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Yellow jersey statistics

See also: Tour de France records and statistics

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,205 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune).

Yellow Jersey won by Miguel Induráin, collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing.

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets a yellow jersey, he is not considered the winner of the yellow jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the yellow jersey is considered the winner of the yellow jersey, and thereby the winner of the Tour de France.

In this article first-place-classifications before 1919 are also counted as if a yellow jersey was awarded. There have been more yellow jerseys given than there were stages: In 1914,[1] 1929,[2] and 1931,[3] there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a "prelude",[4] an extra stage for a select group of cyclists. As of 2021 a total of 2,208 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 295 riders.

Individual records edit

 
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, and won the mountains classification twice, but never won the young rider classification.[5] He wore the yellow jersey in the Tours of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 (which he all won) and 1975 (which he did not win). Three cyclists (Jean Robic in 1947, Charly Gaul in 1958 and Jan Janssen in 1968) have won the Tour de France with only two yellow jerseys in their career.

Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled for cheating in 2012, he was ranked second in this list, leading the Tour for 83 stages from 1999 to 2005. Alberto Contador was stripped of the yellow jersey and 6 days of wearing it in 2010 Tour de France because he tested positive for doping.

Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2022, 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 last stage of the 2023 Tour de France (i.e. the stage is included).

Key
Cyclists who are still active
Cyclists who won the Tour de France
Rank Name Country Yellow
jerseys		 Tour wins
 		 Points
 		 Mountains
 		 Young rider
 		 Years
1 Eddy Merckx   Belgium 96 5 3 2 0 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
2 Bernard Hinault   France 75 5 1 1 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
3 Miguel Induráin   Spain 60 5 0 0 0 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4 Chris Froome   United Kingdom 59 4 0 1 0 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
5 Jacques Anquetil   France 50 5 0 0 0 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
6 Antonin Magne   France 38 2 0 0 0 1931, 1934
= 7 Nicolas Frantz[n 1]   Luxembourg 37 2 0 0 0 1927, 1928, 1929
= 7 Philippe Thys[n 2]   Belgium 37 3 0 0 0 1913, 1914, 1920
9 André Leducq[n 1]   France 35 2 0 0 0 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 10 Louison Bobet   France 34 3 0 1 0 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 10 Ottavio Bottecchia   Italy 34 2 0 0 0 1923, 1924, 1925
12 Fabian Cancellara    Switzerland 29 0 0 0 0 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
13 Jonas Vingegaard   Denmark 27 2 0 1 0 2022, 2023
= 14 Sylvère Maes   Belgium 26 2 0 1 0 1936, 1937, 1939
= 14 René Vietto   France 26 0 0 1 0 1939, 1947
16 François Faber   Luxembourg 25 1 0 0 0 1909, 1910, 1911
= 17 Laurent Fignon   France 22 2 0 0 1 1983, 1984, 1989
= 17 Greg LeMond   United States 22 3 0 0 1 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 17 Joop Zoetemelk   Netherlands 22 1 0 0 0 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
= 20 Romain Maes   Belgium 21 1 0 0 0 1935
= 20 Tadej Pogačar   Slovenia 21 2 0 2 4 2020, 2021, 2022
= 22 Gino Bartali   Italy 20 2 0 2 0 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949
= 22 Thomas Voeckler   France 20 0 0 1 0 2004, 2011
= 24 Fausto Coppi   Italy 19 2 0 2 0 1949, 1952
= 24 André Darrigade   France 19 0 2 0 0 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 24 Vincenzo Nibali   Italy 19 1 0 0 0 2014
