Yellow jersey statistics

The 2004 version of the yellow jersey.

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,100 stages, up to and including the 2016 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 2016, 2,103 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 283 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 2015 with twenty nine days in yellow, the rider with the most yellow jerseys ever for someone who has not won the Tour. The four active Tour de France winners Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Bradley Wiggins, and Alberto Contador rank 5th, 21st, 34th, and 53rd with forty-four, nineteen, fourteen and eleven days in yellow respectively.

Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled for cheating 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
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 Indurain	Spain	60	5	0	0	0	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4	Jacques Anquetil	France	50	5	0	0	0	1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
5	Chris Froome	United Kingdom	44	3	0	1	0	2013, 2015, 2016
6	Antonin Magne	France	38	2	0	0	0	1931, 1934
= 7	Nicolas Frantz[n 1]	Luxembourg	37	2	0	0	0	1927, 1928, 1929
= 7	Philippe Thys[n 2]	Belgium	37	3	0	0	0	1913, 1914, 1920
9	André Leducq[n 1]	France	35	2	0	0	0	1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 10	Louison Bobet	France	34	3	0	1	0	1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 10	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	34	2	0	0	0	1923, 1924, 1925
12	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	29	0	0	0	0	2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
= 13	Sylvère Maes	Belgium	26	2	0	1	0	1936, 1937, 1939
= 13	René Vietto	France	26	0	0	1	0	1939, 1947
15	François Faber	Luxembourg	25	1	0	0	0	1909, 1910, 1911
= 16	Laurent Fignon	France	22	2	0	0	1	1983, 1984, 1989
= 16	Greg LeMond	United States	22	3	0	0	1	1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 16	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	22	1	0	0	0	1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
19	Romain Maes	Belgium	21	1	0	0	0	1935
= 20	Gino Bartali	Italy	20	2	0	2	0	1937, 1938, 1948, 1949
= 20	Thomas Voeckler	France	20	0	0	1	0	2004, 2011
= 21	Fausto Coppi	Italy	19	2	0	2	0	1949, 1952
= 21	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	19	1	0	0	0	2014
= 22	Felice Gimondi	Italy	18	1	0	0	0	1965
= 22	Jan Ullrich	Germany	18	1	0	0	3	1997, 1998
= 24	Rudi Altig	Germany	17	0	1	0	0	1962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 24	Luis Ocaña	Spain	17	1	0	0	0	1971, 1973
= 24	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	17	2	0	0	0	1907, 1908
= 24	Roger Pingeon	France	17	1	0	0	0	1967
= 28	André Darrigade	France	16	0	2	0	0	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 28	Odile Defraye	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1912, 1913
= 28	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1929
= 28	Bernard Thévenet	France	16	2	0	0	0	1975, 1977
= 32	Pedro Delgado[n 3]	Spain	15	1	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 32	Dietrich Thurau	Germany	15	0	0	0	1	1977
= 35	Maurice Archambaud	France	14	0	0	0	0	1933, 1936
= 35	Steve Bauer	Canada	14	0	0	0	0	1988, 1990
= 35	Gastone Nencini	Italy	14	1	0	1	0	1960
= 35	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	14	1	0	0	0	1995, 1996
= 35	Léon Scieur	Belgium	14	1	0	0	0	1921
= 35	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	14	1	0	0	0	2012
= 41	Eugène Christophe	France	13	0	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 41	Gustave Garrigou	France	13	1	0	0	0	1911
= 41	René Pottier	France	13	1	0	0	0	1905, 1906
= 41	Andy Schleck[n 4]	Luxembourg	13	1	0	0	3	2010, 2011
= 41	Georges Speicher	France	13	1	0	0	0	1933, 1934
= 46	Vincent Barteau	France	12	0	0	0	0	1984
= 46	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	12	0	0	0	0	1974, 1978
= 46	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	12	1	0	6	0	1976
= 46	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	12	1	1	0	0	1947, 1950
= 46	Antonin Rolland	France	12	0	0	0	0	1955
= 46	Louis Trousselier	France	12	1	0	0	0	1905, 1907
= 46	Wout Wagtmans	Netherlands	12	0	0	0	0	1954, 1955, 1956
= 53	Alberto Contador	Spain	11	2	0	0	1	2007, 2009
= 53	Gilbert Desmet	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1956, 1963
= 53	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	11	1	0	0	0	1951
= 53	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1968
= 57	Kim Andersen	Denmark	10	0	0	0	0	1983, 1985
= 57	Thor Hushovd	Norway	10	0	2	0	0	2004, 2006, 2011
= 57	Pascal Lino	France	10	0	0	0	0	1992
= 60	Phil Anderson	Australia	9	0	0	0	1	1981, 1982
= 60	Georges Groussard	France	9	0	0	0	0	1964
= 60	Freddy Maertens	Belgium	9	0	2	0	0	1976
= 60	Fiorenzo Magni	Italy	9	0	0	0	0	1949, 1950, 1952
= 60	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	9	0	0	0	0	1998, 2001
= 60	Henri Pélissier	France	9	1	0	0	0	1919, 1923
= 60	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	9	0	0	2	0	2007
= 67	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	8	1	0	0	0	1926
= 67	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy	8	0	0	2	0	1990
= 67	Cadel Evans	Australia	8	1	0	0	0	2008, 2010, 2011
= 67	Emile Georget	France	8	0	0	0	0	1906, 1907
= 67	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands	8	0	0	0	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 67	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy	8	0	0	0	0	2009
= 67	Rudy Pevenage	Belgium	8	0	1	0	0	1980
= 67	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
= 75	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
= 88	Lucien Aimar	France	6	1	0	0	0	1966
= 88	Chris Boardman	United Kingdom	6	0	0	0	0	1994, 1997, 1998
= 88	Robert Cazala	France	6	0	0	0	0	1959
= 88	Mario Cipollini	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1993, 1997
= 88	Vito Favero	Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1958
= 88	Maurice Garin	France	6	1	0	0	0	1903
= 88	Cyrille Guimard	France	6	0	0	0	0	1972
= 88	Kim Kirchen	Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	2008
= 88	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	1999
