Yellow jersey statistics

The 2004 version of the yellow jersey.

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,058 stages, up to and including the 2014 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 2014, 2,058 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 278 different riders.

Individual records

In addition to winning the general classification five times, Eddy Merckx has ridden the most days wearing the yellow jersey.

Key:

Cyclists who are still active
Cyclists who won the Tour de France

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 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 the general classification five times, won the points classification three times, won the mountains classification two times, and 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.

Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2012, the active cyclist who has worn the most yellow jerseys, 28. He is also the rider with the most yellow jerseys ever for someone who has not won the Tour. The five active Tour de France winners Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans rank 34th, 34th, 41st, 53rd and 67th with fourteen, thirteen, eleven and eight days in yellow respectively.

Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled late 2012, he was ranked second in this list, leading the Tour for 83 stages from 1999 to 2005.

Rank	Name	Country	Yellow 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	Bernard Hinault	France	75	5	1	1	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
3sm=c	Miguel Indurain	Spain	60	5	0	0	0	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4sm=c	Jacques Anquetil	France	50	5	0	0	0	1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
5sm=c	Antonin Magne	France	38	2	0	0	0	1931, 1934
= 6sm=c	Nicolas Frantz^{[n 1]}	Luxembourg	37	2	0	0	0	1927, 1928, 1929
= 6sm=c	Philippe Thys^{[n 2]}	Belgium	37	3	0	0	0	1913, 1914, 1920
8sm=c	André Leducq^{[n 1]}	France	35	2	0	0	0	1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 9sm=c	Louison Bobet	France	34	3	0	1	0	1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 9sm=c	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	34	2	0	0	0	1923, 1924, 1925
11sm=c	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	28	0	0	0	0	2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
= 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
= 19sm=c	Thomas Voeckler	France	20	0	0	1	0	2004, 2011
= 21sm=c	Fausto Coppi	Italy	19	2	0	2	0	1949, 1952
= 21sm=c	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	19	1	0	0	0	2014
= 22sm=c	Felice Gimondi	Italy	18	1	0	0	0	1965
= 22sm=c	Jan Ullrich	Germany	18	1	0	0	3	1997, 1998
= 24sm=c	Rudi Altig	Germany	17	0	1	0	0	1962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 24sm=c	Luis Ocaña	Spain	17	1	0	0	0	1971, 1973
= 24sm=c	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	17	2	0	0	0	1907, 1908
= 24sm=c	Roger Pingeon	France	17	1	0	0	0	1967
= 28sm=c	André Darrigade	France	16	0	2	0	0	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 28sm=c	Odile Defraye	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1912, 1913
= 28sm=c	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1929
= 28sm=c	Bernard Thévenet	France	16	2	0	0	0	1975, 1977
= 32sm=c	Dietrich Thurau	Germany	15	0	0	0	1	1977
= 32sm=c	Pedro Delgado^{[n 3]}	Spain	15	1	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 34sm=c	Maurice Archambaud	France	14	0	0	0	0	1933, 1936
= 34sm=c	Steve Bauer	Canada	14	0	0	0	0	1988, 1990
= 34sm=c	Chris Froome	United Kingdom	14	1	0	0	0	2013
= 34sm=c	Gastone Nencini	Italy	14	1	0	1	0	1960
= 34sm=c	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	14	1	0	0	0	1995, 1996
= 34sm=c	Léon Scieur	Belgium	14	1	0	0	0	1921
= 34sm=c	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	14	1	0	0	0	2012
= 41sm=c	Eugène Christophe	France	13	0	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 41sm=c	Gustave Garrigou	France	13	1	0	0	0	1911
= 41sm=c	René Pottier	France	13	1	0	0	0	1905, 1906
= 41sm=c	Andy Schleck^{[n 4]}	Luxembourg	13	1	0	0	3	2010, 2011
