The world’s most well-known highway race – the Tour de France – has a wealthy historical past, and its fabled previous is synonymous with the best names within the sport.
But who’re the figures which have written themselves into the file books of this most emblematic of occasions? Who’s the quickest winner? The oldest winner? The youngest winner? Which nation has basked in yellow greater than another? Who’s the climber that stands head and shoulders above all of the others?
7: Lance Armstrong (USA) – 1999-2005 *stripped of titles 2012
5: Jacques Anquetil (Fra) – 1957, 1961-64
5: Eddy Merckx (Bel) – 1969-72, 1974
5: Bernard Hinault (Fra) – 1978-79, 1981-82, 1985
5: Miguel Indurain (Spa) – 1991-95
France: 36
Belgium: 18
Spain: 12
USA: 10 *3 with out Lance Armstrong
Italy: 10
Luxembourg: 5
Slovenia, Holland and Switzerland: 2
Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Australia: 1
8 seconds: 1989 – Greg LeMond (USA) beats Laurent Fignon (Fra)
23 seconds: 2007 – Alberto Contador (Spa) beats Cadel Evans (Aus)
32 seconds: 2006 – Oscar Pereiro (Spa) over Andreas Klöden (Ger) after Floyd Landis was disqualified.
38 seconds: 1968 – Jan Janssen (Hol) beats Herman Van Springel (Bel)
28m 17s: 1952 – Fausto Coppi (Ita) beats Constant Ockers (Bel)
26m 16s: 1948 – Gino Bartali (Ita) beats Alberic Schotte (Bel)
22m 00s: 1951 – Hugo Koblet (Sui) beats Raphael Geminiani (Fra)
Eddy Merckx (Bel): 111
Lance Armstrong (USA): 83
Bernard Hinault (Fra): 79
Miguel Indurain (Spa): 60
Jacques Anquetil (Fra): 52
Belgium: 19
France: 9
Germany: 8
Holland, Ireland and Australia: 4
Uzbekistan: 3
Italy, Switzerland and Norway: 2
Spain, Great Britain: 1
7: Richard Virenque (Fra) – 1994-97, 1999, 2003-04
6: Federico Bahamontes (Spa) – 1954, 1958-59, 1962-64
6: Lucien Van Impe (Bel) – 1971-72, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983
France: 18
Spain: 15
Italy: 13
Belgium: 11
Colombia: 4
France, Holland, Italy and Spain: 5
Germany and Slovenia: 4
Luxembourg: 3
Colombia, USA and Russia: 2
Australia, Mexico and Ukraine: 1
34: Eddy Merckx (Bel)
34: Mark Cavendish (GBr)
28: Bernard Hinault (Fra)
25: Andre Leducq (Fra)
22: Andre Darrigade (Fra)
22: Lance Armstrong (USA)
20: Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
20: Bernard Hinault (Fra)
16: Eddy Merckx (Bel)
11: Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
11: Lance Armstrong (USA)
8: Charles Pelissier (Fra) – 1930
8: Eddy Merckx (Bel) – 1970, 1974
8: Freddy Maertens (Bel) – 1976
36: Firmin Lambot (Bel) – 1922
34: Henri Pelissier (Fra) – 1923
34: Gino Bartali (Ita) – 1948
34: Cadel Evans (Aus) – 2011
19: Henri Cornet (Fra) – 1904
21: Romain Maes (Bel) – 1935
22: Francois Faber (Lux) – 1909
22: Octave Lapize (Fra) – 1910
22: Philippe Thys (Bel) – 1913
22: Felice Gimondi (Ita) – 1965
22: Laurent Fignon (Fra) – 1983
10 Years: Gino Bartali (Ita) – 1938 and 1948