Yellow jersey statistics

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Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 1,909 stages, up to and including the 20th stage of the 2007 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot Jaune).

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

In this article first-place-classifications before 1919 are also counted as if a yellow jersey was awarded. There have been more yellow jerseys given than there were stages: In 1913,^[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 2007, 1,917 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 260 different riders.

Contents 1 Individual records 1.1 Notes 2 Per country 3 Yellow jersey retirees 4 Yellow jersey winners without winning any stage 5 Number of Tour winners in a single race 6 Winning Tour de France on first occasion 7 Finishing career with Tour de France victory 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Individual records

Key:

Cyclists who won the Tour de France

Cyclists who are still active

Cyclists who won the Tour de France and are still active

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 gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the yellow jersey, the "Tour wins" column gives the number of days that the cyclist won the yellow jersey. 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 five yellow jerseys for overall classification, won three green jerseys for the points classification, won two polka dot jerseys for king of the mountain classification, and never won the white jersey for 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.

As of 2008, Thomas Voeckler is the active cyclist who wore the most yellow jerseys, 10.^[6] The two active Tour de France winners Óscar Pereiro and Alberto Contador rank 96th and 108th, with five and four days in yellow respectively.

Rank	Name	Country	Jerseys	Tour Wins	Points	KoM	Young rider	Years
1sm=c	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	96	5	3	2	0	1969,1970,1971,1972,1974,1975
2sm=c	Lance Armstrong	United States	83	7	0	0	0	1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005
3sm=c	Bernard Hinault	France	75	5	1	1	0	1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1984,1985,1986
4sm=c	Miguel Indurain	Spain	60	5	0	0	0	1991,1992,1993,1994,1995
5sm=c	Jacques Anquetil	France	50	5	0	0	0	1957,1961,1962,1963,1964
6sm=c	Antonin Magne	France	38	2	0	0	0	1931,1934
= 7sm=c	Nicolas Frantz2	Luxembourg	37	2	0	0	0	1927,1928,1929
= 7sm=c	Philippe Thys1	Belgium	37	3	0	0	0	1913,1914,1920
9sm=c	André Leducq2	France	35	2	0	0	0	1929,1930,1932,1938
= 10sm=c	Louison Bobet	France	34	3	0	1	0	1948,1953,1954,1955
= 10sm=c	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	34	2	0	0	0	1923,1924,1925
= 12sm=c	Sylvère Maes	Belgium	26	2	0	1	0	1936,1937,1939
= 12sm=c	René Vietto	France	26	0	0	1	0	1939,1947
14sm=c	François Faber	Luxembourg	25	1	0	0	0	1909,1910,1911
= 15sm=c	Laurent Fignon	France	22	2	0	0	1	1983,1984,1989
= 15sm=c	Greg LeMond	United States	22	3	0	0	1	1986,1989,1990,1991
= 15sm=c	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	22	1	0	0	0	1971,1973,1978,1979,1980
18sm=c	Romain Maes	Belgium	21	1	0	0	0	1935
19sm=c	Gino Bartali	Italy	20	2	0	2	0	1937,1938,1948,1949
20sm=c	Fausto Coppi	Italy	19	2	0	2	0	1949,1952
= 21sm=c	Felice Gimondi	Italy	18	1	0	0	0	1965
= 21sm=c	Jan Ullrich	Germany	18	1	0	0	3	1997,1998
= 23sm=c	Rudi Altig	Germany	17	0	1	0	0	1962,1964,1966,1969
= 23sm=c	Luis Ocaña	Spain	17	1	0	0	0	1971,1973
= 23sm=c	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	17	2	0	0	0	1907,1908
= 23sm=c	Roger Pingeon	France	17	1	0	0	0	1967
= 27sm=c	André Darrigade	France	16	0	2	0	0	1956,1957,1958,1959,1961,1962
= 27sm=c	Odile Defraye	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1912,1913
= 27sm=c	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1929
= 27sm=c	Bernard Thévenet	France	16	2	0	0	0	1975,1977
