List of Belgian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

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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.
List of Belgian cyclists who wore the yellow jersey
Year Name Team Obtained Relinquished Final GC Notes
Stage Date From Stage Date To
1919 Firmin Lambot 14, Metz — Dunkirk July 25, 1919  Eugène Christophe (FRA) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1920 Louis Mottiat 1, Paris — Le Havre June 27, 1920 Opening stage 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 29, 1920  Philippe Thys (BEL) DNF
Philippe Thys 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 29, 1920  Louis Mottiat (BEL) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1921 Louis Mottiat 1, Paris — Le Havre June 26, 1921 Opening stage 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 28, 1921  Léon Scieur (BEL) 11th
Léon Scieur 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 28, 1921  Louis Mottiat (BEL) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1922 Hector Heusghem 12, Geneva — Strasbourg July 17, 1922  Jean Alavoine (FRA) 13, Strasbourg — Metz July 19, 1922  Firmin Lambot (BEL) 4th
Firmin Lambot 13, Strasbourg — Metz July 19, 1922  Hector Heusghem (BEL) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1925 Adelin Benoît Thomann 3, Cherbourg — Brest June 25, 1925  Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 7, Bordeaux — Bayonne June 29, 1925  Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 12th
8, Bayonne — Luchon July 1, 1925  Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 9, Luchon — Perpignan July 3, 1925  Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
1926 Jules Buysse Automoto–Hutchinson 1, Évian — Mülhausen June 20, 1926 Opening stage 3, Metz — Dunkirk June 24, 1926  Gustaaf Van Slembrouck (BEL) 9th
Gustaaf Van Slembrouck J.B. Louvet-Wolber 3, Metz — Dunkirk June 24, 1926  Jules Buysse (BEL) 10, Bayonne — Luchon July 6, 1926  Lucien Buysse (BEL) DNF
Lucien Buysse Automoto–Hutchinson 10, Bayonne — Luchon July 6, 1926  Gustaaf Van Slembrouck (BEL) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1927 Hector Martin J.B. Louvet 7, Brest — Vannes June 25, 1927  Ferdinand Le Drogo (FRA) 11, Bayonne — Luchon June 30, 1927  Nicolas Frantz (LUX) 9th
1929 Aimé Dossche 1, Paris — Caen June 30, 1929 Opening stage 4, Dinan — Brest July 3, 1929  Maurice De Waele (BEL) DNF
Maurice De Waele Alcyon 4, Dinan — Brest July 3, 1929  Aimé Dossche (BEL) 7, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Bordeaux July 6, 1929  Nicolas Frantz (LUX)
 André Leducq (FRA)
 Victor Fontan (FRA)[n 1] 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
10, Luchon — Perpignan July 11, 1929  Victor Fontan (FRA) winner
Gaston Rebry Alcyon 8, Bordeaux — Bayonne July 7, 1929  Nicolas Frantz (LUX)
 André Leducq (FRA)
 Victor Fontan (FRA)[n 1] 		9, Bayonne — Luchon July 9, 1929  Victor Fontan (FRA) 10th
1931 Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium 1, Paris — Caen June 30, 1931 Opening stage 2, Caen — Dinan July 1, 1931  Max Bulla (AUT) DNF
1932 Jean Aerts Belgium 1, Paris — Caen July 6, 1932 Opening stage 2, Caen — Nantes July 7, 1932  Kurt Stöpel (GER) 13th
1933 Georges Lemaire Belgium 9, Gap — Digne July 6, 1933  Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 11, Nice — Cannes July 9, 1933  Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 4th
1935 Romain Maes Belgium 1, Paris — Lille July 4, 1935 Opening stage winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1936 Sylvère Maes Belgium 8, Grenoble — Briançon July 15, 1936  Maurice Archambaud (FRA) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1937 Marcel Kint Belgium 3, Charleville — Metz July 2, 1937  Jean Majerus (LUX) 4, Metz — Belfort July 3, 1937  Erich Bautz (GER) DNF
Sylvère Maes Belgium 9, Briançon — Digne July 9, 1937  Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 17a, Bordeaux — Royan July 9, 1937  Roger Lapébie (FRA) DNF
1938 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 8, Pau — Luchon July 14, 1938  Jean Majerus (LUX) 14, Digne — Briançon July 22, 1938  Gino Bartali (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1939 Romain Maes Belgium 2a, Caen — Vire July 11, 1939  Amédée Fournier (FRA) 2b, Vire — Rennes July 11, 1939  Jean Fontenay (FRA) DNF
