Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held for 23 days in Europe. It is the most prestigious sport also comes under the seven biggest sporting events in the world. Tour de France covers a distance of 3500 Kilometers which is 2200 miles approx. the race starts in France and covers the neighboring countries making a tour, which always ends in Paris. Check Tour de France Winners List: Who has won the most Tour de France titles?.
The cyclists are recognized under different categories, polka dot jersey determines the leader of mountains classification while the yellow jersey determines the leader of lowest aggregate and green as the leader of the points classification. The white jersey is worn by the leader of the young racer classification.
Who has won the most Tour de France titles?
Jacques Anquetil was a French road bicyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He won eight Grand Tours in his career, which was a record. Along with him, Eddy Merckx of Belgium, Bernard Hinault of France, Miguel Induráin of Spain, won the titles five times.
Henri Cornet is the youngest winner; he won in 1904. Firmin Lambot is the oldest winner, won in 1922. The most recent winner is Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, who won the 2020 Tour.
Tour de France Winners List
Here is a complete list of winners of Tour de France of past 40 years,
Year
Tour
Winner
Country
2020
107
Tadej Pogačar
Slovenia
2019
106
Egan Bernal
Colombia
2018
105
Geraint Thomas
United Kingdom (Wales)
2017
104
Chris Froome
United Kingdom
2016
103
Chris Froome
United Kingdom
2015
102
Chris Froome
United Kingdom
2014
101
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
2013
100
Chris Froome
United Kingdom
2012
99
Bradley Wiggins
United Kingdom
2011
98
Cadel Evans
Australia
2010
97
Andy Schleck *
Luxembourg
2009
96
Alberto Contador
Spain
2008
95
Carlos Sastre
Spain
2007
94
Alberto Contador
Spain
2006
93
Óscar Pereiro *
Spain
2004
91
*No Winner
2003
90
*No Winner
2002
89
*No Winner
2001
88
*No Winner
2000
87
*No Winner
1999
86
*No Winner
1998
85
Marco Pantani
Italy
1997
84
Jan Ullrich
Germany
1996
83
Bjarne Riis *
Denmark
1995
82
Miguel Induráin
Spain
1994
81
Miguel Induráin
Spain
1993
80
Miguel Induráin
Spain
1992
79
Miguel Induráin
Spain
1991
78
Miguel Induráin
Spain
1990
77
Greg LeMond
United States
1989
76
Greg LeMond
United States
1988
75
Pedro Delgado
Spain
1987
74
Stephen Roche
Ireland
1986
73
Greg LeMond
United States
1985
72
Bernard Hinault
France
1984
71
Laurent Fignon
France
1983
70
Laurent Fignon
France
1982
69
Bernard Hinault
France
1981
68
Bernard Hinault
France
1980
67
Joop Zoetemelk
Netherlands
List of Cyclists winning the Most Titles
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