31sm=c	Dietrich Thurau	Germany	15	0	0	0	1	1977
= 32sm=c	Pedro Delgado	Spain	14	1	0	0	0	1987,1988
= 32sm=c	Maurice Archambaud	France	14	0	0	0	0	1933,1936
= 32sm=c	Léon Scieur	Belgium	14	1	0	0	0	1921
= 32sm=c	Steve Bauer	Canada	14	0	0	0	0	1988,1990
= 32sm=c	Gastone Nencini	Italy	14	1	0	1	0	1960
= 32sm=c	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	14	1	0	0	0	1995,1996
= 38sm=c	Eugène Christophe	France	13	0	0	0	0	1919,1922
= 38sm=c	Gustave Garrigou	France	13	1	0	0	0	1911
= 38sm=c	René Pottier	France	13	1	0	0	0	1905,1906
= 38sm=c	Georges Speicher	France	13	1	0	0	0	1933,1934
= 42sm=c	Vincent Barteau	France	12	0	0	0	0	1984
= 42sm=c	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	12	0	0	0	0	1974,1978
= 42sm=c	Lucien van Impe	Belgium	12	1	0	6	0	1976
= 42sm=c	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	12	1	1	0	0	1947,1950
= 42sm=c	Antonin Rolland	France	12	0	0	0	0	1955
= 42sm=c	Louis Trousselier	France	12	1	0	0	0	1905,1906
= 42sm=c	Wout Wagtmans	Netherlands	12	0	0	0	0	1954,1955,1956
= 49sm=c	Gilbert Desmet 1	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1956,1963
= 49sm=c	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	11	1	0	0	0	1951
= 49sm=c	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1968
= 52sm=c	Kim Andersen	Denmark	10	0	0	0	0	1983,1985
= 52sm=c	Pascal Lino	France	10	0	0	0	0	1992
= 52sm=c	Thomas Voeckler	France	10	0	0	0	0	2004
= 55sm=c	Phil Anderson	Australia	9	0	0	0	1	1981,1982
= 55sm=c	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	9	0	0	0	0	2004,2007
= 55sm=c	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	9	0	0	0	0	1998,2001
= 55sm=c	Georges Groussard	France	9	0	0	0	0	1964
= 55sm=c	Freddy Maertens	Belgium	9	0	2	0	0	1976
= 55sm=c	Fiorenzo Magni	Italy	9	0	0	0	0	1949,1950,1952
= 55sm=c	Henri Pélissier	France	9	1	0	0	0	1919,1923
= 55sm=c	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	9	0	0	2	0	2007
= 63sm=c	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	8	1	0	0	0	1926
= 63sm=c	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy	8	0	0	2	0	1990
= 63sm=c	Emile Georget	France	8	0	0	0	0	1906,1907
= 63sm=c	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands	8	0	0	0	0	1978,1979,1980,1981
= 63sm=c	Rudy Pevenage	Belgium	8	0	1	0	0	1980
= 63sm=c	Roger Walkowiak	France	8	1	0	0	0	1956
= 69sm=c	Jan Adriaensens	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1956,1961,1962
= 69sm=c	Federico Bahamontes	Spain	7	1	0	6	0	1959,1963
= 69sm=c	Bernard Gauthier	France	7	0	0	0	0	1950
= 69sm=c	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	7	0	0	0	0	2002
= 69sm=c	Learco Guerra	Italy	7	0	0	0	0	1930
= 69sm=c	Thierry Marie	France	7	0	0	0	0	1986,1990,1991
= 69sm=c	Charly Mottet	France	7	0	0	0	0	1987
= 69sm=c	Marco Pantani	Italy	7	1	0	0	2	1998
= 69sm=c	Jef Planckaert	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1962
= 69sm=c	Pascal Simon	France	7	0	0	0	0	1983
= 69sm=c	Gustaaf van Slembrouck	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1926
= 80sm=c	Lucien Aimar	France	6	1	0	0	0	1966
= 80sm=c	Chris Boardman	United Kingdom	6	0	0	0	0	1994,1997,1998
= 80sm=c	Robert Cazala	France	6	0	0	0	0	1959
= 80sm=c	Mario Cipollini	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1993,1997
= 80sm=c	Vito Favero	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1958
= 80sm=c	Maurice Garin	France	6	1	0	0	0	1903
= 80sm=c	Cyrille Guimard	France	6	0	0	0	0	1972
= 80sm=c	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	1999
= 80sm=c	Roger Lévêque	France	6	0	0	0	0	1951
= 80sm=c	Erich Maechler	Switzerland	6	0	0	0	0	1987
= 80sm=c	Jean Majerus	Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	1937,1938
= 80sm=c	Jacques Marinelli	France	6	0	0	0	0	1949
= 80sm=c	Francesco Moser	Italy	6	0	0	0	1	1975
= 80sm=c	Fritz Schaer	Switzerland	6	0	1	0	0	1953
= 80sm=c	Herman van Springel	Belgium	6	0	1	0	0	1968,1973
= 80sm=c	Félicien Vervaecke	Belgium	6	0	0	2	0	1938
