Yellow jersey statistics

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{{See also|Tour de France records and statistics}}

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File:Tour de France 1995 yellow jersey (Miguel Indurain).jpg won by Miguel Induráin, collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing.]]

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 ({{langx|fr|link=no|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,{{cite web

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}} 1929,{{cite book |last= McGann|first= Bill |author2=McGann, Carol |title= The Story of the Tour De France|year= 2006|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|access-date= 2008-03-17|publisher= Dog Ear Publishing|isbn= 1-59858-180-5|quote=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.|page=92}} and 1931,{{cite book |last= McGann|first= Bill |author2=McGann, Carol |title= The Story of the Tour De France|year= 2006|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|access-date= 2008-03-17|publisher= Dog Ear Publishing|isbn= 1-59858-180-5|quote=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.|page=118}} there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a "prelude",{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1984_1993/tdf1988_p.php |title=75ème Tour de France 1988 – Prélude |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526165849/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1984_1993/tdf1988_p.php |archive-date=26 May 2006 }} 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

File:Eddy Merckx Molteni 1973.jpg 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, and won the mountains classification twice, but never won the young rider classification.{{cite web

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}} 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).

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Cyclists who won the Tour de France

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!Rank!!Name!!Country!!Yellow
jerseys!!Tour wins
20px!!Points
20px!!Mountains
20px!!Young rider
20px!!Years

style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | 1Eddy Merckx{{flagu|Belgium}}96{{#tag:ref|Merckx may have worn it 97 times, but out of respect for Luis Ocaña, who - then the race leader - crashed on 14th stage of the 1971 Tour and was forced to leave the race due to injury, refused to accept the yellow jersey during closing ceremony of this stage. His request not to wear it in the next stage was granted.{{sfn|Fotheringham|2012|p=175}}|group="n"|name="n16"}}53201969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | 2Bernard Hinault{{flagu|France}}7551101978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | 3Miguel Induráin{{flagu|Spain}}6050001991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | 4

Chris Froome{{flagu|United Kingdom}}5940102013, 2015, 2016, 2017
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | 5Jacques Anquetil{{flagu|France}}5050001957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
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| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="20" | 6

Tadej Pogačar{{flagu|Slovenia}}4030242020, 2021, 2022, 2024
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | 7Antonin Magne{{flagu|France}}3820001931, 1934
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | = 8Nicolas Frantz{{#tag:ref|In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.|group="n"|name="n2"}}{{flagu|Luxembourg}}3720001927, 1928, 1929
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | = 8Philippe Thys{{#tag:ref|In 1914, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.|group="n"|name="n1"}}{{flagu|Belgium}}3730001913, 1914, 1920
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | 10André Leducq{{flagu|France}}3520001929, 1930, 1932, 1938
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | = 11Louison Bobet{{flagu|France}}3430101948, 1953, 1954, 1955
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | = 11Ottavio Bottecchia{{flagu|Italy}}3420001923, 1924, 1925
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | 13Fabian Cancellara{{flagu|Switzerland}}2900002004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | 14

Jonas Vingegaard{{flagu|Denmark}}2720102022, 2023
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | = 15Sylvère Maes{{flagu|Belgium}}2620101936, 1937, 1939
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | = 15René Vietto{{flagu|France}}2600101939, 1947
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="16" | 17François Faber{{flagu|Luxembourg}}2510001909, 1910, 1911
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="17" | = 18Laurent Fignon{{flagu|France}}2220011983, 1984, 1989
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="17" | = 18Greg LeMond{{flagu|United States}}2230011986, 1989, 1990, 1991
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="17" | = 18Joop Zoetemelk{{flagu|Netherlands}}2210001971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="20" | 21Romain Maes{{flagu|Belgium}}2110001935
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="22" | = 22Gino Bartali{{flagu|Italy}}2020201937, 1938, 1948, 1949
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="22" | = 22Thomas Voeckler{{flagu|France}}2000102004, 2011
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="24" | = 24Fausto Coppi{{flagu|Italy}}1920201949, 1952
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="24" | = 24André Darrigade{{flagu|France}}1902001956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="24" | = 24Vincenzo Nibali{{flagu|Italy}}1910002014
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="27" | = 27

