Combativity award

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The Combativity award is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.

The first award was given in 1959 to Gérard Saint, but it wasn't awarded every year until 1980. Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Richard Virenque have three wins each.

The system of the award has changed during the years. Historically, riders accumulated points, but the current system awards prizes on each stage except for time trials. There is also an award for the most combative rider of whole Tour. The rider has to finish the race in order to win the award.

There isn't a jersey for most combative rider, but instead, it is marked with a white number on a red background instead of the usual black on white. The award is sponsored by Brandt.

[edit] Combativity award winners

Rider Team 1959 Gérard Saint Saint-Raphaël-Géminiani 1963 Rik Van Looy G.B.C. - Libertas 1965 Felice Gimondi Salvarani 1966 Rudi Altig Peugeot - BP - Michelin 1967 Désiré Letort France 1968 Roger Pingeon France 1969 Eddy Merckx Faema 1970 Eddy Merckx Faema 1972 Cyrille Guimard Gan - Mercier 1973 Luis Ocaña Bic 1974 Eddy Merckx Team Molteni 1976 Raymond Delisle Peugeot-BP-Michelin 1977 Gerrie Knetemann PDM 1980 Christian Levavasseur Miko - Mercier - Vivagel 1981 Bernard Hinault Renault 1982 Régis Clère Coop-Mercier 1983 Serge Demierre CILO 1984 Bernard Hinault La Vie Claire 1985 Maarten Ducrot Kwantum 1986 Bernard Hinault La Vie Claire 1987 Pedro Delgado PDM 1988 Jérôme Simon Z-Peugeot 1989 Laurent Fignon Super U-Raleigh 1990 Eduardo Chozas ONCE 1991 Claudio Chiappucci Carrera-Tassoni 1992 Claudio Chiappucci Carrera-Tassoni 1993 Massimo Ghirotto ZG Mobili 1994 Eros Poli Mercatone Uno 1995 Hernán Buenahora Kelme 1996 Richard Virenque Festina 1997 Richard Virenque Festina 1998 Jacky Durand Casino 1999 Jacky Durand Lotto 2000 Erik Dekker Rabobank 2001 Laurent Jalabert Team CSC 2002 Laurent Jalabert Team CSC 2003 Alexander Vinokourov Team Telekom 2004 Richard Virenque Quick Step-Davitamon 2005 Óscar Pereiro Phonak Hearing Systems 2006 David de la Fuente Saunier Duval-Prodir 2007 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel-Euskadi

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