= 96sm=c	Jean Alavoine	France	5	0	0	0	0	1922
= 96sm=c	Adelin Benoit	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1925
= 96sm=c	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	5	2	0	0	0	1919,1922
= 96sm=c	Floyd Landis[7]	United States	5	0	0	0	0	2006
= 96sm=c	Jean Malléjac	France	5	0	0	0	0	1953
= 96sm=c	Johan Museeuw	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1993,1994
= 96sm=c	Jørgen V. Pedersen	Denmark	5	0	0	0	0	1986
= 96sm=c	Francis Pélissier	France	5	0	0	0	0	1927
= 96sm=c	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	5	1	0	0	0	2006
= 96sm=c	Bernard Van de kerkhove	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1964,1965
= 96sm=c	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	5	0	1	0	0	1983,1985
= 96sm=c	Cédric Vasseur	France	5	0	0	0	0	1997
= 108sm=c	Gilbert Bauvin	France	4	0	0	0	0	1951,1954,1958
= 108sm=c	Tom Boonen	Belgium	4	0	1	0	0	2006
= 108sm=c	José Catieau	France	4	0	0	0	0	1973
= 108sm=c	Alberto Contador	Spain	4	1	0	0	1	2007
= 108sm=c	Alberto Elli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	2000
= 108sm=c	Wim van Est	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1951,1955,1958
= 108sm=c	Raphaël Géminiani	France	4	0	0	1	0	1958
= 108sm=c	Roger Hassenforder	France	4	0	0	0	0	1953
= 108sm=c	Jos Hoevenaers	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1958,1959
= 108sm=c	Robert Jacquinot	France	4	0	0	0	0	1922,1923
= 108sm=c	Laurent Jalabert	France	4	0	2	2	0	1995,2000
= 108sm=c	Karl-Heinz Kunde	Germany	4	0	0	0	0	1966
= 108sm=c	Roger Lapébie	France	4	1	0	0	0	1937
= 108sm=c	Nello Lauredi	France	4	0	0	0	0	1952
= 108sm=c	Hector Martin	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1927
= 108sm=c	Raffaele di Paco3	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1931
= 108sm=c	Eddy Pauwels	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1959,1963
= 108sm=c	Jean Rossius1	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1914
= 108sm=c	Acacio da Silva	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	1989
= 108sm=c	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	4	0	0	0	0	1991
= 108sm=c	Julien Stevens	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1969
= 108sm=c	Gerrit Voorting	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1956,1958
= 108sm=c	Italo Zilioli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1970
= 108sm=c	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	1992,1996
= 132sm=c	Erich Bautz	Germany	3	0	0	0	0	1937
= 132sm=c	Henri Cornet	France	3	1	0	0	0	1904
= 132sm=c	Aimé Dossche	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1929
= 132sm=c	Bim Diederich	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1951
= 132sm=c	Seamus Elliott	Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	1963
= 132sm=c	Jean Goldschmit	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1950
= 132sm=c	Stéphane Heulot	France	3	0	0	0	0	1996
= 132sm=c	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 132sm=c	Thor Hushovd	Norway	3	0	1	0	0	2004,2006
= 132sm=c	Roger Lambrecht	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1948,1949
= 132sm=c	Octave Lapize	France	3	1	0	0	0	1910
= 132sm=c	Bradley McGee	Australia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 132sm=c	David Millar	United Kingdom	3	0	0	0	0	2000
= 132sm=c	Wilfried Nelissen	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1993
= 132sm=c	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1987,1988
= 132sm=c	Charles Pélissier3	France	3	0	0	0	0	1930,1931
= 132sm=c	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 132sm=c	René Privat	France	3	0	0	0	0	1957
= 132sm=c	Jan Raas5	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1978
= 132sm=c	Stephen Roche	Ireland	3	1	0	0	0	1987
= 132sm=c	Willy Schroeders	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1962
= 132sm=c	François Simon	France	3	0	0	0	0	2001
= 132sm=c	Michel Vermeulin	France	3	0	0	0	0	1959
