Yellow jersey statistics - wikipedia Yellow jersey statistics See also : Tour de France records and statistics The 2004 version of the yellow jersey. Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,142 stages, up to and including the 2018 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, 1929, and 1931, there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a `` prelude '', an extra stage for a select group of cyclists. As of 2018 a total of 2,145 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 286 different riders. Contents 1 Individual records 2 Number of wearers per year 2.1 Notes 3 Per country 4 Yellow jersey retirees 5 Yellow jersey winners without winning any stage 6 Number of Tour winners in a single race 7 Winning Tour de France on first occasion 8 Finishing Tour de France career with victory 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Individual records In addition to winning the general classification five times, Eddy Merckx has ridden the most days wearing the yellow jersey 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 times the cyclist won the general classification. 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. 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 2016 with twenty nine days in yellow, the rider with the most yellow jerseys ever for someone who has not won the Tour. The two active Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali rank, as of 2017, 4th and 21st, with fifty - nine and nineteen days in yellow respectively. Alberto Contador was stripped of the yellow jersey and 6 days of wearing it in 2010 Tour de France because he tested positive for doping. 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. Key Cyclists who are still active Cyclists who won the Tour de France Rank Name Country Yellow jerseys Tour wins Points Mountains Young rider Years Eddy Merckx Belgium 96 5 0 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 Bernard Hinault France 75 5 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 Miguel Indurain Spain 60 5 0 0 0 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Chris Froome United Kingdom 59 0 0 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 5 Jacques Anquetil France 50 5 0 0 0 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 6 Antonin Magne France 38 0 0 0 1931, 1934 = 7 Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg 37 0 0 0 1927, 1928, 1929 = 7 Philippe Thys Belgium 37 0 0 0 1913, 1914, 1920 9 André Leducq France 35 0 0 0 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938 = 10 Louison Bobet France 34 0 0 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955 = 10 Ottavio Bottecchia Italy 34 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 0 0 1936, 1937, 1939 = 13 René Vietto France 26 0 0 0 1939, 1947 15 François Faber Luxembourg 25 0 0 0 1909, 1910, 1911 = 16 Laurent Fignon France 22 0 0 1983, 1984, 1989 = 16 Greg LeMond United States 22 0 0 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 = 16 Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands 22 0 0 0 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980 19 Romain Maes Belgium 21 0 0 0 1935 = 20 Gino Bartali Italy 20 0 0 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949 = 20 Thomas Voeckler France 20 0 0 0 2004, 2011 = 22 Fausto Coppi Italy 19 0 0 1949, 1952 = 22 André Darrigade France 19 0 0 0 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 = 22 Vincenzo Nibali Italy 19 0 0 0 2014 = 25 Felice Gimondi Italy 18 0 0 0 1965 = 25 Jan Ullrich Germany 18 0 0 1997, 1998 = 27 Rudi Altig Germany 17 0 0 0 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969 = 27 Luis Ocaña Spain 17 0 0 0 1971, 1973 = 27 Lucien Petit - Breton France 17 0 0 0 1907, 1908 = 27 Roger Pingeon France 17 0 0 0 1967 = 31 Odile Defraye Belgium 16 0 0 0 1912, 1913 = 31 Maurice De Waele