Tour Xtra

Most Tour de France starts per rider

Rider Records

1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)

2 Guy Nulens (Bel)

— Lucien Van Impe (Bel)

— Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)

4 André Darrigade (Fra)

— Jules Deloffre (Fra)

— Sean Kelly (Irl)

Raymond Poulidor (Fra)

Erik Zabel (Ger)

Christophe Moreau (Fra)

George Hincapie (USA)

9 Joaquim Agostinho (Por)

— Phil Anderson (Aus)

— Jean Dotto (Fra)

— Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)

— Jean-Pierre Genet (Fra)

— Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)

— Henk Lubberding (Ned)

— François Mahe (Fra)

— Marc Wauters (Bel)

Stuart O’Grady (Aus)

16

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

1970-1973 / 1975-1986

1980-1994

1969-1981 / 1983 / 1985

1990-1998 / 2000-2004 / 2006

1953-1966

1908-1914 / 1920-1921 / 1923 / 1925-1928

1978-1985 / 1987-1992

1962-1970 / 1972-1976

1994-2004 / 2006-2008

1996-2009

1996-2009

1969-1975 / 1977-1981 / 1983

1981-1987 / 1989-1994

1951-1963

1979-1983 / 1985-1988 / 1990-1993

1964-1976

1974-1982 / 1984 / 1986-1988

1977-1989

1953-1965

1992-1997 / 1999-2005

1997-2009

 

Most stage wins per rider in the Tour de France (only individual wins)

1 Eddy Merckx (Bel)

2 Bernard Hinault (Fra)

3 André Leducq (Fra)

4 André Darrigade (Fra)

— Lance Armstrong (USA)

6 Nicolas Frantz (Lux)

7 François Faber (Lux)

8 Jean Alavoine (Fra)

9 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)

— René Le Greves (Fra)

— Charles Pelissier (Fra)

35

28

25

22

22

20

19

17

16

16

16

1969 through 1972-1974-1975-1977

1978 through 1982-1984-1985-1986

1927 through 1933-1935-1938

1953-1955 through 1964

1993-1995-1999 through 2005

1924 through 1929

1908 through 1911-1913-1914

1909-1912-1914-1919-1922-1923

1957-1961 through 1964

1933 through 1936-1939

1929-1930-1931-1935

 

1 Albert Bourlon (Fra)

2 Thierry Marie (Fra)

3 José Perez Frances (Esp)

4 Bernard Quilfen (Fra)

5 Maurice Blomme (Bel)

6 Pierre Beuffeuil (Fra)

7 Marcel Dussault (Fra)

8 Roger Pingeon (Fra)

9 Régis Clère (Fra)

10 Fabio Roscioli (Ita)

11 Aldo Parecchini (Ita)

12 Philippe Leleu (Fra)

 

253.0 km

234.0 km

223.0 km

222.0 km

214.0 km

205.0 km

200.0 km

193.0 km

189.5 km

182.5 km

180.0 km

179.0 km

1947/Carcassonne – Luchon

1991/Arras – Le Havre

1963/Ax-les-Thermes – Barcelona

1977/Besançon – Thonon-les-Bains

1950/Saint Gaudens – Perpignan

1966/Montluçon – Orléans

1950/Bordeaux – Pau

1968/Font Remeu – Albi

1987/Blagnac – Millau

1993/Isola – Marseille

1976/Bastogne – Nancy

1983/Morzine – Dijon

Longest solo rides in the Tour de France

Year/Stage

Most podium finishes in the Tour de France (positions 1, 2 and 3 overall)

1 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)

 

— Lance Armstrong (USA)

 

3 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)

 

— Bernard Hinault (Fra)

 

— Jan Ullrich (Ger)

 

 

8

 

8

 

7

 

7

 

7

1962/3-1964/2-1965/2-1966/3-1969/3-

1972/3-1974/2-1976/3

1999/1-2000/1-2001/1-2002/1-2003/1-

2004/1-2005/1-2009/3

1970/2-1971/2-1976/2-1978/2-1979/2-

1980/1-1982/2

1978/1-1979/1-1981/1-1982/1-1984/2-

1985/1-1986/2

1996/2-1997/1-1998/2-2000/2-2001/2-

2003/2-2005/3

 

Mario Cipollini (Ita)

Pablo Lastras (Esp)

Johan Bruyneel (Bel)

Patrice Halgand (Fra)

Adri van der Poel (Ned)

Tom Steels (Bel)

50.355 km/h

50.184 km/h

49.418 km/h

49.932 km/h

48.927 km/h

48.883 km/h

1 1999/Laval – Blois

2 2003/Bordeaux – St.Maixent-l’E.

3 1993/Evreux – Amiens

4 2002/Bazas – Pau

5 1988/Tarbes – Pau

6 1998/Tarascon – Le Cap d’Agde

Fastest stages in the Tour de France

Winner

194.5 km

203.5 km

158.0 km

147.0 km

38.0 km

206.0 km

Distance