Yellow jersey statistics
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Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,205 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune).
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 2021 a total of 2,208 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 295 riders.
Individual records
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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, and won the mountains classification twice, but 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.
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. 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.
Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2024, the rider with the most yellow jerseys for someone who has not won the Tour with twenty-nine days in yellow.
This table is updated to the end of the 2024 Tour de France (i.e. the stage is included).
Cyclists who are still active |
Cyclists who won the Tour de France |
Rank | Name | Country | Yellow jerseys |
Tour wins![]() |
Points![]() |
Mountains![]() |
Young rider![]() |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eddy Merckx | ![]() |
96 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 |
2 | Bernard Hinault | ![]() |
75 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
3 | Miguel Induráin | ![]() |
60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 |
4 | Chris Froome | ![]() |
59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
5 | Jacques Anquetil | ![]() |
50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
6 | Tadej Pogačar | ![]() |
40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
7 | Antonin Magne | ![]() |
38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931, 1934 |
= 8 | Nicolas Frantz[n 1] | ![]() |
37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927, 1928, 1929 |
= 8 | Philippe Thys[n 2] | ![]() |
37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913, 1914, 1920 |
10 | André Leducq[n 1] | ![]() |
35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938 |
= 11 | Louison Bobet | ![]() |
34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
= 11 | Ottavio Bottecchia | ![]() |
34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1923, 1924, 1925 |
13 | Fabian Cancellara | ![]() |
29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 |
14 | Jonas Vingegaard | ![]() |
27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2022, 2023 |
= 15 | Sylvère Maes | ![]() |
26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1936, 1937, 1939 |
= 15 | René Vietto | ![]() |
26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1939, 1947 |
17 | François Faber | ![]() |
25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1909, 1910, 1911 |
= 18 | Laurent Fignon | ![]() |
22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1983, 1984, 1989 |
= 18 | Greg LeMond | ![]() |
22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
= 18 | Joop Zoetemelk | ![]() |
22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
21 | Romain Maes | ![]() |
21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1935 |
= 22 | Gino Bartali | ![]() |
20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949 |
= 22 | Thomas Voeckler | ![]() |
20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2004, 2011 |
= 24 | Fausto Coppi | ![]() |
19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1949, 1952 |
= 24 | André Darrigade | ![]() |
19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 |
= 24 | Vincenzo Nibali | ![]() |
19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
= 27 | Julian Alaphilippe | ![]() |
18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
= 27 | Felice Gimondi | ![]() |
18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
= 27 | Jan Ullrich | ![]() |
18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1997, 1998 |
= 30 | Rudi Altig | ![]() |
17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969 |
= 30 | Luis Ocaña | ![]() |
17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971, 1973 |
= 30 | Lucien Petit-Breton | ![]() |
17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1907, 1908 |
= 30 | Roger Pingeon | ![]() |
17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 34 | Odile Defraye | ![]() |
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1912, 1913 |
= 34 | Maurice De Waele | ![]() |
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
= 34 | Bernard Thévenet | ![]() |
16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1975, 1977 |
= 37 | Pedro Delgado[n 3] | ![]() |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987, 1988 |
= 37 | Geraint Thomas | ![]() |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017, 2018 |
= 37 | Dietrich Thurau | ![]() |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1977 |
= 40 | Maurice Archambaud | ![]() |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933, 1936 |
= 40 | Steve Bauer | ![]() |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988, 1990 |
= 40 | Gastone Nencini | ![]() |
14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1960 |
= 40 | Bjarne Riis | ![]() |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995, 1996 |
= 40 | Léon Scieur | ![]() |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1921 |
= 40 | Bradley Wiggins | ![]() |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 |
= 46 | Eugène Christophe | ![]() |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1922 |
= 46 | Gustave Garrigou | ![]() |
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1911 |
= 46 | René Pottier | ![]() |
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1905, 1906 |
= 46 | Andy Schleck[n 4] | ![]() |
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2010, 2011 |
= 46 | Georges Speicher | ![]() |
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933, 1934 |
= 51 | Vincent Barteau | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
= 51 | Joseph Bruyère | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1974, 1978 |
= 51 | Ferdinand Kübler | ![]() |
12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1947, 1950 |
= 51 | Antonin Rolland | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1955 |
= 51 | Louis Trousselier | ![]() |
12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1905, 1907 |
= 51 | Lucien Van Impe | ![]() |
12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1976 |
= 51 | Wout Wagtmans | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1954, 1955, 1956 |
= 58 | Alberto Contador | ![]() |
11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2007, 2009 |
