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Tour de France winners

Every winner of the Tour de France from 1903 onwards

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The roll-call of Tour de France winners contains the names of many of the world's best bike riders through time.

The most illustrious of the three Grand Tours, the Tour de France  has been taking place on an annual bases since 1903 - with two breaks in its history, one for each of the World Wars.

The most prolific winner would have been Lance Armstrong, who wore the yellow jersey in Paris for seven consecutive years between 1999 and 2005. However, he was stripped of all of his titles in 2012 following investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Next in line, we have a prolific quartet of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. All four have five titles to their names, Anquitel was the first to do it but Mercx is still the only person to have won the general, points and king of the mountains classifications in the same Tour - a feat he accomplished in 1969.

Chris Froome (now Israel Start-Up Nation) has four wins to his name - he won in in 2013 and then consecutively from 2015 to 2017 but hasn't managed to equal the record of five overall victories yet.

Tour de France titles won between 1999-2005 were formerly allocated to Lance Armstrong (USA) but stripped after he was found guilty of doping. No alternative winner has been announced for these years.

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How do you win the Tour de France?

In the first ever edition of the race, the winner of the General Classification earned their place based on overall riding time. However, following the disqualification of its 1904 victor, Maurice Garin, the organisers introduced a points based system.

Then, in 1912 they reverted back to awarding the win based on time. This remains the case today - the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time leads the General Classification and whoever holds that position once the peloton arrives in Paris is crowned the winner.

Youngest ever Tour de France winner

Henri Cornet, 19-years-old

Oldest ever Tour de France winner

Firmin Lambot, 36-years-old

First Tour de France winner

The first ever win went to a rider from the race's home country - Maurice Garin, in 1903.

First ever Tour de France GC disqualification

Also Garin. The Frenchman also won in 1904, however he was disqualified for allegedly using means of transport outside of the bicycle (car, rail).

The result was that Henri Cornet took his place, and at 19-years-old he will no doubt remain the youngest ever for a long time, if not indefinitely.

There have been quite a few disqualifications since, mostly for doping (Armstrong, 1999-2005, Floyd Landis, 2006, Alberto Contador, 2010).

First non-French Tour de France winner

The winner's list for the early years of the race is dominated by Frenchman. The first winner from outside the country of origin was 1909 leader François Faber of Luxembourg.

Britain took a while to catch up - the first British rider of the men's Tour de France race was Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) in 2012. GB now have five overall victories to their name thanks to Wiggins and Froome.

Smallest ever winning margin

In 1989, American Greg LeMond won over Laurent Fignon by just eight seconds.

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The most successful rider in the Tour de France was Lance Armstrong , who finished first seven times before his wins were removed from the record books after being found guilty of doping by the USADA in 2012. No rider has been named to replace him for those years.

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General Classification Winners

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• 1904: The original winner was Maurice Garin, however he was found to have caught a train for part of the race and was disqualified.
• 1996: Bjarne Riis has admitted to the use of doping during the 1996 Tour. The Tour de France organizers have stated they no longer consider him to be the winner, although Union Cycliste Internationale has so far refused to change the official status due to the amount of time passed since his win. Jan Ullrich was placed second.
• 1999-2005: these races were originally won by Lance armstrong, but in 2012 his wins in the tour de france were removed due to doping violations.
• 2006: Floyd Landis was the initial winner but subsequently rubbed out due to a failed drug test.
• 2010: Alberto Contador was the initial winner of the 2010 event, but after a prolonged drug investigation he was stripped of his win in 2012.

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Tour de France Winners List

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on June 7, 2021
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Many great champion riders are winners of the Tour de France in its 100+ year history. There are currently 4 riders with 5 Tour de France victories: Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Chris Froome is still an active rider and on 4 victories, but it looks unlikely now that he will join the 5-Wins club. Honorary mentions go to Greg Lemond, Louison Bobet and Philippe Thys with 3 victories each.

France naturally has the highest amount of victories with 36. Although it’s of note that their last victory was in 1985 and the wait is very much ongoing. Belgium has 18 victories and Spain 12 wins. Belgium are another country with a long wait, their last victory was in 1976 courtesy of Lucien van Impe. Slovenia and Colombia are the newest countries to join the list after Tadej Pogačar’s victory in 2020 and Egan Bernal’s victory in 2019. All 6 of the UK’s victories have happened in the last 10 years.

Asterisks are there to note that another rider originally was declared the winner of that year’s Tour de France.

1904 Maurice Garin was disqualified after catching a train to complete some of the race. Henri Cornet was declared winner instead.

1999-2005 The infamous Lance Armstrong had his titles stripped in 2012 due to doping. Due to the climate at the time, where doping was rife, the Tour de France chose not to replace Armstrong with another victor.

2006 Floyd Landis initially finished first but after the race was completed it was found that Landis had tested positive in a sample given near the end of the race. He was stripped of the victory and 2nd placed Oscar Pereiro won instead.

2010 Alberto Contador won the 2010 Tour de France but was stripped of the title after testing positive for minute traces of clenbuterol. Despite length legal battles, Contador was removed as winner in 2012.

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Here is a list of every Tour de France winner:

2022: Jonas Vingegaard

• Country : Denmark
• Team: Jumbo-Visma

The 2022 Tour de France will be one remembered for decades to come. Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar was on the cusp of winning his third straight Tour before Jonas Vingegaard had something to say about it. The race came down to the wire when Pogačar and Vingegaard were neck-and-neck on the Col de Spandelles, even causing a crash that left Pogačar with scratches to his leg. Vingegaard finished in 79 hours, 33 minutes, and 20 seconds, setting a record for fastest finish in Tour history. Without a doubt, Vingegaard will be coming back to defend his title this upcoming Tour de France.

2021: Tadej Pogačar

• Country: Slovenia
• Team: UAE Team Emirates

After a dominating 2020 Tour de France, all eyes were on the twenty-two-year-old cyclist to remain atop the racing mountain. He did that and more in dominating fashion, becoming the youngest racer to ever win two Tour de France titles. Not only did Pogačar take home the yellow shirt, he claimed a victory in the Mountains and Youth classifications.

Pogačar started to build a lead after winning the time trail on stage 5, and gained three and a half minutes on the second place racer by the 8th stage. By the final race day, Pogačar was racing defensively with a fierce lead and an almost guaranteed win.

2020: Tadej Pogačar

Country: Slovenia Team: UAE Team Emirates

With the looming Covid-19 pandemic and the world's sporting events being shutdown, it looked as though the 2020 Tour de France wouldn't happen. After a short postponement, the Tour was back in action and the cycling world was introduced to its newest legend.

Tadej Pogačar went into the 2020 Tour with a modest shot at winning, but almost nobody had him as a general favorite to win. He proved everyone wrong and became the first Slovenian born cyclist to win the Tour. Pogačar also claimed wins in the Mountains and Youth classifications, cementing himself as the best all-around cyclist in the world as of now.

