Question: what was the smallest winning margin in the tour de france
Answer: Winning margin Year Opponents 8 '' 1989 Greg LeMond -- Laurent Fignon 23 '' 2007 Alberto Contador -- Cadel Evans 32 '' 2006 Óscar Pereiro -- Andreas Klöden 38 '' 1968 Jan Janssen -- Herman Van Springel 40 '' Stephen Roche -- Pedro Delgado 48 '' 1977 Bernard Thévenet -- Hennie Kuiper 54 '' 2017 Chris Froome -- Rigoberto Urán 55 '' 1964 Jacques Anquetil -- Raymond Poulidor 58 '' 2008 Carlos Sastre -- Cadel Evans