Belgium 16 0 0 0 1929 = 31 Bernard Thévenet France 16 0 0 0 1975, 1977 = 34 Pedro Delgado Spain 15 0 0 0 1987, 1988 = 34 Geraint Thomas United Kingdom 15 0 0 0 2017, 2018 = 34 Dietrich Thurau Germany 15 0 0 0 1977 = 37 Maurice Archambaud France 14 0 0 0 0 1933, 1936 = 37 Steve Bauer Canada 14 0 0 0 0 1988, 1990 = 37 Gastone Nencini Italy 14 0 0 1960 = 37 Bjarne Riis Denmark 14 0 0 0 1995, 1996 = 37 Léon Scieur Belgium 14 0 0 0 1921 = 37 Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom 14 0 0 0 2012 = 43 Eugène Christophe France 13 0 0 0 0 1919, 1922 = 43 Gustave Garrigou France 13 0 0 0 1911 = 43 René Pottier France 13 0 0 0 1905, 1906 = 43 Andy Schleck Luxembourg 13 0 0 2010, 2011 = 43 Georges Speicher France 13 0 0 0 1933, 1934 = 48 Vincent Barteau France 12 0 0 0 0 1984 = 48 Joseph Bruyère Belgium 12 0 0 0 0 1974, 1978 = 48 Lucien Van Impe Belgium 12 0 6 0 1976 = 48 Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland 12 0 0 1947, 1950 = 48 Antonin Rolland France 12 0 0 0 0 1955 = 48 Louis Trousselier France 12 0 0 0 1905, 1907 = 48 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands 12 0 0 0 0 1954, 1955, 1956 = 55 Alberto Contador Spain 11 0 0 2007, 2009 = 55 Gilbert Desmet Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1956, 1963 = 55 Hugo Koblet Switzerland 11 0 0 0 1951 = 55 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 2016, 2018 = 55 Georges Vandenberghe Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1968 = 60 Kim Andersen Denmark 10 0 0 0 0 1983, 1985 = 60 Thor Hushovd Norway 10 0 0 0 2004, 2006, 2011 = 60 Pascal Lino France 10 0 0 0 0 1992 = 63 Phil Anderson Australia 9 0 0 0 1981, 1982 = 63 Georges Groussard France 9 0 0 0 0 1964 = 63 Freddy Maertens Belgium 9 0 0 0 1976 = 63 Fiorenzo Magni Italy 9 0 0 0 0 1949, 1950, 1952 = 63 Stuart O'Grady Australia 9 0 0 0 0 1998, 2001 = 63 Henri Pélissier France 9 0 0 0 1919, 1923 = 63 Michael Rasmussen Denmark 9 0 0 0 2007 = 70 Lucien Buysse Belgium 8 0 0 0 1926 = 70 Claudio Chiappucci Italy 8 0 0 0 1990 = 70 Cadel Evans Australia 8 0 0 0 2008, 2010, 2011 = 70 Emile Georget France 8 0 0 0 0 1906, 1907 = 70 Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands 8 0 0 0 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 = 70 Rinaldo Nocentini Italy 8 0 0 0 0 2009 = 70 Rudy Pevenage Belgium 8 0 0 0 1980 = 70 Roger Walkowiak France 8 0 0 0 1956 = 78 Jan Adriaensens Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1956, 1960 = 78 Federico Bahamontes Spain 7 0 6 0 1959, 1963 = 78 Bernard Gauthier France 7 0 0 0 0 1950 = 78 Igor González de Galdeano Spain 7 0 0 0 0 2002 = 78 Learco Guerra Italy 7 0 0 0 0 1930 = 78 Erich Maechler Switzerland 7 0 0 0 0 = 78 Thierry Marie France 7 0 0 0 0 1986, 1990, 1991 = 78 Charly Mottet France 7 0 0 0 0 = 78 Marco Pantani Italy 7 0 0 1998 = 78 Óscar Pereiro Spain 7 0 0 0 2006 = 78 Jef Planckaert Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1962 = 78 Pascal Simon France 7 0 0 0 0 = 78 Gustaaf van Slembrouck Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1926 = 91 Lucien Aimar France 6 0 0 0 1966 = 91 Chris Boardman United Kingdom 6 0 0 0 0 1994, 1997, 1998 = 91 Robert Cazala France 6 0 0 0 0 1959 = 91 Mario Cipollini Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1993, 1997 = 91 Vito Favero Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1958 = 91 Maurice Garin France 6 0 0 0 1903 = 91 Cyrille Guimard France 6 0 0 0 0 1972 = 91 Kim Kirchen Luxembourg 6 0 0 0 0 2008 = 91 Jaan Kirsipuu Estonia 6 0 0 0 0 1999 = 91 Roger Lévêque France 6 0 0 0 0 1951 = 91 Jean Majerus Luxembourg 6 0 0 0 0 1937, 1938 = 91 Jacques Marinelli France 6 0 0 0 0 1949 = 91 Francesco Moser Italy 6 0 0 0 = 91 Fritz Schaer Switzerland 6 0 0 0 1953 = 91 Herman Van Springel Belgium 6 0 0 0 1968, 1973 = 91 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 6 0 0 0 1938 = 107 