Tour de France records and statistics
Appearances
Table:
Participations
Finishes
Name
Nationality

18 (2001–2018)
16 (2001–2006, 2008–2011, 2013–2018)
Sylvain Chavanel
France

17 (1996–2012)
13 (1997–2003, 2007–2012)[n 1]
George Hincapie
United States

17 (1997–2013)
15 (1997–1999, 2001–2006, 2008–2013)
Stuart O'Grady
Australia

17 (1998–2014)
14 (1998–2002, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010–2014)
Jens Voigt
Germany

16 (1970–1973, 1975–1986)
16 (1970–1973, 1975–1986)
Joop Zoetemelk
Netherlands

16 (2001–2009, 2011–2017)
15 (2001–2003, 2005–2009, 2011–2017)
Haimar Zubeldia
Spain

15 (1969–1981, 1983, 1985)
15 (1969–1981, 1983, 1985)
Lucien Van Impe
Belgium

15 (1990–1998, 2000–2004, 2006)
15 (1990–1998, 2000–2004, 2006)
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Russia

15 (1980–1994)
13 (1981–1982, 1984–1994)
Guy Nulens
Belgium

15 (1996–2010)
11 (1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2003–2007, 2009–2010)
Christophe Moreau
France

15 (2003-2017)
15 (2003-2017)
Thomas Voeckler
France

14 (1953–1966)
13 (1953–1962, 1964–1966)
André Darrigade
France

14 (1994–2004, 2006–2008)
13 (1995–2004, 2006–2008)
Erik Zabel
Germany

14 (1978–1985, 1987–1992)
12 (1978–1985, 1988–1990, 1992)
Sean Kelly
Ireland

14 (1962–1976)
11 (1962–1965, 1967, 1969–1972, 1974–1976)
Raymond Poulidor
France

14 (1908–1914, 1920–1928)
07 (1909–1914, 1921)
Jules Deloffre
France

13 (1981–1988, 1989–1994)
13 (1981–1988, 1989–1994)
Phil Anderson
Australia

13 (1969–1975, 1977–1981, 1983)
12 (1969–1975, 1977–1980, 1983)
Joaquim Agostinho
Portugal

13 (1974–1982, 1984, 1986–1988)
11 (1974–1975, 1977–1982, 1984, 1986–1987)
Gerrie Knetemann
Netherlands

