Tour de France records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics in the Tour de France, road cycling's premier competitive event.

See also: Yellow jersey statistics

One rider has been King of the Mountains, won the combination classification, combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year - Eddy Merckx in 1969, which was also the first year he participated. Had the young riders classification, which has replaced the combination classification, existed at the time, Merckx would have won that jersey too.[1]

Twice the Tour was won by a racer who never wore the yellow jersey until the race was over. In 1947, Jean Robic overturned a three-minute deficit on a 257 km final stage into Paris. In 1968, Jan Janssen of the Netherlands secured his win in the individual time trial on the last day.

The Tour has been won four times by a racer who led the general classification on the first stage and held the lead all the way to Paris. Maurice Garin did it during the Tour's first edition, 1903; he repeated the feat the next year, but the results were nullified as a response to widespread cheating. Ottavio Bottecchia completed a GC start-to-finish sweep in 1924. In 1928, Nicolas Frantz also led the GC for the entire race, and the final podium was made up of three riders from his Alcyon–Dunlop team. 1935, Belgian Romain Maes took the lead in the first stage, and never gave it away. There have been four tours in which a racer has taken over the GC lead on the second stage and held the lead all the way to Paris. After dominating the ITT during Stage 1B of the 1961 Tour de France Jacques Anquetil held the Maillot Jaune from the first day all the way to Paris.

Tadej Pogačar, winner in 2020, was the last rider to win the race in his first appearance.

René Pottier, Roger Lapébie, Sylvère Maes, Fausto Coppi and Bradley Wiggins all won the Tour de France the last time they appeared in the race.

Appearances

The record for most appearances is held by Sylvain Chavanel with 18. George Hincapie had held the mark for the biggest number of consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed every Tour de France that he participated in except his first one, before his disqualification in October 2012 from the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Tour de France for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Joop Zoetemelk and Chavanel jointly hold the record for the most finishes with sixteen each, with the former having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started. Zoetemelk held the record for the most Tour de France stages completed with 365, a record that was broken when Chavanel finished Stage 18 of the 2018 Tour de France. Chavanel's record now stands at 369.[2][3] [4] Zoetemelk currently holds the record for most kilometers ridden in Tour history with 62,885, a record which will be difficult to break considering the shorter stage lengths in modern Tours.[5] Riders who are still active are indicated in bold.

ParticipationsFinishesNameNationality
18 (2001–2018)16 (2001–2006, 2008–2011, 2013–2018)Sylvain Chavanel France
17 (1996–2012)13 (1997–2003, 2007–2012)[n 1]George Hincapie United States
17 (1997–2013)15 (1997–1999, 2001–2006, 2008–2013)Stuart O'Grady Australia
17 (1998–2014)14 (1998–2002, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010–2014)Jens Voigt Germany
16 (1970–1973, 1975–1986)16 (1970–1973, 1975–1986)Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands
16 (2001–2009, 2011–2017)15 (2001–2003, 2005–2009, 2011–2017)Haimar Zubeldia Spain
15 (1969–1981, 1983, 1985)15 (1969–1981, 1983, 1985)Lucien Van Impe Belgium
15 (1990–1998, 2000–2004, 2006)15 (1990–1998, 2000–2004, 2006)Viatcheslav Ekimov Russia
15 (1980–1994)13 (1981–1982, 1984–1994)Guy Nulens Belgium
15 (1996–2010)11 (1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2003–2007, 2009–2010)Christophe Moreau France
15 (2003-2017)15 (2003-2017)Thomas Voeckler France
14 (1953–1966)13 (1953–1962, 1964–1966)André Darrigade France
14 (1994–2004, 2006–2008)13 (1995–2004, 2006–2008)Erik Zabel Germany
14 (1978–1985, 1987–1992)12 (1978–1985, 1988–1990, 1992)Sean Kelly Ireland
14 (1962–1976)11 (1962–1965, 1967, 1969–1972, 1974–1976)Raymond Poulidor France
14 (1908–1914, 1920–1928)07 (1909–1914, 1921)Jules Deloffre France
13 (1981–1988, 1989–1994)13 (1981–1988, 1989–1994)Phil Anderson Australia
13 (1969–1975, 1977–1981, 1983)12 (1969–1975, 1977–1980, 1983)Joaquim Agostinho Portugal
13 (1974–1982, 1984, 1986–1988)11 (1974–1975, 1977–1982, 1984, 1986–1987)Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands
13 (1977–1989)11 (1977–1985, 1987, 1989)Henk Lubberding Netherlands
13 (1951–1963)10 (1951–1952, 1954, 1956–1957, 1959–1963)Jean Dotto France
13 (1964–1976)10 (1964–1965, 1967–1971, 1973–1974, 1976)Jean-Pierre Genet France
13 (1979–1983, 1985–1988, 1990–1993)09 (1979, 1981–1983, 1985, 1987–1988, 1990–1991)Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle France
13 (1953–1965)09 (1953–1955, 1957, 1959–1960, 1962–1963, 1965)François Mahe France
13 (2005–2008, 2012-2020)10 (2007-2008, 2012–2016, 2018–2020)Alejandro Valverde Spain
13 (1992–1997, 1999–2005)08 (1993–1994, 1996, 2000, 2002–2005)Marc Wauters Belgium
13 (1994–2006)07 (1995, 1997, 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2006)Didier Rous France

Winning margin

In the early years of the Tour, cyclists rode individually, and were sometimes forbidden to ride together. This led to large gaps between the winner and the number two. Since the cyclists now tend to stay together in a peloton, the margins of the winner have become smaller, as the difference usually originates from time trials, breakaways or on mountain top finishes, or from being left behind the peloton. In the table below, the ten smallest margins between the winner and the second placed cyclists at the end of the Tour are given, all of them under one minute. The largest margin, by comparison, remains that of the first Tour in 1903: 2h 49m 45s between Maurice Garin and Lucien Pothier.[6] The smallest margins between first and second placed riders are as follows.[7] Interesting to note is that Cadel Evans lost both the 2007 and 2008 races in less than a minute.