= 132sm=c	Teun van Vliet	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1988
= 132sm=c	David Zabriskie	United States	3	0	0	0	0	2005
= 157sm=c	Henry Anglade	France	2	0	0	0	0	1960
= 157sm=c	Romain Bellenger	France	2	0	0	0	0	1923
= 157sm=c	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0	2002
= 157sm=c	Eugeni Berzin	Russia	2	0	0	0	0	1996
= 157sm=c	Pierre Brambilla	Italy	2	0	0	1	0	1947
= 157sm=c	Jules Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1926
= 157sm=c	Marcel Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1913
= 157sm=c	Charles Crupelandt	France	2	0	0	0	0	1910,1912
= 157sm=c	Laurent Desbiens	France	2	0	0	0	0	1998
= 157sm=c	Raymond Delisle	France	2	0	0	0	0	1976
= 157sm=c	Jacky Durand	France	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 157sm=c	Victor Fontan2	France	2	0	0	0	0	1929
= 157sm=c	Jean Fontenay	France	2	0	0	0	0	1939
= 157sm=c	Jean Forestier	France	2	0	1	0	0	1957
= 157sm=c	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	2	1	0	2	0	1958
= 157sm=c	Martial Gayant	France	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 157sm=c	Albertus Geldermans	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1962
= 157sm=c	Charly Grosskost	France	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 157sm=c	Ivan Gotti	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 157sm=c	Jacques Hanegraaf	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1984
= 157sm=c	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	2	1	3	0	0	1966,1968
= 157sm=c	Gerben Karstens	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1974
= 157sm=c	Georges Lemaire	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1933
= 157sm=c	Jules Masselis	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1911,1913
= 157sm=c	Christophe Moreau	France	2	0	0	0	0	2001
= 157sm=c	Louis Mottiat	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1920,1921
= 157sm=c	Georges Passerieu	France	2	0	0	0	0	1908
= 157sm=c	Ludo Peeters	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1982,1984
= 157sm=c	Ronan Pensec	France	2	0	0	0	0	1990
= 157sm=c	Lech Piasecki	Poland	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 157sm=c	Jean Robic	France	2	1	0	0	0	1947,1953
= 157sm=c	Aldo Ronconi	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1947
= 157sm=c	Edward Sels	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1964
= 157sm=c	Rik van Steenbergen	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1952
= 157sm=c	Klaus-Peter Thaler	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1978
= 157sm=c	Flavio Vanzella	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1994
= 157sm=c	Johan van der Velde	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	1	1986
= 157sm=c	Richard Virenque	France	2	0	0	7	0	1992,2003
= 157sm=c	Jens Voigt	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2001,2005
= 157sm=c	Rolf Wolfshohl	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 157sm=c	Erik Zabel	Germany	2	0	6	0	0	1998,2002
= 198sm=c	Jean Aerts	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 198sm=c	Nicolas Barone	France	1	0	0	0	0	1957
= 198sm=c	François Beaugendre	France	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 198sm=c	Jean-François Bernard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1987
= 198sm=c	Jean-René Bernaudeau	France	1	0	0	0	1	1979
= 198sm=c	Yvon Bertin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1980
= 198sm=c	Serafino Biagioni	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 198sm=c	Guido Bontempi	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	19884
= 198sm=c	Vicenzo Borgarello	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1912
= 198sm=c	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1989
= 198sm=c	Johan Bruyneel	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1995
= 198sm=c	Jacques Bossis	France	1	0	0	0	0	1978