= 41sm=c	Georges Speicher	France	13	1	0	0	0	1933, 1934
= 46sm=c	Vincent Barteau	France	12	0	0	0	0	1984
= 46sm=c	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	12	0	0	0	0	1974, 1978
= 46sm=c	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	12	1	0	6	0	1976
= 46sm=c	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	12	1	1	0	0	1947, 1950
= 46sm=c	Antonin Rolland	France	12	0	0	0	0	1955
= 46sm=c	Louis Trousselier	France	12	1	0	0	0	1905, 1907
= 46sm=c	Wout Wagtmans	Netherlands	12	0	0	0	0	1954, 1955, 1956
= 53sm=c	Alberto Contador	Spain	11	2	0	0	1	2007, 2009
= 53sm=c	Gilbert Desmet	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1956, 1963
= 53sm=c	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	11	1	0	0	0	1951
= 53sm=c	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1968
= 57sm=c	Kim Andersen	Denmark	10	0	0	0	0	1983, 1985
= 57sm=c	Thor Hushovd	Norway	10	0	2	0	0	2004, 2006, 2011
= 57sm=c	Pascal Lino	France	10	0	0	0	0	1992
= 60sm=c	Phil Anderson	Australia	9	0	0	0	1	1981, 1982
= 60sm=c	Georges Groussard	France	9	0	0	0	0	1964
= 60sm=c	Freddy Maertens	Belgium	9	0	2	0	0	1976
= 60sm=c	Fiorenzo Magni	Italy	9	0	0	0	0	1949, 1950, 1952
= 60sm=c	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	9	0	0	0	0	1998, 2001
= 60sm=c	Henri Pélissier	France	9	1	0	0	0	1919, 1923
= 60sm=c	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	9	0	0	2	0	2007
= 67sm=c	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	8	1	0	0	0	1926
= 67sm=c	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy	8	0	0	2	0	1990
= 67sm=c	Cadel Evans	Australia	8	1	0	0	0	2008, 2010, 2011
= 67sm=c	Emile Georget	France	8	0	0	0	0	1906, 1907
= 67sm=c	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands	8	0	0	0	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 67sm=c	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy	8	0	0	0	0	2009
= 67sm=c	Rudy Pevenage	Belgium	8	0	1	0	0	1980
= 67sm=c	Roger Walkowiak	France	8	1	0	0	0	1956
= 75	Jan Adriaensens	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1956, 1960
= 75	Federico Bahamontes	Spain	7	1	0	6	0	1959, 1963
= 75	Bernard Gauthier	France	7	0	0	0	0	1950
= 75	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	7	0	0	0	0	2002
= 75	Learco Guerra	Italy	7	0	0	0	0	1930
= 75	Erich Maechler	Switzerland	7	0	0	0	0	1987
= 75	Thierry Marie	France	7	0	0	0	0	1986, 1990, 1991
= 75	Charly Mottet	France	7	0	0	0	0	1987
= 75	Marco Pantani	Italy	7	1	0	0	2	1998
= 75sm=c	Óscar Pereiro^{[n 5]}	Spain	7	1	0	0	0	2006
= 75	Jef Planckaert	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1962
= 75	Pascal Simon	France	7	0	0	0	0	1983
= 75	Gustaaf van Slembrouck	Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1926
= 88sm=c	Lucien Aimar	France	6	1	0	0	0	1966
= 88sm=c	Chris Boardman	United Kingdom	6	0	0	0	0	1994, 1997, 1998
= 88sm=c	Robert Cazala	France	6	0	0	0	0	1959
= 88sm=c	Mario Cipollini	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1993, 1997
= 88sm=c	Vito Favero	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1958
= 88sm=c	Maurice Garin	France	6	1	0	0	0	1903
= 88sm=c	Cyrille Guimard	France	6	0	0	0	0	1972
= 88sm=c	Kim Kirchen	Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	2008
= 88sm=c	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	1999
= 88sm=c	Roger Lévêque	France	6	0	0	0	0	1951
= 88sm=c	Jean Majerus	Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	1937, 1938
= 88sm=c	Jacques Marinelli	France	6	0	0	0	0	1949
= 88sm=c	Francesco Moser	Italy	6	0	0	0	1	1975
= 88sm=c	Fritz Schaer	Switzerland	6	0	1	0	0	1953
= 88sm=c	Herman van Springel	Belgium	6	0	1	0	0	1968, 1973
= 88sm=c	Félicien Vervaecke	Belgium	6	0	0	2	0	1938
= 104sm=c	Jean Alavoine	France	5	0	0	0	0	1922
= 104sm=c	Adelin Benoit	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1925
= 104sm=c	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	5	2	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 104sm=c	Jean Malléjac	France	5	0	0	0	0	1953
= 104sm=c	Johan Museeuw	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1993, 1994
