Tour de France

The Tour de France (officially Tour de France), also known simply as the Tour, is a professional cycling stage tour on a disputed route throughout French geography —although it usually passes partially through neighboring countries. It is traditionally held in July and belongs to the UCI WorldTour calendar, the highest category of professional racing.

Considered the most important cycling race in the world, the Tour was held for the first time in 1903. Since its creation, the race has been interrupted twice due to the two world wars: from 1915 to 1918 and from 1940 until 1946.

It is the oldest of the three known "Grand Tours" of cycling, along with the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.

There are four cyclists who hold the record for victories in La Grande Boucle, with five wins each: Jacques Anquetil (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964), Eddy Merckx (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974), Bernard Hinault (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985) and Miguel Induráin (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995).

The Tour de France was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports in 2003.

There was a women's Tour de France that began in 1955 (running regularly since 1984) until 2009, being one of the few women's races lasting more than a week along with the Women's Giro d'Italia and the Tour de l' Female Aude (this one also already disappeared), although during its last 15 years without relation to that of men. In 2022 the race was resumed with the victory of the Dutch runner Annemiek van Vleuten.

History

Beginnings

Henri Desgrange, founder and director of the Tour de France between 1903 and 1939

The 1903 Tour de France was the first stage cycling competition in history. Competitions covering enormous distances had previously been held, such as the 1,200 km Paris-Brest-Paris route in 1891 or the 576 km Bordeaux-Paris route also in 1891. However, it was the French journalist Géo Lefèvre who developed the idea of creating a stage competition that took place on part of French territory. Lefèvre proposed to the director of the sports newspaper L'Auto, Henri Desgrange, to create a cycling competition to promote the newspaper. Thus, on July 1, 1903, the first Tour de France began in Montgeron, near Paris, where 60 cyclists took the start and covered the inaugural 467 km stage to Lyon. The route consisted of six stages with a total of 2,428 km. The Frenchman Maurice Garin was the winner of the first Tour in history, completing the test at a speed of 25 km/h. He received a prize of 6075 francs.

Subsequent editions of the Tour de France were marked by a series of scandals that culminated in the exclusion of the top four from the general classification of the 1904 Tour de France, partly as a result of unauthorized use of the railway. The period before the First World War is seen in retrospect as a heroic time, since daily distances of 400 kilometers were regularly covered at that time. From today's perspective, it seems astonishing considering the modest technical equipment of that time and the poor quality of the roads, which used to be cobbled. Later the mountain stages entered the scene. Thus, in 1905 the first ascent to the Ballon d'Alsace in the Vosges took place. Later, in 1910, the Tourmalet was ascended for the first time, in the Pyrenees and in 1911 the ascents to the Alps began. From this period, cyclists such as the Belgian Philippe Thys stand out, who was the first to achieve three victories in the Tour. Unfortunately his career, like that of many professional cyclists in Europe, was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, which caused the suspension of the competition for four editions. After the war, the Tour returned in 1919 with the novelty of the yellow jersey to distinguish the leader of the race, in honor of the color of the pages of the newspaper L'Auto. The French cyclist Eugène Christophe was the first rider to wear the garment, while the Belgian Firmin Lambot, as winner of the 1919 Tour, was the first to win it.

Originally, the Tour de France was held individually, and teamwork was prohibited. Cyclists could choose to have a sponsor or not. In 1930 the national teams were legalized.

The number of stages was gradually increased to eleven (1905), fifteen (1910), eighteen (1925), and finally twenty-four stages (1931). The total length of the Tour continued to increase to 5,500 kilometres. Already in the first editions the Tour passed through other neighboring countries of France. Thus, since 1905 stages began to be held in Germany, and in 1906 it passed through Spain and Italy for the first time. Over time, stages were regularly included in all of France's current neighbors such as Switzerland (first time in 1913), Belgium (since 1947), Luxembourg (1947), Monaco (1952) and Andorra (1964). Stages have also been held in countries not bordering France such as the Netherlands, Great Britain and Ireland. In 1933 the distinction for the best climber was introduced and bonuses were awarded to the cyclists who reached the passes first.

In 1936 Jacques Goddet replaced Desgrange in the direction of the Tour de France, a position he would hold until 1987. Goddet was always in favor of technical innovations in competitions and introduced the points classification, as well as the prologue at the beginning of the career.

