Yellow jersey statistics

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,163 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2019 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune).

See also: Tour de France records and statistics

Yellow Jersey won by Miguel Indurain, collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing.

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets a yellow jersey, he is not considered the winner of the yellow jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the yellow jersey is considered the winner of the yellow jersey, and thereby the winner of the Tour de France.

In this article first-place-classifications before 1919 are also counted as if a yellow jersey was awarded. There have been more yellow jerseys given than there were stages: In 1914,[1] 1929,[2] and 1931,[3] there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a "prelude",[4] an extra stage for a select group of cyclists. As of 2020 a total of 2,187 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 294 different riders.

Individual records
In addition to winning the general classification five times, Eddy Merckx has ridden the most days wearing the yellow jersey

In previous tours, sometimes a stage was broken in two (or three). On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Jerseys" column lists the number of days that the cyclist wore the yellow jersey; the "Tour wins" column gives the number of times the cyclist won the general classification. The next four columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification, and the young rider competition, and the years in which the yellow jersey was worn, with bold years indicating an overall Tour win. For example: Eddy Merckx has spent 96 days in the yellow jersey, won the general classification five times, won the points classification three times, won the mountains classification two times, and never won the young rider classification.[5] He wore the yellow jersey in the Tours of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 (which he all won) and 1975 (which he did not win). Three cyclists (Jean Robic in 1947, Charly Gaul in 1958 and Jan Janssen in 1968) have won the Tour de France with only two yellow jerseys in their career.

Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2020, the rider with the most yellow jerseys for someone who has not won the Tour with twenty-nine days in yellow. The five active Tour de France winners Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal and Tadej Pogačar rank, as of 2021, 4th, 22nd, 35th, 146th and 32nd with fifty-nine, nineteen, fifteen, three and sixteen days in yellow respectively. Alberto Contador was stripped of the yellow jersey and 6 days of wearing it in 2010 Tour de France because he tested positive for doping. Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled for cheating in 2012, he was ranked second in this list, leading the Tour for 83 stages from 1999 to 2005.

This table is updated until the twenty-first stage of the 2021 Tour de France.