= 104sm=c	Jørgen V. Pedersen	Denmark	5	0	0	0	0	1986
= 104sm=c	Francis Pélissier	France	5	0	0	0	0	1927
= 104sm=c	Carlos Sastre	Spain	5	1	0	0	0	2008
= 104sm=c	Bernard Van de Kerkhove	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1964, 1965
= 104sm=c	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	5	0	1	0	0	1983, 1985
= 104sm=c	Cédric Vasseur	France	5	0	0	0	0	1997
= 115sm=c	Gilbert Bauvin	France	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1954, 1958
= 115sm=c	Tom Boonen	Belgium	4	0	1	0	0	2006
= 115sm=c	José Catieau	France	4	0	0	0	0	1973
= 115sm=c	Alberto Elli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	2000
= 115sm=c	Wim van Est	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1955, 1958
= 115sm=c	Raphaël Géminiani	France	4	0	0	1	0	1958
= 115sm=c	Roger Hassenforder	France	4	0	0	0	0	1953
= 115sm=c	Jos Hoevenaers	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1958, 1959
= 115sm=c	Robert Jacquinot	France	4	0	0	0	0	1922, 1923
= 115sm=c	Laurent Jalabert	France	4	0	2	2	0	1995, 2000
= 115sm=c	Karl-Heinz Kunde	Germany	4	0	0	0	0	1966
= 115sm=c	Roger Lapébie	France	4	1	0	0	0	1937
= 115sm=c	Nello Lauredi	France	4	0	0	0	0	1952
= 115sm=c	Hector Martin	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1927
= 115sm=c	Raffaele di Paco^{[n 6]}	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1931
= 115sm=c	Eddy Pauwels	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1959, 1963
= 115sm=c	Jean Rossius^{[n 2]}	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1914
= 115sm=c	Acácio da Silva	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	1989
= 115sm=c	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	4	0	0	0	0	1991
= 115sm=c	Gerrit Voorting	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1956, 1958
= 115sm=c	Italo Zilioli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1970
= 115sm=c	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	1992, 1996
= 115sm=c	Erich Bautz	Germany	3	0	0	0	0	1937
= 138sm=c	Henri Cornet	France	3	1	0	0	0	1904
= 138sm=c	Bim Diederich	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1951
= 138sm=c	Aimé Dossche	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1929
= 138sm=c	Seamus Elliott	Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	1963
= 138sm=c	Jean Goldschmit	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1950
= 138sm=c	Stéphane Heulot	France	3	0	0	0	0	1996
= 138sm=c	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 138sm=c	Roger Lambrecht	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1948, 1949
= 138sm=c	Floyd Landis	United States	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 138sm=c	Octave Lapize	France	3	1	0	0	0	1910
= 138sm=c	Bradley McGee	Australia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 138sm=c	David Millar	United Kingdom	3	0	0	0	0	2000
= 138sm=c	Wilfried Nelissen	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1993
= 138sm=c	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 138sm=c	Charles Pélissier^{[n 6]}	France	3	0	0	0	0	1930, 1931
= 138sm=c	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 138sm=c	René Privat	France	3	0	0	0	0	1957
= 138sm=c	Jan Raas^{[n 7]}	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1978
= 138sm=c	Stephen Roche	Ireland	3	1	0	0	0	1987
= 138sm=c	Willy Schroeders	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1962
= 138sm=c	François Simon	France	3	0	0	0	0	2001
= 138sm=c	Julien Stevens	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1969
= 138sm=c	Michel Vermeulin	France	3	0	0	0	0	1959
= 138sm=c	Teun van Vliet	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1988
= 138sm=c	David Zabriskie	United States	3	0	0	0	0	2005
= 163sm=c	Henry Anglade	France	2	0	0	0	0	1960
= 163sm=c	Jan Bakelants	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163sm=c	Romain Bellenger	France	2	0	0	0	0	1923
= 163sm=c	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0	2002
= 163sm=c	Eugeni Berzin	Russia	2	0	0	0	0	1996
= 163sm=c	Pierre Brambilla	Italy	2	0	0	1	0	1947
