Yellow jersey statistics

The 2004 version of the yellow jersey.

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,142 stages, up to and including the 2018 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 2018 a total of 2,145 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 286 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 2016 with twenty nine days in yellow, the rider with the most yellow jerseys ever for someone who has not won the Tour. The two active Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali rank, as of 2017, 4th and 21st, with fifty-nine and nineteen 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 late 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
= 31Odile Defraye Belgium1610001912, 1913
= 31Maurice De Waele Belgium1610001929
= 31Bernard Thévenet France1620001975, 1977
= 34Pedro Delgado[n 3] Spain1510001987, 1988
= 34Geraint Thomas United Kingdom1510002017, 2018
= 34Dietrich Thurau Germany1500011977
= 37Maurice Archambaud France1400001933, 1936
= 37Steve Bauer Canada1400001988, 1990
= 37Gastone Nencini Italy1410101960
= 37Bjarne Riis Denmark1410001995, 1996
= 37Léon Scieur Belgium1410001921
= 37Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom1410002012
= 43Eugène Christophe France1300001919, 1922
= 43Gustave Garrigou France1310001911
= 43René Pottier France1310001905, 1906
= 43Andy Schleck[n 4] Luxembourg1310032010, 2011
= 43Georges Speicher France1310001933, 1934
= 48Vincent Barteau France1200001984
= 48Joseph Bruyère Belgium1200001974, 1978
= 48Lucien Van Impe Belgium1210601976
= 48Ferdinand Kübler  Switzerland1211001947, 1950
= 48Antonin Rolland France1200001955
= 48Louis Trousselier France1210001905, 1907
= 48Wout Wagtmans Netherlands1200001954, 1955, 1956
= 55Alberto Contador Spain1120012007, 2009
= 55Gilbert Desmet Belgium1100001956, 1963
= 55Hugo Koblet  Switzerland1110001951
= 55Greg Van Avermaet Belgium1100002016, 2018
= 55Georges Vandenberghe Belgium1100001968
= 60Kim Andersen Denmark1000001983, 1985
= 60Thor Hushovd Norway1002002004, 2006, 2011
= 60Pascal Lino France1000001992
= 63Phil Anderson Australia900011981, 1982
= 63Georges Groussard France900001964
= 63Freddy Maertens Belgium902001976
= 63Fiorenzo Magni Italy900001949, 1950, 1952
= 63Stuart O'Grady Australia900001998, 2001
= 63Henri Pélissier France910001919, 1923
= 63Michael Rasmussen Denmark900202007
= 70Lucien Buysse Belgium810001926
= 70Claudio Chiappucci Italy800201990
= 70Cadel Evans Australia810002008, 2010, 2011
= 70Emile Georget France800001906, 1907
= 70Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands800001978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 70Rinaldo Nocentini Italy800002009
= 70Rudy Pevenage Belgium801001980
= 70Roger Walkowiak France810001956
= 78Jan Adriaensens Belgium700001956, 1960
= 78Federico Bahamontes Spain710601959, 1963
= 78Bernard Gauthier France700001950
= 78Igor González de Galdeano Spain700002002
= 78Learco Guerra Italy700001930
= 78Erich Maechler  Switzerland700001987
= 78Thierry Marie France700001986, 1990, 1991
= 78Charly Mottet France700001987
= 78Marco Pantani Italy710021998
= 78Óscar Pereiro[n 5] Spain710002006
= 78Jef Planckaert Belgium700001962
= 78Pascal Simon France700001983
= 78Gustaaf van Slembrouck Belgium700001926
= 91Lucien Aimar France610001966
= 91Chris Boardman United Kingdom600001994, 1997, 1998
= 91Robert Cazala France600001959
= 91Mario Cipollini Italy600001993, 1997
= 91Vito Favero Italy600001958
= 91Maurice Garin France610001903
= 91Cyrille Guimard France600001972
= 91Kim Kirchen Luxembourg600002008
= 91Jaan Kirsipuu Estonia600001999
= 91Roger Lévêque France600001951
= 91Jean Majerus Luxembourg600001937, 1938
= 91Jacques Marinelli France600001949
= 91Francesco Moser Italy600011975
= 91Fritz Schaer  Switzerland601001953
= 91Herman Van Springel Belgium601001968, 1973
= 91Félicien Vervaecke Belgium600201938
= 107Jean Alavoine France500001922
= 107Adelin Benoit Belgium500001925
= 107Firmin Lambot Belgium520001919, 1922
= 107Jean Malléjac France500001953
= 107Johan Museeuw Belgium500001993, 1994
= 107Jørgen V. Pedersen Denmark500001986
= 107Francis Pélissier France500001927
= 107Carlos Sastre Spain510102008
