List of Belgian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
In the Tour de France, one of the three Grand Tours of professional stage cycling,[1][2] the yellow jersey is given to the leader of the general classification. The Tour de France is the most famous road cycling event in the world, and is held annually in the month of July.[3] Although all riders compete together, the winners of the Tour are divided into classifications, each best known by the coloured jersey that is worn by the leader of it; the general classification (GC), represented by the maillot jaune (yellow jersey), is for the overall leader in terms of the lowest time.[4][5] The other individual classifications in the Tour de France are the points classification, also known as the sprinters' classification (green jersey), the mountains classification (polka dot jersey), and the young rider classification (white jersey).[1][4]
The first Tour de France was in 1903, but the yellow jersey was only introduced during the 1919 Tour de France, during which Firmin Lambot was the first Belgian cyclist ever to wear the yellow jersey.[6]
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- "Obtained" refers to the date and stage where the rider secured the lead of the general classification at the finish; the rider would first wear the yellow jersey in the stage after, where he would start the day as leader. "Relinquished" refers to the date and stage where the rider lost the lead, and therefore was not wearing the yellow jersey the following stage.
Year | Name | Team | Obtained | Relinquished | Final GC | Notes | ||||
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Stage | Date | From | Stage | Date | To | |||||
1919 | Firmin Lambot | 14, Metz — Dunkirk | July 25, 1919 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1920 | Louis Mottiat | 1, Paris — Le Havre | June 27, 1920 | Opening stage | 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg | June 29, 1920 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
Philippe Thys | 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg | June 29, 1920 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1921 | Louis Mottiat | 1, Paris — Le Havre | June 26, 1921 | Opening stage | 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg | June 28, 1921 | ![]() |
11th | ||
Léon Scieur | 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg | June 28, 1921 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1922 | Hector Heusghem | 12, Geneva — Strasbourg | July 17, 1922 | ![]() |
13, Strasbourg — Metz | July 19, 1922 | ![]() |
4th | ||
Firmin Lambot | 13, Strasbourg — Metz | July 19, 1922 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1925 | Adelin Benoît | Thomann | 3, Cherbourg — Brest | June 25, 1925 | ![]() |
7, Bordeaux — Bayonne | June 29, 1925 | ![]() |
12th | |
8, Bayonne — Luchon | July 1, 1925 | ![]() |
9, Luchon — Perpignan | July 3, 1925 | ![]() | |||||
1926 | Jules Buysse | Automoto–Hutchinson | 1, Évian — Mülhausen | June 20, 1926 | Opening stage | 3, Metz — Dunkirk | June 24, 1926 | ![]() |
9th | |
Gustaaf Van Slembrouck | J.B. Louvet-Wolber | 3, Metz — Dunkirk | June 24, 1926 | ![]() |
10, Bayonne — Luchon | July 6, 1926 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
Lucien Buysse | Automoto–Hutchinson | 10, Bayonne — Luchon | July 6, 1926 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1927 | Hector Martin | J.B. Louvet | 7, Brest — Vannes | June 25, 1927 | ![]() |
11, Bayonne — Luchon | June 30, 1927 | ![]() |
9th | |
1929 | Aimé Dossche | 1, Paris — Caen | June 30, 1929 | Opening stage | 4, Dinan — Brest | July 3, 1929 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
Maurice De Waele | Alcyon | 4, Dinan — Brest | July 3, 1929 | ![]() |
7, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Bordeaux | July 6, 1929 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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10, Luchon — Perpignan | July 11, 1929 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
Gaston Rebry | Alcyon | 8, Bordeaux — Bayonne | July 7, 1929 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
9, Bayonne — Luchon | July 9, 1929 | ![]() |
10th | ||
1931 | Alfred Haemerlinck | Belgium | 1, Paris — Caen | June 30, 1931 | Opening stage | 2, Caen — Dinan | July 1, 1931 | ![]() |
DNF | |