Julian Alaphilippe{{flagu|France}}1800102019, 2020, 2021
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="27" | = 27Felice Gimondi{{flagu|Italy}}1810001965
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="27" | = 27Jan Ullrich{{flagu|Germany}}1810031997, 1998
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="30" | = 30Rudi Altig{{flagu|Germany}}1701001962, 1964, 1966, 1969
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="30" | = 30Luis Ocaña{{flagu|Spain}}1710001971, 1973
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="30" | = 30Lucien Petit-Breton{{flagu|France}}1720001907, 1908
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="30" | = 30Roger Pingeon{{flagu|France}}1710001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="34" | = 34Odile Defraye{{flagu|Belgium}}1610001912, 1913
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="34" | = 34Maurice De Waele{{flagu|Belgium}}1610001929
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="34" | = 34Bernard Thévenet{{flagu|France}}1620001975, 1977
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="37" | = 37Pedro DelgadoIn 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.{{flagu|Spain}}1510001987, 1988
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="37" | = 37

Geraint Thomas{{flagu|United Kingdom}}1510002017, 2018
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="37" | = 37Dietrich Thurau{{flagu|Germany}}1500011977
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Maurice Archambaud{{flagu|France}}1400001933, 1936
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Steve Bauer{{flagu|Canada}}1400001988, 1990
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Gastone Nencini{{flagu|Italy}}1410101960
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Bjarne Riis{{flagu|Denmark}}1410001995, 1996
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Léon Scieur{{flagu|Belgium}}1410001921
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="40" | = 40Bradley Wiggins{{flagu|United Kingdom}}1410002012
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="46" | = 46Eugène Christophe{{flagu|France}}1300001919, 1922
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="46" | = 46Gustave Garrigou{{flagu|France}}1310001911
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="46" | = 46René Pottier{{flagu|France}}1310001905, 1906
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="46" | = 46Andy SchleckBefore 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.{{flagu|Luxembourg}}1310032010, 2011
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="46" | = 46Georges Speicher{{flagu|France}}1310001933, 1934
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Vincent Barteau{{flagu|France}}1200001984
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Joseph Bruyère{{flagu|Belgium}}1200001974, 1978
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Ferdinand Kübler{{flagu|Switzerland}}1211001947, 1950
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Antonin Rolland{{flagu|France}}1200001955
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Louis Trousselier{{flagu|France}}1210001905, 1907
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Lucien Van Impe{{flagu|Belgium}}1210601976
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="51" | = 51Wout Wagtmans{{flagu|Netherlands}}1200001954, 1955, 1956
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58Alberto Contador{{flagu|Spain}}1120012007, 2009
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58Gilbert Desmet{{flagu|Belgium}}1100001956, 1963
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58Hugo Koblet{{flagu|Switzerland}}1110001951
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58