Jean Alavoine France 5 0 0 0 0 1922 = 107 Adelin Benoit Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1925 = 107 Firmin Lambot Belgium 5 0 0 0 1919, 1922 = 107 Jean Malléjac France 5 0 0 0 0 1953 = 107 Johan Museeuw Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1993, 1994 = 107 Jørgen V. Pedersen Denmark 5 0 0 0 0 1986 = 107 Francis Pélissier France 5 0 0 0 0 1927 = 107 Carlos Sastre Spain 5 0 0 2008 = 107 Bernard Van de Kerkhove Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1964, 1965 = 107 Eric Vanderaerden Belgium 5 0 0 0 1983, 1985 = 107 Cédric Vasseur France 5 0 0 0 0 1997 = 118 Gilbert Bauvin France 0 0 0 0 1951, 1954, 1958 = 118 Tom Boonen Belgium 0 0 0 2006 = 118 José Catieau France 0 0 0 0 1973 = 118 Alberto Elli Italy 0 0 0 0 2000 = 118 Wim van Est Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1951, 1955, 1958 = 118 Raphaël Géminiani France 0 0 0 1958 = 118 Roger Hassenforder France 0 0 0 0 1953 = 118 Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 0 0 0 0 1958, 1959 = 118 Robert Jacquinot France 0 0 0 0 1922, 1923 = 118 Laurent Jalabert France 0 0 1995, 2000 = 118 Karl - Heinz Kunde Germany 0 0 0 0 1966 = 118 Roger Lapébie France 0 0 0 1937 = 118 Nello Lauredi France 0 0 0 0 1952 = 118 Hector Martin Belgium 0 0 0 0 1927 = 118 Raffaele di Paco Italy 0 0 0 0 1931 = 118 Eddy Pauwels Belgium 0 0 0 0 1959, 1963 = 118 Jean Rossius Belgium 0 0 0 0 1914 = 118 Peter Sagan Slovakia 0 6 0 0 2016, 2018 = 118 Acácio da Silva Portugal 0 0 0 0 1989 = 118 Rolf Sørensen Denmark 0 0 0 0 1991 = 118 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1956, 1958 = 118 Italo Zilioli Italy 0 0 0 0 1970 = 118 Alex Zülle Switzerland 0 0 0 0 1992, 1996 = 141 Erich Bautz Germany 0 0 0 0 1937 = 141 Henri Cornet France 0 0 0 1904 = 141 Bim Diederich Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 1951 = 141 Aimé Dossche Belgium 0 0 0 0 1929 = 141 Seamus Elliott Ireland 0 0 0 0 1963 = 141 Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 1950 = 141 Stéphane Heulot France 0 0 0 0 = 141 Serhiy Honchar Ukraine 0 0 0 0 2006 = 141 Roger Lambrecht Belgium 0 0 0 0 1948, 1949 = 141 Floyd Landis United States 0 0 0 0 2006 = 141 Octave Lapize France 0 0 0 1910 = 141 Bradley McGee Australia 0 0 0 0 2003 = 141 David Millar United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 2000 = 141 Wilfried Nelissen Belgium 0 0 0 0 1993 = 141 Jelle Nijdam Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1987, 1988 = 141 Charles Pélissier France 0 0 0 0 1930, 1931 = 141 Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia 0 0 0 0 2003 = 141 René Privat France 0 0 0 0 1957 = 141 Jan Raas Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1978 = 141 Stephen Roche Ireland 0 0 0 = 141 Willy Schroeders Belgium 0 0 0 0 1962 = 141 François Simon France 0 0 0 0 2001 = 141 Julien Stevens Belgium 0 0 0 0 1969 = 141 Michel Vermeulin France 0 0 0 0 1959 = 141 Teun van Vliet Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1988 = 141 David Zabriskie United States 0 0 0 0 2005 = 167 Henry Anglade France 0 0 0 0 1960 = 167 Fabio Aru Italy 0 0 0 0 2017 = 167 Jan Bakelants Belgium 0 0 0 0 2013 = 167 Romain Bellenger France 0 0 0 0 1923 = 167 Rubens Bertogliati Switzerland 0 0 0 0 2002 = 167 Eugeni Berzin Russia 0 0 0 0 = 167 Pierre Brambilla Italy 0 0 0 1947 = 167 Jules Buysse Belgium 0 0 0 0 1926 = 167 Marcel Buysse Belgium 0 0 0 0 1913 = 167 Sylvain Chavanel France 0 0 0 0 = 167 Charles Crupelandt France 0 0 0 0 1910, 1912 = 167 Raymond Delisle France 0 0 0 0 1976 = 167 Laurent Desbiens France 0 0 0 0 1998 = 167 Jacky Durand France 0 0 0 0 1995 = 167 Victor Fontan France 0 0 0 0 1929 = 167 Jean Fontenay France 0 0 0 0 1939 = 167 Jean Forestier France 0 0 0 1957 = 167 Charly Gaul Luxembourg 0 0 1958 = 167 Martial Gayant France 0 0 0 0 = 167 Albertus Geldermans Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1962 = 167 Simon Gerrans Australia 0 0 0 0 2013 = 167 Ivan Gotti Italy 0 0 0 0 1995 = 167 Charly Grosskost France 0 0 0 0 1968 = 167 Jacques Hanegraaf Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1984 = 167 Daryl Impey South Africa 0 0 0 0 2013 = 167 Jan Janssen Netherlands 0 0 1966, 1968 = 167 Gerben Karstens Netherlands 0 0 0 0 = 167 Marcel Kittel Germany 0 0 0 0 2013, 2014 = 167 Georges Lemaire Belgium 0 0 0 0 1933 = 167 Tony Martin Germany 0 0 0 0 2015 = 167 Jules Masselis Belgium 0 0 0 0 1911, 1913 = 167 Christophe Moreau France 0 0 0 0 2001 = 167 Louis Mottiat Belgium 0 0 0 0 1920, 1921 = 167 Georges Passerieu France 0 0 0 0 1908 = 167 Ludo Peeters Belgium 0 0 0 0 1982, 1984 = 167 Ronan Pensec France 0 0 0 0 1990 = 167 Lech Piasecki Poland 0 0 0 0 = 167 Jean Robic France 0 0 0 1947, 1953 = 167 Aldo Ronconi Italy 0 0 0 0 1947 = 167 Fränk Schleck Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 2008 = 167 Edward Sels Belgium 0 0 0 0 1964 = 167 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 0 0 0 0 1952 = 167 Klaus - Peter Thaler Germany 0 0 0 0 1978 = 167 Alejandro Valverde Spain 0 0 0 0 2008 = 167 Flavio Vanzella Italy 0 0 0 0 1994 = 167 Johan van der Velde Netherlands 0 0 0 1986 = 167 Richard Virenque France 0 0 7 0 1992, 2003 = 167 Jens Voigt Germany 0 0 0 0 2001, 2005 = 167 Rolf Wolfshohl Germany 0 0 0 0 1968 = 167 Erik Zabel Germany 0 6 0 0 1998, 2002 = 217 Jean Aerts Belgium 0 0 0 0 1932 = 217 Nicolas Barone France 0 0 0 0 1957 = 217 François Beaugendre France 0 0 0 0 1904 = 217 Jean - François Bernard France 0 0 0 0 = 217 Jean - René Bernaudeau France 0 0 0 1979 = 217 Yvon Bertin France 0 0 0 0 1980 = 217 Serafino Biagioni Italy 0 0 0 0 1951 = 217 Guido Bontempi Italy 0 0 0 0 1988 = 217 Vicenzo Borgarello Italy 0 0 0 0 1912 = 217 Jacques Bossis France 0 0 0 0 1978 = 217 Erik Breukink Netherlands 0 0 0 1989 = 217 Johan Bruyneel Belgium 0 0 0 0 1995 = 217 Max Bulla Austria 0 0 0 0 1931 = 217 Norbert Callens Belgium 0 0 0 0 1949 = 217 Léon Le Calvez France 0 0 0 0 1931 = 217 Andrea Carrea Italy 0 0 0 0 1952 = 217 Mark Cavendish United Kingdom 0 0 0 2016 = 217 Rohan Dennis Australia 0 0 0 0 2015 = 217 Cyril Dessel France 0 0 0 0 2006 = 217 Ferdinand Le Drogo France 0 0 0 0 1927 = 217 Marcel Dussault France 0 0 0 0 1949 = 217 Paul Egli Switzerland 0 0 0 0 1936 = 217 Jan Engels Belgium 0 0 0 0 1948 = 217 José María Errandonea Spain 0 0 0 0 1967 = 217 Romain Feillu France 0 0 0 0 2008 = 217 Amédée Fournier France 0 0 0 0 1939 = 217 Michel Frédérick Switzerland 0 0 0 0 1904 = 217 Dominique Gaigne France 0 0 0 0 1986 = 217 Tony Gallopin France 0 0 0 0 2014 = 217 Jean - Louis Gauthier France 0 0 0 0 = 217 Fernando Gaviria Colombia 0 0 0 0 2018 = 217 Jean - Pierre Genet France 0 0 0 0 1968 = 217 Linus Gerdemann Germany 0 0 0 0 2007 = 217 Philippe Gilbert Belgium 0 0 0 0 2011 = 217 Joseph Groussard France 0 0 0 0 1960 = 217 Bo Hamburger Denmark 0 0 0 0 1998 = 217 Cyrille van Hauwaert Belgium 0 0 0 0 1909 = 217 Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium 0 0 0 0 1931 = 217 Hector Heusghem Belgium 0 0 0 0 1922 = 217 George Hincapie United States 0 0 0 0 2006 = 217 Sean Kelly Ireland 0 0 0 = 217 Marcel Kint Belgium 0 0 0 0 1937 = 217 Jean - Claude Lebaube France 0 0 0 0 1966 = 217 Luc Leblanc France 0 0 0 0 1991 = 217 Désiré Letort France 0 0 0 0 1969 = 217 Rik Van Looy Belgium 0 0 0 1965 = 217 Emile Lombard Belgium 0 0 0 0 1904 = 217 Henk Lubberding Netherlands 0 0 0 1988 = 217 François Mahé France 0 0 0 0 1953 = 217 Robbie McEwen Australia 0 0 0 = 217 Arsène Mersch Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 1936 = 217 Giovanni Micheletto Italy 0 0 0 0 1913 = 217 Frederic Moncassin France 0 0 0 0 = 217 Jean - Patrick Nazon France 0 0 0 0 2003 = 217 Willy van Neste Belgium 0 0 0 0 1967 = 217 Willi Oberbeck Germany 0 0 0 0 1938 = 217 