= 107Bernard Van de Kerkhove Belgium500001964, 1965
= 107Eric Vanderaerden Belgium501001983, 1985
= 107Cédric Vasseur France500001997
= 118Gilbert Bauvin France400001951, 1954, 1958
= 118Tom Boonen Belgium401002006
= 118José Catieau France400001973
= 118Alberto Elli Italy400002000
= 118Wim van Est Netherlands400001951, 1955, 1958
= 118Raphaël Géminiani France400101958
= 118Roger Hassenforder France400001953
= 118Jos Hoevenaers Belgium400001958, 1959
= 118Robert Jacquinot France400001922, 1923
= 118Laurent Jalabert France402201995, 2000
= 118Karl-Heinz Kunde Germany400001966
= 118Roger Lapébie France410001937
= 118Nello Lauredi France400001952
= 118Hector Martin Belgium400001927
= 118Raffaele di Paco[n 6] Italy400001931
= 118Eddy Pauwels Belgium400001959, 1963
= 118Jean Rossius[n 2] Belgium400001914
= 118Peter Sagan Slovakia406002016, 2018
= 118Acácio da Silva Portugal400001989
= 118Rolf Sørensen Denmark400001991
= 118Gerrit Voorting Netherlands400001956, 1958
= 118Italo Zilioli Italy400001970
= 118Alex Zülle  Switzerland400001992, 1996
= 141Erich Bautz Germany300001937
= 141Henri Cornet France310001904
= 141Bim Diederich Luxembourg300001951
= 141Aimé Dossche Belgium300001929
= 141Seamus Elliott Ireland300001963
= 141Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg300001950
= 141Stéphane Heulot France300001996
= 141Serhiy Honchar Ukraine300002006
= 141Roger Lambrecht Belgium300001948, 1949
= 141Floyd Landis United States300002006
= 141Octave Lapize France310001910
= 141Bradley McGee Australia300002003
= 141David Millar United Kingdom300002000
= 141Wilfried Nelissen Belgium300001993
= 141Jelle Nijdam Netherlands300001987, 1988
= 141Charles Pélissier[n 6] France300001930, 1931
= 141Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia300002003
= 141René Privat France300001957
= 141Jan Raas[n 7] Netherlands300001978
= 141Stephen Roche Ireland310001987
= 141Willy Schroeders Belgium300001962
= 141François Simon France300002001
= 141Julien Stevens Belgium300001969
= 141Michel Vermeulin France300001959
= 141Teun van Vliet Netherlands300001988
= 141David Zabriskie United States300002005
= 167Henry Anglade France200001960
= 167Fabio Aru Italy200002017
= 167Jan Bakelants Belgium200002013
= 167Romain Bellenger France200001923
= 167Rubens Bertogliati  Switzerland200002002
= 167Eugeni Berzin Russia200001996
= 167Pierre Brambilla Italy200101947
= 167Jules Buysse  Belgium200001926
= 167Marcel Buysse Belgium200001913
= 167Sylvain Chavanel France200002010
= 167Charles Crupelandt France200001910, 1912
= 167Raymond Delisle France200001976
= 167Laurent Desbiens France200001998
= 167Jacky Durand France200001995
= 167Victor Fontan[n 1] France200001929
= 167Jean Fontenay France200001939
= 167Jean Forestier France201001957
= 167Charly Gaul Luxembourg210201958
= 167Martial Gayant France200001987
= 167Albertus Geldermans Netherlands200001962
= 167Simon Gerrans Australia200002013
= 167Ivan Gotti Italy200001995
= 167Charly Grosskost France200001968
= 167Jacques Hanegraaf Netherlands200001984
= 167Daryl Impey South Africa200002013
= 167Jan Janssen Netherlands213001966, 1968
= 167Gerben Karstens Netherlands200001974
= 167Marcel Kittel Germany200002013, 2014
= 167Georges Lemaire Belgium200001933
= 167Tony Martin Germany200002015
= 167Jules Masselis Belgium200001911, 1913
= 167Christophe Moreau France200002001
= 167Louis Mottiat Belgium200001920, 1921
= 167Georges Passerieu France200001908
= 167Ludo Peeters Belgium200001982, 1984
= 167Ronan Pensec France200001990
= 167Lech Piasecki Poland200001987
= 167Jean Robic France210001947, 1953
= 167Aldo Ronconi Italy200001947
= 167Fränk Schleck Luxembourg200002008
= 167Edward Sels Belgium200001964
= 167Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium200001952
= 167Klaus-Peter Thaler Germany200001978
= 167Alejandro Valverde Spain200002008
= 167Flavio Vanzella Italy200001994
= 167Johan van der Velde Netherlands200011986
= 167Richard Virenque France200701992, 2003
= 167Jens Voigt Germany200002001, 2005
= 167Rolf Wolfshohl Germany200001968
= 167Erik Zabel Germany206001998, 2002
= 217Jean Aerts Belgium100001932
= 217Nicolas Barone France100001957
= 217François Beaugendre France100001904