= 27 Julian Alaphilippe   France 18 0 0 1 0 2019, 2020, 2021
= 27 Felice Gimondi   Italy 18 1 0 0 0 1965
= 27 Jan Ullrich   Germany 18 1 0 0 3 1997, 1998
= 30 Rudi Altig   Germany 17 0 1 0 0 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 30 Luis Ocaña   Spain 17 1 0 0 0 1971, 1973
= 30 Lucien Petit-Breton   France 17 2 0 0 0 1907, 1908
= 30 Roger Pingeon   France 17 1 0 0 0 1967
= 34 Odile Defraye   Belgium 16 1 0 0 0 1912, 1913
= 34 Maurice De Waele   Belgium 16 1 0 0 0 1929
= 34 Bernard Thévenet   France 16 2 0 0 0 1975, 1977
= 37 Pedro Delgado[n 3]   Spain 15 1 0 0 0 1987, 1988
= 37 Geraint Thomas   United Kingdom 15 1 0 0 0 2017, 2018
= 37 Dietrich Thurau   Germany 15 0 0 0 1 1977
= 40 Maurice Archambaud   France 14 0 0 0 0 1933, 1936
= 40 Steve Bauer   Canada 14 0 0 0 0 1988, 1990
= 40 Gastone Nencini   Italy 14 1 0 1 0 1960
= 40 Bjarne Riis   Denmark 14 1 0 0 0 1995, 1996
= 40 Léon Scieur   Belgium 14 1 0 0 0 1921
= 40 Bradley Wiggins   United Kingdom 14 1 0 0 0 2012
= 46 Eugène Christophe   France 13 0 0 0 0 1919, 1922
= 46 Gustave Garrigou   France 13 1 0 0 0 1911
= 46 René Pottier   France 13 1 0 0 0 1905, 1906
= 46 Andy Schleck[n 4]   Luxembourg 13 1 0 0 3 2010, 2011
= 46 Georges Speicher   France 13 1 0 0 0 1933, 1934
= 51 Vincent Barteau   France 12 0 0 0 0 1984
= 51 Joseph Bruyère   Belgium 12 0 0 0 0 1974, 1978
= 51 Ferdinand Kübler    Switzerland 12 1 1 0 0 1947, 1950
= 51 Antonin Rolland   France 12 0 0 0 0 1955
= 51 Louis Trousselier   France 12 1 0 0 0 1905, 1907
= 51 Lucien Van Impe   Belgium 12 1 0 6 0 1976
= 51 Wout Wagtmans   Netherlands 12 0 0 0 0 1954, 1955, 1956
= 58 Alberto Contador   Spain 11 2 0 0 1 2007, 2009
= 58 Gilbert Desmet   Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1956, 1963
= 58 Hugo Koblet    Switzerland 11 1 0 0 0 1951
= 58 Primož Roglič   Slovenia 11 0 0 0 0 2020
= 58 Greg Van Avermaet   Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 2016, 2018
= 58 Georges Vandenberghe   Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1968
= 64 Kim Andersen   Denmark 10 0 0 0 0 1983, 1985
= 64 Thor Hushovd   Norway 10 0 2 0 0 2004, 2006, 2011
= 64 Pascal Lino   France 10 0 0 0 0 1992
= 67 Phil Anderson   Australia 9 0 0 0 1 1981, 1982
= 67 Georges Groussard   France 9 0 0 0 0 1964
= 67 Freddy Maertens   Belgium 9 0 2 0 0 1976
= 67 Fiorenzo Magni   Italy 9 0 0 0 0 1949, 1950, 1952
= 67 Stuart O'Grady   Australia 9 0 0 0 0 1998, 2001
= 67 Henri Pélissier   France 9 1 0 0 0 1919, 1923
= 67 Michael Rasmussen   Denmark 9 0 0 2 0 2007
= 74 Lucien Buysse   Belgium 8 1 0 0 0 1926
= 74 Claudio Chiappucci   Italy 8 0 0 2 0 1990
= 74 Cadel Evans   Australia 8 1 0 0 0 2008, 2010, 2011
= 74 Emile Georget   France 8 0 0 0 0 1906, 1907
= 74 Gerrie Knetemann   Netherlands 8 0 0 0 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 74 Rinaldo Nocentini   Italy 8 0 0 0 0 2009
= 74 Óscar Pereiro[n 5]   Spain 8 1 0 0 0 2006
= 74 Rudy Pevenage   Belgium 8 0 1 0 0 1980
= 74 Roger Walkowiak   France 8 1 0 0 0 1956
= 74 Adam Yates   United Kingdom 8 0 0 0 0 2020, 2023
= 84 Jan Adriaensens   Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1956, 1960
= 84 Federico Bahamontes   Spain 7 1 0 6 0 1959, 1963
= 84 Bernard Gauthier   France 7 0 0 0 0 1950
= 84 Igor González de Galdeano   Spain 7 0 0 0 0 2002
= 84 Learco Guerra   Italy 7 0 0 0 0 1930
= 84 Erich Maechler    Switzerland 7 0 0 0 0 1987
= 84 Thierry Marie   France 7 0 0 0 0 1986, 1990, 1991
= 84 Charly Mottet   France 7 0 0 0 0 1987
= 84 Marco Pantani   Italy 7 1 0 0 2 1998
= 84 Jef Planckaert   Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1962
= 84 Pascal Simon   France 7 0 0 0 0 1983
= 84 Gustaaf van Slembrouck   Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1926
= 96 Lucien Aimar   France 6 1 0 0 0 1966
= 96 Chris Boardman   United Kingdom 6 0 0 0 0 1994, 1997, 1998
= 96 Robert Cazala   France 6 0 0 0 0 1959
= 96 Mario Cipollini   Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1993, 1997
