# List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

In the Tour de France, one of the three Grand Tours of professional stage cycling, the yellow jersey is given to the leader of the general classification. The Tour de France is the most famous road cycling event in the world, and is held annually in the month of July. Although all riders compete together, the winners of the Tour are divided into classifications, each best known by the coloured jersey that is worn by the leader of it; the general classification (GC), represented by the maillot jaune (yellow jersey), is for the overall leader in terms of the lowest time. The other individual classifications in the Tour de France are the points classification, also known as the sprinters' classification (green jersey), the mountains classification (polka dot jersey), and the young rider classification (white jersey).
The first Tour de France was in 1903, but the first Dutch cyclists started only in 1936. Already in that first year, Theo Middelkamp won a stage, but it would take until 1951 before Wim van Est was the first Dutch cyclists to wear the yellow jersey. Between 1989 and 2019, the yellow jersey has never been worn by a Dutch cyclist.

## List

    "Obtained" refers to the date and stage where the rider secured the lead of the general classification at the finish; the rider would first wear the yellow jersey in the stage after, where he would start the day as leader. "Relinquished" refers to the date and stage where the rider lost the lead, and therefore was not wearing the yellow jersey the following stage.
List of Dutch cyclists who wore the yellow jersey :
| Year | Name | Team | Obtained | Obtained | Relinquished | Relinquished | Final GC | Notes |
| Year | Name | Team | Stage | Date | Stage | Date | Final GC | Notes |
| 1951 | Wim van Est | Netherlands | 12, Agen — Dax | July 16, 1951 | 13, Dax — Tarbes | July 17, 1951 | DNF (stage 13) | |
| 1954 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands | 1, Amsterdam — Brasschaat | July 8, 1954 | 4, Rouen-Les-Essarts — Rouen-Les-Essarts | July 11, 1954 | DNF (stage 20) | |
| 1954 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands | 8, Vannes — Angers | July 15, 1954 | 12, Pau — Bagnères-de-Luchon | July 20, 1954 | DNF (stage 20) | |
| 1955 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands | 1B, Dieppe — Dieppe | July 7, 1955 | 4, Namur — Metz | July 10, 1955 | 19 | |
| 1955 | Wim van Est | Netherlands | 7, Zürich — Thonon-les-Bains | July 13, 1955 | 8, Thonon-les-Bains — Briançon | July 14, 1955 | 15 | |
| 1956 | Gerrit Voorting | Netherlands | 11, Bordeaux — Bayonne | July 15, 1956 | 12, Bayonne — Pau | July 16, 1956 | 11 | |
| 1956 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands | 15, Montpellier — Aix-en-Provence | July 20, 1956 | 18, Turin — Briançon | July 24, 1956 | 6 | |
| 1958 | Wim van Est | Netherlands | 3, Dunkirk — Mers-les-Bains | June 28, 1958 | 5, Versailles — Caen | June 30, 1958 | 46 | |
| 1958 | Gerrit Voorting | Netherlands | 6, Caen — Saint-Brieuc | July 1, 1958 | 9, Quimper — Saint-Nazaire | July 4, 1958 | 47 | |
| 1962 | Albertus Geldermans | Saint-Raphaël | 6, Dinard — Brest | June 29, 1962 | 8A, Saint-Nazaire — Luçon | July 1, 1962 | 5 | |
| 1966 | Jan Janssen | Pelforth | 16, le Bourg-d'Oisans — Briançon | July 7, 1966 | 17, Briançon — Turin | July 8, 1966 | 2 | |
| 1968 | Jan Janssen | Netherlands | 22B, Melun — Paris | July 22, 1968 | | | 1 | |