= 88	Roger Lévêque	France	6	0	0	0	0	1951
= 88	Jean Majerus	Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	1937, 1938
= 88	Jacques Marinelli	France	6	0	0	0	0	1949
= 88	Francesco Moser	Italy	6	0	0	0	1	1975
= 88	Fritz Schaer	Switzerland	6	0	1	0	0	1953
= 88	Herman Van Springel	Belgium	6	0	1	0	0	1968, 1973
= 88	Félicien Vervaecke	Belgium	6	0	0	2	0	1938
= 104	Jean Alavoine	France	5	0	0	0	0	1922
= 104	Adelin Benoit	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1925
= 104	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	5	2	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 104	Jean Malléjac	France	5	0	0	0	0	1953
= 104	Johan Museeuw	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1993, 1994
= 104	Jørgen V. Pedersen	Denmark	5	0	0	0	0	1986
= 104	Francis Pélissier	France	5	0	0	0	0	1927
= 104	Carlos Sastre	Spain	5	1	0	0	0	2008
= 104	Bernard Van de Kerkhove	Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1964, 1965
= 104	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	5	0	1	0	0	1983, 1985
= 104	Cédric Vasseur	France	5	0	0	0	0	1997
= 115	Gilbert Bauvin	France	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1954, 1958
= 115	Tom Boonen	Belgium	4	0	1	0	0	2006
= 115	José Catieau	France	4	0	0	0	0	1973
= 115	Alberto Elli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	2000
= 115	Wim van Est	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1955, 1958
= 115	Raphaël Géminiani	France	4	0	0	1	0	1958
= 115	Roger Hassenforder	France	4	0	0	0	0	1953
= 115	Jos Hoevenaers	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1958, 1959
= 115	Robert Jacquinot	France	4	0	0	0	0	1922, 1923
= 115	Laurent Jalabert	France	4	0	2	2	0	1995, 2000
= 115	Karl-Heinz Kunde	Germany	4	0	0	0	0	1966
= 115	Roger Lapébie	France	4	1	0	0	0	1937
= 115	Nello Lauredi	France	4	0	0	0	0	1952
= 115	Hector Martin	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1927
= 115	Raffaele di Paco[n 6]	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1931
= 115	Eddy Pauwels	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1959, 1963
= 115	Jean Rossius[n 2]	Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1914
= 115	Acácio da Silva	Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	1989
= 115	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	4	0	0	0	0	1991
= 115	Gerrit Voorting	Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1956, 1958
= 115	Italo Zilioli	Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1970
= 115	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	1992, 1996
= 115	Erich Bautz	Germany	3	0	0	0	0	1937
= 138	Henri Cornet	France	3	1	0	0	0	1904
= 138	Bim Diederich	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1951
= 138	Aimé Dossche	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1929
= 138	Seamus Elliott	Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	1963
= 138	Jean Goldschmit	Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1950
= 138	Stéphane Heulot	France	3	0	0	0	0	1996
= 138	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 138	Roger Lambrecht	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1948, 1949
= 138	Floyd Landis	United States	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 138	Octave Lapize	France	3	1	0	0	0	1910
= 138	Bradley McGee	Australia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 138	David Millar	United Kingdom	3	0	0	0	0	2000
= 138	Wilfried Nelissen	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1993
= 138	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 138	Charles Pélissier[n 6]	France	3	0	0	0	0	1930, 1931
= 138	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 138	René Privat	France	3	0	0	0	0	1957
= 138	Jan Raas[n 7]	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1978
= 138	Stephen Roche	Ireland	3	1	0	0	0	1987
= 138	Peter Sagan	Slovakia	3	0	5	0	0	2016
= 138	Willy Schroeders	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1962
= 138	François Simon	France	3	0	0	0	0	2001
= 138	Julien Stevens	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1969
= 138	Greg Van Avermaet	Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	2016
= 138	Michel Vermeulin	France	3	0	0	0	0	1959
= 138	Teun van Vliet	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1988
= 138	David Zabriskie	United States	3	0	0	0	0	2005
= 163	Henry Anglade	France	2	0	0	0	0	1960
= 163	Jan Bakelants	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163	Romain Bellenger	France	2	0	0	0	0	1923
= 163	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0	2002
= 163	Eugeni Berzin	Russia	2	0	0	0	0	1996
= 163	Pierre Brambilla	Italy	2	0	0	1	0	1947
= 163	Jules Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1926
= 163	Marcel Buysse	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1913
= 163	Sylvain Chavanel	France	2	0	0	0	0	2010
= 163	Charles Crupelandt	France	2	0	0	0	0	1910, 1912
= 163	Raymond Delisle	France	2	0	0	0	0	1976
= 163	Laurent Desbiens	France	2	0	0	0	0	1998
= 163	Jacky Durand	France	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 163	Victor Fontan[n 1]	France	2	0	0	0	0	1929
= 163	Jean Fontenay	France	2	0	0	0	0	1939
= 163	Jean Forestier	France	2	0	1	0	0	1957
= 163	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	2	1	0	2	0	1958
= 163	Martial Gayant	France	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 163	Albertus Geldermans	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1962
= 163	Simon Gerrans	Australia	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163	Ivan Gotti	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 163	Charly Grosskost	France	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 163	Jacques Hanegraaf	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1984
= 163	Daryl Impey	South Africa	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 163	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	2	1	3	0	0	1966, 1968
= 163	Gerben Karstens	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1974
= 163	Marcel Kittel	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2013, 2014
= 163	Georges Lemaire	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1933