= 96 Vito Favero   Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1958
= 96 Maurice Garin   France 6 1 0 0 0 1903
= 96 Cyrille Guimard   France 6 0 0 0 0 1972
= 96 Kim Kirchen   Luxembourg 6 0 0 0 0 2008
= 96 Jaan Kirsipuu   Estonia 6 0 0 0 0 1999
= 96 Roger Lévêque   France 6 0 0 0 0 1951
= 96 Jean Majerus   Luxembourg 6 0 0 0 0 1937, 1938
= 96 Jacques Marinelli   France 6 0 0 0 0 1949
= 96 Francesco Moser   Italy 6 0 0 0 1 1975
= 96 Fritz Schaer    Switzerland 6 0 1 0 0 1953
= 96 Mathieu van der Poel   Netherlands 6 0 0 0 0 2021
= 96 Herman Van Springel   Belgium 6 0 1 0 0 1968, 1973
= 96 Félicien Vervaecke   Belgium 6 0 0 2 0 1938
= 113 Jean Alavoine   France 5 0 0 0 0 1922
= 113 Adelin Benoit   Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1925
= 113 Firmin Lambot   Belgium 5 2 0 0 0 1919, 1922
= 113 Jean Malléjac   France 5 0 0 0 0 1953
= 113 Johan Museeuw   Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1993, 1994
= 113 Jørgen V. Pedersen   Denmark 5 0 0 0 0 1986
= 113 Francis Pélissier   France 5 0 0 0 0 1927
= 113 Carlos Sastre   Spain 5 1 0 1 0 2008
= 113 Bernard Van de Kerkhove   Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1964, 1965
= 113 Eric Vanderaerden   Belgium 5 0 1 0 0 1983, 1985
= 113 Cédric Vasseur   France 5 0 0 0 0 1997
= 124 Gilbert Bauvin   France 4 0 0 0 0 1951, 1954, 1958
= 124 Tom Boonen   Belgium 4 0 1 0 0 2006
= 124 José Catieau   France 4 0 0 0 0 1973
= 124 Alberto Elli   Italy 4 0 0 0 0 2000
= 124 Raphaël Géminiani   France 4 0 0 1 0 1958
= 124 Roger Hassenforder   France 4 0 0 0 0 1953
= 124 Jos Hoevenaers   Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1958, 1959
= 124 Robert Jacquinot   France 4 0 0 0 0 1922, 1923
= 124 Laurent Jalabert   France 4 0 2 2 0 1995, 2000
= 124 Karl-Heinz Kunde   Germany 4 0 0 0 0 1966
= 124 Roger Lapébie   France 4 1 0 0 0 1937
= 124 Nello Lauredi   France 4 0 0 0 0 1952
= 124 Hector Martin   Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1927
= 124 Raffaele di Paco[n 6]   Italy 4 0 0 0 0 1931
= 124 Eddy Pauwels   Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1959, 1963
= 124 Jean Rossius[n 2]   Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1914
= 124 Peter Sagan   Slovakia 4 0 7 0 0 2016, 2018
= 124 Acácio da Silva   Portugal 4 0 0 0 0 1989
= 124 Rolf Sørensen   Denmark 4 0 0 0 0 1991
= 124 Wout van Aert   Belgium 4 0 1 0 0 2022
= 124 Wim van Est   Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 1951, 1955, 1958
= 124 Gerrit Voorting   Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 1956, 1958
= 124 Italo Zilioli   Italy 4 0 0 0 0 1970
= 124 Alex Zülle    Switzerland 4 0 0 0 0 1992, 1996
= 148 Erich Bautz   Germany 3 0 0 0 0 1937
= 148 Egan Bernal   Colombia 3 1 0 0 1 2019
= 148 Henri Cornet   France 3 1 0 0 0 1904
= 148 Bim Diederich   Luxembourg 3 0 0 0 0 1951
= 148 Aimé Dossche   Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1929
= 148 Seamus Elliott   Ireland 3 0 0 0 0 1963
= 148 Jean Goldschmit   Luxembourg 3 0 0 0 0 1950
= 148 Stéphane Heulot   France 3 0 0 0 0 1996
= 148 Serhiy Honchar   Ukraine 3 0 0 0 0 2006
= 148 Roger Lambrecht   Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1948, 1949
= 148 Floyd Landis   United States 3 0 0 0 0 2006
= 148 Octave Lapize   France 3 1 0 0 0 1910
= 148 Bradley McGee   Australia 3 0 0 0 0 2003
= 148 David Millar   United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 0 2000
= 148 Wilfried Nelissen   Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1993
= 148 Jelle Nijdam   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1987, 1988
= 148 Charles Pélissier[n 6]   France 3 0 0 0 0 1930, 1931
= 148 Víctor Hugo Peña   Colombia 3 0 0 0 0 2003
= 148 René Privat   France 3 0 0 0 0 1957
= 148 Jan Raas[n 7]   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1978
= 148 Stephen Roche   Ireland 3 1 0 0 0 1987
= 148 Willy Schroeders   Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1962
= 148 François Simon   France 3 0 0 0 0 2001
= 148 Julien Stevens   Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1969