2019: Egan Bernal

• Country: Colombia
• Team: Ineos

The 2019 Tour de France gave us another cyclist claiming their home countries first title after Egan Bernal won in dominating fashion. Team Ineos had such a dominant performance that their racers finished in first and second place, claiming them the team championship as well. Bernal finished the Tour in eighty-two hours and fifty-seven minutes, a whole minute and eleven seconds above second.

2018: Geraint Thomas

• Country: Great Britain

Not only was 2018 an incredibly dominant year for Geraint Thomas, but it was just as great for racing team Sky. The 2018 Tour marked the fourth straight competition that saw a racer from team Sky claim the yellow shirt. Although Thomas didn't dominate the race at every stage, he carefully chose his moments to make pushes and gain time, eventually putting him in first. Thomas won no other classifications this year, but that doesn't matter when you're wearing the yellow shirt.

Every Winner Since 2018

• 2017: Chris Froome, Great Britain
• 2016: Chris Froome, Great Britain
• 2015: Chris Froome, Great Britain
• 2014: Vincenzo Nibali, Italy
• 2013: Chris Froome, Great Britain
• 2012: Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain
• 2011: Cadel Evans, Australia
• 2010: Andy Schleck, Luxembourg
• 2009: Alberto Contador, Spain
• 2008: Carlos Sastre, Spain
• 2007: Alberto Contador, Spain
• 2006: Óscar Pereiro, Spain
• 2005-1999: (Lance Armstrong stripped of titles due to doping)
• 1998: Marco Pantani, Italy
• 1997: Jan Ullrich, Germany
• 1996: Bjarne Riis, Denmark
• 1995: Miguel Indurain, Spain
• 1994: Miguel Indurain, Spain
• 1993: Miguel Indurain, Spain
• 1992: Miguel Indurain, Spain
• 1991: Miguel Indurain, Spain
• 1990: Greg LeMond, United States
• 1989: Greg LeMond, United States
• 1988: Pedro Delgado, Spain
• 1987: Stephen Roche, Ireland
• 1986: Greg LeMond, United States
• 1985: Bernard Hinault, France
• 1984: Laurent Fignon, France
• 1983: Laurent Fignon, France
• 1982: Bernard Hinault, France
• 1981: Bernard Hinault, France
• 1980: Joop Zoetemelk, Netherlands
• 1979: Bernard Hinault, France
• 1978: Bernard Hinault, France
• 1977: Bernard Thévenet, France
• 1976: Lucien Van Impe, Belgium
• 1975: Bernard Thévenet, France
• 1974: Eddy Merckx, Belgium
• 1973: Luis Ocaña, Spain
• 1972: Eddy Merckx, Belgium
• 1971: Eddy Merckx, Belgium
• 1970: Eddy Merckx, Belgium
• 1969: Eddy Merckx, Belgium
• 1968: Jan Janssen, Netherlands
• 1967: Roger Pingeon, France
• 1966: Lucian Aimar, France
• 1965: Felice Gimondi, Italy
• 1964: Jacques Anquetil, France
• 1963: Jacques Anquetil, France
• 1962: Jacques Anquetil, France
• 1961: Jacques Anquetil, France
• 1960: Gastone Nencini, Italy
• 1959: Federico Bahanontes, Spain
• 1958: Charly Gaul, Luxembourg
• 1957: Jacques Anquetil, France
• 1956: Roger Walkowiak, France
• 1955: Louison Bobet, France
• 1954: Louison Bobet, France
• 1953: Louison Bobet, France
• 1952: Fausto Coppi, Italy
• 1951: Hugo Koblet, Switzerland
• 1950: Ferdinand Kübler, Switzerland
• 1949: Fausto Coppi, Italy
• 1948: Gino Bartali, Italy
• 1947: Jean Robic, France
• 1946-1940: (No race due to World War II)
• 1939: Sylvère Maes, Belgium
• 1938: Gino Bartali, Italy
• 1937: Roger Lapébie, France
• 1936: Sylvère Maes, Belgium
• 1935: Romain Maes, Belgium
• 1934: Antonin Magne, France
• 1933: Georges Speicher, France
• 1932: André Leducq, France
• 1931: Antonin Magne, France
• 1930: André Leducq, France
• 1929: Maurice De Waele, Belgium
• 1928: Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourg
• 1927: Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourg
• 1926: Lucien Buysse, Belgium
• 1925: Ottavio Bottecchia, Italy
• 1924: Ottavio Bottecchia, Italy
• 1923: Henri Pélissier, France
• 1922: Firmin Lambot, Belgium
• 1921: Léon Scieur, Belgium
• 1920: Philippe Thys, Belgium
• 1919: Frimin Lambot, Belgium
• 1918-1915: ( No race due to World War I)
• 1914: Philippe Thys, Belgium
• 1913: Philippe Thys, Belgium
• 1912: Odile Defraye, Belgium
• 1911: Gustave Garrigou, France
• 1910: Octave Lapize, France
• 1909: François Faber, Luxembourg
• 1908: Lucien Petit-Breton, France
• 1907: Lucien Petit-Breton, France
• 1906: René Pottier, France
• 1905: Louis Trousselier, France
• 1904: Henri Cornet, France
• 1903: Maurice Garin, France

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Tour de France winners

Past winners of the Tour de France:

2010 -- Alberto Contador, Spain 2009 -- Alberto Contador, Spain 2008 -- Carlos Sastre, Spain 2007 -- Alberto Contador, Spain 2006 -- Oscar Pereiro, Spain-* (*-Pereiro was named the Tour winner after Floyd Landis was stripped of the title after a positive doping test. 2005 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 2004 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 2003 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 2002 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 2001 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 2000 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* 1999 -- Lance Armstrong, United States-* (*-Armstrong's seven titles were stripped and vacated after UCI upheld the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's ruling against the cyclist.) 1998 -- Marco Pantani, Italy 1997 -- Jan Ullrich, Germany 1996 -- Bjarne Riis, Denmark 1995 -- Miguel Indurain, Spain 1994 -- Miguel Indurain, Spain 1993 -- Miguel Indurain, Spain 1992 -- Miguel Indurain, Spain 1991 -- Miguel Indurain, Spain 1990 -- Greg LeMond, United States 1989 -- Greg LeMond, United States 1988 -- Pedro Delgado, Spain 1987 -- Stephen Roche, Ireland 1986 -- Greg LeMond, United States 1985 -- Bernard Hinault, France 1984 -- Laurent Fignon, France 1983 -- Laurent Fignon, France 1982 -- Bernard Hinault, France 1981 -- Bernard Hinault, France 1980 -- Joop Zoetemelk, Netherlands 1979 -- Bernard Hinault, France 1978 -- Bernard Hinault, France 1977 -- Bernard Thevenet, France 1976 -- Lucien Van Impe, Belgium 1975 -- Bernard Thevenet, France 1974 -- Eddy Merckx, Belgium 1973 -- Luis Ocana, Spain 1972 -- Eddy Merckx, Belgium 1971 -- Eddy Merckx, Belgium 1970 -- Eddy Merckx, Belgium 1969 -- Eddy Merckx, Belgium 1968 -- Jan Jansen, Netherlands 1967 -- Roger Pingeon, France 1966 -- Lucian Almar, France 1965 -- Felice Gimondi, Italy 1964 -- Jacques Anquetil, France 1963 -- Jacques Anquetil, France 1962 -- Jacques Anquetil, France 1961 -- Jacques Anquetil, France 1960 -- Gastone Nencini, Italy 1959 -- Federico Bahamontes, Spain 1958 -- Charly Gaul, Luxembourg 1957 -- Jacques Anquetil, France 1956 -- Roger Walkowiak, France 1955 -- Louison Bobet, France 1954 -- Louison Bobet, France 1953 -- Louison Bobet, France 1952 -- Fausto Coppi, Italy 1951 -- Hugo Koblet, Switzerland 1950 -- Ferdinand Kubler, Switzerland 1949 -- Fausto Coppi, Italy 1948 -- Gino Bartali, Italy 1947 -- Jean Robic, France 1940-46 -- Tour cancelled, World War II 1939 -- Sylvare Maes, Belgium 1938 -- Gino Bartali, Italy 1937 -- Roger Lapeble, France 1936 -- Sylvere Maes, Belgium 1935 -- Romain Maes, Belgium 1934 -- Antonin Magne, France 1933 -- Georges Speicher, France 1932 -- Andre Leducq, France 1931 -- Antonin Magne, France 1930 -- Andre Leducq, France 1929 -- Maurice Dewsele, Belgium 1928 -- Nicholas Frantz, Luxembourg 1927 -- Nicholas Frantz, Luxembourg 1926 -- Lucian Bruysee, Belgium 1925 -- Ottavio Bottecchia, Italy 1924 -- Ottavio Bottecchia, Italy 1923 -- Henri Pellissier, France 1922 -- Firmin Lambot, Belgium 1921 -- Leon Scieur, France 1920 -- Phillipe Thys, Belgium 1919 -- Firmin Lambot, Belgium 1915-18 -- Tour cancelled, World War I 1914 -- Phillipe Thys, Belgium 1913 -- Phillipe Thys, Belgium 1912 -- Odile Defraye, Belgium 1911 -- Gustave Farrigou, France 1910 -- Octave Lapize, France 1909 -- Francois Faber, Luxembourg 1908 -- Lucien Petit-Breton, France 1907 -- Lucien Petit-Breton, France 1906 -- Rene Pottier, France 1905 -- Louis Trousseller, France 1904 -- Henri Cornet, France 1903 -- Maurice Garin, France

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Tour de France winners: The full history

Only one rider can win the Tour de France each year, making it one of the most select groups in cycling. Ahead of the 2023 edition, we take a look at some of the youngest, oldest and most successful winners

The 2023  Tour de France will be the 110th edition of the race. With so much history, the race has helped some of the world’s best riders to transition from talented contender to a Grand Tour winner.

Nowadays, each of the 23 teams that will take to the Tour de France start line are allowed to bring eight riders, meaning 184 riders will begin in Bilbao for the Grand Départ, but only one rider will arrive in Paris wearing the distinguished yellow jersey. 

We take a look back at some of the former Tour de France winners and those who set benchmarks in the race’s history.

Most Tour de France wins

Miguel Indurain celebrates his fifth Tour de France (Image credit: Mike Powell/ALLSPORT/Getty Images)

There are four riders that share the crown of most Tour de France titles. Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain all won the Tour de France on five occasions.

Anquetil won his first title in 1957 and had won his fifth by 1964, whereas Merckx won four in a row between 1969 and 1972, before adding his fifth title in ‘74. Hinault is the most recent French winner of the Tour de France, and he won his fifth yellow jersey in 1985. France won nine of the eleven editions of the Tour de France between 1975 and 1985, but have since gone over 35 years without seeing a yellow jersey.

Miguel Indurain is the only rider to have won the Tour de France for five consecutive seasons, a feat he achieved between 1991 and 1995.  Chris Froome is the only active rider who could challenge for five titles as he currently have four Tour titles to his name. However, he isn't in this year's edition. 

Lance Armstrong had held the record with seven Tour de France titles between 1999 and 2005, but he was stripped of all accolades over this period after he was found guilty of doping in 2012.

• 5 wins - Jacques Anquetil (1957 - 1964), Eddy Merckx (1969 - 1974), Bernard Hinault (1978 - 1985) and Miguel Indurain (1991 - 1995)
• 4 wins - Chris Froome (2013 - 2017)
• 3 wins - Philippe Thys (1913 - 1920), Louison Bobet (1953 - 55), Greg LeMond (1986 - 1990)

Youngest Tour de France winners

Henri Cornet, the youngest winner of the Tour de France (Image credit: Branger/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

One of the recent trends that can be observed in professional cycling is the increased level of opportunity and confidence given to young riders. This means that some of the youngest Tour de France champions in history have won the race in the previous couple of years. Egan Bernal became the third youngest rider to win the Tour de France in 2019 — he was aged just 22 years old and 196 days.

Tadej Pogačar became the second only rider to win the Tour de France aged under 22 — he was crowned champion just one day prior to his 22nd birthday. 

However, Henri Cornet remains the youngest rider to win the Tour de France. He won the yellow jersey in 1904 by a margin of more than two hours, which was just the second edition of the race. Originally, Cornet was fifth to finish, but the race was riddled with various scandals. After numerous disqualifications, Cornet was handed victory.

• 1904 - Henri Cornet, 19 years and 352 days
• 2020 - Tadej Pogačar, 21 years and 365 days
• 1909 - François Faber, 22 years and 187 days
• 2019 - Egan Bernal, 22 years and 196 days
• 1910 - Octave Lapize, 22 years and 280 days

Oldest Tour de France winners

Cadel Evans on the way to winning the 2011 Tour de France (Image credit: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

Some of the oldest Tour de France victors came in the race's early years too. Firmin Lambot is the only rider to win the Tour de France aged over 35 years old. The Belgian rider won his second Tour de France title at 36 years old and 130 days in his eighth Tour de France start.

The following year, Henri Pélissier won the Tour at the age of 34 years and 180 days. He remains the second oldest rider to win the Tour. The oldest rider to triumph at the Tour de France in the modern-day is Cadel Evans, who won in 2011 at the age of 34 years and 160 days, making him the third oldest rider to win the maillot jaune.