Primož Roglič{{flagu|Slovenia}}1100002020
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58Greg Van Avermaet{{flagu|Belgium}}1100002016, 2018
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="58" | = 58Georges Vandenberghe{{flagu|Belgium}}1100001968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="64" | = 64Kim Andersen{{flagu|Denmark}}1000001983, 1985
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="64" | = 64Thor Hushovd{{flagu|Norway}}1002002004, 2006, 2011
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="64" | = 64Pascal Lino{{flagu|France}}1000001992
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Phil Anderson{{flagu|Australia}}900011981, 1982
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Georges Groussard{{flagu|France}}900001964
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Freddy Maertens{{flagu|Belgium}}902001976
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Fiorenzo Magni{{flagu|Italy}}900001949, 1950, 1952
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Stuart O'Grady{{flagu|Australia}}900001998, 2001
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Henri Pélissier{{flagu|France}}910001919, 1923
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="67" | = 67Michael Rasmussen{{flagu|Denmark}}900202007
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Lucien Buysse{{flagu|Belgium}}810001926
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Claudio Chiappucci{{flagu|Italy}}800201990
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Cadel Evans{{flagu|Australia}}810002008, 2010, 2011
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Emile Georget{{flagu|France}}800001906, 1907
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Gerrie Knetemann{{flagu|Netherlands}}800001978, 1979, 1980, 1981
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Rinaldo Nocentini{{flagu|Italy}}800002009
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Óscar PereiroBefore 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.{{flagu|Spain}}810002006
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Rudy Pevenage{{flagu|Belgium}}801001980
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74Roger Walkowiak{{flagu|France}}810001956
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="74" | = 74

Adam Yates{{flagu|United Kingdom}}800002020, 2023
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Jan Adriaensens{{flagu|Belgium}}700001956, 1960
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Federico Bahamontes{{flagu|Spain}}710601959, 1963
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Bernard Gauthier{{flagu|France}}700001950
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Igor González de Galdeano{{flagu|Spain}}700002002
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Learco Guerra{{flagu|Italy}}700001930
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Erich Maechler{{flagu|Switzerland}}700001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Thierry Marie{{flagu|France}}700001986, 1990, 1991
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Charly Mottet{{flagu|France}}700001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Marco Pantani{{flagu|Italy}}710021998
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Jef Planckaert{{flagu|Belgium}}700001962
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Pascal Simon{{flagu|France}}700001983
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="84" | = 84Gustaaf van Slembrouck{{flagu|Belgium}}700001926
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Lucien Aimar{{flagu|France}}610001966
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Chris Boardman{{nowrap|{{flagu|United Kingdom}}}}600001994, 1997, 1998
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Robert Cazala{{flagu|France}}600001959
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Mario Cipollini{{flagu|Italy}}600001993, 1997
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Vito Favero{{flagu|Italy}}600001958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Maurice Garin{{flagu|France}}610001903
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Cyrille Guimard{{flagu|France}}600001972
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Kim Kirchen{{flagu|Luxembourg}}600002008
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Jaan Kirsipuu{{flagu|Estonia}}600001999
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Roger Lévêque{{flagu|France}}600001951
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Jean Majerus{{flagu|Luxembourg}}600001937, 1938
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Jacques Marinelli{{flagu|France}}600001949
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Francesco Moser{{flagu|Italy}}600011975
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Fritz Schär{{flagu|Switzerland}}601001953
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96

Mathieu van der Poel{{flagu|Netherlands}}600002021
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Herman Van Springel{{flagu|Belgium}}601001968, 1973
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="96" | = 96Félicien Vervaecke{{flagu|Belgium}}600201938
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Jean Alavoine{{flagu|France}}500001922
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Adelin Benoit{{flagu|Belgium}}500001925
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Firmin Lambot{{flagu|Belgium}}520001919, 1922
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Jean Malléjac{{flagu|France}}500001953
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Johan Museeuw{{flagu|Belgium}}500001993, 1994
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Jørgen V. Pedersen{{flagu|Denmark}}500001986
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Francis Pélissier{{flagu|France}}500001927
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Carlos Sastre{{flagu|Spain}}510102008
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Bernard Van de Kerkhove{{flagu|Belgium}}500001964, 1965
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Eric Vanderaerden{{flagu|Belgium}}501001983, 1985
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="113" | = 113Cédric Vasseur{{flagu|France}}500001997
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Gilbert Bauvin{{flagu|France}}400001951, 1954, 1958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Tom Boonen{{flagu|Belgium}}401002006
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124José Catieau{{flagu|France}}400001973
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Alberto Elli{{flagu|Italy}}400002000
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Raphaël Géminiani{{flagu|France}}400101958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Roger Hassenforder{{flagu|France}}400001953
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Jos Hoevenaers{{flagu|Belgium}}400001958, 1959
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Robert Jacquinot{{flagu|France}}400001922, 1923
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Laurent Jalabert{{flagu|France}}402201995, 2000
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Karl-Heinz Kunde{{flagu|Germany}}400001966
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Roger Lapébie{{flagu|France}}410001937
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Nello Lauredi{{flagu|France}}400001952
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Hector Martin{{flagu|Belgium}}400001927
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Raffaele di Paco{{#tag:ref|In 1931, Charles Pélissier (FRA) and Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) were both declared leader after the 5th stage.|group="n"|name="n3"}}{{flagu|Italy}}400001931
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Eddy Pauwels{{flagu|Belgium}}400001959, 1963
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Jean Rossius{{flagu|Belgium}}400001914
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Peter Sagan{{flagu|Slovakia}}407002016, 2018
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Acácio da Silva{{flagu|Portugal}}400001989
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Rolf Sørensen{{flagu|Denmark}}400001991
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124