Key
Cyclists who are still active
Cyclists who won the Tour de France
RankNameCountryYellow
jerseys		Tour wins
Points
Mountains
Young rider
Years
1Eddy Merckx Belgium9653201969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
2Bernard Hinault France7551101978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
3Miguel Indurain Spain6050001991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4Chris Froome United Kingdom5940102013, 2015, 2016, 2017
5Jacques Anquetil France5050001957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
6Antonin Magne France3820001931, 1934
= 7Nicolas Frantz[n 1] Luxembourg3720001927, 1928, 1929
= 7Philippe Thys[n 2] Belgium3730001913, 1914, 1920
9André Leducq[n 1] France3520001929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 10Louison Bobet France3430101948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 10Ottavio Bottecchia Italy3420001923, 1924, 1925
12Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland2900002004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
= 13Sylvère Maes Belgium2620101936, 1937, 1939
= 13René Vietto France2600101939, 1947
15François Faber Luxembourg2510001909, 1910, 1911
= 16Laurent Fignon France2220011983, 1984, 1989
= 16Greg LeMond United States2230011986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 16Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands2210001971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
19Romain Maes Belgium2110001935
= 20Gino Bartali Italy2020201937, 1938, 1948, 1949
= 20Thomas Voeckler France2000102004, 2011
= 22Fausto Coppi Italy1920201949, 1952
= 22André Darrigade France1902001956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 22Vincenzo Nibali Italy1910002014
= 25Julian Alaphilippe France1800102019, 2020, 2021
= 25Felice Gimondi Italy1810001965
= 25Jan Ullrich Germany1810031997, 1998
= 28Rudi Altig Germany1701001962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 28Luis Ocaña Spain1710001971, 1973
= 28Lucien Petit-Breton France1720001907, 1908
= 28Roger Pingeon France1710001967
= 32Odile Defraye Belgium1610001912, 1913
= 32Maurice De Waele Belgium1610001929
= 32Tadej Pogačar Slovenia1620222020, 2021
= 32Bernard Thévenet France1620001975, 1977
= 36Pedro Delgado[n 3] Spain1510001987, 1988
= 36Geraint Thomas United Kingdom1510002017, 2018
= 36Dietrich Thurau Germany1500011977
= 39Maurice Archambaud France1400001933, 1936
= 39Steve Bauer Canada1400001988, 1990
= 39Gastone Nencini Italy1410101960
= 39Bjarne Riis Denmark1410001995, 1996
= 39Léon Scieur Belgium1410001921
= 39Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom1410002012
= 45Eugène Christophe France1300001919, 1922
= 45Gustave Garrigou France1310001911
= 45René Pottier France1310001905, 1906
= 45Andy Schleck[n 4] Luxembourg1310032010, 2011
= 45Georges Speicher France1310001933, 1934
= 50Vincent Barteau France1200001984
= 50Joseph Bruyère Belgium1200001974, 1978
= 50Lucien Van Impe Belgium1210601976
= 50Ferdinand Kübler  Switzerland1211001947, 1950
= 50Antonin Rolland France1200001955
= 50Louis Trousselier France1210001905, 1907
= 50Wout Wagtmans Netherlands1200001954, 1955, 1956
= 57Alberto Contador Spain1120012007, 2009
= 57Gilbert Desmet Belgium1100001956, 1963
= 57Hugo Koblet  Switzerland1110001951
= 57Primož Roglič Slovenia1100002020
= 57Greg Van Avermaet Belgium1100002016, 2018
= 57Georges Vandenberghe Belgium1100001968
= 63Kim Andersen Denmark1000001983, 1985
= 63Thor Hushovd Norway1002002004, 2006, 2011
= 63Pascal Lino France1000001992
= 66Phil Anderson Australia900011981, 1982
= 66Georges Groussard France900001964
= 66Freddy Maertens Belgium902001976
= 66Fiorenzo Magni Italy900001949, 1950, 1952
= 66Stuart O'Grady Australia900001998, 2001
= 66Henri Pélissier France910001919, 1923
= 66Michael Rasmussen Denmark900202007
= 73Lucien Buysse Belgium810001926
= 73Claudio Chiappucci Italy800201990
= 73Cadel Evans Australia810002008, 2010, 2011
= 73Emile Georget France800001906, 1907
= 73Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands800001978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 73Rinaldo Nocentini Italy800002009
= 73Óscar Pereiro[n 5] Spain810002006
= 73Rudy Pevenage Belgium801001980