• 1922 - Firmin Lambot, 36 years and 130 days
• 1923 - Henri Pélissier, 34 years and 180 days
• 2011 - Cadel Evans, 34 years and 160 days
• 1948 - Gino Bartali, 34 years and 8 days
• 1910 - Lucien Buysse, 33 years and 309 days

Recent Tour de France winners

• 2022 - Jonas Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma
• 2021 - Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates
• 2020 - Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates
• 2019 - Egan Bernal, Team Ineos
• 2018 - Geraint Thomas, Team Sky
• 2017 - Chris Froome, Team Sky
• 2016 - Chris Froome, Team Sky
• 2015 - Chris Froome, Team Sky
• 2014 - Vincenzo Nibali, Astana ProTeam
• 2013 - Chris Froome, Sky Procycling
• 2012 - Bradley Wiggins, Sky Procycling
• 2011 - Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team
• 2010 - Andy Schleck, Saxo Bank
• 2009 - Alberto Contador, Astana
• 2008 - Carlos Sastre, CSC ProTeam
• 2007 - Alberto Contador, Discovery Channel
• 2006 - Oscar Pereiro, Caisse d'Epargne
• 2005 - Ivan Basso, CSC ProTeam

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Tour de France: the non-European winners, from LeMond to Bernal

The first time a non-European wore the yellow jersey of Tour de France leader was on the podium after the fifth stage of the 1981 edition in Saint-Lary-Soulan in the Pyrenees. The 23-year-old Australian Phil Anderson – who was born in London – wrote a page in the history books on the final climb of Pla d’Adet, finishing behind the legendary Bernard Hinault, 27 seconds after the winner, Lucien Van Impe, to become the new leader of the race. He lost the yellow jersey the following day. The next year Anderson won the long second stage to Nancy, and kept the leadership for nine days, finishing the Tour in sixth place and as the best young rider. He had blazed a new trail.

For almost 80 years, the Tour de France had remained a battleground reserved for European riders, since the first edition won by Maurice Garin – born in Italy and a naturalised Frenchman – and including the first ‘foreigner’, the Luxembourger (on his father’s side, although he was born in France) François Faber, whose victory came in 1909. But it was from the 1980s that the Tour became an increasingly international event, demonstrated once again in the last edition, won by Egan Bernal from Colombia.

Two years after Anderson’s long stay in yellow, a 23-year-old from Lakewood, California, became the first non-European rider to make the final podium of the Grande Boucle. The American Greg LeMond finished third, just 1’14” behind Bernard Hinault, and 11’46” behind his captain – and the tyrant of that edition – Laurent Fignon, who won five stages and doubled up on his win of the previous year.

LeMond became Hinault’s team-mate and finished the 1985 Tour de France just behind him, in second position. There were two other non-European protagonists the same year: the Colombian climbers Fabio Parra and Luis Herrera, who won one and two stages respectively. LeMond’s gradual development was completed in 1986 when he triumphed at the Tour ahead of his former captain, Hinault, who returned the favour of the previous year, helping his young team-mate. Greg went on to win the French race twice more, with an iconic 8-second advantage in 1989 and again in 1990.

The exciting 2011 Tour de France general classification battle started as early as the first stage with incredibly high calibre riders fighting it out on the tough 191.5km between Passage du Gois La Barre-de-Monts and Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers. The winner was the Belgian Philippe Gilbert, but the second place went to one of the GC hunters, the Australian Cadel Evans.

The BMC Racing Team captain won the demanding fourth stage atop the steep Mûr-de-Bretagne. In the Alps, Luxembourg’s Schleck brothers started their show with Andy finishing first and Frank second on the Galibier, then claiming first and second positions in the general ranking the next day on the Alpe D'Huez stage won by Pierre Rolland – with just two stages remaining to Paris. Everything would be decided against the clock on the 42.5km circuit around Grenoble.

Cadel Evans put in an incredible performance, finishing just six seconds behind the specialist Tony Martin of Germany, and putting 2’31” into Andy Schleck, who lost the yellow jersey he had just won in the mountains. Evans became the first Tour de France winner from Oceania, after two second places in 2007 and 2008 behind the Spaniards Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre.

The first South American winner is also the most recent champion: climber Egan Bernal from Bogotà, Colombia, who wrote another page of cycling’s history books, becoming the third youngest winner of the Tour ever. It was 112 years after the victory of Lucien Petit-Breton, who lived in Argentina from the ages of 6 to 20, that Bernal started his attack on the yellow jersey on the 18th stage won by his compatriot Nairo Quintana. Bernal gained 32 seconds on his rivals, including his Team Ineos colleague, the defending champion Geraint Thomas from Great Britain.

He assumed the general classification (GC) lead the following day, when the jury decided to stop the race due to dangerous conditions on the road, and take the times for the general classification at the summit of the Col de l'Iseran. He kept the yellow jersey until the end.

The Tour de France is still awaiting a winner from Asia. But victory in cycling’s biggest stage race for the world’s largest continent would close the circle of a story that began in the early editions when riders such as the pioneering Kisso Kawamuro from Japan competed as a ‘touriste-routier’ (without a team) but pulled out in 1926 and again in 1927.

There is already a rider born on African soil who has won the Tour and he is of course Chris Froome, with his first of four victories coming in 2013. Born in Nairobi, he switched from a Kenyan to a British licence in 2008, the year after his time as a trainee at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The first African-born riders competing in the race were Raphaël Galiero, Emile Godard and Frédéric Vaillant in 1910. All three were from Algeria, but they had French nationality since at that moment the country was a department of France. It is therefore Ali Neffati from Tunisia who is recognised as the first African rider in the Tour de France, in 1913. Meanwhile, another former UCI World Cycling Centre trainee Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea) made headlines in 2015 when he became the first Sub-Saharan African to wear the polka dot climber’s jersey in the Tour de France.

After South African Louis Meintjes’ 8th place in the GC in both 2016 and 2017, who will be the first rider born in Africa and with an African licence to win the Tour de France?

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Tadej pogacar wins 2021 tour de france as van aert takes final stage.

Tour de France stage 21 - As  it happened

Wout van Aert ( Jumbo-Visma ) sprinted to the prestigious stage 21 victory in Paris to win the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France . The finish straight on the Champs-Élysées was 700 metres in length, 400 metres longer than in previous years, but that did not afford chasers enough real estate to catch Van Aert, who surged to the front of the peloton with under 250 metres remaining and took his third stage win of the three-week Grand Tour.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) finished second, less than a wheel length from the line, to get his third second-place finish at the Tour. Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finished third, but held on to the green jersey as the overall points classification victor, beating Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) by 56 points.

UAE Team Emirates rode into Paris with Tadej Pogačar wearing the maillot jaune and safely escorted him to the final podium to claim three classifications – overall, mountains and best young rider.

For the first time since 2012, only two riders finished within 10 minutes of the yellow jersey - Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finished second, 5:20 off the winning mark, and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) placed third, another 1:43 back.

Bahrain Victorious won the team competition by 19 minutes ahead of EF Education-Nippo, and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) claimed the super-combativity award after an aggressive three weeks of racing.

Stage 21 started in Chatou with a gentle pace set by UAE Team Emirates, sporting new jerseys emblazoned with yellow bands to celebrate Pogačar’s second consecutive Tour win. The final 52km of the stage took place over the eight laps of the Champs Élysées, and while sprinters looked for glory in the stage win, Pogačar and his teammates eased across the finish to celebrate a job well done.

