 2nd stage: Joseph Moerenhout → Sylvère Maes
- 7th stage: Gustave Danneels → Jules Lowie
- 9th stage: Edgard De Caluwé → Antoine Dignef
- 9th stage: Henri Garnier (no replacements left)
- 15th stage: Louis Hardiquest (no replacements left)
- Italy
- 2nd stage: Giuseppe Martano → Ambrogio Enrico Morelli
- 2nd stage: Mario Cipriani → Orlando Teani
- 7th stage: Adriano Vignoli → Pietro Rimoldi
- 8th stage: Remo Bertoni (no replacements left)
- 15th stage: Raffaele Di Paco (no replacements left)
- 15th stage: Vasco Bergamaschi (no replacements left)
- 15th stage: Francesco Camusso (no replacements left)
- 15th stage: Luigi Giacobbe (no replacements left)
- Spain:
- 1th stage: Cipriano Elys → Vicente Bachero
- 5th stage, first part: Federico Ezquerra → ?
- 5th stage, first part: Mariano Cañardo → ?
- 5th stage, first part: Vicente Trueba → ?
- 6th stage: Isidro Ramon Figueras → ?
- After the 7th stage, Vicente Demetrio had been added to the team.
- 12th stage: Emiliano Álvarez (no replacements left)
- Germany:
- 6th stage: Kurt Stöpel → ?
- 8th stage: Karl Heide → ?
- After the eighth stage, Ferdinand Ickes had also been added.
- 9th stage: Anton Hodey → ?
- 9th stage: Emil Kijewski → ?
- In the eleventh stage, Bruno Roth had been added.
- In the thirteenth stage, Erich Händel and Georg Stach had both been added.
- 16th stage: Georg Umbenhauer (no replacements left)
- France:
- 7th stage: Antonin Magne → Julien Moineau
- 9th stage: René Debenne → Jean Fontenay
- 12th stage: Jules Merviel (Charles Pélissier was available as replacement, but decided not to do it.)
In the end, all individuals had been added to their national team, except the Swiss riders (who had no national team) and Charles Pélissier who realized that he would easily won the prize for best individual rider. that is why in 1936 the Tour organization decided to add the replacements to the national teams at the start of the Tour: the national team sizes increased to 12 riders. (source)
Bleuets and Cadets: 1938
In 1938, the Touriste-Routiers category was no longer used, but this left less room for younger French riders. To fix this, two extra French teams with young riders were added, the Bleuets and Cadets.
Regionals: 1928–1930, 1939, 1947–1961
1928–1930
As indicated above, some of the Touriste-Routiers in 1928 rode in regional teams. Paul Filliat was the best of these regional riders. (source) A team classification for these regional riders was also used, with Champagne as the winner. (source)
This was done again in 1929 and 1930. But in 1930, there were also national teams, and these were so successful that the regional teams were no longer used in the next years.
1939, 1947–1961
Because of a shortage of foreign riders just before the Second World War (the situation was already so unstable that no Italian or German riders would join), it was decided to add regional French teams in the 1939 Tour de France. This system was considered successful, so after the war this was continued, until trade teams were reintroduced in 1962.