Sylvère Maes Belgium 15, Digne — Briançon July 26, 1939  René Vietto (FRA) winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1948 Jan Engels Aiglons 2, Trouville — Dinard July 1, 1948  Gino Bartali (ITA) 3, Dinard — Nantes July 2, 1948  Louison Bobet (FRA) 22nd
Roger Lambrecht Internationals 4, Nantes — La Rochelle July 3, 1948  Louison Bobet (FRA) 6, Bordeaux — Biarritz July 5, 1948  Louison Bobet (FRA) 7th
1949 Roger Lambrecht Belgium 2, Reims — Brussels July 1, 1949  Marcel Dussault (FRA) 3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer July 2, 1949  Norbert Callens (BEL) 11th
Norbert Callens Belgium 3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer July 2, 1949  Roger Lambrecht (BEL) 4, Boulogne-sur-Mer — Rouen July 3, 1949  Jacques Marinelli (FRA) DNF
1952 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 1, Brest — Rennes June 25, 1952 Opening stage 3, Le Mans — Rouen June 27, 1952  Nello Lauredi (FRA) DNF
1956 Gilbert Desmet Belgium 3, Lille — Rouen July 7, 1956  André Darrigade (FRA) 4b, Rouen — Caen July 8, 1956  André Darrigade (FRA) 21st
Jan Adriaensens Belgium 12, Pau — Luchon July 17, 1956  André Darrigade (FRA) 15, Montpellier — Aix-en-Provence July 20, 1956  Wout Wagtmans (NED) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1958 Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 2, Ghent — Dunkirk June 27, 1958  André Darrigade (FRA) 3, Dunkirk — Mers-les-Bains June 28, 1958  Wim van Est (NED) 10th
1959 Eddy Pauwels Belgium 9, Bordeaux — Bayonne July 3, 1959  Robert Cazala (FRA) 10, Bayonne — Bagnères-de-Bigorre July 5, 1959  Michel Vermeulin (FRA) 11th
16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne July 11, 1959  Jos Hoevenaers (BEL) 17, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble July 13, 1959  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 13, Albi — Aurillac July 8, 1959  Michel Vermeulin (FRA) 16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne July 11, 1959  Eddy Pauwels (BEL) 8th
1960 Julien Schepens Belgium 1a, Lille — Brussels June 26, 1960 Opening stage 1b, Brussels — Brussels June 26, 1960  Gastone Nencini (ITA) DNF
Jan Adriaensens Belgium 6, Saint-Malo — Lorient July 1, 1960  Henry Anglade (FRA) 10, Mont-de-Marsan — Pau July 5, 1960  Gastone Nencini (ITA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1962 Willy Schroeders Flandria–Faema–Clément 9, La Rochelle — Bordeaux July 2, 1962  André Darrigade (FRA) 12, Pau — Saint-Gaudens July 5, 1962  Tom Simpson (GBR) DNF
Jef Planckaert Flandria–Faema–Clément 13, Luchon — Superbagnères July 6, 1962  Tom Simpson (GBR) 20, Bourgoin — Lyon July 13, 1962  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1963 Eddy Pauwels Wiel's–Groene Leeuw 1, Paris — Épernay June 23, 1963 Opening stage 3, Jambes — Roubaix June 25, 1963  Seamus Elliott (IRL) 13th
Gilbert Desmet Wiel's–Groene Leeuw 6b, Angers — Angers June 28, 1963  Seamus Elliott (IRL) 16, Grenoble — Val-d'Isère July 9, 1963  Federico Bahamontes (ESP) 5th
1964 Edward Sels Solo–Superia 1, Rennes — Lisieux June 22, 1964 Opening stage 3a, Amiens — Forest June 24, 1964  Bernard Van de Kerckhove (BEL) 33rd
Bernard Van de Kerckhove Solo–Superia 3a, Amiens — Forest June 24, 1964  Edward Sels (BEL) 5, Lunéville — Freiburg June 26, 1964  Rudi Altig (GER) 57th
1965 Rik Van Looy Solo–Superia 1a, Cologne — Liège June 22, 1965 Opening stage 2, Liège — Roubaix June 23, 1965  Bernard Van de Kerckhove (BEL) 31st
Bernard Van de Kerckhove Solo–Superia 2, Liège — Roubaix June 23, 1965  Rik Van Looy (BEL) 3, Roubaix — Rouen June 24, 1965  Felice Gimondi (ITA) DNF
7, La Baule — La Rochelle June 28, 1965  Felice Gimondi (ITA) 9, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre June 30, 1965  Felice Gimondi (ITA)
1967 Willy Van Neste Belgium 2, Saint-Malo — Caen July 1, 1967  José María Errandonea (ESP) 3, Caen — Amiens July 2, 1967  Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) 33rd
Jozef Spruyt Belgium 4, Amiens — Roubaix July 3, 1967  Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) 5a, Roubaix — Jambes July 4, 1967  Roger Pingeon (FRA) 57th