The Italian Gino Bartali won the 1938 edition with authority, the last one before World War II. In the 1948 resumption, the veteran climber from Tuscany repeated his triumph and his compatriot Fausto Coppi, Il Campionissimo, appeared on the scene, who won in 1949 and 1952 being a precursor of teamwork techniques, training and diet of the cyclist of road. There were victories interspersed by the Swiss Ferdi Kübler and Hugo Koblet in 1950 and 51. Three would be the consecutive victories of the great French champion Louison Bobet between 53 and 55 as a prelude to the golden age of the first five-time champion of the French Round, Jacques Anquetil. Hi im pepe

Second half of the 20th century

In 1957 the first live television report was produced and the following year, stage fragments began to be broadcast. In that same year, the young Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, aged 23, achieved his first Tour with a great superiority. Anquetil was the first cyclist to win the Tour five times and to win it four consecutive times, winning between 1961 and 1964, thanks to his skill as a time trialist and his progressive adaptation to the mountains. One of Anquetil's great rivals was Federico Martín Bahamontes, who stood out for being a great mountain specialist, winning the Tour in 1959 and being the first Spaniard to win it. During the 1960s, cyclists such as the Italian Felice Gimondi, winner of the 1965 Tour, or the Frenchman Raymond Poulidor, nicknamed the eternal second son, also stood out.

In 1962 the composition of the country teams was abandoned and definitively adopted by professional teams sponsored by companies. Sponsored teams were again prohibited in 1967 and 1968, reestablishing national teams, to later be definitively legalized in 1969.

Later, the Belgian Eddy Merckx, considered by many to be the best cyclist in history, bursts onto the scene, who in his first appearance in the 1969 Tour wins. Merckx would begin a spectacular domination of the French round, also proclaiming himself the winner in the 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974 editions, thus equaling the achievements of Jaques Anquetil. Eddy Mercx still holds the record for Tour stage wins with a total of 34 victories and was nicknamed The Cannibal due to his insatiable thirst for victory. Merckx's reign was only interrupted by the victory of the Spanish Luis Ocaña in the 1973 edition, in which the Belgian did not participate.

Miguel Induráin during a counter-reloj at the Tour de France 1993

After the Merckx era and the victories of Bernard Thevenet and Lucien Van Impe, the dominance of the legendary Bernard Hinault would begin, who would equal the five victories of Anquetil and Merckx, dominating from the late seventies to the mid-eighties. From Hinault's time, cyclists such as the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk, winner in 1980 and second on six other occasions, or the Frenchman Laurent Fignon, winner of the 1983 and 1984 editions, stand out. In 1986 Greg LeMond became the first non-European cyclist to proclaim himself the winner of the Tour, who would repeat victory in 1989 and 1990. At the end of the eighties, the victories of the Irishman Stephen Roche in 1987 and the Spanish Pedro Delgado in 1988 also stand out. In the eighties there is a massive participation in the Tour of cyclists from all over the world, especially from America, highlighting Colombians as notable climbers, particularly Luis Herrera and Fabio Enrique Parra.

In 1991 the dominance of the Spanish Miguel Induráin began, who was the only cyclist to achieve five consecutive victories, winning from 1991 to 1995. Induráin's great dominance left other great cyclists of the nineties in the shadows like Tony Rominger, Claudio Chiappucci, Gianni Bugno or Richard Virenque, among others.

In 1996 the Dane Bjarne Riis won the Tour de France, ending the era of Miguel Induráin. However, Riis confessed years later to having doped with EPO in the period 1993-1998 although the Tour has not officially been withdrawn from him. In 1997 the young German Jan Ullrich took victory in the Tour. Ullrich, who had been second in 1996, stood out as a time trialist and defended himself well in all areas, which allowed him to achieve a great victory, taking more than nine minutes from the second classified. In 1998 Ullrich was expected to repeat his victory, however, the climber Marco Pantani took more than eight minutes from him in a mountain stage in which he passed the Col du Galibier and reached the finish line at the top of Les Deux Alpes and fell he put on the yellow jersey. Pantani kept said jersey until the end of the Tour, despite Ullrich's attempts to take it off, who was once again second place. In addition, this year the Festina Case came to light, in which very important brokers such as Richard Virenque and Alex Zülle were involved.

21st century

From 1999 to 2005 the winner was the American Lance Armstrong. However, on August 23, 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decided to withdraw his seven Tour de France titles for doping, in addition to banning him for life. The decision to strip the American of his victories was later ratified by the International Cycling Union (UCI), which also decided to declare the title corresponding to those editions void, since the cyclists who had finished second in those editions, Jan Ullrich (3 times), Alex Zülle, Joseba Beloki, Andreas Klöden and Ivan Basso They were also implicated in doping cases.