= 58 | Gilbert Desmet | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1963 |
= 58 | Hugo Koblet | ![]() |
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
= 58 | Primož Roglič | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
= 58 | Greg Van Avermaet | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2016, 2018 |
= 58 | Georges Vandenberghe | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
= 64 | Kim Andersen | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983, 1985 |
= 64 | Thor Hushovd | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2004, 2006, 2011 |
= 64 | Pascal Lino | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
= 67 | Phil Anderson | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1981, 1982 |
= 67 | Georges Groussard | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 |
= 67 | Freddy Maertens | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
= 67 | Fiorenzo Magni | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949, 1950, 1952 |
= 67 | Stuart O'Grady | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998, 2001 |
= 67 | Henri Pélissier | ![]() |
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1923 |
= 67 | Michael Rasmussen | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2007 |
= 74 | Lucien Buysse | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
= 74 | Claudio Chiappucci | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1990 |
= 74 | Cadel Evans | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008, 2010, 2011 |
= 74 | Emile Georget | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1906, 1907 |
= 74 | Gerrie Knetemann | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
= 74 | Rinaldo Nocentini | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
= 74 | Óscar Pereiro[n 5] | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 74 | Rudy Pevenage | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
= 74 | Roger Walkowiak | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956 |
= 74 | Adam Yates | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020, 2023 |
= 84 | Jan Adriaensens | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1960 |
= 84 | Federico Bahamontes | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1959, 1963 |
= 84 | Bernard Gauthier | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1950 |
= 84 | Igor González de Galdeano | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
= 84 | Learco Guerra | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1930 |
= 84 | Erich Maechler | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 84 | Thierry Marie | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986, 1990, 1991 |
= 84 | Charly Mottet | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 84 | Marco Pantani | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1998 |
= 84 | Jef Planckaert | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
= 84 | Pascal Simon | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
= 84 | Gustaaf van Slembrouck | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
= 96 | Lucien Aimar | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
= 96 | Chris Boardman | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994, 1997, 1998 |
= 96 | Robert Cazala | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959 |
= 96 | Mario Cipollini | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993, 1997 |
= 96 | Vito Favero | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1958 |
= 96 | Maurice Garin | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1903 |
= 96 | Cyrille Guimard | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
= 96 | Kim Kirchen | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
= 96 | Jaan Kirsipuu | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1999 |
= 96 | Roger Lévêque | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
= 96 | Jean Majerus | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937, 1938 |
= 96 | Jacques Marinelli | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
= 96 | Francesco Moser | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
= 96 | Fritz Schaer | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
= 96 | Mathieu van der Poel | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
= 96 | Herman Van Springel | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1968, 1973 |
= 96 | Félicien Vervaecke | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1938 |
= 113 | Jean Alavoine | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922 |
= 113 | Adelin Benoit | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1925 |
= 113 | Firmin Lambot | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1922 |
= 113 | Jean Malléjac | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
= 113 | Johan Museeuw | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993, 1994 |
= 113 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
= 113 | Francis Pélissier | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
= 113 | Carlos Sastre | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2008 |
= 113 | Bernard Van de Kerkhove | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964, 1965 |
= 113 | Eric Vanderaerden | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1983, 1985 |
= 113 | Cédric Vasseur | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1997 |
= 124 | Gilbert Bauvin | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951, 1954, 1958 |
= 124 | Tom Boonen | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 124 | José Catieau | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1973 |
= 124 | Alberto Elli | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
= 124 | Raphaël Géminiani | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1958 |
= 124 | Roger Hassenforder | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
= 124 | Jos Hoevenaers | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1958, 1959 |
= 124 | Robert Jacquinot | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922, 1923 |
= 124 | Laurent Jalabert | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1995, 2000 |
= 124 | Karl-Heinz Kunde | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
= 124 | Roger Lapébie | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
= 124 | Nello Lauredi | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
= 124 | Hector Martin | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
= 124 | Raffaele di Paco[n 6] | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
= 124 | Eddy Pauwels | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959, 1963 |