Wout van Aert{{flagu|Belgium}}401002022
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Wim van Est{{flagu|Netherlands}}400001951, 1955, 1958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Gerrit Voorting{{flagu|Netherlands}}400001956, 1958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Italo Zilioli{{flagu|Italy}}400001970
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="124" | = 124Alex Zülle{{flagu|Switzerland}}400001992, 1996
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Erich Bautz{{flagu|Germany}}300001937
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|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148

Egan Bernal{{flagu|Colombia}}310012019
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Henri Cornet{{flagu|France}}310001904
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Bim Diederich{{flagu|Luxembourg}}300001951
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Aimé Dossche{{flagu|Belgium}}300001929
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Seamus Elliott{{flagu|Ireland}}300001963
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Jean Goldschmit{{flagu|Luxembourg}}300001950
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Stéphane Heulot{{flagu|France}}300001996
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Serhiy Honchar{{flagu|Ukraine}}300002006
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Roger Lambrecht{{flagu|Belgium}}300001948, 1949
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Floyd Landis{{flagu|United States}}300002006
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Octave Lapize{{flagu|France}}310001910
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Bradley McGee{{flagu|Australia}}300002003
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148David Millar{{flagu|United Kingdom}}300002000
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Wilfried Nelissen{{flagu|Belgium}}300001993
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Jelle Nijdam{{flagu|Netherlands}}300001987, 1988
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Charles Pélissier{{flagu|France}}300001930, 1931
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Víctor Hugo Peña{{flagu|Colombia}}300002003
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148René Privat{{flagu|France}}300001957
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Jan Raas{{#tag:ref|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.{{cite book

| last = Magowan

| first = Robin

| title = Tour de France: The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary

| publisher = VeloPress

| year = 1996

| isbn = 978-1-884737-13-8 }} In cycling statistics lists, including the official database from the Tour de France organisation,Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4322.html Jan Raas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716181116/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4322.html |date=16 July 2010 }} the victory is awarded to Jan Raas, so this is also done in the list above.|group="n"}}

{{flagu|Netherlands}}300001978
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Stephen Roche{{flagu|Ireland}}310001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Willy Schroeders{{flagu|Belgium}}300001962
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148François Simon{{flagu|France}}300002001
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Julien Stevens{{flagu|Belgium}}300001969
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Teun van Vliet{{flagu|Netherlands}}300001988
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148Michel Vermeulin{{flagu|France}}300001959
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="148" | = 148David Zabriskie{{flagu|United States}}300002005
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Henry Anglade{{flagu|France}}200001960
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Fabio Aru{{flagu|Italy}}200002017
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jan Bakelants{{flagu|Belgium}}200002013
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Romain Bellenger{{flagu|France}}200001923
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Rubens Bertogliati{{flagu|Switzerland}}200002002
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Eugeni Berzin{{flagu|Russia}}200001996
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Pierre Brambilla{{flagu|Italy}}200101947
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jules Buysse{{flagu|Belgium}}200001926
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Marcel Buysse{{flagu|Belgium}}200001913
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Sylvain Chavanel{{flagu|France}}200002010
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175