In January 2013, Lance Armstrong, after suffering great pressure from his former teammates, confessed and admitted in an expected interview with Oprah Winfrey that the seven Tours won between 1999 and 2005 were the result of doping, leaving phrases that they would go down to posterity as: “It was all about one big lie that turned out pretty perfect for a long time”, “Yeah, I doped; the fairy tale wasn't true” or “Son, don't defend me anymore, I'm sorry”. With Armstrong's confession made, the UCI accepted USADA's claim and annulled all of his victories.

In 2006 the winner was Óscar Pereiro, after the disqualification of the American Floyd Landis, Armstrong's former domestique. In 2007 Alberto Contador won a Tour clearly marked by doping, which left Alexandre Vinokourov and his team, Astana, out. The Danish Michael Rasmussen was also forced to retire, with four stages to go before the end of the Tour and leading the general classification.

The 2008 Tour was marked by the absence of the Astana team, which included the current winner. The organization punished in this way the positive of the Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov from the previous edition. Despite this absence, another Spaniard, Carlos Sastre, claimed a victory forged in the mountains, especially with an attack in Alpe d'Huez that helped him to gain more than two minutes from Cadel Evans, second classified.

To these three Spanish victories we must add a second achieved by Alberto Contador in the 2009 Tour, together with the Astana team. Tour marked by the supremacy of the Spanish in the mountain stages, such as Arcalis and Verbier, and the one shown in the Annecy time trial (victory in the last two), by the return to the road of Lance Armstrong at 38 years of age and by the tension experienced in the Astana team between the two leaders. And later that of 2010, with which the runner born in Pinto achieved his third Tour. After a tight final time trial he would prevail by just 39 seconds over his immediate rival, Andy Schleck. Regardless, Contador tested positive for 50 picograms of clenbuterol. The one from Pinto argued that the positive was due to an ingestion of contaminated meat and he was allowed to continue competing until his case was judged. In that period of time he won the 2011 Giro d'Italia and rode the 2011 Tour de France in which he was fifth. Finally, the rider was dispossessed of his 2010 Tour, which would pass into the hands of Andy Schleck.

In the 2011 Tour de France, Cadel Evans claimed victory after a final time trial, beating Andy Schleck in Grenoble. In 2012 the winner was the British Bradley Wiggins in a Tour in which his teammate, gregarious and compatriot Chris Froome was second. It was the first time that a UK cyclist had been champion. The following year, Froome was the winner.

In the 2014 event, riders like Chris Froome and Alberto Contador would crash and retire due to the harsh weather of the first days of the Tour. Given this, there would only be one favourite, Vincenzo Nibali, who would win the race with much superiority over his closest rivals, Thibaut Pinot and Jean-Christophe Péraud. Thanks to his victory in the Tour, Nibali would become the sixth cyclist to win the three Grand Tours, obtaining the Triple Crown of Cycling, by winning the 2010 Tour, the 2013 Giro and the 2014 Tour.

For the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions there would be a clear dominator: Chris Froome, who would beat rivals like Nairo Quintana, Romain Bardet and Rigoberto Urán, and achieved a total of 4 Tours. In the 2018 edition, the winner would be the Welshman Geraint Thomas, who would beat the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

The tour of the 2019 Tour de France began on July 6 in Brussels, having been presented on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in Paris, with the presence of Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin, winners of five editions each, carrying out a protocol act in commemoration of the emblematic yellow jersey, which was celebrating its 100th anniversary. This edition was won for the first time in history by a Latin American, the Colombian Egan Bernal, who was crowned in Paris accompanied on the podium by his teammate Geraint Thomas and by the Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk. The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe held the leader's jersey for fourteen days, until he succumbed in the stages held in the French Alps.

The 2020 edition, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, ended on September 20, and saw the irruption of the young Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who managed to snatch the yellow jersey from his compatriot Primož Roglič in the penultimate stage, a vibrant 36 km time trial with a hilltop finish between Lure and La Planche des Belles Filles, in which he beat the hitherto leader by almost 2 minutes, making up for the minute he was behind at the start. Another remarkable image it was the solitary victory of two Team Ineos cyclists, the Polish Michał Kwiatkowski and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, who entered the finish line holding hands up, recalling the shared victory between Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault in Alpe d'39;Huez in 1986.