= 124 | Jean Rossius[n 2] | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1914 |
= 124 | Peter Sagan | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2016, 2018 |
= 124 | Acácio da Silva | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989 |
= 124 | Rolf Sørensen | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
= 124 | Wout van Aert | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
= 124 | Wim van Est | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951, 1955, 1958 |
= 124 | Gerrit Voorting | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1958 |
= 124 | Italo Zilioli | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 |
= 124 | Alex Zülle | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992, 1996 |
= 148 | Erich Bautz | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
= 148 | Egan Bernal | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
= 148 | Henri Cornet | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
= 148 | Bim Diederich | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
= 148 | Aimé Dossche | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
= 148 | Seamus Elliott | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1963 |
= 148 | Jean Goldschmit | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1950 |
= 148 | Stéphane Heulot | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
= 148 | Serhiy Honchar | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 148 | Roger Lambrecht | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1948, 1949 |
= 148 | Floyd Landis | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 148 | Octave Lapize | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1910 |
= 148 | Bradley McGee | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
= 148 | David Millar | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
= 148 | Wilfried Nelissen | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 |
= 148 | Jelle Nijdam | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987, 1988 |
= 148 | Charles Pélissier[n 6] | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1930, 1931 |
= 148 | Víctor Hugo Peña | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
= 148 | René Privat | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
= 148 | Jan Raas[n 7] | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
= 148 | Stephen Roche | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 148 | Willy Schroeders | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
= 148 | François Simon | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
= 148 | Julien Stevens | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 |
= 148 | Teun van Vliet | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 |
= 148 | Michel Vermeulin | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959 |
= 148 | David Zabriskie | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2005 |
= 175 | Henry Anglade | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1960 |
= 175 | Fabio Aru | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
= 175 | Jan Bakelants | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
= 175 | Romain Bellenger | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1923 |
= 175 | Rubens Bertogliati | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
= 175 | Eugeni Berzin | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
= 175 | Pierre Brambilla | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
= 175 | Jules Buysse | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
= 175 | Marcel Buysse | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913 |
= 175 | Sylvain Chavanel | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
= 175 | Giulio Ciccone | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2019 |
= 175 | Charles Crupelandt | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1910, 1912 |
= 175 | Raymond Delisle | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
= 175 | Laurent Desbiens | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
= 175 | Jacky Durand | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
= 175 | Victor Fontan[n 1] | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
= 175 | Jean Fontenay | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1939 |
= 175 | Jean Forestier | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
= 175 | Charly Gaul | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1958 |
= 175 | Martial Gayant | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 175 | Albertus Geldermans | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
= 175 | Simon Gerrans | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
= 175 | Ivan Gotti | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
= 175 | Charly Grosskost | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
= 175 | Jacques Hanegraaf | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
= 175 | Daryl Impey | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
= 175 | Jan Janssen | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1966, 1968 |
= 175 | Gerben Karstens | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1974 |
= 175 | Marcel Kittel | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013, 2014 |
= 175 | Georges Lemaire | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933 |
= 175 | Tony Martin | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
= 175 | Jules Masselis | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1911, 1913 |
= 175 | Christophe Moreau | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
= 175 | Louis Mottiat | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1920, 1921 |
= 175 | Georges Passerieu | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1908 |
= 175 | Ludo Peeters | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1982, 1984 |
= 175 | Ronan Pensec | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 |
= 175 | Lech Piasecki | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 175 | Jean Robic | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1947, 1953 |
= 175 | Aldo Ronconi | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1947 |
= 175 | Fränk Schleck | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
= 175 | Edward Sels | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 |
= 175 | Mike Teunissen | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
= 175 | Klaus-Peter Thaler | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
= 175 | Alejandro Valverde | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
= 175 | Johan van der Velde | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986 |
