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

The 2004 version of the yellow jersey.

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 2020, 4th, 22nd, 35th, 144th and 171st with fifty-nine, nineteen, fifteen, three and two 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.

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
= 25Felice Gimondi Italy1810001965
= 25Jan Ullrich Germany1810031997, 1998
= 27Rudi Altig Germany1701001962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 27Luis Ocaña Spain1710001971, 1973
= 27Lucien Petit-Breton France1720001907, 1908
= 27Roger Pingeon France1710001967
= 31Julian Alaphilippe France1600102019, 2020
= 31Odile Defraye Belgium1610001912, 1913
= 31Maurice De Waele Belgium1610001929
= 31Bernard Thévenet France1620001975, 1977
= 35Pedro Delgado[n 3] Spain1510001987, 1988
= 35Geraint Thomas United Kingdom1510002017, 2018
= 35Dietrich Thurau Germany1500011977
= 38Maurice Archambaud France1400001933, 1936
= 38Steve Bauer Canada1400001988, 1990
= 38Gastone Nencini Italy1410101960
= 38Bjarne Riis Denmark1410001995, 1996
= 38Léon Scieur Belgium1410001921
= 38Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom1410002012
= 44Eugène Christophe France1300001919, 1922
= 44Gustave Garrigou France1310001911
= 44René Pottier France1310001905, 1906
= 44Andy Schleck[n 4] Luxembourg1310032010, 2011
= 44Georges Speicher France1310001933, 1934
= 49Vincent Barteau France1200001984
= 49Joseph Bruyère Belgium1200001974, 1978
= 49Lucien Van Impe Belgium1210601976
= 49Ferdinand Kübler  Switzerland1211001947, 1950
= 49Antonin Rolland France1200001955
= 49Louis Trousselier France1210001905, 1907
= 49Wout Wagtmans Netherlands1200001954, 1955, 1956
= 56Alberto Contador Spain1120012007, 2009
= 56Gilbert Desmet Belgium1100001956, 1963
= 56Hugo Koblet  Switzerland1110001951
= 56Primož Roglič Slovenia1100002020
= 56Greg Van Avermaet Belgium1100002016, 2018
= 56Georges Vandenberghe Belgium1100001968
= 62Kim Andersen Denmark1000001983, 1985
= 62Thor Hushovd Norway1002002004, 2006, 2011
= 62Pascal Lino France1000001992
= 65Phil Anderson Australia900011981, 1982
= 65Georges Groussard France900001964
= 65Freddy Maertens Belgium902001976
= 65Fiorenzo Magni Italy900001949, 1950, 1952
= 65Stuart O'Grady Australia900001998, 2001
= 65Henri Pélissier France910001919, 1923
= 65Michael Rasmussen Denmark900202007
= 72Lucien Buysse Belgium810001926
= 72Claudio Chiappucci Italy800201990
= 72Cadel Evans Australia810002008, 2010, 2011
= 72Emile Georget France800001906, 1907
= 72Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands800001978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 72Rinaldo Nocentini Italy800002009
= 78Óscar Pereiro[n 5] Spain810002006
= 78Rudy Pevenage Belgium801001980
= 78Roger Walkowiak France810001956
= 81Jan Adriaensens Belgium700001956, 1960
= 81Federico Bahamontes Spain710601959, 1963
= 81Bernard Gauthier France700001950
= 81Igor González de Galdeano Spain700002002
= 81Learco Guerra Italy700001930
= 81Erich Maechler  Switzerland700001987
= 81Thierry Marie France700001986, 1990, 1991
= 81Charly Mottet France700001987
= 81Marco Pantani Italy710021998
= 81Jef Planckaert Belgium700001962
= 81Pascal Simon France700001983
= 81Gustaaf van Slembrouck Belgium700001926
= 93Lucien Aimar France610001966
= 93Chris Boardman United Kingdom600001994, 1997, 1998
= 93Robert Cazala France600001959
= 93Mario Cipollini Italy600001993, 1997
= 93Vito Favero Italy600001958
= 93Maurice Garin France610001903
= 93Cyrille Guimard France600001972
= 93Kim Kirchen Luxembourg600002008
= 93Jaan Kirsipuu Estonia600001999
= 93Roger Lévêque France600001951
= 93Jean Majerus Luxembourg600001937, 1938
= 93Jacques Marinelli France600001949
= 93Francesco Moser Italy600011975
= 93Fritz Schaer  Switzerland601001953
= 93Herman Van Springel Belgium601001968, 1973
= 93Félicien Vervaecke Belgium600201938
= 109Jean Alavoine France500001922
= 109Adelin Benoit Belgium500001925
= 109Firmin Lambot Belgium520001919, 1922
= 109Jean Malléjac France500001953
= 109Johan Museeuw Belgium500001993, 1994
= 109Jørgen V. Pedersen Denmark500001986
= 109Francis Pélissier France500001927
= 109Carlos Sastre Spain510102008
= 109Bernard Van de Kerkhove Belgium500001964, 1965
= 109Eric Vanderaerden Belgium501001983, 1985