= 148 Teun van Vliet   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1988
= 148 Michel Vermeulin   France 3 0 0 0 0 1959
= 148 David Zabriskie   United States 3 0 0 0 0 2005
= 175 Henry Anglade   France 2 0 0 0 0 1960
= 175 Fabio Aru   Italy 2 0 0 0 0 2017
= 175 Jan Bakelants   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 2013
= 175 Romain Bellenger   France 2 0 0 0 0 1923
= 175 Rubens Bertogliati    Switzerland 2 0 0 0 0 2002
= 175 Eugeni Berzin   Russia 2 0 0 0 0 1996
= 175 Pierre Brambilla   Italy 2 0 0 1 0 1947
= 175 Jules Buysse   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1926
= 175 Marcel Buysse   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1913
= 175 Sylvain Chavanel   France 2 0 0 0 0 2010
= 175 Giulio Ciccone   Italy 2 0 0 1 0 2019
= 175 Charles Crupelandt   France 2 0 0 0 0 1910, 1912
= 175 Raymond Delisle   France 2 0 0 0 0 1976
= 175 Laurent Desbiens   France 2 0 0 0 0 1998
= 175 Jacky Durand   France 2 0 0 0 0 1995
= 175 Victor Fontan[n 1]   France 2 0 0 0 0 1929
= 175 Jean Fontenay   France 2 0 0 0 0 1939
= 175 Jean Forestier   France 2 0 1 0 0 1957
= 175 Charly Gaul   Luxembourg 2 1 0 2 0 1958
= 175 Martial Gayant   France 2 0 0 0 0 1987
= 175 Albertus Geldermans   Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1962
= 175 Simon Gerrans   Australia 2 0 0 0 0 2013
= 175 Ivan Gotti   Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1995
= 175 Charly Grosskost   France 2 0 0 0 0 1968
= 175 Jacques Hanegraaf   Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1984
= 175 Daryl Impey   South Africa 2 0 0 0 0 2013
= 175 Jan Janssen   Netherlands 2 1 3 0 0 1966, 1968
= 175 Gerben Karstens   Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1974
= 175 Marcel Kittel   Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2013, 2014
= 175 Georges Lemaire   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1933
= 175 Tony Martin   Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2015
= 175 Jules Masselis   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1911, 1913
= 175 Christophe Moreau   France 2 0 0 0 0 2001
= 175 Louis Mottiat   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1920, 1921
= 175 Georges Passerieu   France 2 0 0 0 0 1908
= 175 Ludo Peeters   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1982, 1984
= 175 Ronan Pensec   France 2 0 0 0 0 1990
= 175 Lech Piasecki   Poland 2 0 0 0 0 1987
= 175 Jean Robic   France 2 1 0 0 0 1947, 1953
= 175 Aldo Ronconi   Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1947
= 175 Fränk Schleck   Luxembourg 2 0 0 0 0 2008
= 175 Edward Sels   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1964
= 175 Mike Teunissen   Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 2019
= 175 Klaus-Peter Thaler   Germany 2 0 0 0 0 1978
= 175 Alejandro Valverde   Spain 2 0 0 0 0 2008
= 175 Johan van der Velde   Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1 1986
= 175 Rik Van Steenbergen   Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1952
= 175 Flavio Vanzella   Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1994
= 175 Richard Virenque   France 2 0 0 7 0 1992, 2003
= 175 Jens Voigt   Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2001, 2005
= 175 Rolf Wolfshohl   Germany 2 0 0 0 0 1968
= 175 Erik Zabel   Germany 2 0 6 0 0 1998, 2002
= 227 Jean Aerts   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1932
= 227 Nicolas Barone   France 1 0 0 0 0 1957
= 227 François Beaugendre   France 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 227 Jean-François Bernard   France 1 0 0 0 0 1987
= 227 Jean-René Bernaudeau   France 1 0 0 0 1 1979
= 227 Yvon Bertin   France 1 0 0 0 0 1980
= 227 Serafino Biagioni   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1951
= 227 Guido Bontempi   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1988[n 8]
= 227 Vicenzo Borgarello   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1912
= 227 Jacques Bossis   France 1 0 0 0 0 1978
