Tour de France Historical Stats, Team info and more.

 Cadel Evans Tour de France winner 2011 

 

Greatest number of wins

  • 7: Lance Armstrong (Usa)
  • 5: Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
  • 5: Eddy Merckx (Bel)
  • 5: Bernard Hinault (Fra)
  • 5: Miguel Indurain (Esp)
  • 3: Philippe Thys (Bel)>
  • 3: Louison Bobet (Fra)>
  • 3: Greg LeMond (Usa)>
  • 3: Alberto Contador (Esp)>

Greatest number of days in yellow

  • 111: Eddy Merckx (Bel)
  • 83: Lance Armstrong (Usa)
  • 79: Bernard Hinault (Fra)

Greatest number of stage wins

  • 34: Eddy Merckx (Bel)
  • 28: Bernard Hinault (Fra)
  • 25: André Leducq (Fra)

Greatest number of wins on an individual tour

  • 8: Charles Pélissier (Fra, 1930))
  • 8: Eddy Merckx (Bel, 1970 et 1974)
  • 8: Freddy Maertens (Bel, 1976)

Greatest number of podiums

  • 8: Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
  • 8: Lance Armstrong (Usa)

Greatest number of participation

  • 16: Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)

Greatest number of green jerseys

  • 6: Erik Zabel (Ger)

Greatest number polka-dotted jerseys

  • 7: Richard Virenque

Greatest number of white jerseys

  • 3: Jan Ullrich (Ger)

Greatest number of wins per nation

  • 36: France
  • 18: Belgium
  • 13: Spain
  • 10: United States
  • 9: Italy
  • 4: Luxembourg
  • 2: Netherlands and Switzerland
  • 1: Germany, Denmark and Ireland

Greatest time difference between the yellow jersey winner and the runner up

  • Biggest: 2h 49’45’’ in 1903 between Maurice Garin (Fra) and Lucien Pothier (Fra)
  • Smallest: 8’’ in 1989 between Greg Lemond (Usa) and Laurent Fignon (Fra)
  • In 2010, there was a 39-second gap between Alberto Contador (Esp) and his heir apparent, Andy Schleck

Oldest and the youngest winners

  • 36 years Firmin Lambot (Bel) in 1922
  • 20 years Henri Cornet (Fra) in 1904

Spectator number and commitment

  • 12 to 15 million spectators
  • 70 % men and 30 % women
  • 80 % of spectators French and 20 % non-French
  • 130 km travelled on average to come and see the Tour
  • 6 hours of presence at the roadside on average

Medias figures for 2010

  • 121 TV channels, 72 radios, 400 newspapers and press agencies, 54 websites, that is to say 2,050 journalists representing 35 nationalities.
  • Broadcasting in 188 countries of which 60 transmit live coverage
  • Website: 10.5 million unique visitors

Click on a team to get individual Team Stats.

Teams at a Glance
TEAM TDFs Ridden Stages Won Days in Yellow Overall Wins Overall Podiums Pts comp. wins KOMs comp. wins
AG2R 23 1 0 0 0 0 0
Astana 28 4 0 0 1 0 0
BMC Racing 34 6 7 0 2 0 0
Cofidis 20 3 0 0 0 0 0
Europcar 18 2 10 0 0 0 1
Euskaltel 27 0 0 0 0 0 0
FDJ 22 3 0 0 0 0 0
Garmin-Cervélo 43 13 9 0 0 2 0
HTC – Highroad 20 15 0 0 0 0 0
Katusha 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lampre 17 6 0 0 0 1 0
Leopard 52 18 40 0 2 0 0
Liquigas 15 1 0 0 2 0 0
Movistar 19 1 0 0 0 0 0
Omega Pharma-Lotto 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quick-Step 36 11 6 0 0 1 0
Rabobank 26 3 0 0 0 0 0
RadioShack 41 8 0 0 3 0 0
Saur – Sojasun 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saxo Bank 31 8 17 3 3 0 0
Team Sky 31 2 0 0 0 0 0
Vacansoleil 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tour de France 2011

 Stats since 2000        

July 1-July 23 Futuroscope-
Paris
3,662 kms 21 stages 39.556 km/hr 180 Starters 128 Finishers
2001
July 7 – July 29
Dunkirk-Paris 3,446 20 40.02 189 144
2002
July 7-July 29
Luxembourg-
Paris
3,282 20 39.93 189 153
2003 July 25-July 27 Paris-Paris 3,427 20 40.940 189 147
2004
July 3-July 25
Liege,Belgium- Paris 3,391.1 20 40.553 188 147
2005
July 2 – July 24
Fromentine-
Paris
3,608 21 41.654 189 155
2006
July 21 – July 23
Strasbourg-Paris 3,657.1 20 40.784 176 139
2007
July 7 – July 29
London-Paris 3,547 20 38.98 189 141
2008
July 5 – July 27
Brest-Paris 3,559.5 21 40.50 180 145
2009
July 4 – July 26
 
Monaco-Paris 3,459.5 21 40.31 180 156
2010
July 3 –
July 25
Rotterdam-Paris 3,641.9 20
plus prologue
39.585 197 170

 

 

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