= 217Jean-François Bernard France100001987
= 217Jean-René Bernaudeau France100011979
= 217Yvon Bertin France100001980
= 217Serafino Biagioni Italy100001951
= 217Guido Bontempi Italy100001988[n 8]
= 217Vicenzo Borgarello Italy100001912
= 217Jacques Bossis France100001978
= 217Erik Breukink Netherlands100011989
= 217Johan Bruyneel Belgium100001995
= 217Max Bulla Austria100001931
= 217Norbert Callens Belgium100001949
= 217Léon Le Calvez France100001931
= 217Andrea Carrea Italy100001952
= 217Mark Cavendish United Kingdom101002016
= 217Rohan Dennis Australia100002015
= 217Cyril Dessel France100002006
= 217Ferdinand Le Drogo France100001927
= 217Marcel Dussault France100001949
= 217Paul Egli  Switzerland100001936
= 217Jan Engels Belgium100001948
= 217José María Errandonea Spain100001967
= 217Romain Feillu France100002008
= 217Amédée Fournier France100001939
= 217Michel Frédérick  Switzerland100001904
= 217Dominique Gaigne France100001986
= 217Tony Gallopin France100002014
= 217Jean-Louis Gauthier France100001983
= 217Fernando Gaviria Colombia100002018
= 217Jean-Pierre Genet France100001968
= 217Linus Gerdemann Germany100002007
= 217Philippe Gilbert Belgium100002011
= 217Joseph Groussard France100001960
= 217Bo Hamburger Denmark100001998
= 217Cyrille van Hauwaert Belgium100001909
= 217Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium100001931
= 217Hector Heusghem Belgium100001922
= 217George Hincapie United States100002006
= 217Sean Kelly Ireland104001983
= 217Marcel Kint Belgium100001937
= 217Jean-Claude Lebaube France100001966
= 217Luc Leblanc France100001991
= 217Désiré Letort France100001969
= 217Rik Van Looy Belgium101001965
= 217Emile Lombard Belgium100001904
= 217Henk Lubberding Netherlands100011988
= 217François Mahé France100001953
= 217Robbie McEwen Australia103002004
= 217Arsène Mersch Luxembourg100001936
= 217Giovanni Micheletto Italy100001913
= 217Frederic Moncassin France100001996
= 217Jean-Patrick Nazon France100002003
= 217Willy van Neste Belgium100001967
= 217Willi Oberbeck Germany100001938
= 217Miguel Poblet Spain100001955
= 217Adri van der Poel Netherlands100001984
= 217Giancarlo Polidori Italy100001967
= 217Tommaso de Pra Italy100001966
= 217Gaston Rebry Belgium100001929
= 217Raymond Riotte France100001967
= 217Giovanni Rossi  Switzerland100001951
= 217Gregorio San Miguel Spain100001968
= 217Tom Simpson United Kingdom100001962
= 217Jozef Spruyt Belgium100001967
= 217Alex Stieda Canada100001986
= 217Kurt Stöpel Germany100001932
= 217Marc Wauters Belgium100002001
= 217Sean 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
21905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2005, 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
51913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2011, 2013
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. 1 2 3 In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.[2]
  2. 1 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 2 extra days.
  6. 1 2 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 holders
1 France709369228Tony Gallopin2014, stage 994
2 Belgium4341819110Greg Van Avermaet2018, stage 1060
3 Italy210102125Fabio Aru2017, stage 1329
4 Spain135121165Alberto Contador2009, stage 2112
5 Great Britain1016122Geraint Thomas2018, stage 218
6 Luxembourg965023Andy Schleck2011, stage 1910
7 Germany751804Tony Martin2015, stage 615
8  Switzerland742210Fabian Cancellara2015, stage 29
9 Netherlands722425Erik Breukink1989, prologue17
10 Denmark431020Michael Rasmussen2007, stage 166
11 Australia331501Rohan Dennis2015, stage 17
12 United States263003George Hincapie2006, stage 13
13 Canada150000Steve Bauer1990, stage 92
14 Norway100200Thor Hushovd2011, stage 81
15 Ireland71400Stephen Roche1987, stage 253
16 Estonia60000Jaan Kirsipuu1999, stage 71
= 17 Colombia40054Fernando Gaviria2018, stage 12
= 17 Portugal40000Acácio da Silva1989, stage 41
= 17 Slovakia40600Peter Sagan2018, stage 21
20 Ukraine30001Serhiy Honchar2006, stage 91
= 21 Poland20020Lech Piasecki1987, stage 21
= 21 Russia20002Eugeni Berzin1996, stage 81
= 21 South Africa20000Daryl Impey2013, stage 71
24 Austria10000Max Bulla1931, stage 21
= 25 Uzbekistan00300–0
= 25 Mexico00001–0