= 163sm=c	Jules Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1926
= 163sm=c	Marcel Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1913
= 163sm=c	Sylvain Chavanel	France	2	0	0	0	0	2010
= 163sm=c	Charles Crupelandt	France	2	0	0	0	0	1910, 1912
= 163sm=c	Raymond Delisle	France	2	0	0	0	0	1976
= 163sm=c	Laurent Desbiens	France	2	0	0	0	0	1998
= 163sm=c	Jacky Durand	France	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 163sm=c	Victor Fontan^{[n 1]}	France	2	0	0	0	0	1929
= 163sm=c	Jean Fontenay	France	2	0	0	0	0	1939
= 163sm=c	Jean Forestier	France	2	0	1	0	0	1957
= 163sm=c	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	2	1	0	2	0	1958
= 163sm=c	Martial Gayant	France	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 163sm=c	Albertus Geldermans	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1962
= 163sm=c	Simon Gerrans	Australia	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163sm=c	Ivan Gotti	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 163sm=c	Charly Grosskost	France	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 163sm=c	Jacques Hanegraaf	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1984
= 163sm=c	Daryl Impey	South Africa	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163sm=c	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	2	1	3	0	0	1966, 1968
= 163sm=c	Gerben Karstens	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1974
= 163sm=c	Marcel Kittel	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2013, 2014
= 163sm=c	Georges Lemaire	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1933
= 163sm=c	Jules Masselis	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1911, 1913
= 163sm=c	Christophe Moreau	France	2	0	0	0	0	2001
= 163sm=c	Louis Mottiat	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1920, 1921
= 163sm=c	Georges Passerieu	France	2	0	0	0	0	1908
= 163sm=c	Ludo Peeters	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1982, 1984
= 163sm=c	Ronan Pensec	France	2	0	0	0	0	1990
= 163sm=c	Lech Piasecki	Poland	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 163sm=c	Jean Robic	France	2	1	0	0	0	1947, 1953
= 163sm=c	Aldo Ronconi	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1947
= 163sm=c	Fränk Schleck	Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 163sm=c	Edward Sels	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1964
= 163sm=c	Rik van Steenbergen	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1952
= 163sm=c	Klaus-Peter Thaler	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1978
= 163sm=c	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 163sm=c	Flavio Vanzella	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1994
= 163sm=c	Johan van der Velde	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	1	1986
= 163sm=c	Richard Virenque	France	2	0	0	7	0	1992, 2003
= 163sm=c	Jens Voigt	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2001, 2005
= 163sm=c	Rolf Wolfshohl	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 163sm=c	Erik Zabel	Germany	2	0	6	0	0	1998, 2002
= 210	Jean Aerts	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 210	Nicolas Barone	France	1	0	0	0	0	1957
= 210	François Beaugendre	France	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 210sm=c	Jean-François Bernard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1987
= 210sm=c	Jean-René Bernaudeau	France	1	0	0	0	1	1979
= 210sm=c	Yvon Bertin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1980
= 210sm=c	Serafino Biagioni	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 210sm=c	Guido Bontempi	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1988^{[n 8]}
= 210sm=c	Vicenzo Borgarello	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1912
= 210sm=c	Jacques Bossis	France	1	0	0	0	0	1978
= 210sm=c	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1989
= 210sm=c	Johan Bruyneel	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1995
