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  1. Tour de France Winners, Podium, Times

    Tour statistics (dates, distances, average speed, etc.) Tour de France prizes, winners and total prize pools, by year. From 1930 to 1961 plus 1967 and 1968, national and regional rather than trade teams competed. On October 22, 2012 Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour victories. Content continues below the ads. Year.

  2. Tour de France records and statistics

    Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot 's average speed was 24.1 km/h.

  3. Tour de France

    The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. [1] It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L'Auto (which was an ancestor of L'Équipe).

  4. History of the Tour de France by numbers

    Tadej Pogacar on the podium with the best young riders white jersey in the 2023 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) 4: Tadej Pogacar (Slo) - 2020-2023 3: Andy Schleck (Lux) - 2008-2010

  5. List of Tour de France general classification winners

    The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through France and neighbouring countries such as Belgium. [2]

  6. Tour de France past winners

    Winner Team UAE Emirates Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 21th and last stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France (Image ...

  7. Tour de France Winners List

    1903. 1. Maurice Garin. France. La Française. * footnotes. 1904: The original winner was Maurice Garin, however he was found to have caught a train for part of the race and was disqualified. 1996: Bjarne Riis has admitted to the use of doping during the 1996 Tour.

  8. Tour de France

    Tour de France, the world's most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race.Of the three foremost races (the others being the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), the Tour de France attracts the world's best riders. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of 9 riders each and covers some 3,600 km ...

  9. Tour de France Winners

    The Complete Guide to Every Tour de France Winner Through History A rider-by-rider list of champions, from Maurice Garin in 1903 to Jonas Vingegaard in 2022. By Whit Yost Updated: Jun 21, 2023 9: ...

  10. Palmares Tour de France

    1CORNET HenriGARIN Maurice. 2DORTIGNACQ Jean-BaptistePOTHIER Lucien. 3CATTEAU AloïsGARIN César. 1903. 1GARIN Maurice. 2POTHIER Lucien. 3AUGEREAU Fernand. Overview of winners per edition. The last winners of Tour de France are Tadej Pogačar (2024), Jonas Vingegaard (2023) and Jonas Vingegaard (2022).

  11. Every Podium In The History Of The Tour de France

    Year-by-year breakdown of the three riders to make the Tour de France podium and the time margins. Aug 22, 2020 by Travis Miller Join Pro to watch the 2020 Tour de France live and on-demand in Canada.

  12. History

    Legende - 1962, Col de la Bonette, une route au sommet de l'Europe Legende - 1993, le Tour découvre Isola 2000 Legende - Barcelonnette 1975, Thévenet détrône Merckx

  13. Tour de France statistics and records

    ALAVOINE Jean. 17. Most stage wins. Most top-10s. Statistics on Tour de France. Lance Armstrong has the most victories in Tour de France history, winning 7 out of the 112 editions. The last winner is Tadej Pogačar in 2024. With 35 stages, Mark Cavendish has the most stagewins.

  14. 15 Most Famous Tour de France Champions

    Bernard Hinault - 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985. Jean-Yves Ruszniewski // Getty Images. In Mercxk's final year, his heir apparent was coronated when Frenchman Bernard Hinault won his first Tour ...

  15. Tour de France past winners

    2010 1 *Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi. 2009 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 2 Andy Schleck (Lux ...

  16. Tour de France

    Event history. Tour de France entrants and finishers 1903-2024. Number of entrants and finishers in the Tour de France from 1903 to 2024. Most Tour de France wins 1903-2024, by country. Countries ...

  17. Tour de France: Winners and records

    The ManX Missile won 35 Tour de France stages. Three riders won eight stages in a single Tour de France: Freddy Maertens (1976), Eddy Merckx (1970, 1974), and Charles Pélissier (1930). The youngest winner ever was Henri Cornet, winning the 1904 Tour at 19 years of age. The oldest winner is Firmin Lambot, who was 36 years when he won in 1922.

  18. Tour de France Winners Throughout History

    Every year, a Tour de France champion is crowned. Over the years, the prestigious event has had winners from all around the world, testing the endurance and strength of all the riders.

  19. 2022 Tour de France

    The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France.It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) won the general classification for the first time. Two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) finished in second place, and former ...

  20. Who Won the 2021 Tour de France?

    Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) remained the overall leader of the 2021 Tour de France after finishing safely in the leading peloton at the end of Stage 10 in Valence. The 22-year ...

  21. Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2023 Tour de France

    The final podium: Tadej Pogacar, ... Tour de France: ... (UAE Team Emirates) in a duel that will go down in the history books. Pogačar's teammate Yates finished third overall at 10:56 back.

  22. Tadej Pogačar completes dominant Tour de France victory

    Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 3 - Piacenza to Turin - Piacenza, Italy - July 1, 2024 Intermarche - Wanty's Biniam Girmay celebrates after winning stage 3 Pool via REUTERS/Tim De Waele

  23. 'Disbelief', gratitude, and family

    A full 17 years after first turning a pedal in anger at the Tour de France, and having, just in the past three years, battled through illness, crashes, and non-selection, Mark Cavendish has ...