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Yellow Jersey 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 (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 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

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 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).

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 Tadej Pogačar  Slovenia 40 3 0 2 4 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
7 Antonin Magne  France 38 2 0 0 0 1931, 1934
= 8 Nicolas Frantz[n 1]  Luxembourg 37 2 0 0 0 1927, 1928, 1929
= 8 Philippe Thys[n 2]  Belgium 37 3 0 0 0 1913, 1914, 1920
10 André Leducq[n 1]  France 35 2 0 0 0 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 11 Louison Bobet  France 34 3 0 1 0 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 11 Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy 34 2 0 0 0 1923, 1924, 1925
13 Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland 29 0 0 0 0 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
14 Jonas Vingegaard  Denmark 27 2 0 1 0 2022, 2023
= 15 Sylvère Maes  Belgium 26 2 0 1 0 1936, 1937, 1939
= 15 René Vietto  France 26 0 0 1 0 1939, 1947
17 François Faber  Luxembourg 25 1 0 0 0 1909, 1910, 1911
= 18 Laurent Fignon  France 22 2 0 0 1 1983, 1984, 1989
= 18 Greg LeMond  United States 22 3 0 0 1 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 18 Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands 22 1 0 0 0 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
21 Romain Maes  Belgium 21 1 0 0 0 1935
= 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 Romain Bardet  France 1 0 0 1 0 2024
= 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 Richard Carapaz  Ecuador 1 0 0 0 0 2024
= 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

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, 2024
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

  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

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 729 36 9 23 8 Romain Bardet 2024, stage 1 97
2  Belgium 439 18 21 11 1 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  Slovenia 51 3 0 2 4 Tadej Pogačar 2024, stage 21 2
12  Australia 34 1 5 0 1 Jai Hindley 2023, stage 5 8 Australian yellow jersey holders
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
=25  Ecuador 1 0 0 1 0 Richard Carapaz 2024, stage 4 1
=27  Uzbekistan 0 0 3 0 0 – – 0
=27  Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 – – 0
=27  Eritrea 0 0 1 0 0 – – 0

Yellow jersey retirees

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

Yellow jersey winners with no stage wins

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:[15]

  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 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.[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] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour,[21] 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:[22]

  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

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

  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. ^ "Luis Ocaña: the rider with no limits – and no luck at all". Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone". 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Few have won yellow without a stage win". Cyclingnews. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  16. ^ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak Archived 12 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
  18. ^ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini Archived 12 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ Tom James (4 April 2001). "Thys in spite of Pélissier". Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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