Yellow jersey retirees

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

Year Stage Rider Reason
1927 6 France Francis Pélissier Sickness
1929 10 France Victor Fontan Broken bicycle
1937 16 Belgium Sylvère Maes Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threat of French spectators
1950 11 Italy Fiorenzo Magni Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threat of French spectators
1951 13 Netherlands Wim Van Est After a fall in a ravine in Aubisque
1965 9 Belgium Bernard Van De Kerkhove Withdrawal in the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)
1971 14 Spain Luis Ocaña Fall during a storm in Col de Mente
1978 16 Belgium Michel Pollentier Expelled for fraud attempt in doping test
1980 12 France Bernard Hinault Knee pain
1983 17 France Pascal Simon Scapula fracture
1991 5 Denmark Rolf Sørensen Clavicle fracture after fall in the last kilometer
1996 7 France Stéphane Heulot Knee tendinitis
1998 2 United Kingdom Chris Boardman Head and neck injury after a severe crash
2007 16 Denmark Michael Rasmussen Fired by his team due to lying about his whereabouts
2015 4 Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Broken vertebrae in stage 3 crash
2015 7 Germany 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 seven 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.  Christopher Froome (GBR) 2017

Of these seven cyclists, Walkowiak is the only one never to win a Tour stage at all.[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

Eleven 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. 1 2 "Tour de France 1914" (in German). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  2. 1 2 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 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.
  3. 1 2 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 2008-03-17. Leading up to the Pyrenees, Italy's ace sprinter Rafaelo di Paco dueled with France's Charles Pélissier for stage wins and the lead. After stage 5 they shared the lead for a single day.
  4. 1 2 "75ème Tour de France 1988 – Prélude" (in French). www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Historical Results – Tour de France". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002–2007. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  6. ↑ Magowan, Robin (1996). Tour de France: The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary. VeloPress. ISBN 978-1-884737-13-8.
  7. ↑ Tour de France database results for Jan Raas
  8. ↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Yellow Jersey
  9. ↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Green Jersey
  10. ↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Polka Dot Jersey
  11. ↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The White Jersey
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  13. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/martin-abandons-tour-de-france-due-to-fractured-collarbone
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  15. ↑ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak
  16. ↑ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
  17. ↑ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini
  18. ↑ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar
  19. ↑ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond
  20. ↑ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio
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