In 2021, the test was held again in July, and the public recovered along the roads. Pogačar linked his second consecutive victory with great superiority over his rivals, leading the Danish Jonas Vingegaard in 5m20s and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz in 7m03s, who accompanied him on the podium in Paris. The Slovenian cyclist won two mountain stages and a time trial, and he also won the prize for best climber and the white jersey for best young man. Another outstanding rider was the British sprinter Mark Cavendish, who with four stage wins equaled the record of 34 partial victories held by Eddy Merckx. The race was marked in the first week by numerous falls, which ended the options of some favourites.

The following year, the 2022 edition of the Tour de France began in Denmark, and through the first ten stages it looked as if Pogačar would once again win with vast superiority in what could have been his third consecutive Tour. However, in stage 11, which finished on the alpine summit of the Col du Granon, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard managed to wrest the yellow jersey from the Slovenian Pogačar, leading him by more than two minutes overall. turned into a one-on-one duel between the two cyclists, with episodes like the one in stage 18 during the spectacular descent of the Pyrenean Col de Spandelles, in which the Dane almost fell and the Slovenian fell, although both they waited sportingly. Finally, Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France, completing the podium with Tadej Pogačar in second place and the British Geraint Thomas in third. Also noteworthy was the performance of the Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert, who won two stages and the green jersey of the points classification.

Leader T-shirts

During each stage, the leaders of the classifications must wear a jersey that distinguishes them from the rest of the runners.

• Yellow maillot

The yellow leotard (maillot jaune In French), it was established in 1919 and is the most important of all since it identifies the leader of the individual general classification. No participating Tour team can have a similar leotard, or where the yellow color is predominated.

• Green Maillot

The green leotard was first used in 1953 and is the one that identifies the leader of the ranking by points.

• Red Dot Maillot

Granted from 1975, this leotard is the one that distinguishes the leader of the mountain classification.

• White Maillot

Created in 1975, the white leotard identifies the cyclist younger than 26 years better located in the general classification, in the so-called youth classification.

The most combative cyclist has the right to wear a bib number with white numbers on a red background in the next stage and the members of the team that marches first wear the bib number with black numbers on a yellow background. After the last stage, a jury awards the Tour de France Combativeness Prize, which recognizes the most outstanding rider in this facet during each edition.