= 210sm=c	Max Bulla	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210sm=c	Norbert Callens	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 210sm=c	Léon Le Calvez	France	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210sm=c	Andrea Carrea	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1952
= 210sm=c	Cyril Dessel	France	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 210sm=c	Ferdinand Le Drogo	France	1	0	0	0	0	1927
= 210sm=c	Marcel Dussault	France	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 210sm=c	Paul Egli	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 210sm=c	Jan Engels	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1948
= 210sm=c	José María Errandonea	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210sm=c	Romain Feillu	France	1	0	0	0	0	2008
= 210sm=c	Amédée Fournier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1939
= 210sm=c	Michel Frédérick	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 210sm=c	Dominique Gaigne	France	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 210sm=c	Tony Gallopin	France	1	0	0	0	0	2014
= 210sm=c	Jean-Louis Gauthier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1983
= 210sm=c	Jean-Pierre Genet	France	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 210sm=c	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	2007
= 210sm=c	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2011
= 210sm=c	Joseph Groussard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1960
= 210sm=c	Bo Hamburger	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	1998
= 210sm=c	Cyrille van Hauwaert	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1909
= 210sm=c	Alfred Haemerlinck	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210sm=c	Hector Heusghem	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1922
= 210sm=c	George Hincapie	United States	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 210sm=c	Sean Kelly	Ireland	1	0	4	0	0	1983
= 210sm=c	Marcel Kint	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1937
= 210sm=c	Jean-Claude Lebaube	France	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 210sm=c	Luc Leblanc	France	1	0	0	0	0	1991
= 210sm=c	Désiré Letort	France	1	0	0	0	0	1969
= 210sm=c	Rik van Looy	Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	1965
= 210sm=c	Emile Lombard	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 210sm=c	Henk Lubberding	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1988
= 210sm=c	François Mahé	France	1	0	0	0	0	1953
= 210sm=c	Robbie McEwen	Australia	1	0	3	0	0	2004
= 210sm=c	Arsène Mersch	Luxembourg	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 210sm=c	Giovanni Micheletto	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1913
= 210sm=c	Frederic Moncassin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1996
= 210sm=c	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	1	0	0	0	0	2003
= 210sm=c	Willy van Neste	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210sm=c	Willi Oberbeck	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1938
= 210sm=c	Miguel Poblet	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1955
= 210sm=c	Adri van der Poel	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	1984
= 210sm=c	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210sm=c	Tommaso de Pra	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 210sm=c	Gaston Rebry	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1929
= 210sm=c	Raymond Riotte	France	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210sm=c	Giovanni Rossi	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 210sm=c	Gregorio San Miguel	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 210sm=c	Tom Simpson	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1962
= 210sm=c	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210sm=c	Alex Stieda	Canada	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 210sm=c	Kurt Stöpel	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 210sm=c	Marc Wauters	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2001
= 210sm=c	Sean Yates	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1994