Rank Margin Year Winner Runner-up
1 8" 1989 Greg LeMond Laurent Fignon
2 23" 2007 Alberto Contador Cadel Evans
3 32" 2006 Óscar Pereiro Andreas Klöden
4 38" 1968 Jan Janssen Herman Van Springel
5 40" 1987 Stephen Roche Pedro Delgado
6 48" 1977 Bernard Thévenet Hennie Kuiper
7 54" 2017 Chris Froome Rigoberto Urán
8 55" 1964 Jacques Anquetil Raymond Poulidor
9 58" 2008 Carlos Sastre Cadel Evans
10 59" 2020 Tadej Pogačar Primož Roglič

Successful breakaways

The longest successful post-war breakaway by a single rider was by Albert Bourlon in the 1947 Tour de France. In the stage Carcassone-Luchon, he stayed away for 253 kilometres (157 mi).[8] It was one of seven breakaways longer than 200 km, the last being Thierry Marie's 234 km escape in 1991.[8] Bourlon finished 16 m 30s ahead. This is one of the biggest time gaps but not the greatest. That record belongs to José Luis Viejo, who beat the peloton by 22 mins 50 secs in the 1976 stage Montgenèvre-Manosque.[8] He was the fourth and most recent rider to win a stage by more than 20 minutes. Another remarkable solo effort was Fons de Wolf during stage 14 of the 1984 Tour de France. He won the stage by 17:40 and actually came within a minute and a half of Tour favorite Laurent Fignon in the overall standings. He paid for his solo effort in the following stages however, and fell back in the standings thereafter.[9]

Overall speed
Overall Speed of the Tour de France

The 2005 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Lance Armstrong rode 3,592.5 km in 86h 15' 02", thus realising an overall speed of 41.7 km/h (25.9 mph), though his win was later annulled.

The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h.[10]

Stage speeds

The fastest massed-start stage was in 1999 from Laval to Blois (194.5 km), won by Mario Cipollini at 50.4 km/h (31.32 mph).[11] The fastest time-trial is Rohan Dennis' stage 1 of the 2015 Tour de France in Utrecht, won at an average of 55.446 km/h (34.5 mph).[12][13] The fastest stage win was by the 2013 Orica GreenEDGE team in a team time-trial. It completed the 25 km time-trial at 57.7 km/h (35.85 mph).[14]

The fastest climb of Alpe d'Huez was by Marco Pantani in 1997 Tour de France at 23.1 km/h (14.35 mph).[15]

Stage wins per rider

34 riders have won 10 or more stages (including half-stages, excluding Team Time Trials). Riders who are still active are indicated in bold. Riders with the same number of stage wins are listed alphabetically.

Rank Name Country Wins[16]
1Eddy Merckx Belgium34
2Mark Cavendish United Kingdom30
3Bernard Hinault France28
4André Leducq France25
5André Darrigade France22
6Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg20
7François Faber Luxembourg19
8Jean Alavoine France17
9Jacques Anquetil France16
René Le Grevès France16
Charles Pélissier France16
12Freddy Maertens Belgium15
13Marcel Kittel Germany14
14Philippe Thys Belgium13
Louis Trousselier France13
16Gino Bartali Italy12
Mario Cipollini Italy12
Miguel Indurain Spain12
Robbie McEwen Australia12
Erik Zabel Germany12
Peter Sagan Slovakia12
22Jean Aerts Belgium11
Louison Bobet France11
Raffaele Di Paco Italy11
André Greipel Germany11
26Maurice Archambaud France10
Charly Gaul Luxembourg10
Walter Godefroot Belgium10
Thor Hushovd Norway10
Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands10
Antonin Magne France10
Henri Pélissier France10
Jan Raas Netherlands10
Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands10

Three riders have won 8 stages in a single year:

Mark Cavendish has the most mass finish stage wins with 30 ahead of André Darrigade and André Leducq with 22, François Faber with 19 and Eddy Merckx with 18.[20]

The youngest Tour de France stage winner is Fabio Battesini, who was 19 when he won one stage in the 1931 Tour de France. The oldest Tour de France stage winner is Pino Cerami he was 41 years old when he won stage 9 during the 1963 Tour de France[21]

Stage wins per country

Riders from 33 countries have won at least one stage in the Tour de France.

Country #
 France708
 Belgium471
 Italy270
 Netherlands176
 Spain129
 Germany88
 United Kingdom71
 Luxembourg70
  Switzerland60
Country #
 Australia33
 Colombia22
 Denmark21
 Norway19
 United States18
 Slovakia13
 Portugal12
 Ireland14
 Russia[22]11
Country #
 Uzbekistan9
 Slovenia6
 Kazakhstan5
 Poland5
 Austria4
 Estonia4
 Ukraine4
 Czech Republic3
 Mexico2
 Latvia2
Country #
 South Africa2
 Brazil1
 Canada1
 Lithuania1
 Sweden1

Detailed table
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Stage towns

Some cities and towns have hosted 25 or more stage starts and finishes:

See also

Notes
  1. All appearances from 2004 to 2006 have been disqualified due to Hincapie's suspension for performance-enhancing drug use

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