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• Tour de France stage 16: Riders stop after cold downhill neutral start
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• Sepp Kuss ends 10-year-drought on American Tour de France stage wins
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• Guillaume Martin: When you have given everything, you can’t be disappointed
• Tour de France: Ineos vow to fight on despite Pogacar's continued dominance
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• Nacer Bouhanni abandons the Tour de France
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• Tour de France: Carapaz convinced Pyrenean stages will be 'very favourable'
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• Kragh Andersen and Barguil abandon the Tour de France after stage 13 crash
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• 1959 Tour de France winner Bahamontes warns Pogacar 'there's a long way to go yet'
• Mark Cavendish: I don't think I can ever be compared with the great Eddy Merckx
• Tour de France leader Pogacar congratulates Cavendish on 34th stage win
• Mark Cavendish: It’s another win on the Tour de France and what I’ve dreamed of as a kid
• Simon Yates abandons Tour de France after crash on stage 13 descent
• Tour de France: 3km crash rule extended to 4.5km mark on stage 13
• Vingegaard: We had to change our mindset at the Tour de France after losing Roglic
• Richard Carapaz: The Tour de France isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon
• Tour de France leader Pogacar warns he could attack again in the Pyrenees
• Breakaway denies Cavendish a chance to equal Tour de France stage record in Nîmes
• Politt seizes chance offered by Sagan's early Tour de France exit
• Alaphilippe rolls the dice in another Tour de France attack but misses out again
• Peter Sagan abandons the Tour de France
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• Rowe on Tour de France: I hit the wall, guys who I'd normally out-climb were leaving me for dead
• O'Connor battles through 'hardest in-race moment' to stay in Tour de France top five
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• Tour de France: Wout van Aert claims 'best victory ever' over Mont Ventoux
• Mark Cavendish beats Tour de France time cut on Mont Ventoux as Rowe misses out
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• Michael Matthews: Mark Cavendish is just too fast these days
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• Woods draws up battle plans for Tour de France mountains jersey
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• Mark Cavendish questions BikeExchange tactics after third Tour de France stage win
• Nic Dlamini misses Tour de France time cut by 40 minutes but fights to reach Tignes
• Carapaz: Pogacar is in a different race to us at the Tour de France now
• Ben O'Connor: Tadej Pogacar is the next level above me at the Tour de France
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• Thomas undecided about continuing Tour de France despite Tignes fightback
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• Mathieu van der Poel abandons Tour de France to focus on Tokyo Olympic Games
• Primoz Roglic abandons Tour de France
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• Jumbo-Visma rewrite Tour de France game plan after Roglic loses 35 minutes in the Alps
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• Tadej Pogacar: I haven't killed the Tour de France, there's still a long way to go
• Woods 'comes apart' in sight of Tour de France breakaway win
• Ineos Grenadiers boss Brailsford says 'expect the unexpected' at Tour de France
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• Pogacar: I could be my own biggest rival at the Tour de France
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The build-up

Here at Cyclingnews we've been counting down the days until the 2021 Tour de France, with a series of special features to build up to the Grand Départ on Saturday June 26. 

• Tour de France 2021: The essential race guide
• Tour de France bikes: who's riding what in 2021
• Form ranking: Tour de France 2021 contenders, pre-race
• Philippa York: I struggle to see Chris Froome as a Tour de France road captain
• Tour de France snubs: The 9 most controversial rider non-selections
• Out of Pinot's shadow and into the glare: David Gaudu takes aim at the Tour de France
• Tadej Pogacar: A life-changing moment captured in a photograph
• Analysing Ineos Grenadiers' 2021 Tour de France team
• Analysing Jumbo-Visma's 2021 Tour de France squad
• Tour de France 2021: 5 key stages
• Brandon McNulty: The Tour de France call-up
• Alberto Contador: Blowing the Tour de France apart

The 2021 Tour de France will start in Brest in Brittany , on Saturday, June 26 having originally been scheduled for a Grand Départ in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The opening two stages to Landerneau and Mûr-de-Bretagne will provide a chance for the puncheurs, versatile sprinters and climbers to take the maillot jaune early on before the sprinters get two chances to win as the race heads east across the centre of France.

An early GC showdown will come on stage 5 with the 27.2-kilometre time trial from Changé to Laval Espace Mayenne before the road racing resumes with two stages that take the peloton to the Alps.

Stage 8 to Le Grand Bornard will see the first major climbing of the Tour, with three first-category climbs – including the Col de la Colombière – in the second part of the 150.8-kilometre stage. The following day to the 21-kilometre long summit finish at Tignes is just as tough, revisiting the Critérium du Dauphiné one-two of the Col du Pré and Cormet de Roselend.

Tignes also hosts the first rest day on July 5, ahead of a sprint stage in Valence and stage 11's visit to Mont Ventoux, which will be tackled twice before a descent straight to the finish in Malaucène.

Nîmes and Carcassonne offer up two more sprint chances on the following days before a nailed-on breakaway stage in the hills to Quillan take the peloton to the Pyrenees.

There, stage 15 to Andorra brings with it three first-category tests, including the Souvenir Henri Desgrange as the race hits 2,408 metres at Port d'Envalira. A rest day in the microstate. A tough stage to Saint-Gaudens follows but all minds will be on the final two mountain stages.

Stage 17 takes the riders over the Col de Peyresourde and Col de Val Louron-Azet before the HC-rated summit finish at 2,215 metres at the Col du Portet. Stage 18 provides two more HC tests in the Col du Tourmalet and the summit finish at Luz Ardiden, the last chance for climbers to make their mark.

A penultimate sprint stage follows, taking the peloton to Libourne, where stage 20 brings the GC finale in the shape of a 30.8-kilometre time trial to Saint-Emilion. If the Tour hasn't already been decided, then it certainly will be here.

As ever, the grand finale and the crowning of the Tour de France champion comes in Paris on the Champs-Élysées following a 108.4-kilometre ride from Chatou on July 18.

Check out the full details of the 2021 Tour de France route here.

The contenders

Once again, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) will be the main favourites for the title. The two are among the strongest climbers in the peloton and are also world-leading time trialists, which could prove decisive with two tests against the clock lying in wait for the riders.

The pair have enjoyed stellar starts to 2020, with Pogačar taking wins at the UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, while Roglič took three wins at PAris-Nice and the overall at Itzulia Basque Country.

The main challenge to the Slovenian duo should come from Ineos Grenadiers, who are led by 2018 winner Geraint Thomas and 2019 Giro d'Italia champion Richard Carapaz . The Welshman recently finished third at the Critérium du Dauphiné and looks best placed to challenge in both the mountains and time trials, while Carapaz is arguably the stronger climber.

Movistar's triumvirate will this year be headed up by new signing Miguel Ángel López , alongside Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde. The Colombian looked in dominant form at the Mont Ventoux Dénivéle Challenge in June and will hope to improve on his sixth place in 2020.

His compatriot Nairo Quintana is a three-time podium finisher at the Tour and once again leads out Arkéa-Samsic. He won the Vuelta Asturias earlier this year but was off form at the Dauphiné.

Another Colombian to watch is EF Education-Nippo's Rigoberto Urán , who finished second in 2017 and has taken two top 10s since. His teammate and countryman Sergio Higuita could end up the team leader this year.

Elsewhere, look out for Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe), Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), and Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange). They're all likely to be in the top 10 GC battle, though fighting for the very top spots looks a little tougher.

Finally, the battle for sprint victories and the green jersey looks wide open, with Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) facing challenges from Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), Tim Merlier and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), Cees Bol (Team DSM), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), and more.