= 175 | Rik Van Steenbergen | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
= 175 | Flavio Vanzella | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 |
= 175 | Richard Virenque | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1992, 2003 |
= 175 | Jens Voigt | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001, 2005 |
= 175 | Rolf Wolfshohl | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
= 175 | Erik Zabel | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1998, 2002 |
= 227 | Jean Aerts | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1932 |
= 227 | Romain Bardet | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2024 |
= 227 | Nicolas Barone | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
= 227 | François Beaugendre | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
= 227 | Jean-François Bernard | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
= 227 | Jean-René Bernaudeau | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1979 |
= 227 | Yvon Bertin | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
= 227 | Serafino Biagioni | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
= 227 | Guido Bontempi | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988[n 8] |
= 227 | Vicenzo Borgarello | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1912 |
= 227 | Jacques Bossis | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
= 227 | Erik Breukink | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1989 |
= 227 | Johan Bruyneel | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
= 227 | Max Bulla | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
= 227 | Norbert Callens | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
= 227 | Richard Carapaz | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
= 227 | Andrea Carrea | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
= 227 | Mark Cavendish | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2016 |
= 227 | Rohan Dennis | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
= 227 | Cyril Dessel | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 227 | Ferdinand Le Drogo | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
= 227 | Marcel Dussault | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
= 227 | Paul Egli | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1936 |
= 227 | Jan Engels | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1948 |
= 227 | José María Errandonea | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 227 | Romain Feillu | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
= 227 | Amédée Fournier | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1939 |
= 227 | Michel Frédérick | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
= 227 | Dominique Gaigne | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
= 227 | Tony Gallopin | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
= 227 | Jean-Louis Gauthier | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
= 227 | Fernando Gaviria | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 |
= 227 | Jean-Pierre Genet | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
= 227 | Linus Gerdemann | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2007 |
= 227 | Philippe Gilbert | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011 |
= 227 | Joseph Groussard | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1960 |
= 227 | Alfred Haemerlinck | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
= 227 | Bo Hamburger | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
= 227 | Hector Heusghem | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922 |
= 227 | George Hincapie | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
= 227 | Jai Hindley | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023 |
= 227 | Sean Kelly | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
= 227 | Marcel Kint | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
= 227 | Alexander Kristoff | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
= 227 | Yves Lampaert | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
= 227 | Jean-Claude Lebaube | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
= 227 | Luc Leblanc | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
= 227 | Léon Le Calvez | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
= 227 | Désiré Letort | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 |
= 227 | Emile Lombard | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
= 227 | Henk Lubberding | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1988 |
= 227 | François Mahé | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
= 227 | Robbie McEwen | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
= 227 | Arsène Mersch | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1936 |
= 227 | Giovanni Micheletto | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913 |
= 227 | Frédéric Moncassin | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
= 227 | Jean-Patrick Nazon | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
= 227 | Willi Oberbeck | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1938 |
= 227 | Miguel Poblet | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1955 |
= 227 | Giancarlo Polidori | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 227 | Tommaso de Pra | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
= 227 | Gaston Rebry | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
= 227 | Raymond Riotte | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 227 | Giovanni Rossi | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
= 227 | Gregorio San Miguel | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
= 227 | Tom Simpson | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
= 227 | Jozef Spruyt | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 227 | Alex Stieda | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
= 227 | Kurt Stöpel | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1932 |
= 227 | Adri van der Poel | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
= 227 | Cyrille van Hauwaert | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1909 |
= 227 | Rik Van Looy | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
= 227 | Willy Van Neste | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
= 227 | Marc Wauters | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
= 227 | Sean Yates | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 |
Number of wearers per year
[edit]The largest number of riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.