= 198sm=c	Max Bulla	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 198sm=c	Norbert Callens	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 198sm=c	Léon Le Calvez	France	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 198sm=c	Andrea Carrea	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1952
= 198sm=c	Cyril Dessel	France	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 198sm=c	Ferdinand Le Drogo	France	1	0	0	0	0	1927
= 198sm=c	Marcel Dussault	France	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 198sm=c	Paul Egli	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 198sm=c	Jan Engels	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1948
= 198sm=c	José María Errandonea	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 198sm=c	Michel Frédérick	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 198sm=c	Amédée Fournier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1939
= 198sm=c	Dominique Gaigne	France	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 198sm=c	Jean-Louis Gauthier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1983
= 198sm=c	Jean-Pierre Genet	France	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 198sm=c	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	2007
= 198sm=c	Joseph Groussard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1960
= 198sm=c	Bo Hamburger	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	1998
= 198sm=c	Cyrille van Hauwaert	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1909
= 198sm=c	Alfred Haemerlinck	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 198sm=c	Hector Heusghem	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1922
= 198sm=c	George Hincapie	United States	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 198sm=c	Seán Kelly	Ireland	1	0	4	0	0	1983
= 198sm=c	Marcel Kint	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1937
= 198sm=c	Jean-Claude Lebaube	France	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 198sm=c	Luc Leblanc	France	1	0	0	0	0	1991
= 198sm=c	Rik van Looy	Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	1965
= 198sm=c	Emile Lombard	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 198sm=c	Henk Lubberding	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1988
= 198sm=c	François Mahé	France	1	0	0	0	0	1953
= 198sm=c	Robbie McEwen	Australia	1	0	3	0	0	2004
= 198sm=c	Arsène Mersch	Luxembourg	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 198sm=c	Giovanni Micheletto	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1913
= 198sm=c	Frederic Moncassin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1996
= 198sm=c	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	1	0	0	0	0	2003
= 198sm=c	Willy van Neste	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 198sm=c	Willi Oberbeck	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1938
= 198sm=c	Miguel Poblet	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1955
= 198sm=c	Adri van der Poel	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	1984
= 198sm=c	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 198sm=c	Tommaso de Pra	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 198sm=c	Gaston Rebry	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1929
= 198sm=c	Raymond Riotte	France	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 198sm=c	Giovanni Rossi	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 198sm=c	Gregorio San Miguel	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 198sm=c	Tom Simpson	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1962
= 198sm=c	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 198sm=c	Alex Stieda	Canada	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 198sm=c	Kurt Stöpel	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 198sm=c	Marc Wauters	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2001
= 198sm=c	Sean Yates	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1994