Bikes and tech

As the world's biggest bike race, the publicity and global reach that the Tour de France achieves is a sponsor's dream. As a result, the Tour de France is always a hotbed of tech, with new releases and custom colourways unveiled almost daily as brands work to capture the attention of onlookers. 

What's more, with the hard-fought battle for the yellow jersey, teams will do everything within their power to eke out marginal gains with innovative inventions and mechanical hacks. Most of the time this comes directly from their contracted sponsors, but occasionally teams will look further afield, breaking contracts in the pursuit of free speed. 

Here are the tech talking points we've seen so far:

• Tour de France bikes : who's riding what in 2021
• Oakley launches 2021 Tour de France collection
• Lapierre launches new Xelius SL ahead of the Tour de France
• Trek-Segafredo bikes given all-new colour schemes ahead of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia Donne
• Pinarello launches new Dogma F in preparation for the Tour de France
• Michael Matthews gets a custom Bianchi Oltre XR4 for Tour de France
• Why are Jumbo Visma using blue tyres at the Tour de France?
• Ineos Grenadiers switch to sponsor-incorrect Princeton Carbonworks wheels at Tour de France
• Tour de France tech: All the tech and trends from the 2021 race
• Is Canyon's broken Aeroad handlebar now fixed? Van der Poel's Tour de France bike suggests it is
• Tour de France winning bikes : Which brand has won the most Tours in history?
• Julian Alaphilippe's S-Works Tarmac SL7 at the Tour de France
• Radical new sunglasses for Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France
• Tour de France gallery: 40 years of time trial technology
• Mark Cavendish's Tour de France stage-winning S-Works Tarmac SL7
• 10-hour journey delivers sponsor-incorrect wheels for Van der Poel's Tour de France time trial
• Alpecin-Fenix go all-in with sponsor-incorrect tech as Van der Poel fights to keep yellow
• Kasper Asgreen to ride the Specialized Aethos in Tour de France mountain stages
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Pogačar is the reigning champion, having overhauled his Slovenian compatriot Roglič in the final time trial at last year's race. The 21-year-old became the race's second-youngest winner after Firmin Labot back in 1904.

Pogačar broke a Ineos/Sky stranglehold on the race, with the British team having won seven of the previous eight Tours de France with Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and four-time winner Chris Froome. Vincenzo Nibali, then riding for Astana, was the other man to break the British squad's dominance with a win in 2014.

The Tour wins record is currently held by four men, with Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain all on five titles.

2020 was also the year which saw the rare occasion of Sagan getting beaten in the battle for the green jersey. He lost out to Bennett after a race-long battle, but still holds the all-time green jersey rankings with seven wins in nine participations. Erik Zabel's six jerseys lie second, ahead of Sean Kelly's four.

Pogačar is the reigning mountain classification champion, too, having won the yellow, polka dot and white jerseys in 2020. He broke a three-year French stranglehold on the jersey after wins for Romain Bardet, Julian Alaphilippe and Warren Barguil.

Richard Virenque holds the record for polka dot jersey wins at seven, and it won't be beaten anytime soon as Rafał Majka is the only current rider to have won more than one king of the mountains title, with two.

Read on for a list of the riders with the most wins of the Tour de France, the most stage wins, as well as the major jerseys (active riders in bold ).

Most Tour de France wins

• 5 – Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain
• 4 –  Chris Froome
• 3 – Phiilippe Thys, Louison Bobet, Greg LeMond
• 2 – Lucien Petit-Breton, Firmin Lambot, Ottavio Bottecchia, Nicolas Frantz, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Sylvère Maes, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Bernard Thévenet, Laurent Fignon, Alberto Contador
• 1 – Vincenzo Nibali , Geraint Thomas , Egan Bernal , Tadej Pogačar

Most Tour de France stage wins

• 34 – Eddy Merckx
• 30 – Mark Cavendish
• 28 – Bernard Hinault
• 25 – André Leducq
• 22 – André Darrigade
• 20 – Nicolas Frantz
• 19 – François Faber
• 17 – Jean Alavoine
• 16 – Jacques Anquetiil, René Le Grevès, Charles Pélissiier –
• 12 – Peter Sagan
• 11 – André Greipel
• 7 – Chris Froome
• 6 – Vincenzo Nibali

Most Tour de France green jersey wins

• 7 –  Peter Sagan
• 6 – Erik Zabel
• 4 – Sean Kelly
• 3 – Jan Janssen, Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Robbie McEwen
• 2 – Stan Ockers, Jean Graczyk, André Darrigade, Laurent Jalabert, Thor Hushovd
• 1 – Mark Cavendish , Michael Matthews , Sam Bennett

Most Tour de France polka dot jersey wins

• 7 – Richard Virenque
• 6 – Federico Bahamontes, Lucien Van Impe
• 3 – Julio Jiménez
• 2 – Felicien Vervaecke, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Charly Gaul, Imerio Massignan, Eddy Merckx, Luis Herrera, Claudio Chiappucci, Laurent Jalabert, Michael Rasmussen, Rafał Majka
• 1 – Nairo Quintana , Chris Froome , Warren Barguil , Julian Alaphilippe , Romain Bardet , Tadej Pogačar

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VERNIER, Switzerland — Carlos Rodriguez protected his yellow jersey through a rain-soaked final stage Sunday to win the six-day Tour of Romandie for the biggest race victory of his career.

Four previous winners in the French-speaking region of Switzerland went on to win that season’s Tour de France, including Chris Froome in 2013. Rodriguez placed fifth in cycling’s marquee event last year and won a stage.

Rodriguez started Sunday’s flat stage that looped round the suburbs of Geneva — won in a sprint finish by Dorian Godon — with a seven-second lead he took by placing third in a mountain stage Saturday.

The 23-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider kept that winning margin over runner-up Aleksandr Vlasov, the 2022 Romandie winner. Third-placed Florian Lipowitz was third, trailing Rodriquez by nine seconds.

Godon sealed his second stage win this week, edging Simone Consonni with Dion Smith third.

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At last weekend’s Tour de Romandie , Carlos Rodríguez continued to show that he is Ineos’ top GC option , taking the overall victory at the six-stage race through the French-speaking region of Switzerland with an incredibly patient and balanced performance that saw him best a start list packed with big-name GC talents.

The race, in addition to giving third-place Florian Lipowtiz a platform to ride his way onto Bora’s Giro d’Italia squad (at the expense of a very-upset Emanuel Buchmann), held quite a few interesting data points about where some of the major contenders for the 2024 Tour de France stand and gave us a preview of the battle to challenge Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, and Remco Evenepoel come July.

Tour of Romandie 2024 Overall Top 10 1)  Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos) +0 2)  Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +7 3)  Florian Lipowitz   (Bora-Hansgrohe) +9 4)  Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) +21 5)  Juan Ayuso (UAE) +27 6)  Enric Mas (Movistar) +38 7)  Richard Carapaz (EF-Easypost) +49 8)  Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) +52 9)  Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) +1’02 10)  Egan Bernal (Ineos) +1’23

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2.3km-to-go:  Heading into the key final portion of the race’s first uphill finish, and with the remnants of the early breakaway dangling just 30 seconds up the road, Luke Plapp, who is just 24 seconds out of the race lead, attacks. Bora’s Florian Lipowitz is the only rider who follows.