= 227 Erik Breukink   Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1 1989
= 227 Johan Bruyneel   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1995
= 227 Max Bulla   Austria 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 227 Norbert Callens   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1949
= 227 Andrea Carrea   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1952
= 227 Mark Cavendish   United Kingdom 1 0 2 0 0 2016
= 227 Rohan Dennis   Australia 1 0 0 0 0 2015
= 227 Cyril Dessel   France 1 0 0 0 0 2006
= 227 Ferdinand Le Drogo   France 1 0 0 0 0 1927
= 227 Marcel Dussault   France 1 0 0 0 0 1949
= 227 Paul Egli    Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1936
= 227 Jan Engels   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1948
= 227 José María Errandonea   Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 227 Romain Feillu   France 1 0 0 0 0 2008
= 227 Amédée Fournier   France 1 0 0 0 0 1939
= 227 Michel Frédérick    Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 227 Dominique Gaigne   France 1 0 0 0 0 1986
= 227 Tony Gallopin   France 1 0 0 0 0 2014
= 227 Jean-Louis Gauthier   France 1 0 0 0 0 1983
= 227 Fernando Gaviria   Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 2018
= 227 Jean-Pierre Genet   France 1 0 0 0 0 1968
= 227 Linus Gerdemann   Germany 1 0 0 0 0 2007
= 227 Philippe Gilbert   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 2011
= 227 Joseph Groussard   France 1 0 0 0 0 1960
= 227 Alfred Haemerlinck   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 227 Bo Hamburger   Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 1998
= 227 Hector Heusghem   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1922
= 227 George Hincapie   United States 1 0 0 0 0 2006
= 227 Jai Hindley   Australia 1 0 0 0 0 2023
= 227 Sean Kelly   Ireland 1 0 4 0 0 1983
= 227 Marcel Kint   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1937
= 227 Alexander Kristoff   Norway 1 0 0 0 0 2020
= 227 Yves Lampaert   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 2022
= 227 Jean-Claude Lebaube   France 1 0 0 0 0 1966
= 227 Luc Leblanc   France 1 0 0 0 0 1991
= 227 Léon Le Calvez   France 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 227 Désiré Letort   France 1 0 0 0 0 1969
= 227 Emile Lombard   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 227 Henk Lubberding   Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1 1988
= 227 François Mahé   France 1 0 0 0 0 1953
= 227 Robbie McEwen   Australia 1 0 3 0 0 2004
= 227 Arsène Mersch   Luxembourg 1 0 0 0 0 1936
= 227 Giovanni Micheletto   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1913
= 227 Frédéric Moncassin   France 1 0 0 0 0 1996
= 227 Jean-Patrick Nazon   France 1 0 0 0 0 2003
= 227 Willi Oberbeck   Germany 1 0 0 0 0 1938
= 227 Miguel Poblet   Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1955
= 227 Giancarlo Polidori   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 227 Tommaso de Pra   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1966
= 227 Gaston Rebry   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1929
= 227 Raymond Riotte   France 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 227 Giovanni Rossi    Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1951
= 227 Gregorio San Miguel   Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1968
= 227 Tom Simpson   United Kingdom 1 0 0 0 0 1962
= 227 Jozef Spruyt   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 227 Alex Stieda   Canada 1 0 0 0 0 1986
= 227 Kurt Stöpel   Germany 1 0 0 0 0 1932
= 227 Adri van der Poel   Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 1984
= 227 Cyrille van Hauwaert   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1909
= 227 Rik Van Looy   Belgium 1 0 1 0 0 1965
= 227 Willy Van Neste   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 227 Marc Wauters   Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 2001
= 227 Sean Yates   United Kingdom 1 0 0 0 0 1994