= 163	Tony Martin	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2015
= 163	Jules Masselis	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1911, 1913
= 163	Christophe Moreau	France	2	0	0	0	0	2001
= 163	Louis Mottiat	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1920, 1921
= 163	Georges Passerieu	France	2	0	0	0	0	1908
= 163	Ludo Peeters	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1982, 1984
= 163	Ronan Pensec	France	2	0	0	0	0	1990
= 163	Lech Piasecki	Poland	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 163	Jean Robic	France	2	1	0	0	0	1947, 1953
= 163	Aldo Ronconi	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1947
= 163	Fränk Schleck	Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 163	Edward Sels	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1964
= 163	Rik van Steenbergen	Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1952
= 163	Klaus-Peter Thaler	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1978
= 163	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 163	Flavio Vanzella	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1994
= 163	Johan van der Velde	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	1	1986
= 163	Richard Virenque	France	2	0	0	7	0	1992, 2003
= 163	Jens Voigt	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2001, 2005
= 163	Rolf Wolfshohl	Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 163	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
= 210	Jean-François Bernard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1987
= 210	Jean-René Bernaudeau	France	1	0	0	0	1	1979
= 210	Yvon Bertin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1980
= 210	Serafino Biagioni	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 210	Guido Bontempi	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1988[n 8]
= 210	Vicenzo Borgarello	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1912
= 210	Jacques Bossis	France	1	0	0	0	0	1978
= 210	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1989
= 210	Johan Bruyneel	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1995
= 210	Max Bulla	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210	Norbert Callens	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 210	Léon Le Calvez	France	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210	Andrea Carrea	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1952
= 210	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	1	0	1	0	0	2016
= 210	Rohan Dennis	Australia	1	0	0	0	0	2015
= 210	Cyril Dessel	France	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 210	Ferdinand Le Drogo	France	1	0	0	0	0	1927
= 210	Marcel Dussault	France	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 210	Paul Egli	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 210	Jan Engels	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1948
= 210	José María Errandonea	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210	Romain Feillu	France	1	0	0	0	0	2008
= 210	Amédée Fournier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1939
= 210	Michel Frédérick	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 210	Dominique Gaigne	France	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 210	Tony Gallopin	France	1	0	0	0	0	2014
= 210	Jean-Louis Gauthier	France	1	0	0	0	0	1983
= 210	Jean-Pierre Genet	France	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 210	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	2007
= 210	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2011
= 210	Joseph Groussard	France	1	0	0	0	0	1960
= 210	Bo Hamburger	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	1998
= 210	Cyrille van Hauwaert	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1909
= 210	Alfred Haemerlinck	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 210	Hector Heusghem	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1922
= 210	George Hincapie	United States	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 210	Sean Kelly	Ireland	1	0	4	0	0	1983
= 210	Marcel Kint	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1937
= 210	Jean-Claude Lebaube	France	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 210	Luc Leblanc	France	1	0	0	0	0	1991
= 210	Désiré Letort	France	1	0	0	0	0	1969
= 210	Rik van Looy	Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	1965
= 210	Emile Lombard	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 210	Henk Lubberding	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1988
= 210	François Mahé	France	1	0	0	0	0	1953
= 210	Robbie McEwen	Australia	1	0	3	0	0	2004
= 210	Arsène Mersch	Luxembourg	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 210	Giovanni Micheletto	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1913
= 210	Frederic Moncassin	France	1	0	0	0	0	1996
= 210	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	1	0	0	0	0	2003
= 210	Willy van Neste	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210	Willi Oberbeck	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1938
= 210	Miguel Poblet	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1955
= 210	Adri van der Poel	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	1984
= 210	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210	Tommaso de Pra	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 210	Gaston Rebry	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1929
= 210	Raymond Riotte	France	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210	Giovanni Rossi	Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 210	Gregorio San Miguel	Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 210	Tom Simpson	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1962
= 210	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 210	Alex Stieda	Canada	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 210	Kurt Stöpel	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 210	Marc Wauters	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2001
= 210	Sean Yates	United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1994