13 (1977–1989)
11 (1977–1985, 1987, 1989)
Henk Lubberding
Netherlands

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Sylvain Chavanel ( born 30 June 1979 ) is a French former professional road bicycle racer , who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the Cofidis , Omega Pharma-Quick-Step , IAM Cycling and two spells with the Brioches La Boulangère/Direct Énergie team . His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist . Sylvain Chavanel was noted as a strong all-rounder who won both sprints and time-trials , and was a good northern classics rider , taking 45 wins during his professional career .
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .
George Hincapie ( born June 29 , 1973 ) is an American former road bicycle racer , who competed as a professional between 1994 and 2012 . Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong . Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador in 2007 and for Cadel Evans in 2011 , when both men won the Tour de France . He is currently the owner and general manager of UCI Professional Continental team Arapahoe Hincapie p/b BMC . On October 10 , 2012 , Hincapie released a statement on his website acknowledging the use of performance-enhancing drugs and confirming that he had been approached by US federal investigators and USADA about his experiences with doping . Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six-month ban from September 1 , 2012 , ending on March 1 , 2013 , along with a stripping of all race results between May 31 , 2004 , and July 31 , 2006 . Hincapie started a record 17 Tours , however , after his doping admission he was retroactively disqualified from the 2004 , 2005 and 2006 Tours . The only Tour he started but did not finish was his first . He completed his 16th and final Tour in 2012 , which tied Joop Zoetemelk 's record of completed TDF 's but following the outcome of the Armstrong investigation the record reverted back to Zoetemelk . He also rode at five consecutive Olympic Games between 1992 and 2008 .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
Stuart O'Grady OAM ( born 6 August 1973 ) is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer , who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013 . A former track cyclist , O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Men 's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics . O'Grady also won Paris-Roubaix in 2007 . O'Grady competed in the Tour de France from 1997 and contended for the points classification in the Tour de France known as the green jersey , finishing second in the 1998 , 1999 , 2001 and 2005 races . He wore the yellow jersey of general classification leader in 1998 and 2001 . With his participation in the 2013 Tour de France , he tied George Hincapie 's record of 17 participations in the Tour de France . However , Hincapie was removed from three of his 17 starts for his part in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal , and O'Grady himself admitted having been assisted by illicit erythropoietin ( EPO ) use at least on the 1998 Tour de France ( the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk holds the absolute records of completed Tours de France , with 16 from 1970 - 1986 ) . He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal .
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
Jens Voigt ( German : [ jɛns foːkt ] ) ( born 17 September 1971 ) is a German former professional road bicycle racer and , upon retirement , became a cycling sports broadcast commentator . During his cycling career , Voigt raced for several teams , the last one being UCI ProTeam Trek Factory Racing . Voigt wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France twice , though he was never a contender for the overall title owing to the mountainous nature of the stages of the race being better suited to climbing specialists . His career achievements include winning the Critérium International a record-tying 5 times and a number of one-week stage races , as well as two Tour de France stage victories . In September 2014 , he set a new hour record . The record was beaten by Matthias Brändle in October of the same year . [ A ] Among cycling fans , Voigt was generally popular , both for his aggressive riding style and his affable , forthright and articulate manners in dealing with the public and media . He speaks fluent French and English , in addition to his native German .
Germany ( German : Deutschland , German pronunciation : [ ˈdɔʏtʃlant ] ) , constitutionally the Federal Republic of Germany ( German : Bundesrepublik Deutschland , listen ( help·info ) ) , [ f ] is a country in Central and Western Europe . It borders Denmark to the north , Poland and the Czech Republic to the east , Austria and Switzerland to the south , France to the southwest , and Luxembourg , Belgium , and the Netherlands to the west . Germany includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres ( 137,988 sq mi ) , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With 83 million inhabitants , it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia , the most populous state lying entirely in Europe , as well as the most populous member state of the European Union . Germany is a very decentralised country . Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin , while Frankfurt serves as its financial capital and has the country 's busiest airport . Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before AD 100 . Beginning in the 10th century , German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century , northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation . After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire , the German Confederation was formed in 1815 . The German revolutions of 1848-49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights .
Hendrik Gerardus Joseph Joop Zoetemelk ( pronounced [ ˈjoːp ˈsutəmɛlk ] ; born 3 December 1946 ) is a retired professional racing cyclist from the Netherlands . He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times , which were both records when he retired . He also holds the distance record in Tour de France history with 62,885 km ridden . He won the 1979 Vuelta a España , the 1980 Tour de France and also finished 8th , 5th , 4th ( three times ) and 2nd ( six times ) . He was the first rider to wear the Tour de France 's Polka Dot Jersey as the King of the Mountains . He also won the World Professional Road Championship in 1985 at the age of 38 , with a late attack surprising the favorites of LeMond , Roche , Argentin and Millar . He completed a total of 16 World Championships which is notable considering more than half the field abandons nearly every World Championship and in addition to his win he has come in the top 10 seven other times . As of 2019 , he is the oldest men 's individual road race world champion . His record number of starts in the Tour de France was surpassed when George Hincapie started for the 17th time , but Hincapie was disqualified from three tours in October 2012 , for doping offenses , giving the number of starts record back to Zoetemelk . Nobody other than Zoetemelk achieved sixteen Tour de France finishes until Sylvain Chavanel did so in the 2018 Tour de France . Currently , three riders have had more than 16 starts in the Tour de France , but no one has yet exceeded the record of finishing the event 16 times . He retired from the sport to run a hotel at Meaux , France .