Giulio Ciccone{{flagu|Italy}}200102019
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Charles Crupelandt{{flagu|France}}200001910, 1912
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Raymond Delisle{{flagu|France}}200001976
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Laurent Desbiens{{flagu|France}}200001998
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jacky Durand{{flagu|France}}200001995
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Victor Fontan{{flagu|France}}200001929
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jean Fontenay{{flagu|France}}200001939
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jean Forestier{{flagu|France}}201001957
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Charly Gaul{{flagu|Luxembourg}}210201958
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Martial Gayant{{flagu|France}}200001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Albertus Geldermans{{flagu|Netherlands}}200001962
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Simon Gerrans{{flagu|Australia}}200002013
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Ivan Gotti{{flagu|Italy}}200001995
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Charly Grosskost{{flagu|France}}200001968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jacques Hanegraaf{{flagu|Netherlands}}200001984
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Daryl Impey{{flagu|South Africa}}200002013
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jan Janssen{{flagu|Netherlands}}213001966, 1968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Gerben Karstens{{flagu|Netherlands}}200001974
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Marcel Kittel{{flagu|Germany}}200002013, 2014
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Georges Lemaire{{flagu|Belgium}}200001933
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Tony Martin{{flagu|Germany}}200002015
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jules Masselis{{flagu|Belgium}}200001911, 1913
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Christophe Moreau{{flagu|France}}200002001
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Louis Mottiat{{flagu|Belgium}}200001920, 1921
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Georges Passerieu{{flagu|France}}200001908
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Ludo Peeters{{flagu|Belgium}}200001982, 1984
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Ronan Pensec{{flagu|France}}200001990
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Lech Piasecki{{flagu|Poland}}200001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jean Robic{{flagu|France}}210001947, 1953
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Aldo Ronconi{{flagu|Italy}}200001947
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Fränk Schleck{{flagu|Luxembourg}}200002008
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Edward Sels{{flagu|Belgium}}200001964
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175