Honours of Prizes

Afiche Tour de France 1912

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1903	Maurice Garin	Lucien Pothier	Fernand Augereau
1904	Henri Cornet	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq	Aloïs Catteau
1905	Louis Trousselier	Hippolyte Aucouturier	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq
1906	René Pottier	Georges Passerieu	Louis Trousselier
1907	Lucien Petit-Breton	Gustave Garrigou	Emile Georget
1908	Lucien Petit-Breton	François Faber	Georges Passerieu
1909	François Faber	Gustave Garrigou	Jean Alavoine
1910	Octave Lapize	François Faber	Gustave Garrigou
1911	Gustave Garrigou	Paul Duboc	Emile Georget
1912	Odile Defraye	Eugène Christophe	Gustave Garrigou
1913	Philippe Thys	Gustave Garrigou	Marcel Buysse
1914	Philippe Thys	Henri Pélissier	Jean Alavoine
1915-1918 issues suspended by the First World War
1919	Firmin Lambot	Jean Alavoine	Eugène Christophe
1920	Philippe Thys	Hector Heusghem	Firmin Lambot
1921	Léon Scieur	Hector Heusghem	Honoré Barthélémy
1922	Firmin Lambot	Jean Alavoine	Felix Sellier
1923	Henri Pélissier	Ottavio Bottecchia	Romain Bellenger
1924	Ottavio Bottecchia	Nicolas Frantz	Lucien Buysse
1925	Ottavio Bottecchia	Lucien Buysse	Bartolomeo Aymo
1926	Lucien Buysse	Nicolas Frantz	Bartolomeo Aymo
1927	Nicolas Frantz	Maurice De Waele	Julien Vervaecke
1928	Nicolas Frantz	André Leducq	Maurice De Waele
1929	Maurice De Waele	Giuseppe Pancera	Jef Demuysere
1930	André Leducq	Learco Guerra	Antonin Magne
1931	Antonin Magne	Jef Demuysere	Antonio Pesenti
1932	André Leducq	Kurt Stöpel	Francesco Camusso
1933	Georges Speicher	Learco Guerra	Giuseppe Martano
1934	Antonin Magne	Giuseppe Martano	Roger Lapébie
1935	Romain Maes	Ambrogio Morelli	Félicien Vervaecke
1936	Sylvère Maes	Antonin Magne	Félicien Vervaecke
1937	Roger Lapébie	Mario Vicini	Leo Amberg
1938	Gino Bartali	Félicien Vervaecke	Victor Cosson
1939	Sylvère Maes	René Vietto	Lucien Vlaemynck
1940-1946 editions suspended by the Second World War
1947	Jean Robic	Édouard Fachleitner	Pierre Brambilla
1948	Gino Bartali	Albéric Schotte	Guy Lapébie
1949	Fausto Coppi	Gino Bartali	Jacques Marinelli
1950	Ferdinand Kübler	Stan Ockers	Louison Bobet
1951	Hugo Koblet	Raphaël Géminiani	Lucien Lazarides
1952	Fausto Coppi	Stan Ockers	Bernardo Ruiz
1953	Louison Bobet	Jean Malléjac	Giancarlo Astrua
1954	Louison Bobet	Ferdinand Kübler	Fritz Schär
1955	Louison Bobet	Jean Brankart	Charly Gaul
1956	Roger Walkowiak	Gilbert Bauvin	Jan Adriaensens
1957	Jacques Anquetil	Marcel Janssens	Adolf Christian
1958	Charly Gaul	Vito Favero	Raphaël Géminiani
1959	Federico Martín Bahamontes	Henri Anglade	Jacques Anquetil
1960	Gastone Nencini	Graziano Battistini	Jan Adriaensens
1961	Jacques Anquetil	Guido Carlesi	Charly Gaul
1962	Jacques Anquetil	Jef Planckaert	Raymond Poulidor
1963	Jacques Anquetil	Federico Martín Bahamontes	José Pérez Francés
1964	Jacques Anquetil	Raymond Poulidor	Federico Martín Bahamontes
1965	Felice Gimondi	Raymond Poulidor	Gianni Motta
1966	Lucien Aimar	Jan Jan Janssen	Raymond Poulidor
1967	Roger Pingeon	Julio Jiménez Muñoz	Franco Balmamion
1968	Jan Jan Janssen	Herman Van Springel	Ferdinand Bracke
1969	Eddy Merckx	Roger Pingeon	Raymond Poulidor
1970	Eddy Merckx	Joop Zoetemelk	Gösta Pettersson
1971	Eddy Merckx	Joop Zoetemelk	Lucien van Impe
1972	Eddy Merckx	Felice Gimondi	Raymond Poulidor
1973	Luis Ocaña	Bernard Thévenet	José Manuel Fuente
1974	Eddy Merckx	Raymond Poulidor	Vicente López Carril
1975	Bernard Thévenet	Eddy Merckx	Lucien van Impe
1976	Lucien van Impe	Joop Zoetemelk	Raymond Poulidor
1977	Bernard Thévenet	Hennie Kuiper	Lucien van Impe
1978	Bernard Hinault	Joop Zoetemelk	Joaquim Agostinho
1979	Bernard Hinault	Joop Zoetemelk	Joaquim Agostinho
1980	Joop Zoetemelk	Hennie Kuiper	Raymond Martin
1981	Bernard Hinault	Lucien van Impe	Robert Alban
1982	Bernard Hinault	Joop Zoetemelk	Johan van der Velde
1983	Laurent Fignon	Angel Arroyo	Peter Winnen
1984	Laurent Fignon	Bernard Hinault	Greg LeMond
1985	Bernard Hinault	Greg LeMond	Stephen Roche
1986	Greg LeMond	Bernard Hinault	Urs Zimmermann
1987	Stephen Roche	Pedro Delgado	Jean-François Bernard
1988	Pedro Delgado	Steven Rooks	Fabio Parra
1989	Greg LeMond	Laurent Fignon	Pedro Delgado
1990	Greg LeMond	Claudio Chiappucci	Erik Breukink
1991	Miguel Induráin	Gianni Bugno	Claudio Chiappucci
1992	Miguel Induráin	Claudio Chiappucci	Gianni Bugno
1993	Miguel Induráin	Tony Rominger	Zenon Jaskuła
1994	Miguel Induráin	Piotr Ugriúmov	Marco Pantani
1995	Miguel Induráin	Alex Zülle	Bjarne Riis
1996	Bjarne Riis	Jan Ullrich	Richard Virenque
1997	Jan Ullrich	Richard Virenque	Marco Pantani
1998	Marco Pantani	Jan Ullrich	Bobby Julich
1999	not granted	Alex Zülle	Fernando Escartín
2000	not granted	Jan Ullrich	Joseba Beloki
2001	not granted	Jan Ullrich	Joseba Beloki
2002	not granted	Joseba Beloki	Rumous Raimons
2003	not granted	Jan Ullrich	Alekszandr Vinokurov
2004	not granted	Andreas Klöden	Ivan Basso
2005	not granted	Ivan Basso	not granted
2006	Óscar Pereiro	Andreas Klöden	Carlos Sastre
2007	Alberto Contador	Cadel Evans	not granted
2008	Carlos Sastre	Cadel Evans	Denís Menshov
2009	Alberto Contador	Andy Schleck	Bradley Wiggins
2010	Andy Schleck	Samuel Sánchez	Jurgen van den Broeck
2011	Cadel Evans	Andy Schleck	Fränk Schleck
2012	Bradley Wiggins	Chris Froome	Vincenzo Nibali
2013	Chris Froome	Nairo Quintana	Joaquim Rodríguez
2014	Vincenzo Nibali	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Thibaut Pinot
2015	Chris Froome	Nairo Quintana	Alejandro Valverde
2016	Chris Froome	Romain Bardet	Nairo Quintana
2017	Chris Froome	Rigoberto Urán	Romain Bardet
2018	Geraint Thomas	Tom Dumoulin	Chris Froome
2019	Egan Bernal	Geraint Thomas	Steven Kruijswijk
2020	Tadej Pogačar	Primož Roglič	Richie Porte
2021	Tadej Pogačar	Jonas Vingegaard	Richard Carapaz
2022	Jonas Vingegaard	Tadej Pogačar	Geraint Thomas
2023