[edit] Notes

1. In 1913, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.^[1]
2. In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.^[2]
3. In 1931, Charles Pélissier (FRA) and Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) were both declared leader after the 5th stage.^[3]
4. 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]
5. 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.^[8] In cycling statistics lists, including the official database from the Tour de France organisation,^[9] the victory is awarded to Jan Raas, so this is also done in the list above.

[edit] Per country

The yellow jersey has been awarded to 22 different countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of yellow jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Tour wins" stands for the number of tour wins by cyclists of that country,^[10] "Green" for the number of times the Green jersey for the winner of the points classification was given to a cyclist of that country,^[11] "Polka Dot" for the number of times the Polka dot jersey for the King of the Mountains competition was given to a cyclist of that country,^[12] and "White" for the number of times the White jersey for the winner of the young rider classification was given to a cyclist of that country.^[13] The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the yellow jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that wore the yellow jersey.

Rank	Country	Jerseys	Tour Wins	Green	Polka Dot	White	Most recent	Different holders
1	France	692	36	9	18	5	Cyril Dessel (10th stage 2006)	91
2	Belgium	422	18	19	11	0	Tom Boonen (6th stage 2006)	57
3	Italy	181	9	1	12	5	Alberto Elli (9th stage 2000)	26
4	Spain	117	10	0	15	5	Alberto Contador (20th stage 2007)	10
5	United States	114	10	0	0	2	Floyd Landis (20th stage 2006)	5
6	Luxembourg	77	4	0	2	0	Charly Gaul (24th stage 1958)	7
7	Netherlands	72	2	4	2	5	Erik Breukink (Prologue 1989)	16
8	Germany	68	1	8	0	4	Linus Gerdemann (7th stage 2007)	12
9	Switzerland	52	2	2	1	1	Fabian Cancellara (6th stage 2007)	9
10	Denmark	43	1	0	2	0	Michael Rasmussen (16th stage 2007)	6
11	Australia	22	0	4	0	1	Robbie McEwen (3rd stage 2004)	4
12	Canada	15	0	0	0	0	Steve Bauer (9th stage 1990)	2
13	United Kingdom	11	0	0	0	0	David Millar (3rd stage 2000)	4
14	Ireland	7	1	4	0	0	Stephen Roche (25st stage 1987)	3
15	Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	Jaan Kirsipuu (7th stage 1999)	1
16	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	Acacio da Silva (4th stage 1989)	1
= 17	Norway	3	0	1	0	0	Thor Hushovd (2nd stage 2006)	1
= 17	Colombia	3	0	0	4	2	Víctor Hugo Peña (6th stage 2003)	1
= 17	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	1	Serhiy Honchar (9th stage 2006)	1
= 20	Poland	2	0	0	0	0	Lech Piasecki (2nd stage 1987)	1
= 20	Russia	2	0	0	0	2	Eugeni Berzin (8th stage 1996)	1
22	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	Max Bulla (2nd stage 1931)	1
= 23	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	0	0	–	0
= 23	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	–	0

[edit] Yellow jersey retirees

Fourteen riders have quit the Tour while wearing the yellow jersey.^[14]

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 threat of French spectators
1950	11	Fiorenzo Magni	Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threat of French spectators
1951	13	Wim Van Est	After a fall in a ravine in Aubisque
1965	9	Bernard Van De Kerkhove	Withdrawal in the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)
1971	14	Luis Ocana	Fall during a storm in Col de Mente
1978	16	Michel Pollentier	Expelled for fraud attempt in doping test
1980	12	Bernard Hinault	Knee pain
1983	17	Pascal Simon	Scapula fracture
1991	5	Rolf Sorensen	Clavicle fracture after fall in the last kilometer
1996	7	Stéphane Heulot	Knee tendonitis
1998	2	Chris Boardman	Head injury after a crash
2007	16	Michael Rasmussen	Fired by his team (for lying about his pre-race whereabouts)

[edit] Yellow jersey winners without winning any stage

Usually the winner of the Tour the France also wins a stage, but that is not necessary. It is possible to be the winner of the Tour de France without winning a stage, because the Tour de France is decided by the total raced time. This has happened six times so far:^[15]

1. Firmin Lambot 1922
2. Roger Walkowiak 1956
3. Gastone Nencini 1960
4. Lucien Aimar 1966
5. Greg LeMond 1990
6. Óscar Pereiro 2006

Of these six cyclists, Walkowiak is the only one never to win a Tour stage at all.^[16] (Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours^[17], Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours^[18], Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour^[19], Lemond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours^[20], and Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour^[21].)

[edit] 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 of 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. In 1903, 2002 and 2006^[22], apart from the cyclist that won the race, there were no former or future Tour de France winners.

In 1914, a record of seven former Tour de France winners started that year's Tour^[23]:

1. Louis Trousselier (1905 winner)
2. Lucien Petit-Breton (1907 and 1908 winner)
3. François Faber (1909 winner)
4. Octave Lapize (1910 winner)
5. Gustave Garrigou (1911 winner)
6. Odile Defraye (1912 winner)
7. Philippe Thys (1913 winner, who would also won the 1914 Tour de France)

In addition to these seven cyclists, four cyclists in that year's Tour would go on to win a Tour later:

1. Firmin Lambot (1919 and 1922 winner)
2. Léon Scieur (1921 winner)
3. Henri Pélissier (1923 winner)
4. Lucien Buysse (1926 winner)

[edit] Winning Tour de France on first occasion

Eleven cyclists won the final yellow jersey of the Tour de France (and therefore the overall classification) the first time he entered the competition.

