Editing Tour de France (section)

==Records and statistics==
{{Main|Tour de France records and statistics|Yellow jersey statistics}}
One rider has been [[King of the Mountains]], won the combination classification, combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year—[[Eddy Merckx]] in 1969, which was also the first year he participated.<ref>[http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1969.php Memoire du cyclisme]. Retrieved 13 July 2012</ref> [[1970 Tour de France|The following year]] he came close to repeating the feat, but was five points behind the winner in the points classification. The only other rider to come close to this achievement is Bernard Hinault in [[1979 Tour de France|1979]], who won the overall and points competitions and placed second in the mountains classification.

Twice the Tour was won by a racer who never wore the yellow jersey until the race was over. In 1947, [[Jean Robic]] overturned a three-minute deficit on the {{convert|257|km}} final stage into Paris. In 1968, [[Jan Janssen]] of the Netherlands secured his win in the individual time trial on the last day.

The Tour has been won three times by racers who led the general classification on the first stage and holding the lead all the way to Paris. [[Maurice Garin]] did it during the Tour's first edition, 1903; he repeated the feat the next year, but the results were nullified by the officials as a response to widespread cheating. [[Ottavio Bottecchia]] completed a GC start-to-finish sweep in 1924. And in 1928, [[Nicolas Frantz]] held the GC for the entire race, and at the end, the podium consisted solely of members of his racing team. While no one has equalled this feat since 1928, four times a racer has taken over the GC lead on the second stage and carried that lead all the way to Paris. [[Jacques Anquetil]] predicted he would wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from start to finish in 1961, which he did. That year, the first day had two stages, the first part from Rouen to Versailles and the second part from Versailles to Versailles. [[André Darrigade]] wore the yellow jersey after winning the opening stage but Anquetil was in yellow at the end of the day after the time trial.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.ina.fr/video/CAF97505335|title=Tour de France : 1ère étape Rouen – Versailles|date=25 June 1961|language=fr|publisher=ina.fr|time=3:45|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>

The most appearances record is held by [[Sylvain Chavanel]], who rode his 18th and final Tour in 2018. Prior to Chavanel's final Tour, he shared the record with [[George Hincapie]] with 17. In light of Hincapie's suspension for use of performance-enhancing drugs, before which he held the mark for most consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed all but his first, [[Joop Zoetemelk]] and Chavanel share the record for the most finishes at 16, with Zoetemelk having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started. Of these 16 Tours Zoetemelk came in the top five 11 times, a record, finished 2nd six times, a record, and won the [[1980 Tour de France]].

Between 1920 and 1985, [[Jules Deloffre]] (1885–1963)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Duino|first=Michel|title=Ça c'est le tour de France|publisher=Marabout|year=1955|location=Paris|pages=76}}</ref> was the record holder for the number of participations in the Tour de France, and even sole holder of this record until 1966,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mondenard|first=Jean-pierre de|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRc3AAAAQBAJ|title=Les grandes premières du tour de France|date=8 August 2013|publisher=Hugo Publishing|isbn=978-2-7556-1396-4|language=fr}}</ref> when [[André Darrigade]] rode in his 14th Tour.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Goy|first=Gérard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWjhCgAAQBAJ&q=Jules+Deloffre&pg=PA313|title=Tours 1914 à 1925|date=29 October 2015|publisher=Editions Publibook|isbn=978-2-342-04401-0|language=fr}}</ref>

In the early years of the Tour, cyclists rode individually, and were sometimes forbidden to ride together. This led to large gaps between the winner and the number two. Since the cyclists now tend to stay together in a [[peloton]], the margins of the winner have become smaller, as the difference usually originates from time trials, breakaways or on mountain top finishes, or from being left behind the peloton. The smallest margins between the winner and the second placed cyclists at the end of the Tour is 8 seconds between winner [[Greg LeMond]] and [[Laurent Fignon]] in [[1989 Tour de France|1989]]. The largest margin, by comparison, remains that of the first Tour in 1903: 2h 49m 45s between Maurice Garin and [[Lucien Pothier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/us/histoire_statistiques.html |title=Tour de France 2009&nbsp;– Stats |publisher=Letour.fr |access-date=18 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019082114/http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/us/histoire_statistiques.html |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The most podium places by a single rider is eight by [[Raymond Poulidor]], followed by Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk with seven. Poulidor never finished in 1st place and neither Hinault nor Zoetemelk ever finished in 3rd place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdfindex.html |title= Tour de France Index |publisher=McGann Publishing|work=Bike Race Info}}</ref>

[[Lance Armstrong]] finished on the podium eight times, and [[Jan Ullrich]] seven times, however they both had results voided and now officially have zero and six podiums respectively.