Notes:

Other classifications and statistical data

• For the winners of the secondary classifications, see Tour de France rating winners
• For statistical data, see Statistical data of the Tour de France

Human awards by country

Country	Victorias	2.o place	3.o place	Total	Last winner
France	36 (20)	30	33	99	Bernard Hinault in 1985
BelgiumBelgium	18 (10)	15	18	51	Lucien van Impe in 1976
SpainSpain	12 (7)	6	12	30	Alberto Contador in 2009
ItalyItaly	10 (7)	16	15	41	Vincenzo Nibali in 2014
United KingdomUnited Kingdom	6 (3)	2	3	11	Geraint Thomas in 2018
LuxembourgLuxembourg	5 (4)	6	3	14	Andy Schleck in 2010
United States	3 (1)	1	2	6	Greg LeMond in 1990
NetherlandsNetherlands	2 (2)	11	4	17	Joop Zoetemelk in 1980
SwitzerlandSwitzerland	2 (2)	4	3	9	Hugo Koblet in 1951
SloveniaSlovenia	2 (1)	2	-	4	Tadej Pogačar in 2021
DenmarkDenmark	2 (2)	1	1	4	Jonas Vingegaard in 2022
GermanyGermany	1	8	-	9	Jan Ullrich in 1997
ColombiaColombia	1	3	2	6	Egan Bernal in 2019
Australia	1	2	1	4	Cadel Evans in 2011
Ireland	1	-	1	2	Stephen Roche in 1987
Russia Russia	-	1	1	2	-
LatviaLatvia	-	1	-	1	-
Portugal	-	-	2	2	-
AustriaAustria	-	-	1	1	-
Sweden Sweden	-	-	1	1	-
PolandPoland	-	-	1	1	-
LithuaniaLithuania	-	-	1	1	-
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1	-
EcuadorEcuador	-	-	1	1	-

• Between brackets the number of different cyclists who have won victories for each country.

Statistics

Yellow Tour Maillot

Most Overall Wins

Cycling	Victorias	Years
Jacques Anquetil	5	1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Eddy Merckx	5	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
Bernard Hinault	5	1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985
Miguel Induráin	5	1991, 1993, 1995
Chris Froome	4	2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Philippe Thys	3	1913, 1914, 1920
Louison Bobet	3	1953, 1954, 1955
Greg LeMond	3	1986, 1989, 1990
Lucien Petit-Breton	2	1907, 1908
Firmin Lambot	2	1919, 1922
Ottavio Bottecchia	2	1924, 1925
Nicolas Frantz	2	1927, 1928
André Leducq	2	1930, 1932
Antonin Magne	2	1931, 1934
Sylvère Maes	2	1936, 1939
Gino Bartali	2	1938, 1948
Fausto Coppi	2	1949, 1952
Bernard Thévenet	2	1975, 1977
Laurent Fignon	2	1983, 1984
Alberto Contador	2	2007, 2009
Tadej Pogačar	2	2020, 2021

Consecutive wins

• Five victories in a row:
  • Miguel Induráin (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