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.^[2]
↑ 2.0 2.1 In 1913, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days.^[1]
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Before Floyd Landis' 2006 Tourde 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 2 extra days.
↑ 6.0 6.1 In 1931, Charles Pélissier (FRA) and Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) were both declared leader after the 5th stage.^[3]
↑ 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.
↑ 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]

Per country

The yellow jersey has been awarded to 23 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,^[8] "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country,^[9] "KoM" 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" 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	Yellow Jerseys	Tour Wins	Points	KoM	Young rider	Most recent cyclist	Most recent date	Different holders
1	France	709	36	9	20	7	Tony Gallopin	2014, stage 9	94
2	Belgium	423	18	19	11	0	Jan Bakelants	2013, stage 3	59
3	Italy	208	10	2	13	5	Vincenzo Nibali	2014, stage 21	28
4	Spain	135	12	1	16	5	Alberto Contador	2009, stage 21	12
5	Luxembourg	96	5	0	2	3	Andy Schleck	2011, stage 19	10
6	Switzerland	73	2	2	1	1	Fabian Cancellara	2012, stage 6	9
7=	Germany	72	1	8	0	4	Marcel Kittel	2014,stage 1	14
7	Netherlands	72	2	4	2	5	Erik Breukink	1989, prologue	16
9	Denmark	43	1	0	2	0	Michael Rasmussen	2007, stage 16	6
10	United Kingdom	39	2	1	1	0	Chris Froome	2013, stage 21	6
11	Australia	32	1	4	0	1	Simon Gerrans	2013, stage 5	6
12	United States	26	3	0	0	3	George Hincapie	2006, stage 1	3
13	Canada	15	0	0	0	0	Steve Bauer	1990, stage 9	2
14	Norway	10	0	2	0	0	Thor Hushovd	2011, stage 8	1
15	Ireland	7	1	4	0	0	Stephen Roche	1987, stage 25	3
16	Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	Jaan Kirsipuu	1999, stage 7	1
17	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	Acácio da Silva	1989, stage 4	1
= 18	Colombia	3	0	0	5	3	Víctor Hugo Peña	2003, stage 6	1
= 18	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	1	Serhiy Honchar	2006, stage 9	1
= 20	Poland	2	0	0	1	0	Lech Piasecki	1987, stage 2	1
= 20	Russia	2	0	0	0	2	Eugeni Berzin	1996, stage 8	1
= 20	South Africa	2	0	0	0	0	Daryl Impey	2013, stage 7	1
= 23	Austria	1	0	0	1	0	Max Bulla	1931, stage 2	1
= 24	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	0	0	–		0
= 24	Slovakia	0	0	3	0	0	–		0
= 24	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	–		0

Yellow jersey retirees

Fourteen riders have quit the Tour 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 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 Ocaña	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 Sørensen	Clavicle fracture after fall in the last kilometer
1996	7	Stéphane Heulot	Knee tendinitis
1998	2	Chris Boardman	Head injury after a crash
2007	16	Michael Rasmussen	Fired by his team on suspicion of doping use

Yellow jersey winners without winning any stage

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 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:^[13]

Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956
Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960
Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966
Greg LeMond (USA) 1990
Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006

Of these six cyclists, Walkowiak is the only one never to win a Tour stage at all.^[14] (Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours),^[15] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,^[16] Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,^[17] LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,^[18] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour.^[19] 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:^[20]

Louis Trousselier (FRA) (1905 winner)
Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) (1907 and 1908 winner)
François Faber (LUX) (1909 winner)
Octave Lapize (FRA) (1910 winner)
Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (1911 winner)
Odile Defraye (BEL) (1912 winner)
Philippe Thys (BEL) (1913 winner, who would also win 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:

Firmin Lambot (BEL) (1919 and 1922 winner)
Léon Scieur (BEL) (1921 winner)
Henri Pélissier (FRA) (1923 winner)
Lucien Buysse (BEL) (1926 winner)

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 they entered the competition.