| 1971 | Marinus Wagtmans | Molteni | 1B, Vittel — Esch-sur-Alzette | June 27, 1971 | 1C, Esch-sur-Alzette — Esch-sur-Alzette | June 27, 1971 | 16 | |
| 1971 | Joop Zoetemelk | Flandria | 10, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble | July 7, 1971 | 11, Grenoble — Orcières-Merlette | July 8, 1971 | 2 | |
| 1973 | Joop Zoetemelk | Gitane | P, Scheveningen — Scheveningen | June 30, 1973 | 1A, Scheveningen — Rotterdam | July 1, 1973 | 4 | |
| 1974 | Gerben Karstens | Bic | 5, Caen — Dieppe | July 2, 1974 | 6A, Dieppe — Harelbeke | July 2, 1974 | 61 | |
| 1974 | Gerben Karstens | Bic | 6B, Harelbeke — Harelbeke | July 3, 1974 | 7, Mons — Châlons-sur-Marne | July 4, 1974 | 61 | |
| 1978 | Jan Raas | Raleigh | 1A, Leiden — Sint Willebrord | June 30, 1978 | 3, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux — Saint-Germain-en-Laye | July 2, 1978 | 24 | |
| 1978 | Gerrie Knetemann | Raleigh | 6, Mazé-Montgeoffroy — Poitiers | July 5, 1978 | 8, Saint-Émilion — Sainte-Foy-la-Grande | July 7, 1978 | 43 | |
| 1978 | Joop Zoetemelk | Miko | 16, Saint-Étienne — L'Alpe d'Huez | July 16, 1978 | 20, Metz — Nancy | July 21, 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | Gerrie Knetemann | Raleigh | P, Fleurance — Fleurance | June 27, 1979 | 1, Fleurance — Bagnères-de-Luchon | June 28, 1979 | 30 | |
| 1979 | Joop Zoetemelk | Miko | 9, Amiens — Roubaix | July 6, 1979 | 15, Évian-les-Bains — Avoriaz | July 12, 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | Gerrie Knetemann | Raleigh | 1B, Wiesbaden — Frankfurt am Main | June 27, 1980 | 2, Frankfurt am Main — Metz | June 28, 1980 | 38 | |
| 1980 | Joop Zoetemelk | Raleigh | 13, Pau — Bagnères-de-Luchon | July 10, 1980 | | | 1 | |
| 1981 | Gerrie Knetemann | Raleigh | 1B, Nice — Nice | June 26, 1981 | 5, Saint-Gaudens — Pla d'Adet | June 30, 1981 | 55 | |
| 1984 | Jacques Hanegraaf | Kwantum | 2, Bobigny — Louvroil | July 1, 1984 | 4, Valenciennes — Béthune | July 2, 1984 | 101 | |
| 1984 | Adri van der Poel | Kwantum | 4, Valenciennes — Béthune | July 2, 1984 | 5, Béthune — Cergy-Pontoise | July 3, 1984 | DNF (stage 14) | |
| 1986 | Johan van der Velde | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu | 5, Béthune — Cergy-Pontoise | July 8, 1986 | 7, Alençon — le Mans | July 10, 1986 | 52 | |
| 1987 | Jelle Nijdam | SuperConfex | P, Berlin — Berlin | July 1, 1987 | 1, Berlin — Berlin | July 2, 1987 | 124 | |
| 1988 | Teun van Vliet | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 2, la Haie-Fouassière — Ancenis | July 4, 1988 | 5, Neufchâtel-en-Bray — Liévin | July 7, 1988 | DNF (stage 9) | |
| 1988 | Henk Lubberding | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 5, Neufchâtel-en-Bray — Liévin | July 7, 1988 | 6, Liévin — Wasquehal | July 8, 1988 | DNF (stage 20) | |
| 1988 | Jelle Nijdam | SuperConfex | 6, Liévin — Wasquehal | July 7, 1988 | 8, Reims — Nancy | July 9, 1988 | 122 | |
| 1989 | Erik Breukink | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | P, Luxembourg — Luxembourg | July 1, 1989 | 1, Luxembourg — Luxembourg | July 2, 1989 | DNF (stage 13) | |
| 2019 | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo–Visma | 1, Brussels — Brussels | July 6, 2019 | 3, Binche — Épernay | July 8, 2019 | 101 | |
| 2021 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin–Fenix | 2, Perros-Guirec — Mûr-de-Bretagne | June 27, 2021 | 8, Oyonnax — Le Grand-Bornand | July 2, 2021 | DNF (stage 9) | |