Number of wearers per year

The largest number of different riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.

Number of wearers	Years
1	1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999
2	1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2005, 2012
3	1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014
4	1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
5	1913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2011, 2013
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. In 1929, Nicolas Frantz (LUX), André Leducq (FRA) and Victor Fontan (FRA) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage.^[2]
2. 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 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. 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]

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	426	18	19	11	0	Greg Van Avermaet	2016, stage 7	60
3	Italy	208	10	2	12	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	Germany	75	1	8	0	4	Tony Martin	2015, stage 6	15
7	Switzerland	74	2	2	1	0	Fabian Cancellara	2015, stage 2	9
8	Netherlands	72	2	4	2	5	Erik Breukink	1989, prologue	16
9	United Kingdom	71	4	1	2	1	Chris Froome	2016, stage 21	7
10	Denmark	43	1	0	2	0	Michael Rasmussen	2007, stage 16	6
11	Australia	33	1	4	0	1	Rohan Dennis	2015, stage 1	7
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	4	Víctor Hugo Peña	2003, stage 6	1
= 18	Slovakia	3	0	5	0	0	Peter Sagan	2016, stage 4	1
= 18	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	1	Serhiy Honchar	2006, stage 9	1
= 20	Poland	2	0	0	2	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	0	0	Max Bulla	1931, stage 2	1
= 24	Uzbekistan	0	0	3	0	0	–		0
= 24	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	–		0

Yellow jersey retirees

Sixteen 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 and neck injury after a severe crash
2007	16	Michael Rasmussen	Fired by his team due to lying about his whereabouts
2015	4	Fabian Cancellara	Broken vertebrae in stage 3 crash
2015	7	Tony Martin	Broken collarbone in stage 6 crash[13]

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:^[14]

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

Of these six cyclists, Walkowiak is the only one never to win a Tour stage at all.^[15] (Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours),^[16] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,^[17] Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,^[18] LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,^[19] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour.^[20] 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:^[21]

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 Tour de France)

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

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)
• 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.

See also

• Pink jersey statistics (for a similar list of leaders in the Giro d'Italia)
• Vuelta a España statistics (for a similar list of leaders in the Vuelta a España)

References

1. "Tour de France 1914" (in German). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
2. 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. 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. "75ème Tour de France 1988 – Prélude" (in French). www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
5. "Historical Results – Tour de France". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002–2007. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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
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 2008-03-17.
13. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/martin-abandons-tour-de-france-due-to-fractured-collarbone
14. "Few have won yellow without a stage win". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
15. Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak
16. Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot
17. Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini
18. Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar
19. Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond
20. Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio
21. Tom James (4 April 2001). "Thys in spite of Pélissier". Retrieved 2008-03-17.

External links

• Tour de France database: Official Tour de France history