The Netherlands ( Dutch : Nederland , [ ˈneːdərlɑnt ] ( listen ) ) , informally Holland , is a country in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean . In Europe , it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom . Together with the Caribbean Netherlands - Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba - it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The official language is Dutch and a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian . In the north and east of the country , Low Saxon is also spoken , and in the southeast , Limburgish . In the Caribbean Netherlands English and Papiamento are recognised languages . The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague , Utrecht and Eindhoven . Amsterdam is the country 's most populous city and nominal capital , while The Hague holds the seat of the States General , Cabinet and Supreme Court . The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest seaport in Europe , and the busiest in any country outside Asia . Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands , and the third busiest in Europe . The country is a founding member of the EU , Eurozone , G10 , NATO , OECD and WTO , as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union . It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts , many of which are centered in The Hague , which is consequently dubbed 'the world 's legal capital ' .
Haimar Zubeldia Agirre ( born 1 April 1977 ) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist from the Basque Country , who competed professionally between 1998 and 2017 for the Euskaltel-Euskadi , Astana , Team RadioShack and Trek-Segafredo teams . During his career , Zubeldia recorded five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France , and one in the Vuelta a España .
Spain ( Spanish : España [ esˈpaɲa ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish : Reino de España ) , [ a ] [ b ] is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean . Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula . Its territory also includes two archipelagoes : the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa , and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The African enclaves of Ceuta , Melilla , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country ( Morocco ) . [ h ] Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory . The country 's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . With an area of 505,990 km2 ( 195,360 sq mi ) , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe , the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union , and the fourth largest country in the European continent . By population ( about 47 million ) , Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union . Spain 's capital and largest city is Madrid ; other major urban areas include Barcelona , Valencia , Seville , Zaragoza , Málaga and Bilbao . Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago . Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician , Greek , Celtic and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE , after which the region was named Hispania , based on the earlier Phoenician name Sp ( a ) n or Spania . At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations migrated from Central Europe , invaded the Iberian peninsula and established relatively independent realms in its western provinces , including the Suebi , Alans and Vandals .
Lucien Van Impe ( pronounced [ lɵsˈjɛn vɑn ˈɪmpə ] ; born 20 October 1946 ) is a Belgian cyclist , who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987 . He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France . He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France , and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France .
Belgium , [ A ] officially the Kingdom of Belgium , is a country in Western Europe . It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north , Germany to the east , Luxembourg to the southeast , France to the southwest , and the North Sea to the northwest . It covers an area of 30,689 km2 ( 11,849 sq mi ) and has a population of more than 11.5 million , making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe , with a density of 376 per square kilometre ( 970/sq mi ) . The capital and largest city is Brussels ; other major cities are Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi and Liège . The sovereign state is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system . Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds . It is divided into three highly autonomous regions : the Flemish Region in the north , Wallonia in the south , and the Brussels-Capital Region . Brussels is the smallest and most densely populated region , as well as the richest region in terms of GDP per capita . Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups or communities : the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community , which constitutes about 60 percent of the population , and the French-speaking Community , which comprises about 40 percent of all Belgians . A small German-speaking Community , numbering around one percent , exists in the East Cantons . The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual ( French and Dutch ) , although French is the dominant language . Belgium 's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance , made up of six different governments .
Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov ( Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов ; born 4 February 1966 in Vyborg ) , nicknamed Eki , is a Russian former professional racing cyclist . A triple Olympic gold medalist , he was awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001 . In October 2012 , he was announced as the general manager of the Russian Team Katusha-Alpecin . The UCI , in a letter written to Katusha Team , denied them entrance into the 2013 World Tour . Among the many ethical violations the UCI cited , the appointment of Ekimov was among them for reasons unspecified .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Guy Nulens ( born 27 October 1957 ) is a former Belgian racing cyclist . He rode in nineteen Grand Tours between 1980 and 1994 , fifteen of which were Tour de France starts .
Christophe Moreau ( born 12 April 1971 in Vervins ) is a French former professional road racing cyclist . For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France : he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000 , 2003 , 2004 and 2005 . He also enjoyed success in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré , winning the race overall in 2001 and 2007 .
Thomas Voeckler ( French pronunciation : ​ [ tɔ.ma vœ.klɛʁ ] ; born 22 June 1979 ) is a French former road racing cyclist , who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017 , for the Direct Énergie team and its previous iterations . One of the most prominent French riders of his generation , Voeckler has been described as a national hero , due to strong performances over several years in the Tour de France .
André Darrigade ( born 24 April 1929 in Narrosse ) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966 . Darrigade , a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France . Five of those were on the first day , a record .
Erik Zabel ( born 7 July 1970 ) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram . With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career , he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all-time . Zabel won a record nine points classifications in grands tours including the points classification in the Tour de France six consecutive years between 1996 and 2001 and the points classification in the Vuelta a España in 2002 , 2003 and 2004 . Zabel won the Milan-San Remo four times and numerous six-day track events . He was one of the few road cyclists of recent times who raced all year , including track cycling in winter . For season 2012 he joined Team Katusha as sprint coach . He previously held that same position with the HTC-Highroad team until their dissolution . Zabel admitted to doping from 1996 to 2004 .