1932 | Jean Aerts | Belgium | 1, Paris — Caen | July 6, 1932 | Opening stage | 2, Caen — Nantes | July 7, 1932 | ![]() |
13th | |
1933 | Georges Lemaire | Belgium | 9, Gap — Digne | July 6, 1933 | ![]() |
11, Nice — Cannes | July 9, 1933 | ![]() |
4th | |
1935 | Romain Maes | Belgium | 1, Paris — Lille | July 4, 1935 | Opening stage | winner | ![]() |
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1936 | Sylvère Maes | Belgium | 8, Grenoble — Briançon | July 15, 1936 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1937 | Marcel Kint | Belgium | 3, Charleville — Metz | July 2, 1937 | ![]() |
4, Metz — Belfort | July 3, 1937 | ![]() |
DNF | |
Sylvère Maes | Belgium | 9, Briançon — Digne | July 9, 1937 | ![]() |
17a, Bordeaux — Royan | July 9, 1937 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
1938 | Félicien Vervaecke | Belgium | 8, Pau — Luchon | July 14, 1938 | ![]() |
14, Digne — Briançon | July 22, 1938 | ![]() |
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1939 | Romain Maes | Belgium | 2a, Caen — Vire | July 11, 1939 | ![]() |
2b, Vire — Rennes | July 11, 1939 | ![]() |
DNF | |
Sylvère Maes | Belgium | 15, Digne — Briançon | July 26, 1939 | ![]() |
winner | ![]() |
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1948 | Jan Engels | Aiglons | 2, Trouville — Dinard | July 1, 1948 | ![]() |
3, Dinard — Nantes | July 2, 1948 | ![]() |
22nd | |
Roger Lambrecht | Internationals | 4, Nantes — La Rochelle | July 3, 1948 | ![]() |
6, Bordeaux — Biarritz | July 5, 1948 | ![]() |
7th | ||
1949 | Roger Lambrecht | Belgium | 2, Reims — Brussels | July 1, 1949 | ![]() |
3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer | July 2, 1949 | ![]() |
11th | |
Norbert Callens | Belgium | 3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer | July 2, 1949 | ![]() |
4, Boulogne-sur-Mer — Rouen | July 3, 1949 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
1952 | Rik Van Steenbergen | Belgium | 1, Brest — Rennes | June 25, 1952 | Opening stage | 3, Le Mans — Rouen | June 27, 1952 | ![]() |
DNF | |
1956 | Gilbert Desmet | Belgium | 3, Lille — Rouen | July 7, 1956 | ![]() |
4b, Rouen — Caen | July 8, 1956 | ![]() |
21st | |
Jan Adriaensens | Belgium | 12, Pau — Luchon | July 17, 1956 | ![]() |
15, Montpellier — Aix-en-Provence | July 20, 1956 | ![]() |
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1958 | Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium | 2, Ghent — Dunkirk | June 27, 1958 | ![]() |
3, Dunkirk — Mers-les-Bains | June 28, 1958 | ![]() |
10th | |
1959 | Eddy Pauwels | Belgium | 9, Bordeaux — Bayonne | July 3, 1959 | ![]() |
10, Bayonne — Bagnères-de-Bigorre | July 5, 1959 | ![]() |
11th | |
16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne | July 11, 1959 | ![]() |
17, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble | July 13, 1959 | ![]() | |||||
Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium | 13, Albi — Aurillac | July 8, 1959 | ![]() |
16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne | July 11, 1959 | ![]() |
8th | ||
1960 | Julien Schepens | Belgium | 1a, Lille — Brussels | June 26, 1960 | Opening stage | 1b, Brussels — Brussels | June 26, 1960 | ![]() |
DNF | |
Jan Adriaensens | Belgium | 6, Saint-Malo — Lorient | July 1, 1960 | ![]() |
10, Mont-de-Marsan — Pau | July 5, 1960 | ![]() |
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1962 | Willy Schroeders | Flandria–Faema–Clément | 9, La Rochelle — Bordeaux | July 2, 1962 | ![]() |
12, Pau — Saint-Gaudens | July 5, 1962 | ![]() |
DNF | |
Jef Planckaert | Flandria–Faema–Clément | 13, Luchon — Superbagnères | July 6, 1962 | ![]() |
20, Bourgoin — Lyon | July 13, 1962 | ![]() |
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1963 | Eddy Pauwels | Wiel's–Groene Leeuw | 1, Paris — Épernay | June 23, 1963 | Opening stage | 3, Jambes — Roubaix | June 25, 1963 | ![]() |
13th | |
Gilbert Desmet | Wiel's–Groene Leeuw | 6b, Angers — Angers | June 28, 1963 | ![]() |
16, Grenoble — Val-d'Isère | July 9, 1963 | ![]() |
5th | ||
1964 | Edward Sels | Solo–Superia | 1, Rennes — Lisieux | June 22, 1964 | Opening stage | 3a, Amiens — Forest | June 24, 1964 | ![]() |
33rd | |
Bernard Van de Kerckhove | Solo–Superia | 3a, Amiens — Forest | June 24, 1964 | ![]() |
5, Lunéville — Freiburg | June 26, 1964 | ![]() |
57th | ||