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

Finishing Tour de France career with victory

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

1906 - René Pottier (FRA), (died before next race)
1937 - Roger Lapébie (FRA)
1939 - Sylvère Maes (BEL), last race before World War II
1952 - Fausto Coppi (ITA)
2012 - Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tour de France 1914" (in German). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
↑ 2.0 2.1 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 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.
↑ 3.0 3.1 McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol (2006). The Story of the Tour De France. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 1-59858-180-5. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 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.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "75ème Tour de France 1988 - Prélude" (in French). www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Retrieved 2008-03-17. (French)
↑ "Historical Results - Tour de France". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002–2007. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
↑ Magowan, Robin (1996). Tour de France: The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary. VeloPress. ISBN 978-1-884737-13-8.
↑ Tour de France database results for Jan Raas
↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Yellow Jersey
↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Green Jersey
↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The Polka Dot Jersey
↑ van der Mark, Tour Xtra: The White Jersey
↑ "Riders that abandoned Tour de France in yellow jersey". www.infostradasports.com. 2007-07-25. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
↑ "Few have won yellow without a stage win". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 2000-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
↑ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak
↑ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
↑ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini
↑ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar
↑ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond
↑ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio
↑ Tom James (2001-04-04). "Thys in spite of Pélissier". Retrieved 2008-03-17.

Tour de France database: Official Tour de France history
Tour Xtra (Eddy van der Mark, Chippewa Valley Cycling Club)
Le Tour en chiffres: Les maillots jaunes(French)

Tour de France

General classification
(maillot jaune)

Points classification
(maillot vert)

Mountains classification
(maillot à pois)

Young rider classification
(maillot blanc)

Team classification
(classement d'équipes)

Combativity award
(prix de combativité)

Defunct classifications: Combination classification (maillot du combiné); Intermediate sprints classification (maillot rouge)

Grand Tour (cycling)

Races	Tour de France Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España

Winners	Tour de France classification Giro d'Italia classification Vuelta a España classification Grand Tour

Statistics	Tour de France yellow jersey Giro d'Italia pink jersey Vuelta a España red jersey Stage wins

See also	General classification Mountains classification Points classification Young rider classification Triple Crown of Cycling

Tour de France winners of the General classification

1903–1919	1903: Maurice Garin 1904: Henri Cornet 1905: Louis Trousselier 1906: René Pottier 1907–08: Lucien Petit-Breton 1909: François Faber 1910: Octave Lapize 1911: Gustave Garrigou 1912: Odile Defraye 1913–14: Philippe Thys 1915–18: World War I 1919: Firmin Lambot

1920–1939	1920: Philippe Thys 1921: Léon Scieur 1922: Firmin Lambot 1923: Henri Pélissier 1924–25: Ottavio Bottecchia 1926: Lucien Buysse 1927–28: 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

1940–1959	1940–46: World War II 1947: Jean Robic 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Ferdinand Kübler 1951: Hugo Koblet 1952: Fausto Coppi 1953–55: Louison Bobet 1956: Roger Walkowiak 1957: Jacques Anquetil 1958: Charly Gaul 1959: Federico Bahamontes

1960–1979	1960: Gastone Nencini 1961–64: Jacques Anquetil 1965: Felice Gimondi 1966: Lucien Aimar 1967: Roger Pingeon 1968: Jan Janssen 1969–72: Eddy Merckx 1973: Luis Ocaña 1974: Eddy Merckx 1975: Bernard Thévenet 1976: Lucien Van Impe 1977: Bernard Thévenet 1978–79: Bernard Hinault

1980–1998	1980: Joop Zoetemelk 1981–82: Bernard Hinault 1983–84: Laurent Fignon 1985: Bernard Hinault 1986: Greg LeMond 1987: Stephen Roche 1988: Pedro Delgado 1989–90: Greg LeMond 1991–95: Miguel Indurain 1996: Bjarne Riis 1997: Jan Ullrich 1998: Marco Pantani

2006–present	1999–2005: results vacated because of doping 2006: Óscar Pereiro 2007: Alberto Contador 2008: Carlos Sastre 2009: Alberto Contador 2010: Andy Schleck 2011: Cadel Evans 2012: Bradley Wiggins 2013: Chris Froome 2014: Vincenzo Nibali