Miguel Poblet Spain 0 0 0 0 1955 = 217 Adri van der Poel Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1984 = 217 Giancarlo Polidori Italy 0 0 0 0 1967 = 217 Tommaso de Pra Italy 0 0 0 0 1966 = 217 Gaston Rebry Belgium 0 0 0 0 1929 = 217 Raymond Riotte France 0 0 0 0 1967 = 217 Giovanni Rossi Switzerland 0 0 0 0 1951 = 217 Gregorio San Miguel Spain 0 0 0 0 1968 = 217 Tom Simpson United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 1962 = 217 Jozef Spruyt Belgium 0 0 0 0 1967 = 217 Alex Stieda Canada 0 0 0 0 1986 = 217 Kurt Stöpel Germany 0 0 0 0 1932 = 217 Marc Wauters Belgium 0 0 0 0 2001 = 217 Sean Yates United Kingdom 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 1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2005, 2012 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2017 1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018 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 ^ Jump up to : In 1929, Nicolas Frantz ( LUX ), André Leducq ( FRA ) and Victor Fontan ( FRA ) were all three declared leader after the 7th stage. ^ Jump up to : In 1914, Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius were both declared leader for 4 days. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ Before Floyd Landis ' 2006 Tour de 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. ^ Jump up to : In 1931, Charles Pélissier ( FRA ) and Raffaele Di Paco ( ITA ) were both declared leader after the 5th stage. Jump up ^ 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. In cycling statistics lists, including the official database from the Tour de France organisation, the victory is awarded to Jan Raas, so this is also done in the list above. Jump up ^ 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. 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, `` Points '' for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country, `` KoM '' for the number of times the mountains classification in the Tour de France was won by a cyclist of that country, and `` Young rider '' for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country. 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 Mountains Young rider Most recent cyclist Most recent Different holders France 709 36 9 22 8 Tony Gallopin 2014, stage 9 94 Belgium 434 18 19 11 0 Greg Van Avermaet 2018, stage 10 60 Italy 210 10 12 5 Fabio Aru 2017, stage 13 29 Spain 135 12 16 5 Alberto Contador 2009, stage 21 12 5 Great Britain 101 6 Geraint Thomas 2018, stage 21 8 6 Luxembourg 96 5 0 Andy Schleck 2011, stage 19 10 7 Germany 75 8 0 Tony Martin 2015, stage 6 15 8 Switzerland 74 0 Fabian Cancellara 2015, stage 2 9 9 Netherlands 72 5 Erik Breukink 1989, prologue 17 10 Denmark 43 0 0 Michael Rasmussen 2007, stage 16 6 11 Australia 33 5 0 Rohan Dennis 2015, stage 1 7 12 United States 26 0 0 George Hincapie 2006, stage 1 13 Canada 15 0 0 0 0 Steve Bauer 1990, stage 9 14 Norway 10 0 0 0 Thor Hushovd 2011, stage 8 15 Ireland 7 0 0 Stephen Roche 1987, stage 25 16 Estonia 6 0 0 0 0 Jaan Kirsipuu 1999, stage 7 = 17 Colombia 0 0 5 Fernando Gaviria 2018, stage 1 = 17 Portugal 0 0 0 0 Acácio da Silva 1989, stage 4 = 17 Slovakia 0 6 0 0 Peter Sagan 2018, stage 2 20 Ukraine 0 0 0 Serhiy Honchar 2006, stage 9 = 21 Poland 0 0 0 Lech Piasecki 1987, stage 2 = 21 Russia 0 0 0 Eugeni Berzin 1996, stage 8 = 21 South Africa 0 0 0 0 Daryl Impey 2013, stage 7 24 Austria 0 0 0 0 Max Bulla 1931, stage 2 = 25 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 -- 0 = 25 Mexico 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Yellow jersey retirees Sixteen riders have quit the Tour while wearing the yellow jersey. 