Three riders have won 8 stages in a single year: [[Charles Pélissier]] ([[1930 Tour de France|1930]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Pélissier|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/2534.html|work=Results history|publisher=letour.fr|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075646/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/2534.html|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>), [[Eddy Merckx]] ([[1970 Tour de France|1970]], [[1974 Tour de France|1974]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Eddy Merckx|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4004.html|work=Results history|publisher=letour.fr|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817032314/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4004.html|archive-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>), and [[Freddy Maertens]] ([[1976 Tour de France|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Freddy Maertens|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4314.html|work=Results history|publisher=letour.fr|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027134426/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4314.html|archive-date=27 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>). [[Mark Cavendish]] has the most mass finish stage wins with 35 as of 2024, ahead of [[André Darrigade]] and [[André Leducq]] with 22, [[François Faber]] with 19, and Eddy Merckx with 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/docs/Historique-VERSION_INTEGRALE-fr.pdf|title=Letour Guide Historique 2012|date=10 July 2012|publisher=Letour.fr|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804000900/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/docs/Historique-VERSION_INTEGRALE-fr.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The youngest Tour de France stage winner is [[Fabio Battesini]], who was 19 when he won one stage in the [[1931 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Sagan captures Stage 1|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/tdf2012/story/_/id/8119085/2012-tour-de-france-slovakia-peter-sagan-wins-stage-1-fabian-cancellara-keeps-lead|agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=1 July 2012 |access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>

The fastest massed-start stage was in 1999 from Laval to Blois ({{convert|194.5|km}}), won by [[Mario Cipollini]] at {{convert|50.4|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-08-sp-54125-story.html |title=Cipollini Sprints to Record Win|work= Los Angeles Times |date=8 July 1999 |access-date=18 July 2009}}</ref> The fastest time-trial is [[Rohan Dennis]]'s [[2015 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 1|stage 1 of the 2015 Tour de France]] in [[Utrecht]], won at an average of {{convert|55.446|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/rohan-dennis-beats-boardmans-tour-de-france-time-trial-record-180499|title=Rohan Dennis beats Boardman's Tour de France time trial speed record|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=TI Media| date=4 July 2015|access-date=4 July 2015|last=Wynn|first=Nigel}}</ref><ref name="CN1">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-1/results |title=Tour de France: Dennis sets record speed to claim first maillot jaune in Utrecht |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media|date=4 July 2015 |access-date=4 July 2015 |last=Zeb |first=Woodpower |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706052533/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-1/results |archive-date=6 July 2015 }}</ref> The fastest stage win was by the 2013 Orica GreenEDGE team in a team time-trial. It completed the {{convert|25|km}} in Nice (stage 5) at {{convert|57.8|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://velonews.com/article/8393 |title=Armstrong in yellow after Discovery powers through TTT |publisher=VeloNews |date=5 July 2005 |access-date=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209211149/http://velonews.com/article/8393 |archive-date=9 December 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/Press_Release_100065.aspx |title=Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Breaking Records With Trek Bikes Designed On AMD64 Technology |publisher=AMD|access-date=18 July 2009}}</ref>

The longest successful post-war breakaway by a single rider was by [[Albert Bourlon]] in the [[1947 Tour de France]]. In the Carcassonne–Luchon stage, he stayed away for {{convert|253|km}}.<ref name=autogenerated9>Tour 09, Procycling (UK) summer 2009</ref> It was one of seven breakaways longer than {{convert|200|km}}, the last being [[Thierry Marie]]'s {{convert|234|km}} escape in 1991.<ref name=autogenerated9 /> Bourlon finished 16&nbsp;m 30s ahead. This is one of the biggest time gaps but not the greatest. That record belongs to [[José-Luis Viejo]], who beat the peloton by just over 23:00 and the second place rider by 22&nbsp;m 50s in the Montgenèvre-Manosque stage in 1976.<ref name=autogenerated9 /> He was the fourth and most recent rider to win a stage by more than 20 minutes.

The record for total number of days wearing the yellow jersey is 96, held by Eddy Merckx. Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin, Chris Froome and Jacques Anquetil are the only other riders who have worn it 50 days or more.

===Record winners===
Four riders have won five times: [[Jacques Anquetil]] (FRA), [[Eddy Merckx]] (BEL), [[Bernard Hinault]] (FRA), and [[Miguel Induráin]] (ESP). Indurain achieved the mark with a record five consecutive wins.

{| class="wikitable"
! Wins || Rider || Editions
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| align=center rowspan= 4 | 5 || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}} || [[1957 Tour de France|1957]], [[1961 Tour de France|1961]], [[1962 Tour de France|1962]], [[1963 Tour de France|1963]], [[1964 Tour de France|1964]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} || [[1969 Tour de France|1969]], [[1970 Tour de France|1970]], [[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1974 Tour de France|1974]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}} || [[1978 Tour de France|1978]], [[1979 Tour de France|1979]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1982 Tour de France|1982]], [[1985 Tour de France|1985]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Miguel Induráin]]|ESP}} || [[1991 Tour de France|1991]], [[1992 Tour de France|1992]], [[1993 Tour de France|1993]], [[1994 Tour de France|1994]], [[1995 Tour de France|1995]]
|-
| align=center | 4 || |{{flagathlete|[[Chris Froome]]|GBR}} || [[2013 Tour de France|2013]], [[2015 Tour de France|2015]], [[2016 Tour de France|2016]], [[2017 Tour de France|2017]]
|-
| align=center rowspan=4 | 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]]|BEL}} || [[1913 Tour de France|1913]], [[1914 Tour de France|1914]], [[1920 Tour de France|1920]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Louison Bobet]]|FRA}} || [[1953 Tour de France|1953]], [[1954 Tour de France|1954]], [[1955 Tour de France|1955]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg LeMond]]|USA}} || [[1986 Tour de France|1986]], [[1989 Tour de France|1989]], [[1990 Tour de France|1990]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Tadej Pogačar]]|SVN}} || [[2020 Tour de France|2020]], [[2021 Tour de France|2021]], [[2024 Tour de France|2024]]
|}