= 73Roger Walkowiak France810001956
= 82Jan Adriaensens Belgium700001956, 1960
= 82Federico Bahamontes Spain710601959, 1963
= 82Bernard Gauthier France700001950
= 82Igor González de Galdeano Spain700002002
= 82Learco Guerra Italy700001930
= 82Erich Maechler  Switzerland700001987
= 82Thierry Marie France700001986, 1990, 1991
= 82Charly Mottet France700001987
= 82Marco Pantani Italy710021998
= 82Jef Planckaert Belgium700001962
= 82Pascal Simon France700001983
= 82Gustaaf van Slembrouck Belgium700001926
= 94Lucien Aimar France610001966
= 94Chris Boardman United Kingdom600001994, 1997, 1998
= 94Robert Cazala France600001959
= 94Mario Cipollini Italy600001993, 1997
= 94Vito Favero Italy600001958
= 94Maurice Garin France610001903
= 94Cyrille Guimard France600001972
= 94Kim Kirchen Luxembourg600002008
= 94Jaan Kirsipuu Estonia600001999
= 94Roger Lévêque France600001951
= 94Jean Majerus Luxembourg600001937, 1938
= 94Jacques Marinelli France600001949
= 94Francesco Moser Italy600011975
= 94Mathieu van der Poel Netherlands600002021
= 94Fritz Schaer  Switzerland601001953
= 94Herman Van Springel Belgium601001968, 1973
= 94Félicien Vervaecke Belgium600201938
= 111Jean Alavoine France500001922
= 111Adelin Benoit Belgium500001925
= 111Firmin Lambot Belgium520001919, 1922
= 111Jean Malléjac France500001953
= 111Johan Museeuw Belgium500001993, 1994
= 111Jørgen V. Pedersen Denmark500001986
= 111Francis Pélissier France500001927
= 111Carlos Sastre Spain510102008
= 111Bernard Van de Kerkhove Belgium500001964, 1965
= 111Eric Vanderaerden Belgium501001983, 1985
= 111Cédric Vasseur France500001997
= 122Gilbert Bauvin France400001951, 1954, 1958
= 122Tom Boonen Belgium401002006
= 122José Catieau France400001973
= 122Alberto Elli Italy400002000
= 122Wim van Est Netherlands400001951, 1955, 1958
= 122Raphaël Géminiani France400101958
= 122Roger Hassenforder France400001953
= 122Jos Hoevenaers Belgium400001958, 1959
= 122Robert Jacquinot France400001922, 1923
= 122Laurent Jalabert France402201995, 2000
= 122Karl-Heinz Kunde Germany400001966
= 122Roger Lapébie France410001937
= 122Nello Lauredi France400001952
= 122Hector Martin Belgium400001927
= 122Raffaele di Paco[n 6] Italy400001931
= 122Eddy Pauwels Belgium400001959, 1963
= 122Jean Rossius[n 2] Belgium400001914
= 122Peter Sagan Slovakia407002016, 2018
= 122Acácio da Silva Portugal400001989
= 122Rolf Sørensen Denmark400001991
= 122Gerrit Voorting Netherlands400001956, 1958
= 122Adam Yates United Kingdom400002020
= 122Italo Zilioli Italy400001970
= 122Alex Zülle  Switzerland400001992, 1996
= 146Erich Bautz Germany300001937
= 146Egan Bernal Colombia310012019
= 146Henri Cornet France310001904
= 146Bim Diederich Luxembourg300001951
= 146Aimé Dossche Belgium300001929
= 146Seamus Elliott Ireland300001963
= 146Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg300001950
= 146Stéphane Heulot France300001996
= 146Serhiy Honchar Ukraine300002006
= 146Roger Lambrecht Belgium300001948, 1949
= 146Floyd Landis United States300002006
= 146Octave Lapize France310001910
= 146Bradley McGee Australia300002003
= 146David Millar United Kingdom300002000
= 146Wilfried Nelissen Belgium300001993
= 146Jelle Nijdam Netherlands300001987, 1988
= 146Charles Pélissier[n 6] France300001930, 1931
= 146Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia300002003
= 146René Privat France300001957
= 146Jan Raas[n 7] Netherlands300001978
= 146Stephen Roche Ireland310001987
= 146Willy Schroeders Belgium300001962
= 146François Simon France300002001
= 146Julien Stevens Belgium300001969
= 146Michel Vermeulin France300001959
= 146Teun van Vliet Netherlands300001988
= 146David Zabriskie United States300002005
= 173Henry Anglade France200001960
= 173Fabio Aru Italy200002017
= 173Jan Bakelants Belgium200002013
= 173Romain Bellenger France200001923
= 173Rubens Bertogliati  Switzerland200002002
= 173Eugeni Berzin Russia200001996
= 173Pierre Brambilla Italy200101947
= 173Jules Buysse Belgium200001926
= 173Marcel Buysse Belgium200001913
= 173Sylvain Chavanel France200002010
= 173Giulio Ciccone Italy200002019
= 173Charles Crupelandt France200001910, 1912
= 173Raymond Delisle France200001976
= 173Laurent Desbiens France200001998
= 173Jacky Durand France200001995