1.5km:  Plapp, with Lipowitz on his wheel, quickly closes the gap to the leaders. But, instead of blowing past them, as you would expect from a GC rider who has attacked late to the early breakaway on the final climb, the group stays together as Plapp sets a pace on the front.

400m:  Despite needing as much time as possible for his GC hopes, Plapp eventually pulls off the front of the group to position himself for the sprint/attack. Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R) takes the front, while Lidl-Trek’s Thibau Nys smartly slots into second wheel.

300m:  Plapp attacks the group from surprisingly far out, while Nys, playing the role of the savvy veteran at just 21 years old, pushes around Vendrame to follow while looking like he is more than comfortable at this pace.

Finish:  Nys comes by Vendrame to win the stage and take the first WorldTour wins of his career, while Plapp, who faded slightly, slots into a strong GC position due to his time gains over the rest of the contenders. Lipowitz comes in ten seconds later and moves up the GC ladder, while his teammate Vlasov leads home the peloton four seconds later.

5km:  On the final climb of the final mountain stage, Ineos, who has Carlos Rodríguez sitting in 4th place overall, 11 seconds behind race leader Juan Ayuso following the Stage 3 ITT, has Egan Bernal soft-attack off the front to stress-test the rest of the GC contenders after they have set a hard, consistent pace on the climb. Ayuso initially attempts to follow but, after struggling to hold his teammate’s wheel, looks back to see where the rest of the GC contenders are. After realizing the rest of the group can’t respond, Rodríguez jumps out of the bunch to join his teammate (some might have viewed this as chasing down his own teammate, but with Bernal so far back in the GC after the TT, Ineos is committed to Rodríguez as their lone GC hope at this point).

3.9km:  Once on the wheel of Bernal, Rodríguez sits back as his teammate shreds the race leader, who appears to be under significant pressure at this point. Also, notice how solid Rodríguez (in second wheel) is on his bike while the rest are rocking and rolling.

2.2km:  After Lipowitz pulls an elite group clear, Richard Carapaz, who entered the stage just over a minute behind Rodríguez, attacks.

1.4km : With Ayuso and the rest of the GC contenders dropped, Carapaz, who has a 43-second gap on the two chasers, appears to be away not just for the stage win but a surprise overall title.

300m:  However, Rodríguez, fully understanding what he has to do, sets a hard pace to close the gap to Carapaz as they head into the final 500 meters. Lipowitz, sensing a chance for a stage win, attacks in pursuit of the leader.

150m:  Carapaz, who has slowed down significantly and seen his lead evaporate, is being hotly pursued by a surging Lipowtiz as he enters the final few hundred meters.

Finish:  Carapaz holds off a flying Lipowitz to win the stage, while the young German moves up into third place overall despite narrowly missing out on the stage win. Behind, Rodríguez moves into the race lead and all but wraps up overall victory after finishing tens of seconds in arrears of the winner but ahead of his GC rivals.

1)   Carlos   Rodríguez & Ineos:  The 23-year-old Spaniard proves his fifth place at last year’s Tour de France was no fluke by netting his first career GC victory against an incredibly deep field of major stage racing talents.

• This is particularly important since getting priority at Ineos as a non-British rider can be difficult, and this result comes at a time when Ineos’ other options, like Geraint Thomas, have been off the pace at lower-level stage races.
• It was refreshing to see a young rider execute an overall victory with a measured and balanced week-long performance in an age of long-range all-out attacks.
• After a dreadful season start, Ineos has won four races, including three at the WorldTour level, in the last three weeks.

2) Juan Ayuso & UAE:  For the second straight year, the 21-year-old Ayuso left the time trial at Romandie in pole position only to fade in the final few stages.

• Since consistency is a trait that is somewhat untethered from age and experience, this is something to note regarding his future Grand Tour contending potential.
• This trend could mean nothing, but with the team struggling to offer line-to-line support for Pogačar at recent Grand Tours, this is something to keep an eye on as they enter the brutal gauntlet of the Giro/Tour double.

3) Unknowns Surge as Big Names Struggle to Hold Pace:  As the previously 23-year-old German Florian Lipowitz rode his way onto his Bora’s team Giro d’Italia roster with an incredible ride to finish third place overall, plenty of big-name stars, like Enric Mas, Jai Hindley, and both Simon and Adam Yates, finished off the podium and left major question marks about their status heading into the key portion of the season before the Tour de France.

• For example, Adam Yates won the overall at this race last year before finishing third at the Tour de France two months later, and the fact that he was significantly further behind at the same point in the season in 2024 could signal that it will be tough for him to match that performance this summer, and could leave the door open for a relative outsider to potentially snag a Tour de France podium spot.

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Former winner Bernal to compete in 2024 Tour de France

C olombian rider Egan Bernal, who has made a promising start to the season, announced on Wednesday he would be taking part in the Tour de France in a bid to repeat his triumph of 2019. 

"I'm done with the first part of the season, now in Colombia for a few days to prepare for a good Tour de France!!!", the Ineos rider wrote on his Instagram account. 

The 27-year-old announced himself to the public five years ago when in the space of a couple of months he landed Paris-Nice, the Tour de Suisse and, crowned it with the Tour de France. 

Two years later he collected his second major Tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia.

In January 2022, however, he suffered a serious training accident in Colombia that almost cost him his life. 

Back in the saddle last year, Bernal had a difficult season, far below his pre-crash form. But he made a good start to 2024, finishing third in the Tour of Catalunya in March behind Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and Spaniard Mikel Landa.

Before returning to Colombia, he finished the Tour de Romandie in 10th place on Sunday.

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Tour of Romandie win is career-best title for Carlos Rodriguez through rain-slicked final stage

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, celebrates on the podium after the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, crosses the finish line of the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the stage, Dorian Godon from France of team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, crosses the finish line to win the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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VERNIER, Switzerland (AP) — Carlos Rodriguez protected his yellow jersey through a rain-soaked final stage Sunday to win the six-day Tour of Romandie for the biggest race victory of his career.

Four previous winners in the French-speaking region of Switzerland went on to win that season’s Tour de France, including Chris Froome in 2013. Rodriguez placed fifth in cycling’s marquee event last year and won a stage.

Rodriguez started Sunday’s flat stage that looped round the suburbs of Geneva — won in a sprint finish by Dorian Godon — with a seven-second lead he took by placing third in a mountain stage Saturday.

The 23-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider kept that winning margin over runner-up Aleksandr Vlasov, the 2022 Romandie winner. Third-placed Florian Lipowitz was third, trailing Rodriquez by nine seconds.

Godon sealed his second stage win this week, edging Simone Consonni with Dion Smith third.

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Colombian rider Egan Bernal, who has made a promising start to the season, announced on Wednesday he would be taking part in the Tour de France in a bid to repeat his triumph of 2019.