• Four victories in a row:
  • Jacques Anquetil (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
  • Eddy Merckx (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)

• Three victories in a row:
  • Louison Bobet (1953, 1954, 1955)
  • Chris Froome (2015, 2016, 2017)

• Two victories in a row:
  • Lucien Petit-Breton (1907, 1908)
  • Philippe Thys (1913, 1914)
  • Ottavio Bottecchia (1924, 1925)
  • Nicolas Frantz (1927, 1928)
  • Bernard Hinault (1978, 1979 and 1981, 1982)
  • Laurent Fignon (1983, 1984)
  • Greg LeMond (1989, 1990)
  • Tadej Pogačar (2020, 2021)

Stage victories

• Updated to 2022

These are the cyclists who have won nine or more stages:

Cycling Stapas Eddy Merckx 34 Mark Cavendish 34 Bernard Hinault 28 Andre Leducq 25 André Darrigade 22 Nicolas Frantz 20 François Faber 19 Jean Alavoine 17 Jacques Anquetil 16 Charles Pelissier 16 René Le Grevès 16 Freddy Maertens 15 Marcel Kittel 14

Cycling Stapas Philippe Thys 13 Louis Trousselier 12 Gino Bartali 12 Miguel Induráin 12 Erik Zabel 12 Jean Aerts 12 Louison Bobet 12 Mario Cipollini 12 Robbie McEwen 12 Peter Sagan 12 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 11 Gerrie Knetemann 11 Jean Paul Van Poppel 11

Cycling Stapas André Greipel 11 Raffaele Di Paco 11 Charly Gaul 10 Walter Godefroot 10 Thor Hushovd 10 Henri Pelissier 10 Jan Raas 10 Rudi Altig 9 Hippolyte Aucouturier 9 Ottavio Bottecchia 9 Fausto Coppi 9 Laurent Fignon 9 Emile Georget 9

Cycling Stapas Roger Lapebie 9 Sylvère Maes 9 Antonin Magne 9 Luis Ocaña 9 Georges Speicher 9 Tom Steels 9 Bernard Thevenet 9 Lucien Van Impe 9 Tadej Pogačar 9 Wout van Aert 9

Stage victories by country

• Updated to 2022

Riders from 33 countries have managed to claim one or more stage victories.

Country Stapas France 713 BelgiumBelgium 486 ItalyItaly 270 NetherlandsNetherlands 181 SpainSpain 128 GermanyGermany 90 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 76 LuxembourgLuxembourg 71 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 61

Country Stapas Australia 38 DenmarkDenmark 25 ColombiaColombia 22 United States 20 Norway Norway 19 Ireland 14 SloveniaSlovenia 14 Portugal 12 Slovakia Slovakia 12

Country Stapas Russia Russia 11 UzbekistanUzbekistan 9 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 6 PolandPoland 6 AustriaAustria 5 EstoniaEstonia 4 Ukraine Ukraine 4 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 4 LatviaLatvia 2

Country Stapas Mexico Mexico 2 South Africa 2 CanadaCanada 2 BrazilBrazil 1 Sweden Sweden 1 LithuaniaLithuania 1

Stage victories by country and edition

• Updated to 2022

Victorias de etapas por países y ediciones
Año
1903	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1904	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1905	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1906	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1907	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1908	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1909	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1910	11	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1911	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1912	8	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1913	2	10	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1914	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1919	11	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1920	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1921	5	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1922	6	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1923	12	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1925	1	8	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1926	-	12	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1927	6	15	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1929	10	9	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1930	13	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1931	8	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1932	7	6	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1933	9	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	20	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1935	13	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1936	13	9	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1937	9	10	3	-	2	4	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	8	11	5	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1939	17	7	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1947	12	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	6	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1949	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	9	2	6	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1951	6	4	4	1	2	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	9	3	7	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1953	10	1	3	5	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	15	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1955	9	3	2	4	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	8	4	6	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1957	17	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	9	2	5	1	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1959	12	1	4	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	10	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	12	6	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	7	8	4	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	8	10	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	8	7	-	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	3	7	5	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	2	8	4	5	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	8	6	4	1	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	10	10	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	3	14	3	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	5	14	5	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	4	11	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	7	15	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	6	7	-	2	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	7	14	1	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	3	11	4	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	3	12	3	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	8	6	2	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	7	5	-	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	11	3	1	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	7	5	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	6	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	9	3	1	5	1	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	12	7	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	6	6	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	6	5	3	1	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	7	2	1	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	2	-	3	8	3	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
1989	4	1	2	6	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	3	2	5	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	5	1	6	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
1992	6	2	3	3	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	1	2	4	-	2	1	-	-	3	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	4	-	5	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
1995	3	1	6	1	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	4	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	6	-	7	1	1	5	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	1	4	6	2	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
1999	-	4	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	2	2	5	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	4	3	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	2	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	1	3	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	2	-	5	1	4	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	3	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	1	2	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	3	-	1	-	4	2	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	2	3	3	-	1	1	-	1	2	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
2008	3	1	-	-	6	1	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	4	-	-	-	4	1	6	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	6	-	2	-	1	-	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	1	2	-	-	2	2	5	1	-	1	-	-	2	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	5	-	-	-	2	3	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	1	1	1	-	-	6	5	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	2	-	5	1	-	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
2015	3	1	1	-	3	6	3	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	1	2	-	2	1	2	7	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	5	-	1	2	-	5	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	3	-	-	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	3	3	3	2	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
2020	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	2	-	1	2	4	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	1	5	-	2	-	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	1	6	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Total	713	486	270	181	128	90	76	71	61	38	25	22	20	19	14	14	12	12	11	9	6	6	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
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Leader Days