= 173Victor Fontan[n 1] France200001929
= 173Jean Fontenay France200001939
= 173Jean Forestier France201001957
= 173Charly Gaul Luxembourg210201958
= 173Martial Gayant France200001987
= 173Albertus Geldermans Netherlands200001962
= 173Simon Gerrans Australia200002013
= 173Ivan Gotti Italy200001995
= 173Charly Grosskost France200001968
= 173Jacques Hanegraaf Netherlands200001984
= 173Daryl Impey South Africa200002013
= 173Jan Janssen Netherlands213001966, 1968
= 173Gerben Karstens Netherlands200001974
= 173Marcel Kittel Germany200002013, 2014
= 173Georges Lemaire Belgium200001933
= 173Tony Martin Germany200002015
= 173Jules Masselis Belgium200001911, 1913
= 173Christophe Moreau France200002001
= 173Louis Mottiat Belgium200001920, 1921
= 173Georges Passerieu France200001908
= 173Ludo Peeters Belgium200001982, 1984
= 173Ronan Pensec France200001990
= 173Lech Piasecki Poland200001987
= 173Jean Robic France210001947, 1953
= 173Aldo Ronconi Italy200001947
= 173Fränk Schleck Luxembourg200002008
= 173Edward Sels Belgium200001964
= 173Mike Teunissen Netherlands200002019
= 173Klaus-Peter Thaler Germany200001978
= 173Alejandro Valverde Spain200002008
= 173Flavio Vanzella Italy200001994
= 173Johan van der Velde Netherlands200011986
= 173Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium200001952
= 173Richard Virenque France200701992, 2003
= 173Jens Voigt Germany200002001, 2005
= 173Rolf Wolfshohl Germany200001968
= 173Erik Zabel Germany206001998, 2002
= 225Jean Aerts Belgium100001932
= 225Nicolas Barone France100001957
= 225François Beaugendre France100001904
= 225Jean-François Bernard France100001987
= 225Jean-René Bernaudeau France100011979
= 225Yvon Bertin France100001980
= 225Serafino Biagioni Italy100001951
= 225Guido Bontempi Italy100001988[n 8]
= 225Vicenzo Borgarello Italy100001912
= 225Jacques Bossis France100001978
= 225Erik Breukink Netherlands100011989
= 225Johan Bruyneel Belgium100001995
= 225Max Bulla Austria100001931
= 225Norbert Callens Belgium100001949
= 225Andrea Carrea Italy100001952
= 225Mark Cavendish United Kingdom102002016
= 225Rohan Dennis Australia100002015
= 225Cyril Dessel France100002006
= 225Ferdinand Le Drogo France100001927
= 225Marcel Dussault France100001949
= 225Paul Egli  Switzerland100001936
= 225Jan Engels Belgium100001948
= 225José María Errandonea Spain100001967
= 225Romain Feillu France100002008
= 225Amédée Fournier France100001939
= 225Michel Frédérick  Switzerland100001904
= 225Dominique Gaigne France100001986
= 225Tony Gallopin France100002014
= 225Jean-Louis Gauthier France100001983
= 225Fernando Gaviria Colombia100002018
= 225Jean-Pierre Genet France100001968
= 225Linus Gerdemann Germany100002007
= 225Philippe Gilbert Belgium100002011
= 225Joseph Groussard France100001960
= 225Bo Hamburger Denmark100001998
= 225Cyrille van Hauwaert Belgium100001909
= 225Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium100001931
= 225Hector Heusghem Belgium100001922
= 225George Hincapie United States100002006
= 225Sean Kelly Ireland104001983
= 225Marcel Kint Belgium100001937
= 225Alexander Kristoff Norway100002020
= 225Jean-Claude Lebaube France100001966
= 225Luc Leblanc France100001991
= 225Léon Le Calvez France100001931
= 225Désiré Letort France100001969
= 225Emile Lombard Belgium100001904
= 225Henk Lubberding Netherlands100011988
= 225François Mahé France100001953
= 225Robbie McEwen Australia103002004
= 225Arsène Mersch Luxembourg100001936
= 225Giovanni Micheletto Italy100001913
= 225Frederic Moncassin France100001996
= 225Jean-Patrick Nazon France100002003
= 225Willi Oberbeck Germany100001938
= 225Miguel Poblet Spain100001955
= 225Adri van der Poel Netherlands100001984
= 225Giancarlo Polidori Italy100001967
= 225Tommaso de Pra Italy100001966
= 225Gaston Rebry Belgium100001929
= 225Raymond Riotte France100001967
= 225Giovanni Rossi  Switzerland100001951
= 225Gregorio San Miguel Spain100001968
= 225Tom Simpson United Kingdom100001962
= 225Jozef Spruyt Belgium100001967
= 225Alex Stieda Canada100001986
= 225Kurt Stöpel Germany100001932
= 225Rik Van Looy Belgium101001965
= 225Willy van Neste Belgium100001967
= 225Marc Wauters Belgium100002001
= 225Sean Yates United Kingdom100001994