John James 'Sean ' Kelly ( born 24 May 1956 ) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer , one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s , and one of the finest classics riders of all time . From turning professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994 , he won nine monument classics , and 193 professional races in total . He won Paris-Nice seven years in a row and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989 . He won the 1988 Vuelta a España and had multiple wins in the Giro di Lombardia , Milan-San Remo , Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège . Other victories include the Critérium International , Grand Prix des Nations and smaller tours including the Tour de Suisse , Tour of the Basque Country and Volta a Catalunya . Kelly twice won bronze medals ( 1982 , 1989 ) in the World Road Race Championships and finished 5th in 1987 , the year compatriot Stephen Roche won gold . Kelly was first to be ranked No.1 when the FICP rankings were introduced in March 1984 , a position he held for a record five years . In the 1984 season , Kelly achieved 33 victories .
Ireland ( Irish : Éire [ ˈeːɾʲə ] ( listen ) ) , also known as the Republic of Ireland ( Poblacht na hÉireann ) , is a country in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern side of the island . Around a third of the country 's population of 4.9 million people resides in the greater Dublin area . The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , St George 's Channel to the south-east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the Oireachtas , consists of a lower house , Dáil Éireann , an upper house , Seanad Éireann , and an elected President ( Uachtarán ) who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the Taoiseach ( Prime Minister , literally 'Chief ' , a title not used in English ) , who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President ; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers . The state was created as the Irish Free State in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty . It had the status of Dominion until 1937 when a new constitution was adopted , in which the state was named Ireland and effectively became a republic , with an elected non-executive president as head of state . It was officially declared a republic in 1949 , following the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 . Ireland became a member of the United Nations in December 1955 .
Raymond Poulidor ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʁɛmɔ̃ pulidɔʁ ] ; born 15 April 1936 - died 13 November 2019 ) , nicknamed Pou-Pou ( pronounced [ pu pu ] ) , was a French professional racing cyclist , who rode for Mercier his entire career . His career was distinguished , despite coinciding with two great riders - Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx . This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public . He was known as The Eternal Second , because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times , and in third place five times ( including his final Tour at the age of 40 ) . Despite his consistency , he never once wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours , of which he completed 12 . He did win one Grand Tour , the 1964 Vuelta a España .
Jules Deloffre ( 22 April 1885 - 13 October 1963 ) was a French racing cyclist . He rode in fourteen editions of the Tour de France between 1908 and 1928 , finishing in seven of them .
Philip Grant Anderson OAM ( born 20 March 1958 ) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who was the first non-European to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France .
Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho , OIH ( 7 April 1942 - 10 May 1984 ) was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer . He was champion of Portugal in six successive years . He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished all but once , winning on Alpe d'Huez in 1979 , and finishing third twice . He died after colliding with a dog whilst leading the Tour of the Algarve .
Portugal ( Portuguese : [ puɾtuˈɣal ] ) , officially the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese : República Portuguesa [ ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ ] ) , [ note 5 ] is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula , in southwestern Europe . It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe , being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain . Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , both autonomous regions with their own regional governments . Portugal is the oldest nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe and the world , its territory having been continuously settled , invaded and fought over since prehistoric times . The pre-Celtic people , Iberians , Celts , Carthaginians and Romans were followed by the invasions of the Visigoths and Suebi Germanic peoples . After the Muslim conquests of the Iberian Peninsula , most of the territory was part of Al-Andalus until their expulsion . Portugal as a country was established during the early Christian Reconquista . Founded in 868 , the County of Portugal gained prominence after the Battle of São Mamede in 1128 . The Kingdom of Portugal was later proclaimed following the Battle of Ourique in 1139 , and independence from León was recognised by the Treaty of Zamora in 1143 . On 12 December 2017 , the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation by King Denis of Portugal . Tracing its origins back to the 12th century , it is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world . In the 15th and 16th centuries , Portugal established the first global empire , becoming one of the world 's major economic , political and military powers .
Gerard Friedrich Gerrie Knetemann ( 6 March 1951 in Amsterdam - 2 November 2004 in Bergen , North Holland ) was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship . He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1978 and 1981 . A four-time winner of the Ronde van Nederland , he also rode the Tour de France 11 times between 1974 and 1987 , winning 10 stages , a Dutch record equalled only by Jan Raas and Joop Zoetemelk . Knetemann won 127 races as a professional . Knetemann maintained an Amsterdam accent and a sharp sense of humour that made him a favourite with reporters and earned him television and radio appearances . His best year in the Tour de France was 1978 , when he led from the sixth stage . Although he lost the leader 's yellow jersey two days later , he won the stage into Lausanne and then the final stage on the Champs Elysées in Paris . Together with Raas and his TI-Raleigh teammates Knetemann played a pivotal role in the victory of Zoetemelk in the 1980 Tour de France , one of the most dominating team performances in Tour de France history in which the team won twelve stages . His career dwindled after a crash in Dwars door België in Belgium in March 1983 . Recovery took months and , although he did again ride the Tour de France , there was not much left of the once sparkling star . Knetemann did however win the Amstel Gold Race in 1985 . He retired from racing in 1991 and became Dutch team selector .
Henk Lubberding ( born 4 August 1953 in Voorst ) is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer . He was a professional from 1977 to 1992 . As an amateur , he finished third in the 1976 Tour de l'Avenir . The following year he turned professional with the Dutch cycling team TI-Raleighof Peter Post . Lubberding stayed his entire career in teams directed by Post . In 1978 , Lubberding was road race champion of the Netherlands and won a stage in the 1978 Tour de France , finishing eighth overall and best young rider . He was a good mountain climber despite being tall , and from the low lands of Holland . After team leader Hennie Kuiper left , Lubberding and Paul Wellens became co-leaders and Lubberding performed well throughout 1979 with high placings in Paris-Nice , the Amstel Gold Race , Gent-Wevelgem , Tour de Romandie , Rund um den Henninger-Turm and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré . He won the Dutch road race title again and finished 18th in the 1979 Tour de France . His role of team leader ended in 1979 . Lubberding helped Jan Raas win the world championship in 1979 . He also helped Joop Zoetemelk win the 1980 Tour de France .