Mike Teunissen{{flagu|Netherlands}}200002019
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Klaus-Peter Thaler{{flagu|Germany}}200001978
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Alejandro Valverde{{flagu|Spain}}200002008
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Johan van der Velde{{flagu|Netherlands}}200011986
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Rik Van Steenbergen{{flagu|Belgium}}200001952
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Flavio Vanzella{{flagu|Italy}}200001994
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Richard Virenque{{flagu|France}}200701992, 2003
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Jens Voigt{{flagu|Germany}}200002001, 2005
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Rolf Wolfshohl{{flagu|Germany}}200001968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="175" | = 175Erik Zabel{{flagu|Germany}}206001998, 2002
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean Aerts{{flagu|Belgium}}100001932
style="background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Romain Bardet{{flagu|France}}100102024
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Nicolas Barone{{flagu|France}}100001957
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227François Beaugendre{{flagu|France}}100001904
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-François Bernard{{flagu|France}}100001987
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-René Bernaudeau{{flagu|France}}100011979
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Yvon Bertin{{flagu|France}}100001980
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Serafino Biagioni{{flagu|Italy}}100001951
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Guido Bontempi{{flagu|Italy}}100001988{{#tag:ref|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.|group="n"}}
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Vicenzo Borgarello{{flagu|Italy}}100001912
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jacques Bossis{{flagu|France}}100001978
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Erik Breukink{{flagu|Netherlands}}100011989
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Johan Bruyneel{{flagu|Belgium}}100001995
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Max Bulla{{flagu|Austria}}100001931
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Norbert Callens{{flagu|Belgium}}100001949
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Richard Carapaz{{flagu|Ecuador}}100002024
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Andrea Carrea{{flagu|Italy}}100001952
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Mark Cavendish{{flagu|United Kingdom}}102002016
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Rohan Dennis{{flagu|Australia}}100002015
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Cyril Dessel{{flagu|France}}100002006
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Ferdinand Le Drogo{{flagu|France}}100001927
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Marcel Dussault{{flagu|France}}100001949
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Paul Egli{{flagu|Switzerland}}100001936
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jan Engels{{flagu|Belgium}}100001948
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227José María Errandonea{{flagu|Spain}}100001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Romain Feillu{{flagu|France}}100002008
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Amédée Fournier{{flagu|France}}100001939
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Michel Frédérick{{flagu|Switzerland}}100001904
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Dominique Gaigne{{flagu|France}}100001986
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Tony Gallopin{{flagu|France}}100002014
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-Louis Gauthier{{flagu|France}}100001983
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Fernando Gaviria{{Flagu|Colombia}}100002018
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-Pierre Genet{{flagu|France}}100001968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Linus Gerdemann{{flagu|Germany}}100002007
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Philippe Gilbert{{flagu|Belgium}}100002011
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Joseph Groussard{{flagu|France}}100001960
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Alfred Haemerlinck{{flagu|Belgium}}100001931
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Bo Hamburger{{flagu|Denmark}}100001998
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Hector Heusghem{{flagu|Belgium}}100001922
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227George Hincapie{{flagu|United States}}100002006
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Jai Hindley{{flagu|Australia}}100002023
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Sean Kelly{{flagu|Ireland}}104001983
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Marcel Kint{{flagu|Belgium}}100001937
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Alexander Kristoff{{flagu|Norway}}100002020
style= "background:#CEDFF2;"

|style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227

Yves Lampaert{{flagu|Belgium}}100002022
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-Claude Lebaube{{flagu|France}}100001966
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Luc Leblanc{{flagu|France}}100001991
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Léon Le Calvez{{flagu|France}}100001931
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Désiré Letort{{flagu|France}}100001969
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Emile Lombard{{flagu|Belgium}}100001904
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Henk Lubberding{{flagu|Netherlands}}100011988
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227François Mahé{{flagu|France}}100001953
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Robbie McEwen{{flagu|Australia}}103002004
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Arsène Mersch{{flagu|Luxembourg}}100001936
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Giovanni Micheletto{{flagu|Italy}}100001913
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Frédéric Moncassin{{flagu|France}}100001996
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jean-Patrick Nazon{{flagu|France}}100002003
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Willi Oberbeck{{flagu|Germany}}100001938
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Miguel Poblet{{flagu|Spain}}100001955
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Giancarlo Polidori{{flagu|Italy}}100001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Tommaso de Pra{{flagu|Italy}}100001966
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Gaston Rebry{{flagu|Belgium}}100001929
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Raymond Riotte{{flagu|France}}100001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Giovanni Rossi{{flagu|Switzerland}}100001951
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Gregorio San Miguel{{flagu|Spain}}100001968
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Tom Simpson{{flagu|United Kingdom}}100001962
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Jozef Spruyt{{flagu|Belgium}}100001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Alex Stieda{{flagu|Canada}}100001986
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Kurt Stöpel{{flagu|Germany}}100001932
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Adri van der Poel{{flagu|Netherlands}}100001984
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Cyrille van Hauwaert{{flagu|Belgium}}100001909
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Rik Van Looy{{flagu|Belgium}}101001965
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Willy Van Neste{{flagu|Belgium}}100001967
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Marc Wauters{{flagu|Belgium}}100002001
style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="227" | = 227Sean Yates{{flagu|United Kingdom}}100001994

Number of wearers per year

The largest number of riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.

class= "wikitable"