1965 | Rik Van Looy | Solo–Superia | 1a, Cologne — Liège | June 22, 1965 | Opening stage | 2, Liège — Roubaix | June 23, 1965 | ![]() |
31st | |
Bernard Van de Kerckhove | Solo–Superia | 2, Liège — Roubaix | June 23, 1965 | ![]() |
3, Roubaix — Rouen | June 24, 1965 | ![]() |
DNF | ||
7, La Baule — La Rochelle | June 28, 1965 | ![]() |
9, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre | June 30, 1965 | ![]() | |||||
1967 | Willy Van Neste | Belgium | 2, Saint-Malo — Caen | July 1, 1967 | ![]() |
3, Caen — Amiens | July 2, 1967 | ![]() |
33rd | |
Jozef Spruyt | Belgium | 4, Amiens — Roubaix | July 3, 1967 | ![]() |
5a, Roubaix — Jambes | July 4, 1967 | ![]() |
57th | ||
1968 | Herman Van Springel | Belgium A | 3a, Forest — Forest | June 30, 1968 | ![]() |
4, Roubaix — Rouen | July 1, 1968 | ![]() |
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19, La Baule — La Rochelle | July 18, 1968 | ![]() |
22b, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre | July 21, 1968 | ![]() | |||||
Georges Vandenberghe | Belgium B | 5a, Rouen — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne | July 2, 1968 | ![]() |
16, Albi — Aurillac | July 15, 1968 | ![]() |
18th | ||
1969 | Eddy Merckx | Faema | 1b, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | June 29, 1969 | ![]() |
2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht | June 30, 1969 | ![]() |
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6, Mulhouse — Ballon d'Alsace | July 4, 1969 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
Julien Stevens | Faema | 2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht | June 30, 1969 | ![]() |
5, Nancy — Mulhouse | July 3, 1969 | ![]() |
72nd | ||
1970 | Eddy Merckx | Faemino–Faema | P, Limoges | June 27, 1970 | Opening stage | 2, La Rochelle — Angers | June 28, 1970 | ![]() |
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6, Amiens — Valenciennes | July 2, 1970 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
1971 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | P, Mulhouse | June 26, 1971 | Opening stage | 1b, Basel — Freiburg | June 27, 1971 | ![]() |
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1c, Freiburg — Mulhouse | June 27, 1971 | ![]() |
10, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble | July 7, 1971 | ![]() | |||||
14, Revel — Luchon | July 12, 1971 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
1972 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | P, Angers | July 1, 1972 | Opening stage | 1, Angers — Saint-Brieuc | July 2, 1972 | ![]() |
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3b, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage | July 4, 1972 | ![]() |
4, Merlin-Plage — Royan | July 5, 1972 | ![]() | |||||
8, Pau — Luchon | July 10, 1972 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
1973 | Willy Teirlinck | Sonolor | 1a, Scheveningen — Rotterdam | July 1, 1973 | ![]() |
1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas | July 1, 1973 | ![]() |
60th | |
Herman Van Springel | Rokado–De Gribaldy | 1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas | July 1, 1973 | ![]() |
3, Roubaix — Reims | July 3, 1973 | ![]() |
6th | ||
1974 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | P, Brest | June 27, 1974 | Opening stage | 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon | June 28, 1974 | ![]() |
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4, Saint-Malo — Caen | July 1, 1974 | ![]() |
5, Caen — Dieppe | July 2, 1974 | ![]() | |||||
7, Mons — Châlons-sur-Marne | July 4, 1974 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
Joseph Bruyère | Molteni | 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon | June 28, 1974 | ![]() |
4, Saint-Malo — Caen | July 31, 1974 | ![]() |
21st | ||
Patrick Sercu | Brooklyn | 6a, Dieppe — Harelbeke | July 3, 1974 | ![]() |
6b, Harelbeke — Harelbeke | July 3, 1974 | ![]() |
89th | ||
1975 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni–RYC | 6, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage | July 2, 1975 | ![]() |
15, Nice — Pra-Loup | July 13, 1975 | ![]() |
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1976 | Freddy Maertens | Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf | P, Saint-Jean-de-Monts | June 24, 1976 | Opening stage | 9, Divonne-les-Bains — Alpe d'Huez | July 4, 1976 | ![]() |
8th | |