= 109Cédric Vasseur France500001997
= 120Gilbert Bauvin France400001951, 1954, 1958
= 120Tom Boonen Belgium401002006
= 120José Catieau France400001973
= 120Alberto Elli Italy400002000
= 120Wim van Est Netherlands400001951, 1955, 1958
= 120Raphaël Géminiani France400101958
= 120Roger Hassenforder France400001953
= 120Jos Hoevenaers Belgium400001958, 1959
= 120Robert Jacquinot France400001922, 1923
= 120Laurent Jalabert France402201995, 2000
= 120Karl-Heinz Kunde Germany400001966
= 120Roger Lapébie France410001937
= 120Nello Lauredi France400001952
= 120Hector Martin Belgium400001927
= 120Raffaele di Paco[n 6] Italy400001931
= 120Eddy Pauwels Belgium400001959, 1963
= 120Jean Rossius[n 2] Belgium400001914
= 120Peter Sagan Slovakia407002016, 2018
= 120Acácio da Silva Portugal400001989
= 120Rolf Sørensen Denmark400001991
= 120Gerrit Voorting Netherlands400001956, 1958
= 120Adam Yates United Kingdom400002020
= 120Italo Zilioli Italy400001970
= 120Alex Zülle  Switzerland400001992, 1996
= 144Erich Bautz Germany300001937
= 144Egan Bernal Colombia310012019
= 144Henri Cornet France310001904
= 144Bim Diederich Luxembourg300001951
= 144Aimé Dossche Belgium300001929
= 144Seamus Elliott Ireland300001963
= 144Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg300001950
= 144Stéphane Heulot France300001996
= 144Serhiy Honchar Ukraine300002006
= 144Roger Lambrecht Belgium300001948, 1949
= 144Floyd Landis United States300002006
= 144Octave Lapize France310001910
= 144Bradley McGee Australia300002003
= 144David Millar United Kingdom300002000
= 144Wilfried Nelissen Belgium300001993
= 144Jelle Nijdam Netherlands300001987, 1988
= 144Charles Pélissier[n 6] France300001930, 1931
= 144Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia300002003
= 144René Privat France300001957
= 144Jan Raas[n 7] Netherlands300001978
= 144Stephen Roche Ireland310001987
= 144Willy Schroeders Belgium300001962
= 144François Simon France300002001
= 144Julien Stevens Belgium300001969
= 144Michel Vermeulin France300001959
= 144Teun van Vliet Netherlands300001988
= 144David Zabriskie United States300002005
= 171Henry Anglade France200001960
= 171Fabio Aru Italy200002017
= 171Jan Bakelants Belgium200002013
= 171Romain Bellenger France200001923
= 171Rubens Bertogliati  Switzerland200002002
= 171Eugeni Berzin Russia200001996
= 171Pierre Brambilla Italy200101947
= 171Jules Buysse Belgium200001926
= 171Marcel Buysse Belgium200001913
= 171Sylvain Chavanel France200002010
= 171Giulio Ciccone Italy200002019
= 171Charles Crupelandt France200001910, 1912
= 171Raymond Delisle France200001976
= 171Laurent Desbiens France200001998
= 171Jacky Durand France200001995
= 171Victor Fontan[n 1] France200001929
= 171Jean Fontenay France200001939
= 171Jean Forestier France201001957
= 171Charly Gaul Luxembourg210201958
= 171Martial Gayant France200001987
= 171Albertus Geldermans Netherlands200001962
= 171Simon Gerrans Australia200002013
= 171Ivan Gotti Italy200001995
= 171Charly Grosskost France200001968
= 171Jacques Hanegraaf Netherlands200001984
= 171Daryl Impey South Africa200002013
= 171Jan Janssen Netherlands213001966, 1968
= 171Gerben Karstens Netherlands200001974
= 171Marcel Kittel Germany200002013, 2014
= 171Georges Lemaire Belgium200001933
= 171Tony Martin Germany200002015
= 171Jules Masselis Belgium200001911, 1913
= 171Christophe Moreau France200002001
= 171Louis Mottiat Belgium200001920, 1921
= 171Georges Passerieu France200001908
= 171Ludo Peeters Belgium200001982, 1984
= 171Ronan Pensec France200001990
= 171Lech Piasecki Poland200001987
= 171Tadej Pogačar Slovenia210112020
= 171Jean Robic France210001947, 1953
= 171Aldo Ronconi Italy200001947
= 171Fränk Schleck Luxembourg200002008
= 171Edward Sels Belgium200001964
= 171Mike Teunissen Netherlands200002019
= 171Klaus-Peter Thaler Germany200001978
= 171Alejandro Valverde Spain200002008
= 171Flavio Vanzella Italy200001994
= 171Johan van der Velde Netherlands200011986
= 171Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium200001952
= 171Richard Virenque France200701992, 2003
= 171Jens Voigt Germany200002001, 2005
= 171Rolf Wolfshohl Germany200001968
= 171Erik Zabel Germany206001998, 2002
= 224Jean Aerts Belgium100001932
= 224Nicolas Barone France100001957
= 224François Beaugendre France100001904
