Debutants
Guy Santy is the youngest debutant in Tour de France in 1972. There are 37 debutants.
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANTY Guy | Bic | 21y + 221d |
| 2 | BEYSSENS Herman | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 22y + 35d |
| 3 | MUDDEMANN Karl-Heinz | Rokado | 22y + 168d |
| 4 | AERTS Paul | Watney - Avia | 22y + 198d |
| 5 | SANTY Alain | Bic | 22y + 308d |
| 6 | VAN LINDEN Rik | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 22y + 339d |
| 7 | VAN MALDERGHEM Willy | Watney - Avia | 23y + 46d |
| 8 | LARGEAU Jean-Claude | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 23y + 86d |
| 9 | ABBELOOS Willy | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 23y + 100d |
| 10 | LE BOURHIS Loïc | Gitane | 23y + 128d |
| 11 | RASING Bernd | Rokado | 23y + 139d |
| 12 | VAN STAEYEN Ludo | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 23y + 203d |
| 13 | VAN DE WIELE Jan | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 241d |
| 14 | VAN DER SLAGMOLEN Herman | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 244d |
| 15 | KOEKEN Cees | Goudsmit - Hoff | 23y + 246d |
| 16 | HÉZARD Yves | Sonolor - Lejeune | 23y + 255d |
| 17 | VERSTRAETEN Eddy | Watney - Avia | 23y + 290d |
| 18 | CASTELLETTI Luigi | Salvarani | 23y + 361d |
| 19 | DE MUYNCK Johan | Beaulieu - Flandria | 24y + 32d |
| 20 | PLANCKAERT Walter | Watney - Avia | 24y + 84d |
| 21 | MOURIOUX Jacques | Gan - Mercier - Hutchinson | 24y + 117d |
| 22 | PUSTJENS Mathieu | Sonolor - Lejeune | 24y + 132d |
| 23 | MONEYRON Gérard | Gan - Mercier - Hutchinson | 24y + 166d |
| 24 | DIERICKX André | Beaulieu - Flandria | 24y + 246d |
| 25 | VANMARCKE Ronny | Beaulieu - Flandria | 24y + 273d |
| 26 | BELLOUIS Alain | Gitane | 24y + 339d |
| 27 | SOHET Marc | Watney - Avia | 25y + 16d |
| 28 | BRIEND Gérard | Gitane | 25y + 97d |
| 29 | TSCHAN Jürgen | Peugeot - BP - Michelin | 25y + 135d |
| 30 | OPDEBEECK Englebert | Watney - Avia | 25y + 187d |
| 31 | MENDES Fernando dos Reis Dias | Beaulieu - Flandria | 25y + 290d |
| 32 | MÉNARD Léon-Paul | Gitane | 26y + 148d |
| 33 | MILLARD Joël | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 26y + 160d |
| 34 | KINDT Roger | De Gribaldy - Magniflex - Van Cauter | 26y + 287d |
| 35 | VAN LEEUWEN Harry | Goudsmit - Hoff | 26y + 338d |
| 36 | ANDRADE Joaquim | Beaulieu - Flandria | 27y + 17d |
| 37 | GRENIER René | Gitane | 28y + 191d |