Number of wearers per year edit

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

Number of wearers Years
1 1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999,[n 9] 2005[n 10]
2 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012
3 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000,[n 11] 2002,[n 12] 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023
4 1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003,[n 13] 2004,[n 14] 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
5 1913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001,[n 15] 2011, 2013, 2020
6 1929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008
7 1949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006
8 1958, 1987

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.[2]
  2. ^ a b In 1914, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.[1]
  3. ^ In 1988, on 19 July, there were two stages. Other than the split stages that the Tour de France saw earlier, these two stages were counted as individual stages, so Pedro Delgado received two yellow jerseys on that day.
  4. ^ Before Alberto Contador's 2010 Tour de France victory and days in yellow were officially removed, he wore the yellow jersey for 6 days. After his disqualification, Andy Schleck's total increased with 6 extra days.
  5. ^ Before Floyd Landis' 2006 Tour de France victory and days in yellow were officially removed, he wore the yellow jersey for 5 days. After his disqualification, Óscar Pereiro's total increased with 3 extra days.
  6. ^ a b 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]
  9. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of two.
  10. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong and David Zabriskie annulled resulting in artificially only showing one single rider in yellow that year instead of three.
  11. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four.
  12. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing three riders in yellow that year instead of four.
  13. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five.
  14. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing four riders in yellow that year instead of five.
  15. ^ Results of Lance Armstrong annulled resulting in artificially only showing five riders in yellow that year instead of six.

Per country edit

The yellow jersey has been awarded to 25 countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of yellow jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Tour wins" stands for the number of tour wins by cyclists of that country,[8] "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country,[9] "Mountains" for the number of times the mountains classification in the Tour de France was won by a cyclist of that country,[10] and "Young rider" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.[11] The "Most recent holder" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the yellow jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of cyclists of the country that wore the yellow jersey.

Rank Country Yellow
jerseys		 Tour wins
 		 Points
 		 Mountains
 		 Young rider
 		 Most recent holder Stage Different holders List of holders
1   France 728 36 9 23 8 Julian Alaphilippe 2021, stage 1 96
2   Belgium 439 18 21 11 0 Wout van Aert 2022, stage 5 61 Belgian yellow jersey holders
3   Italy 212 10 2 13 5 Giulio Ciccone 2019, stage 7 30
4   Spain 135 12 1 16 5 Alberto Contador 2009, stage 21 12
5   Great Britain 108 6 2 2 2 Adam Yates 2023, stage 4 9 British yellow jersey holders
6   Luxembourg 98 5 0 2 3 Andy Schleck 2011, stage 19 10
7   Netherlands 80 2 4 2 5 Mathieu van der Poel 2021, stage 7 18 Dutch yellow jersey holders
8    Switzerland 74 2 2 1 0 Fabian Cancellara 2015, stage 2 10
9   Germany 72 1 8 0 4 Tony Martin 2015, stage 6 14
10   Denmark 70 3 0 3 0 Jonas Vingegaard 2023 , stage 21 7
11   Australia 34 1 5 0 1 Jai Hindley 2023, stage 5 8 Australian yellow jersey holders
12   Slovenia 32 2 0 2 4 Tadej Pogačar 2022, stage 10 2
13   United States 29 3 0 0 3 George Hincapie 2006, stage 1 4
14   Canada 15 0 0 0 0 Steve Bauer 1990, stage 9 2
15   Norway 11 0 2 0 0 Alexander Kristoff 2020, stage 1 2
=16   Colombia 7 1 0 5 5 Egan Bernal 2019, stage 21 3
=16   Ireland 7 1 4 0 0 Stephen Roche 1987, stage 25 3
18   Estonia 6 0 0 0 0 Jaan Kirsipuu 1999, stage 7 1
= 19   Portugal 4 0 0 0 0 Acácio da Silva 1989, stage 4 1
= 19   Slovakia 4 0 7 0 0 Peter Sagan 2018, stage 2 1
21   Ukraine 3 0 0 0 1 Serhiy Honchar 2006, stage 9 1
= 22   Poland 2 0 0 2 0 Lech Piasecki 1987, stage 2 1
= 22   Russia 2 0 0 0 2 Eugeni Berzin 1996, stage 8 1
= 22   South Africa 2 0 0 0 0 Daryl Impey 2013, stage 7 1
25   Austria 1 0 0 0 0 Max Bulla 1931, stage 2 1
= 27   Uzbekistan 0 0 3 0 0 – – 0
= 27   Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 – – 0