= 224Jean-François Bernard France100001987
= 224Jean-René Bernaudeau France100011979
= 224Yvon Bertin France100001980
= 224Serafino Biagioni Italy100001951
= 224Guido Bontempi Italy100001988[n 8]
= 224Vicenzo Borgarello Italy100001912
= 224Jacques Bossis France100001978
= 224Erik Breukink Netherlands100011989
= 224Johan Bruyneel Belgium100001995
= 224Max Bulla Austria100001931
= 224Norbert Callens Belgium100001949
= 224Andrea Carrea Italy100001952
= 224Mark Cavendish United Kingdom101002016
= 224Rohan Dennis Australia100002015
= 224Cyril Dessel France100002006
= 224Ferdinand Le Drogo France100001927
= 224Marcel Dussault France100001949
= 224Paul Egli  Switzerland100001936
= 224Jan Engels Belgium100001948
= 224José María Errandonea Spain100001967
= 224Romain Feillu France100002008
= 224Amédée Fournier France100001939
= 224Michel Frédérick  Switzerland100001904
= 224Dominique Gaigne France100001986
= 224Tony Gallopin France100002014
= 224Jean-Louis Gauthier France100001983
= 224Fernando Gaviria Colombia100002018
= 224Jean-Pierre Genet France100001968
= 224Linus Gerdemann Germany100002007
= 224Philippe Gilbert Belgium100002011
= 224Joseph Groussard France100001960
= 224Bo Hamburger Denmark100001998
= 224Cyrille van Hauwaert Belgium100001909
= 224Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium100001931
= 224Hector Heusghem Belgium100001922
= 224George Hincapie United States100002006
= 224Sean Kelly Ireland104001983
= 224Marcel Kint Belgium100001937
= 224Alexander Kristoff Norway100002020
= 224Jean-Claude Lebaube France100001966
= 224Luc Leblanc France100001991
= 224Léon Le Calvez France100001931
= 224Désiré Letort France100001969
= 224Emile Lombard Belgium100001904
= 224Henk Lubberding Netherlands100011988
= 224François Mahé France100001953
= 224Robbie McEwen Australia103002004
= 224Arsène Mersch Luxembourg100001936
= 224Giovanni Micheletto Italy100001913
= 224Frederic Moncassin France100001996
= 224Jean-Patrick Nazon France100002003
= 224Willi Oberbeck Germany100001938
= 224Miguel Poblet Spain100001955
= 224Adri van der Poel Netherlands100001984
= 224Giancarlo Polidori Italy100001967
= 224Tommaso de Pra Italy100001966
= 224Gaston Rebry Belgium100001929
= 224Raymond Riotte France100001967
= 224Giovanni Rossi  Switzerland100001951
= 224Gregorio San Miguel Spain100001968
= 224Tom Simpson United Kingdom100001962
= 224Jozef Spruyt Belgium100001967
= 224Alex Stieda Canada100001986
= 224Kurt Stöpel Germany100001932
= 224Rik Van Looy Belgium101001965
= 224Willy van Neste Belgium100001967
= 224Marc Wauters Belgium100002001
= 224Sean 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
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] "KoM" 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 France725369238Julian Alaphilippe2020, stage 495
2 Belgium4341819110Greg Van Avermaet2018, stage 1060Belgian yellow jersey holders
3 Italy212102125Giulio Ciccone2019, stage 730
4 Spain135121165Alberto Contador2009, stage 2112
5 Great Britain1056122Adam Yates2020, stage 88British yellow jersey holders
6 Luxembourg965023Andy Schleck2011, stage 1910
7 Germany751804Tony Martin2015, stage 615
=8 Netherlands742425Mike Teunissen2019, stage 218Dutch yellow jersey holders
=8  Switzerland742210Fabian Cancellara2015, stage 29
10 Denmark431020Michael Rasmussen2007, stage 166
11 Australia331501Rohan Dennis2015, stage 17Australian yellow jersey holders
12 United States263003George Hincapie2006, stage 13
13 Canada150000Steve Bauer1990, stage 92
14 Slovenia131011Tadej Pogačar2020, stage 212
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 severe 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 Tour de France)

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.

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.
  2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 17 March 2008. Frantz, André Leducq and Victor Fontan, who were in that winning stage 17 break, were exactly tied in time. Today the judges would go back to the time trial and look at the fractions-of-a-second differences. If that doesn't resolve the tie, then a look at placings solves the problem. The Tour didn't have rules to take care of ties, so 3 Yellow Jerseys were awarded.
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