Lucien Van Impe | Gitane–Campagnolo | 9, Divonne-les-Bains — Alpe d'Huez | July 4, 1976 | ![]() |
12, Le Barcarès — | July 8, 1976 | ![]() |
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14, Saint-Gaudens — Saint-Lary-Soulan | July 10, 1976 | ![]() |
winner | |||||||
1978 | Joseph Bruyère | C&A | 8, Bordeaux — Biarritz | July 7, 1978 | ![]() |
16, Saint-Étienne — Alpe d'Huez | July 16, 1978 | ![]() |
4th | |
1980 | Rudy Pevenage | IJsboerke–Warncke Eis | 3, Metz — Liège | June 29, 1980 | ![]() |
11, Damazan — Laplume | July 8, 1980 | ![]() |
42nd | |
1982 | Ludo Peeters | TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo | 1, Basel — Möhlin | July 3, 1982 | ![]() |
2, Basel — Nancy | July 4, 1982 | ![]() |
34th | |
1983 | Eric Vanderaerden | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | P, Fontenay-sous-Bois | July 1, 1983 | Opening stage | 2, Soissons — Fontaine-au-Pire | July 3, 1983 | ![]() |
DNF | |
1984 | Ludo Peeters | Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko | 1, Bondy — Saint-Denis | June 30, 1984 | ![]() |
2, Bobigny — Louvroil | July 1, 1984 | ![]() |
57th | |
1985 | Eric Vanderaerden | Panasonic–Raleigh | 1, Vannes — Lanester | June 29, 1985 | ![]() |
4, Fougères — Pont-Audemer | July 2, 1985 | ![]() |
87th | |
1993 | Wilfried Nelissen | Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer | 2, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Vannes | July 5, 1993 | ![]() |
4, Dinard — Avranches | July 7, 1993 | ![]() |
DNF | |
5, Avranches — Évreux | July 8, 1993 | ![]() |
6, Évreux — Amiens | July 9, 1993 | ![]() | |||||
Johan Museeuw | GB–MG Maglificio | 7, Péronne — Châlons-sur-Marne | July 10, 1993 | ![]() |
9, Lac de Madine — Lac de Madine | July 12, 1993 | ![]() |
50th | ||
1994 | Johan Museeuw | GB–MG Maglificio | 3, Calais — Eurotunnel | July 5, 1994 | ![]() |
4, Dover — Brighton | July 6, 1994 | ![]() |
80th | |
7, Rennes — Futuroscope | July 9, 1994 | ![]() |
9, Périgueux — Bergerac | July 11, 1994 | ![]() | |||||
1995 | Johan Bruyneel | ONCE | 7, Charleroi — Liège | July 8, 1995 | ![]() |
8, Huy — Seraing | July 9, 1995 | ![]() |
31st | |
2001 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | 2, Calais — Antwerp | July 9, 2001 | ![]() |
3, Antwerp — Seraing | July 10, 2001 | ![]() |
DNF | |
2006 | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 3, Esch-sur-Alzette — Valkenburg | July 4, 2006 | ![]() |
7, Saint-Grégoire — Rennes | July 8, 2006 | ![]() |
DNF | |
2011 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 1, Passage du Gois — Mont des Alouettes | July 2, 2011 | Opening stage | 2, Les Essarts — Les Essarts | July 3, 2011 | ![]() |
38th | |
2013 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack–Leopard | 2, Bastia — Ajaccio | June 30, 2013 | ![]() |
4, Nice — Nice | July 2, 2013 | ![]() |
18th | |
2016 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 5, Limoges — Le Lioran | July 6, 2016 | ![]() |
8, Pau — Luchon | July 9, 2016 | ![]() |
44th | |
2018 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 3, Cholet — Cholet | July 9, 2018 | ![]() |
11, Albertville — La Rosière | July 18, 2018 | ![]() |
28th |
Notes[]
- ^ a b After the seventh stage, Frantz, Leducq and Fontan led the general classification with exactly the same time. There was no rule in this situation to determine who was the leader, so all three were considered leaders and were given yellow jerseys for the next stage.
See also[]
- List of Australian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
- Yellow jersey statistics
References[]
- ^ a b Coyle, Daniel (2005). Tour de Force. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 316–321. ISBN 0-00-720922-3.
- ^ Associated Press (2008-07-15). "17 teams issue challenge over organizing of events". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ Kita, Joe (2008). "Tour de France". Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ a b "A-Z of Le Tour". BBC. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ Guinness, Rupert (2008-07-15). "Evans in yellow as Piepoli wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ "The Tour - Year 1919". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
External links[]
- "Tour de France official website". Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- Lists of cyclists
- Tour de France-related lists
- Cycle racing in Belgium
- Tour de France people