"I'm done with the first part of the season, now in Colombia for a few days to prepare for a good Tour de France!!!", the Ineos rider wrote on his Instagram account.

The 27-year-old announced himself to the public five years ago when in the space of a couple of months he landed Paris-Nice, the Tour de Suisse and, crowned it with the Tour de France.

Two years later he collected his second major Tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia.

In January 2022, however, he suffered a serious training accident in Colombia that almost cost him his life.

Back in the saddle last year, Bernal had a difficult season, far below his pre-crash form. But he made a good start to 2024, finishing third in the Tour of Catalunya in March behind Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and Spaniard Mikel Landa.

Before returning to Colombia, he finished the Tour de Romandie in 10th place on Sunday.

The Tour de France starts on June 29 and runs till July 21.

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Giro d'Italia 2024: Tadej Pogačar the man to beat, Ben O'Connor waiting in the wings

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The first Grand Tour of the 2024 cycling season will get underway in northern Italy on Saturday night (AEST) — and all eyes will be on Slovenia's serial race-winner Tadej Pogačar.

Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is already establishing himself as one of the greatest cyclists of his generation, if not all time.

The 25-year-old two-time Tour de France winner has enjoyed 10 days of racing so far in 2024, winning six of them, including one day classics Liège-Bastogne-Liège (his sixth Monument victory) and Strade Bianchi.

He also won four stages on the way to the overall, points and climbing jerseys at the seven-day stage race, the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

With several of the other major grand tour contenders of recent years absent from the Giro this year, Pogačar is fast becoming an unbackable favourite.

It's too far to say the Slovene is unbeatable — no grand tour has ever been won on paper before the racing starts in earnest — but he's not far off.

Ineos Grenadiers sports director Zak Dempster told Cycling Weekly that Pogačar is "probably capable of winning every stage in the Giro", describing him as "the elephant in the room, the young kid from Slovenia that smashes everyone".

The team's director of racing, former pro Steve Cummings, described Pogačar as "a bit of a freak" and "the favourite at every race he goes to" but stressed he is beatable, with Welsh veteran and last year's runner up Geraint Thomas looking to claim a maiden Giro title.

"The preparation for the Giro has gone really well," Pogačar said this week.

"I haven't raced too much so far this year, just 10 days, so I'm feeling fresh and ready to take on my first Giro. It's a race I've dreamed of doing for a long time and it feels like now that the time is right to go for it."

It will clearly take a monumental effort to stop him from adding the Maglia Rosa to his burgeoning collection of trophies.

And yet, there is an Aussie who is backing himself to at least challenge for a podium.

Ben O'Connor aiming high

Only one Australian has ever worn the pink jersey on the final podium of the Giro d'Italia, Jai Hindley in 2022 .

Ben O'Connor , who already has a fourth-place finish at the 2021 Tour de France to his name, could become just the fifth Australian to finish on the podium of a grand tour — but is aiming higher than that.

As the leader of French team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, racing in France's showpiece annual sporting occasion is a pre-requisite, but the 28-year-old struggled to recapture that form in the last two years  with a buttock injury curtailing his hopes in 2022 and illness disrupting him in 2023.

This year, he's been backed to compete at the Giro, a race he claims suits him and one he comes into in good form after a fifth-placed finish at the Tirreno-Adriatico.

"It is somewhere I have always believed I can perform well in, it is a race that really suits me well," he told Global Cycling News.

"Physically, I think [a podium is] there, it just comes down to all the other tickets.

"You know how difficult it can be, you can look at Primož [Roglič] at the Tour [de France] — he has tried multiple times and it just hasn't worked out yet there for him, whilst it's worked out for Pogačar and Jonas [Vingegaard].

"It can be a fickle business sometimes, grand tours always expose you and your weaknesses, so if you can just minimise that, that's your ticket in."

O'Connor's main weakness is time trialling and, with 71.8km of racing against the clock on this year's route, whether he can hold a position on the front will come down to whether he can limit his losses there.

However, his good form at Tirreno-Adriatico, and second place overall at both the UAE Tour and Tour of the Alps shows that O'Connor is in a rich vein of form.

Aussie sprinters looking to fire

O'Connor is just one of nine Aussies competing in the 3,400km race this year, with the hottest action set to take place in the sprints, of which there could be as many as eight over the course of the 21 stages.

Caleb Ewan returns to a race where he has five stage victories for the first time in two years with new team Jayco-AlUla.

Sport director David McPartland said the team aims to win "at least one stage with Caleb", while also backing new recruit Luke Plapp in the time trials, with the 23-year-old a possible dark horse for an overall podium spot.

Ewan will have stiff opposition, not least from fellow countryman Kaden Groves of Alpecin-Deceunick. 

Groves is yet to win a race this season, but did secure a victory at the Giro on stage five last year as well as registering two, third-place finishes, so will back himself to perform.

Indeed, last year, the 25-year-old became just the fifth Australian to claim the points jersey at a grand tour when he won three stages at the Vuelta a España to win the green jersey , joining Michael Matthews (Tour de France 2017), Robbie McEwen (Tour de France 2006 & 2002), Baden Cooke (Tour de France 2003) and Cadel Evans (Giro d'Italia 2010).

The sprinting competition will be far more fierce in Italy than at last year's Vuelta.

Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), with seven race wins already in 2024, will be the fast man to beat, alongside home favourite and last year's points jersey winner, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek).

Olav Kooij (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) is an intriguing grand tour debutant given his recent successes, while entertaining veteran Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) and out of form Danish sprinter Fabio Jakobsen (dsm–firmenich PostNL) will hope to recapture some of their former speed to challenge at the pointy end.

New South Wales's Michael Storer will also be on the look out for stage wins, although the 2021 Vuelta King of the Mountain's domain will be the steepling ramps of Italy's most famous climbs, such as the Mortirolo, Stelvio and Monte Grappa.

How can I watch the Giro d'Italia and when does it start?

The Giro gets underway on Saturday night, AEDT,  with a 140km ride from Venaria Reale to Turin.

The race meanders down Italy's west coast to Naples and Pompei, before heading back up to the Alps and some of the most famous climbs in the sport.

The finale is a 125km processional stage around Rome on May 25.

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Former winner Bernal to compete in 2024 Tour de France

Colombian rider Egan Bernal, who has made a promising start to the season, announced on Wednesday he would be taking part in the Tour de France in a bid to repeat his triumph of 2019.

"I'm done with the first part of the season, now in Colombia for a few days to prepare for a good Tour de France!!!", the Ineos rider wrote on his Instagram account.

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The 27-year-old announced himself to the public five years ago when in the space of a couple of months he landed Paris-Nice, the Tour de Suisse and, crowned it with the Tour de France.

Two years later he collected his second major Tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia.

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In January 2022, however, he suffered a serious training accident in Colombia that almost cost him his life.

Back in the saddle last year, Bernal had a difficult season, far below his pre-crash form. But he made a good start to 2024, finishing third in the Tour of Catalunya in March behind Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and Spaniard Mikel Landa.

Before returning to Colombia, he finished the Tour de Romandie in 10th place on Sunday.

The Tour de France starts on June 29 and runs till July 21.