Yellow jersey retirees edit

There have been sixteen instances where a rider quit the Tour for any reason while wearing the yellow jersey.[12]

Year Stage Rider Reason
1927 6   Francis Pélissier Sickness
1929 10   Victor Fontan Broken bicycle
1937 16   Sylvère Maes Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threats from French spectators
1950 11   Fiorenzo Magni Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threats from French spectators
1951 13   Wim van Est Withdrawal after fall down a ravine in Aubisque
1965 9   Bernard Van De Kerkhove Withdrawal during the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)
1971 14   Luis Ocaña Fall during a storm in Col de Mente
1978 16   Michel Pollentier Expelled for attempting fraud at a doping test
1980 12   Bernard Hinault Knee pain
1983 17   Pascal Simon Scapula fracture
1991 5   Rolf Sørensen Clavicle fracture after a fall in the last kilometer
1996 7   Stéphane Heulot Knee tendinitis
1998 2   Chris Boardman Head and neck injury after a crash
2007 16   Michael Rasmussen Sacked by his team for lying about his whereabouts
2015 4   Fabian Cancellara Broken vertebrae after a crash in Stage 3
2015 7   Tony Martin Broken collarbone after a crash in Stage 6[13]

Yellow jersey winners with no stage wins edit

 
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 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:[14]

  1.   Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
  2.   Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956
  3.   Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960
  4.   Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966
  5.   Greg LeMond (USA) 1990
  6.   Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006
  7.   Chris Froome (GBR) 2017
  8.   Egan Bernal (COL) 2019

Of these eight cyclists, Walkowiak and Bernal are the only ones never to win a Tour stage at all, although Bernal is still active as of 2022, 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.[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 edit

Every Tour de France only has one winner. But a cyclist that has won the Tour de France previously can enter the race again, and a cyclist not winning the race can win the race in a later year. In almost every Tour de France, there were multiple 'former or future' Tour de France-winners in the race. Only seven times, the Tour started without any former Tour de France winner. This happened in 1903, 1927, 1947, 1956, 1966, 1999 and 2006. Only in 1903, apart from the cyclist that won the race, was there no other former or future Tour de France winner.

In 1914, a record of seven former Tour de France winners started that year's Tour:[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 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.   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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tour de France 1914" (in German). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 17 March 2008. Frantz, André Leducq and Victor Fontan, who were in that winning stage 17 break, were exactly tied in time. Today the judges would go back to the time trial and look at the fractions-of-a-second differences. If that doesn't resolve the tie, then a look at placings solves the problem. The Tour didn't have rules to take care of ties, so 3 Yellow Jerseys were awarded.
  3. ^ a b McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 17 March 2008. 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. ^ a b "75ème Tour de France 1988 – Prélude" (in French). www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Historical Results – Tour de France". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002–2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  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 Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  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
  12. ^ "Riders that abandoned Tour de France in yellow jersey". www.infostradasports.com. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  13. ^ "Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone". 9 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Few have won yellow without a stage win". Cyclingnews. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  15. ^ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak Archived 12 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
  17. ^ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini Archived 12 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Tom James (4 April 2001). "Thys in spite of Pélissier". Retrieved 17 March 2008.

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