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 17 Pascal Simon Scapula fracture 1991 5 Rolf Sørensen Clavicle fracture after fall in the last kilometer 7 Stéphane Heulot Knee tendinitis 1998 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 Fabian Cancellara Broken vertebrae in stage 3 crash 2015 7 Tony Martin Broken collarbone in stage 6 crash 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 seven times so far : Firmin Lambot ( BEL ) 1922 Roger Walkowiak ( FRA ) 1956 Gastone Nencini ( ITA ) 1960 Lucien Aimar ( FRA ) 1966 Greg LeMond ( USA ) 1990 Óscar Pereiro ( ESP ) 2006 Christopher Froome ( GBR ) 2017 Of these seven cyclists, Walkowiak is the only one never to win a Tour stage at all. Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours, Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours, Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour, LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,, Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour, and Froome won stages in the 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Tours. 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 : Louis Trousselier ( FRA ) ( 1905 winner ) Lucien Petit - Breton ( FRA ) ( 1907 and 1908 winner ) François Faber ( LUX ) ( 1909 winner ) Octave Lapize ( FRA ) ( 1910 winner ) Gustave Garrigou ( FRA ) ( 1911 winner ) Odile Defraye ( BEL ) ( 1912 winner ) 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 : Firmin Lambot ( BEL ) ( 1919 and 1922 winner ) Léon Scieur ( BEL ) ( 1921 winner ) Henri Pélissier ( FRA ) ( 1923 winner ) Lucien Buysse ( BEL ) ( 1926 winner ) Winning Tour de France on first occasion Eleven cyclists won the general 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 ), first of 5 victories 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 List of Australian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification References ^ Jump up to : `` Tour de France 1914 '' ( in German ). www.radsport-seite.de. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. ^ Jump up to : 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 does n't resolve the tie, then a look at placings solves the problem. The Tour did n't have rules to take care of ties, so 3 Yellow Jerseys were awarded. ^ Jump up to : 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. ^ Jump up to : `` 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. Jump up ^ `` Historical Results -- Tour de France ''. Cycling Hall of Fame.com. 2002 -- 2007. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Magowan, Robin ( 1996 ). Tour de France : The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary. VeloPress. ISBN 978 - 1 - 884737 - 13 - 8. Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Jan Raas Jump up ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra : The Yellow Jersey Jump up ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra : The Green Jersey Jump up ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra : The Polka Dot Jersey Jump up ^ van der Mark, Tour Xtra : The White Jersey Jump up ^ `` Riders that abandoned Tour de France in yellow jersey ''. www.infostradasports.com. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/martin-abandons-tour-de-france-due-to-fractured-collarbone Jump up ^ `` Few have won yellow without a stage win ''. Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 22 July 2000. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Roger Walkowiak Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Firmin Lambot Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Gastone Nencini Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Lucien Aimar Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Greg Lemond Jump up ^ Tour de France database results for Oscar Pereiro Sio Jump up ^ Tom James ( 4 April 2001 ). `` Thys in spite of Pélissier ''. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. 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Question: who has won the tour de france without winning a stage
Answer: Firmin Lambot