! Number of wearers !! Years

11903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of two. 2005Results of Lance Armstrong and David Zabriskie annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of three.
21905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012
31907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four. 2002,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four. 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024
41904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five. 2004,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five. 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
51913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001,Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing five riders in yellow that year instead of six. 2011, 2013, 2020
61929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008
71949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006
81958, 1987

=Notes=

{{Reflist|group=n}}

Per country

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,van der Mark, [http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/xtra_bestanden/yellow.htm Tour Xtra: The Yellow Jersey] "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country,van der Mark, [http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/xtra_bestanden/green2.htm Tour Xtra: The Green Jersey] "Mountains" for the number of times the mountains classification in the Tour de France was won by a cyclist of that country,van der Mark, [http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/xtra_bestanden/polkadot2.htm Tour Xtra: The Polka Dot Jersey] and "Young rider" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.van der Mark, [http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/xtra_bestanden/white.htm Tour Xtra: The White Jersey]

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.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Rank!!Country!!Yellow
jerseys!!Tour wins
20px!!Points
20px!!Mountains
20px!!Young rider
20px!!Most recent holder!!Stage!!Different holders!!List of holders

1{{flagu|France}}729369238Romain Bardet2024, stage 197
2{{flagu|Belgium}}4391821111Wout van Aert2022, stage 561Belgian yellow jersey holders
3{{flagu|Italy}}212102135Giulio Ciccone2019, stage 730
4{{flagu|Spain}}135121165Alberto Contador2009, stage 2112
5{{flagu|Great Britain}}1086222Adam Yates2023, stage 49British yellow jersey holders
6{{flagu|Luxembourg}}985023Andy Schleck2011, stage 1910
7{{flagu|Netherlands}}802425Mathieu van der Poel2021, stage 718Dutch yellow jersey holders
8{{flagu|Switzerland}}742210Fabian Cancellara2015, stage 210
9{{flagu|Germany}}721804Tony Martin2015, stage 614
10{{flagu|Denmark}}703030Jonas Vingegaard2023 , stage 217
11{{flagu|Slovenia}}513024Tadej Pogačar2024, stage 212
12{{flagu|Australia}}341501Jai Hindley2023, stage 58Australian yellow jersey holders
13{{flagu|United States}}293003George Hincapie2006, stage 14
14{{flagu|Canada}}150000Steve Bauer1990, stage 92
15{{flagu|Norway}}110200Alexander Kristoff2020, stage 12
=16{{flagu|Colombia}}71055Egan Bernal2019, stage 213
=16{{flagu|Ireland}}71400Stephen Roche1987, stage 253
18{{flagu|Estonia}}60000Jaan Kirsipuu1999, stage 71
=19{{flagu|Portugal}}40000Acácio da Silva1989, stage 41
=19{{flagu|Slovakia}}40700Peter Sagan2018, stage 21
21{{flagu|Ukraine}}30001Serhiy Honchar2006, stage 91
=22{{flagu|Poland}}20020Lech Piasecki1987, stage 21
=22{{flagu|Russia}}20002Eugeni Berzin1996, stage 81
=22{{flagu|South Africa}}20000Daryl Impey2013, stage 71
=25{{flagu|Austria}}10000Max Bulla1931, stage 21
=25{{flagu|Ecuador}}10010Richard Carapaz2024, stage 41
=27{{flagu|Uzbekistan}}003000
=27{{flagu|Mexico}}000010
=27{{flagu|Eritrea}}001000

Yellow jersey retirees

There have been sixteen instances where a rider quit the Tour for any reason while wearing the yellow jersey.{{cite web

|url= http://www.infostradasports.com/asp/sdm/content_sdmail_vol9_30.asp

|title= Riders that abandoned Tour de France in yellow jersey

|access-date= 2008-03-17

|date= 25 July 2007

|publisher= www.infostradasports.com

}}

class="wikitable"
Year

!Stage

!Rider

!Reason

1927

|6

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Francis Pélissier

|Sickness

1929

|10

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Victor Fontan

|Broken bicycle

1937

|16

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Sylvère Maes

|Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threats from French spectators