Number of wearers | Years |
---|---|
1 | 1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999,[n 9] 2005[n 10] |
2 | 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012 |
3 | 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000,[n 11] 2002,[n 12] 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
4 | 1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003,[n 13] 2004,[n 14] 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 |
5 | 1913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001,[n 15] 2011, 2013, 2020 |
6 | 1929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008 |
7 | 1949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006 |
8 | 1958, 1987 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.[2]
- ^ a b In 1914, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.[1]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b In 1931, Charles Pélissier (FRA) and Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) were both declared leader after the 5th stage.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of two.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong and David Zabriskie annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of three.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five.
- ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing five riders in yellow that year instead of six.
Per country
[edit]The yellow jersey has been awarded to 25 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 holder" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the yellow jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of cyclists of the country that wore the yellow jersey.
Rank | Country | Yellow jerseys |
Tour wins![]() |
Points![]() |
Mountains![]() |
Young rider![]() |
Most recent holder | Stage | Different holders | List of holders |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
729 | 36 | 9 | 23 | 8 | Romain Bardet | 2024, stage 1 | 97 | |
2 | ![]() |
439 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | Wout van Aert | 2022, stage 5 | 61 | Belgian yellow jersey holders |
3 | ![]() |
212 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 5 | Giulio Ciccone | 2019, stage 7 | 30 | |
4 | ![]() |
135 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 5 | Alberto Contador | 2009, stage 21 | 12 | |
5 | ![]() |
108 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Adam Yates | 2023, stage 4 | 9 | British yellow jersey holders |
6 | ![]() |
98 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Andy Schleck | 2011, stage 19 | 10 | |
7 | ![]() |
80 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Mathieu van der Poel | 2021, stage 7 | 18 | Dutch yellow jersey holders |
8 | ![]() |
74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Fabian Cancellara | 2015, stage 2 | 10 | |
9 | ![]() |
72 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Tony Martin | 2015, stage 6 | 14 | |
10 | ![]() |
70 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Jonas Vingegaard | 2023 , stage 21 | 7 | |
11 | ![]() |
51 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Tadej Pogačar | 2024, stage 21 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Jai Hindley | 2023, stage 5 | 8 | Australian yellow jersey holders |
13 | ![]() |
29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | George Hincapie | 2006, stage 1 | 4 | |
14 | ![]() |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Bauer | 1990, stage 9 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Alexander Kristoff | 2020, stage 1 | 2 | |
=16 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Egan Bernal | 2019, stage 21 | 3 | |
=16 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Stephen Roche | 1987, stage 25 | 3 | |
18 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jaan Kirsipuu | 1999, stage 7 | 1 | |
=19 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acácio da Silva | 1989, stage 4 | 1 | |
=19 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Peter Sagan | 2018, stage 2 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Serhiy Honchar | 2006, stage 9 | 1 | |
=22 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Lech Piasecki | 1987, stage 2 | 1 | |
=22 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Eugeni Berzin | 1996, stage 8 | 1 | |
=22 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daryl Impey | 2013, stage 7 | 1 | |
=25 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Max Bulla | 1931, stage 2 | 1 | |
=25 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Richard Carapaz | 2024, stage 4 | 1 | |
=27 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | |
=27 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | |
=27 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
Yellow jersey retirees
[edit]There have been sixteen instances where a rider quit the Tour for any reason while wearing the yellow jersey.[12]
Year | Stage | Rider | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
1927 | 6 | ![]() |
Sickness |
1929 | 10 | ![]() |
Broken bicycle |
1937 | 16 | ![]() |
Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threats from French spectators |
1950 | 11 | ![]() |
Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threats from French spectators |
1951 | 13 | ![]() |
Withdrawal after fall down a ravine in Aubisque |
1965 | 9 | ![]() |
Withdrawal during the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke) |