• 1903 - Maurice Garin in the first ever Tour de France
• 1904 - Henri Cornet
• 1905 - Louis Trousselier
• 1947 - Jean Robic, first Tour de France after World War II
• 1949 - Fausto Coppi
• 1951 - Hugo Koblet
• 1957 - Jacques Anquetil, first of 5 victories
• 1965 - Felice Gimondi
• 1969 - Eddy Merckx, first of 5 victories
• 1978 - Bernard Hinault, first of 5 victories
• 1983 - Laurent Fignon

[edit] Finishing career with Tour de France victory

Five cyclists won the Tour de France the last time they entered the competition.

• 1906 - René Pottier, (died before next race)
• 1937 - Roger Lapébie
• 1939 - Sylvère Maes, last race before World War II
• 1952 - Fausto Coppi
• 2005 - Lance Armstrong, (retired)

Fausto Coppi is the only cyclist who won the Tour de France in both the first and the last Tour he entered.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Tour de France database: Official Tour de France history
• Tour Xtra (Eddy van der Mark, Chippewa Valley Cycling Club)

[edit] External links

• Tour statistics (German)
• Memoire du cyclisme (French)
• Similar ranking of yellow jerseys since the introduction of the yellow jersey in 1919 (Dutch)

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v • d • e Tour de France Yellow jersey winners 1903 Maurice Garin · 1904 Henri Cornet · 1905 Louis Trousselier · 1906 René Pottier · 1907-1908 Lucien Petit-Breton · 1909 François Faber · 1910 Octave Lapize · 1911 Gustave Garrigou · 1912 Odile Defraye · 1913-1914 Philippe Thys · 1915-1918 World War I · 1919 Firmin Lambot · 1920 Philippe Thys · 1921 Léon Scieur · 1922 Firmin Lambot · 1923 Henri Pélissier · 1924-1925 Ottavio Bottecchia · 1926 Lucien Buysse · 1927-1928 Nicolas Frantz · 1929 Maurice De Waele · 1930 André Leducq · 1931 Antonin Magne · 1932 André Leducq · 1933 Georges Speicher · 1934 Antonin Magne · 1935 Romain Maes · 1936 Sylvère Maes · 1937 Roger Lapébie · 1938 Gino Bartali · 1939 Sylvère Maes · 1940-1946 World War II · 1947 Jean Robic · 1948 Gino Bartali · 1949 Fausto Coppi · 1950 Ferdinand Kübler · 1951 Hugo Koblet · 1952 Fausto Coppi · 1953-1955 Louison Bobet · 1956 Roger Walkowiak · 1957 Jacques Anquetil · 1958 Charly Gaul · 1959 Federico Bahamontes · 1960 Gastone Nencini · 1961-1964 Jacques Anquetil · 1965 Felice Gimondi · 1966 Lucien Aimar · 1967 Roger Pingeon · 1968 Jan Janssen · 1969-1972 Eddy Merckx · 1973 Luis Ocaña · 1974 Eddy Merckx · 1975 Bernard Thévenet · 1976 Lucien Van Impe · 1977 Bernard Thévenet · 1978-1979 Bernard Hinault · 1980 Joop Zoetemelk · 1981-1982 Bernard Hinault · 1983-1984 Laurent Fignon · 1985 Bernard Hinault · 1986 Greg LeMond · 1987 Stephen Roche · 1988 Pedro Delgado · 1989-1990 Greg LeMond · 1991-1995 Miguel Indurain · 1996 Bjarne Riis · 1997 Jan Ullrich · 1998 Marco Pantani · 1999-2005 Lance Armstrong · 2006 Óscar Pereiro · 2007 Alberto Contador