Number of wearers per year

The largest number of different riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.

Number of wearersYears
11903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999, 2005
21905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012
31907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021
41904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
51913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2020
61929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008
71949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006
81958, 1987

Notes
  1. In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.[2]
  2. In 1914, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.[1]
  3. In 1988, on 19 July, there were two stages. Other than the split stages that the Tour de France saw earlier, these two stages were counted as individual stages, so Pedro Delgado received two yellow jerseys on that day.
  4. Before Alberto Contador's 2010 Tour de France victory and days in yellow were officially removed, he wore the yellow jersey for 6 days. After his disqualification, Andy Schleck's total increased with 6 extra days.
  5. Before Floyd Landis' 2006 Tour de France victory and days in yellow were officially removed, he wore the yellow jersey for 5 days. After his disqualification, Óscar Pereiro's total increased with 3 extra days.
  6. In 1931, Charles Pélissier (FRA) and Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) were both declared leader after the 5th stage.[3]
  7. Jan Raas won the prologue of the 1978 Tour de France. Because the weather changed dramatically during that prologue, the race was invalidated, and Raas was not awarded a yellow jersey.[6] In cycling statistics lists, including the official database from the Tour de France organisation,[7] the victory is awarded to Jan Raas, so this is also done in the list above.
  8. In 1988, the Tour de France started with a prelude, a 1km time trial in which one cyclist from every team could compete. This prelude was won by Guido Bontempi, who wore the yellow jersey on the first real stage of the 1988 Tour.[4]

Per country

The yellow jersey has been awarded to 23 different countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of yellow jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Tour wins" stands for the number of tour wins by cyclists of that country,[8] "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country,[9] "Mountains" for the number of times the mountains classification in the Tour de France was won by a cyclist of that country,[10] and "Young rider" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.[11] The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the yellow jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that wore the yellow jersey.

RankCountryYellow
jerseys		Tour wins
Points
Mountains
Young rider
Most recent cyclistMost recentDifferent holdersList of holders
1 France728369238Julian Alaphilippe2021, stage 196
2 Belgium4341819110Greg Van Avermaet2018, stage 1059Belgian yellow jersey holders
3 Italy212102125Giulio Ciccone2019, stage 730
4 Spain135121165Alberto Contador2009, stage 2112
5 Great Britain1046222Adam Yates2020, stage 89British yellow jersey holders
6 Luxembourg985023Andy Schleck2011, stage 1910
7 Netherlands802425Mathieu van der Poel2021, stage 718Dutch yellow jersey holders
8  Switzerland742210Fabian Cancellara2015, stage 210
9 Germany721804Tony Martin2015, stage 614
10 Denmark431020Michael Rasmussen2007, stage 166
11 Australia331501Rohan Dennis2015, stage 17Australian yellow jersey holders
12 United States293003George Hincapie2006, stage 14
13 Slovenia272022Tadej Pogačar2021, stage 212
14 Canada150000Steve Bauer1990, stage 92
15 Norway110200Alexander Kristoff2020, stage 12
=16 Colombia71055Egan Bernal2019, stage 213
=16 Ireland71400Stephen Roche1987, stage 253
18 Estonia60000Jaan Kirsipuu1999, stage 71
= 19 Portugal40000Acácio da Silva1989, stage 41
= 19 Slovakia40700Peter Sagan2018, stage 21
21 Ukraine30001Serhiy Honchar2006, stage 91
= 22 Poland20020Lech Piasecki1987, stage 21
= 22 Russia20002Eugeni Berzin1996, stage 81
= 22 South Africa20000Daryl Impey2013, stage 71
25 Austria10000Max Bulla1931, stage 21
= 27 Uzbekistan00300–0
= 27 Mexico00001–0