1950

|11

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Fiorenzo Magni

|Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threats from French spectators

1951

|13

|{{flagicon|NED}} Wim van Est

|Withdrawal after fall down a ravine in Aubisque

1965

|9

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Bernard Van De Kerkhove

|Withdrawal during the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)

1971

|14

|{{flagicon|ESP|variant=1945}} Luis Ocaña

|Fall during a storm in Col de Menté.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/luis-ocana-the-rider-with-no-limits-and-no-luck-at-all-9422021.html|title=Luis Ocaña: the rider with no limits – and no luck at all|access-date=19 May 2024}}

1978

|16

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Michel Pollentier

|Expelled for attempting fraud at a doping test

1980

|12

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bernard Hinault

|Knee pain

1983

|17

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Pascal Simon

|Scapula fracture

1991

|5

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Rolf Sørensen

|Clavicle fracture after a fall in the last kilometer

1996

|7

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Heulot

|Knee tendinitis

1998

|2

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Boardman

|Head and neck injury after a crash

2007

|16

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Rasmussen

|Sacked by his team for lying about his whereabouts

2015

|4

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabian Cancellara

|Broken vertebrae after a crash in Stage 3

2015

|7

|{{flagicon|GER}} Tony Martin

|Broken collarbone after a crash in Stage 6{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/martin-abandons-tour-de-france-due-to-fractured-collarbone|title=Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone|date=9 July 2015}}

Yellow jersey winners with no stage wins

File:Lemond.jpg, wearing the yellow jersey despite not winning any stage in that year.]]

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:{{cite web

|url= http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jul00/tdfrance00/news/tdfjul22news.shtml

|title= Few have won yellow without a stage win

|access-date= 2008-03-17

|date= 22 July 2000

|work= Cyclingnews

}}

  1. {{flagathlete|Firmin Lambot|BEL}} 1922
  2. {{flagathlete|Roger Walkowiak|FRA}} 1956
  3. {{flagathlete|Gastone Nencini|ITA}} 1960
  4. {{flagathlete|Lucien Aimar|FRA}} 1966
  5. {{flagathlete|Greg LeMond|USA}} 1990
  6. {{flagathlete|Óscar Pereiro|ESP}} 2006
  7. {{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}} 2017
  8. {{flagathlete|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.Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3222.html Roger Walkowiak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512215602/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3222.html |date=12 May 2011 }} Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours,Tour de France database results for [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100709033214/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1677.html Firmin Lambot] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3420.html Gastone Nencini] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712091933/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3420.html |date=12 July 2016 }} Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3805.html Lucien Aimar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716172323/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3805.html |date=16 July 2010 }} LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4672.html Greg Lemond] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618125419/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4672.html |date=18 June 2012 }} Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour,Tour de France database results for [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/5219.html Oscar Pereiro Sio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021155400/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/5219.html |date=21 October 2012 }} 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:{{cite web

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  1. {{flagathlete|Louis Trousselier|FRA}} (1905 winner)
  2. {{flagathlete|Lucien Petit-Breton|FRA}} (1907 and 1908 winner)
  3. {{flagathlete|François Faber|LUX}} (1909 winner)
  4. {{flagathlete|Octave Lapize|FRA}} (1910 winner)
  5. {{flagathlete|Gustave Garrigou|FRA}} (1911 winner)
  6. {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}} (1912 winner)
  7. {{flagathlete|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:

  1. {{flagathlete|Firmin Lambot|BEL}} (1919 and 1922 winner)
  2. {{flagathlete|Léon Scieur|BEL}} (1921 winner)
  3. {{flagathlete|Henri Pélissier|FRA}} (1923 winner)
  4. {{flagathlete|Lucien Buysse|BEL}} (1926 winner)

Winning Tour de France on first occasion

Twelve cyclists won the general classification the first time they entered the competition, including three of the five-time champions.

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

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Bibliography

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