Cycling Leader's Days Eddy Merckx 96 Bernard Hinault 75 Miguel Induráin 60 Chris Froome 59 Jacques Anquetil 50 Antonin Magne 38 Nicolas Frantz 37 Philippe Thys 37 André Leducq 35 Louison Bobet 34 Ottavio Bottecchia 34

Cycling Leader's Days Fabian Cancellara 29 Sylvère Maes 26 René Vietto 26 François Faber 25 Laurent Fignon 22 Greg LeMond 22 Joop Zoetemelk 22 Romain Maes 21 Tadej Pogačar 21 Gino Bartali 20 Thomas Voeckler 20

Cycling Leader's Days Fausto Coppi 19 André Darrigade 19 Vincenzo Nibali 19 Julian Alaphilippe 18 Felice Gimondi 18 Jan Ullrich 18 Rudi Altig 17 Luis Ocaña 17 Lucien Petit-Breton 17 Roger Pingeon 17 Odile Defraye 16

Cycling Leader's Days Maurice De Waele 16 Bernard Thévenet 16 Pedro Delgado 15 Geraint Thomas 15 Dietrich Thurau 15 Maurice Archambaud 14 Steve Bauer 14 Gastone Nencini 14 Bjarne Riis 14 Léon Scieur 14 Bradley Wiggins 14

Other information

Didi Senft, historic animator of the Tour de France

Cyclists during a stage in the Champs-Elysées of Paris.

Transmission

• Caracol Television (only in Colombia) * between 1984 to 1991, the tour of France in Colombia was broadcast by RCN Televisión through Inravisión, years later it was transmitted by Señal Colombia until 2015
• ESPN (for Latin America)

Broadcast in Spain

In Spain, the broadcasting rights for the gala cycling round have been held since the mid-1960s by the public channel TVE. Until 2003, all the stages were broadcast live on La 1, except when they coincided with the Telediario or some other special broadcast; then they were televised on La 2. From 2004 to 2011, the Tour de France was broadcast, first, on La 2, and later on Teledeporte, and only a very prominent stage was broadcast on the first TVE channel. In 2012 the Tour returned to being broadcast daily on La 1, but as of 2013 it returned to Teledeporte, with only the most outstanding stages on La 1. From 2022 the Tour de France begins its broadcasts on Teledeporte at 12:30 and goes to 1 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. every day.

Since the death of Pedro González in January 2000, the Tour commentators on TVE are Carlos de Andrés and Pedro Delgado.

On the other hand, in some editions since the 1990s, and uninterruptedly since 2009, RTVE shares the free-to-air broadcast of the stages with ETB 1, after long negotiations that began in the 2008 Giro d'Italia. of the agreement, EITB can only broadcast the test live, without the possibility of rebroadcasting, in Basque and limited to the autonomous communities of the Basque Country and Navarra. EITB is also allowed to broadcast via web streaming throughout Spain in the Basque language, simultaneously with RTVE.

As for pay channels, it is Eurosport who broadcasts the gala round for Spain, with Antonio Alix, and Saúl Miguel as commentators in the first instance and Javier Ares and Alberto Contador in a second turn.

Predecessor: Daijiro Kato JapanJapan

17. Prince of Asturias Sports Award 2003

Successor: Hicham El Guerrouj MoroccoMorocco