Yellow jersey retirees

Sixteen riders have quit the Tour while wearing the yellow jersey.[12]

Year Stage Rider Reason
1927 6 Francis Pélissier Sickness
1929 10 Victor Fontan Broken bicycle
1937 16 Sylvère Maes Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threat of French spectators
1950 11 Fiorenzo Magni Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threat of French spectators
1951 13 Wim Van Est After a fall in a ravine in Aubisque
1965 9 Bernard Van De Kerkhove Withdrawal in the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)
1971 14 Luis Ocaña Fall during a storm in Col de Mente
1978 16 Michel Pollentier Expelled for fraud attempt in doping test
1980 12 Bernard Hinault Knee pain
1983 17 Pascal Simon Scapula fracture
1991 5 Rolf Sørensen Clavicle fracture after fall in the last kilometer
1996 7 Stéphane Heulot Knee tendinitis
1998 2 Chris Boardman Head and neck injury after a crash
2007 16 Michael Rasmussen Fired by his team due to lying about his whereabouts
2015 4 Fabian Cancellara Broken vertebrae in stage 3 crash
2015 7 Tony Martin Broken collarbone in stage 6 crash[13]

Yellow jersey winners without winning any stage
Greg LeMond in the final stage of the 1990 Tour de France, wearing the yellow jersey despite not winning any stage in that year.

Usually the winner of the Tour de France also wins a stage, but that is not necessary. It is possible to be the winner of the Tour de France without winning a stage, because the Tour de France is decided by the total raced time. This has happened eight times so far:[14]

  1.  Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
  2.  Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956
  3.  Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960
  4.  Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966
  5.  Greg LeMond (USA) 1990
  6.  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006
  7.  Chris Froome (GBR) 2017
  8.  Egan Bernal (COL) 2019

Of these eight cyclists, Walkowiak and Bernal are the only ones never to win a Tour stage at all, although Bernal is still active.[15] Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours,[16] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,[17] Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,[18] LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,[19] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour,[20] and Froome won stages in the 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Tours. Alberto Contador initially also belonged to this group, when he won the 2010 Tour de France; however, he was later stripped of this title.

Number of Tour winners in a single race

Every Tour de France only has one winner. But a cyclist that has won the Tour de France previously can enter the race again, and a cyclist not winning the race can win the race in a later year. In almost every Tour de France, there were multiple 'former or future' Tour de France-winners in the race. Only seven times, the Tour started without any former Tour de France winner. This happened in 1903, 1927, 1947, 1956, 1966, 1999 and 2006. Only in 1903, apart from the cyclist that won the race, was there no other former or future Tour de France winner.

In 1914, a record of seven former Tour de France winners started that year's Tour:[21]

  1.  Louis Trousselier (FRA) (1905 winner)
  2.  Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) (1907 and 1908 winner)
  3.  François Faber (LUX) (1909 winner)
  4.  Octave Lapize (FRA) (1910 winner)
  5.  Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (1911 winner)
  6.  Odile Defraye (BEL) (1912 winner)
  7.  Philippe Thys (BEL) (1913 winner, who would also win the 1914 and the 1920 editions)

In addition to these seven cyclists, four cyclists in that year's Tour would go on to win a Tour later:

  1.  Firmin Lambot (BEL) (1919 and 1922 winner)
  2.  Léon Scieur (BEL) (1921 winner)
  3.  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (1923 winner)
  4.  Lucien Buysse (BEL) (1926 winner)

Winning Tour de France on first occasion

Twelve cyclists won the general classification the first time they entered the competition, including three of the five-time champions.

Finishing Tour de France career with victory

Five cyclists won the Tour de France the last time they entered the competition:

Fausto Coppi is the only cyclist who won the Tour de France in both the first and the last Tour he entered.

See also

References
  1. "Tour de France 1914" (in German). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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