1971 | 14 | ![]() |
Fall during a storm in Col de Menté.[13] |
1978 | 16 | ![]() |
Expelled for attempting fraud at a doping test |
1980 | 12 | ![]() |
Knee pain |
1983 | 17 | ![]() |
Scapula fracture |
1991 | 5 | ![]() |
Clavicle fracture after a fall in the last kilometer |
1996 | 7 | ![]() |
Knee tendinitis |
1998 | 2 | ![]() |
Head and neck injury after a crash |
2007 | 16 | ![]() |
Sacked by his team for lying about his whereabouts |
2015 | 4 | ![]() |
Broken vertebrae after a crash in Stage 3 |
2015 | 7 | ![]() |
Broken collarbone after a crash in Stage 6[14] |
Yellow jersey winners with no stage wins
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lemond.jpg/200px-Lemond.jpg)
Usually the winner of the Tour de France also wins at least one stage, but that is not necessary. It is possible to win the Tour de France without winning a single stage, because the overall winner of the Tour de France is decided solely by the total race time. This has happened eight times so far:[15]
Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956
Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960
Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966
Greg LeMond (USA) 1990
Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006
Chris Froome (GBR) 2017
Egan Bernal (COL) 2019
Of these eight cyclists, Walkowiak and Bernal are the only ones without a single Tour stage win, although Bernal is still active as of 2024, and was leading solo in the final stages of a stage abandoned due to a landslide on the final kilometres of the course in 2019, the year he won the Tour.[16] Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours,[17] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,[18] Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,[19] LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,[20] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour,[21] 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
[edit]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:[22]
Louis Trousselier (FRA) (1905 winner)
Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) (1907 and 1908 winner)
François Faber (LUX) (1909 winner)
Octave Lapize (FRA) (1910 winner)
Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (1911 winner)
Odile Defraye (BEL) (1912 winner)
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:
Firmin Lambot (BEL) (1919 and 1922 winner)
Léon Scieur (BEL) (1921 winner)
Henri Pélissier (FRA) (1923 winner)
Lucien Buysse (BEL) (1926 winner)
Winning Tour de France on first occasion
[edit]Twelve cyclists won the general classification the first time they entered the competition, including three of the five-time champions.
- 1903 –
Maurice Garin (FRA) in the first ever Tour de France
- 1904 –
Henri Cornet (FRA)
- 1905 –
Louis Trousselier (FRA)
- 1947 –
Jean Robic (FRA), first Tour after World War II
- 1949 –
Fausto Coppi (ITA), first of his 2 victories
- 1951 –
Hugo Koblet (SUI)
- 1957 –
Jacques Anquetil (FRA), first of his 5 victories
- 1965 –
Felice Gimondi (ITA)
- 1969 –
Eddy Merckx (BEL), first of his 5 victories
- 1978 –
Bernard Hinault (FRA), first of his 5 victories
- 1983 –
Laurent Fignon (FRA), first of his 2 victories
- 2020 –
Tadej Pogačar (SLO), first of his 3 victories
Finishing Tour de France career with victory
[edit]Five cyclists won the Tour de France the last time they entered the competition:
- 1906 –
René Pottier (FRA), died before next race
- 1937 –
Roger Lapébie (FRA)
- 1939 –
Sylvère Maes (BEL), last Tour before World War II
- 1952 –
Fausto Coppi (ITA)
- 2012 –
Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
Fausto Coppi is the only cyclist who won the Tour de France in both the first and the last Tour he entered.
See also
[edit]- List of Australian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- List of Belgian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
References
[edit]- ^ a b "75ème Tour de France 1988 – Prélude" (in French). www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Historical Results – Tour de France". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002–2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ Magowan, Robin (1996). Tour de France: The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary. VeloPress. ISBN 978-1-884737-13-8.
- ^ Tour de France database results for Jan Raas Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Yellow Jersey
- ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Green Jersey
- ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Polka Dot Jersey
- ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The White Jersey
- ^ "Riders that abandoned Tour de France in yellow jersey". www.infostradasports.com. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Luis Ocaña: the rider with no limits – and no luck at all". Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone". 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Few have won yellow without a stage win". Cyclingnews. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak Archived 12 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
- ^ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini Archived 12 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tom James (4 April 2001). "Thys in spite of Pélissier". Retrieved 17 March 2008.
External links
[edit]- Tour de France database: Official Tour de France history