1968 Herman Van Springel Belgium A 3a, Forest — Forest June 30, 1968  Charly Grosskost (FRA) 4, Roubaix — Rouen July 1, 1968  Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
19, La Baule — La Rochelle July 18, 1968  Gregorio San Miguel (ESP) 22b, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre July 21, 1968  Jan Janssen (NED)
Georges Vandenberghe Belgium B 5a, Rouen — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne July 2, 1968  Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA) 16, Albi — Aurillac July 15, 1968  Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 18th
1969 Eddy Merckx Faema 1b, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Woluwe-Saint-Pierre June 29, 1969  Rudi Altig (GER) 2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht June 30, 1969  Julien Stevens (BEL) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
6, Mulhouse — Ballon d'Alsace July 4, 1969  Désiré Letort (FRA) winner
Julien Stevens Faema 2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht June 30, 1969  Eddy Merckx (BEL) 5, Nancy — Mulhouse July 3, 1969  Désiré Letort (FRA) 72nd
1970 Eddy Merckx Faemino–Faema P, Limoges June 27, 1970 Opening stage 2, La Rochelle — Angers June 28, 1970  Italo Zilioli (ITA) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
6, Amiens — Valenciennes July 2, 1970  Italo Zilioli (ITA) winner
1971 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Mulhouse June 26, 1971 Opening stage 1b, Basel — Freiburg June 27, 1971  Rini Wagtmans (NED) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1c, Freiburg — Mulhouse June 27, 1971  Rini Wagtmans (NED) 10, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble July 7, 1971  Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
14, Revel — Luchon July 12, 1971  Luis Ocaña (ESP) winner
1972 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Angers July 1, 1972 Opening stage 1, Angers — Saint-Brieuc July 2, 1972  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3b, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage July 4, 1972  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) 4, Merlin-Plage — Royan July 5, 1972  Cyrille Guimard (FRA)
8, Pau — Luchon July 10, 1972  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) winner
1973 Willy Teirlinck Sonolor 1a, Scheveningen — Rotterdam July 1, 1973  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas July 1, 1973  Herman Van Springel (BEL) 60th
Herman Van Springel Rokado–De Gribaldy 1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas July 1, 1973  Willy Teirlinck (BEL) 3, Roubaix — Reims July 3, 1973  José Catieau (FRA) 6th
1974 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Brest June 27, 1974 Opening stage 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon June 28, 1974  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4, Saint-Malo — Caen July 1, 1974  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) 5, Caen — Dieppe July 2, 1974  Gerben Karstens (NED)
7, Mons — Châlons-sur-Marne July 4, 1974  Gerben Karstens (NED) winner
Joseph Bruyère Molteni 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon June 28, 1974  Eddy Merckx (BEL) 4, Saint-Malo — Caen July 31, 1974  Eddy Merckx (BEL) 21st
Patrick Sercu Brooklyn 6a, Dieppe — Harelbeke July 3, 1974  Gerben Karstens (NED) 6b, Harelbeke — Harelbeke July 3, 1974  Gerben Karstens (NED) 89th
1975 Eddy Merckx Molteni–RYC 6, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage July 2, 1975  Francesco Moser (ITA) 15, Nice — Pra-Loup July 13, 1975  Bernard Thévenet (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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  Lucien Van Impe (BEL) 8th
Lucien Van Impe Gitane–Campagnolo 9, Divonne-les-Bains — Alpe d'Huez July 4, 1976  Freddy Maertens (BEL) 12, Le Barcarès — July 8, 1976  Raymond Delisle (FRA) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
14, Saint-Gaudens — Saint-Lary-Soulan July 10, 1976  Raymond Delisle (FRA) winner
1978 Joseph Bruyère C&A 8, Bordeaux — Biarritz July 7, 1978  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 16, Saint-Étienne — Alpe d'Huez July 16, 1978  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 4th
1980 Rudy Pevenage IJsboerke–Warncke Eis 3, Metz — Liège June 29, 1980  Yvon Bertin (FRA) 11, Damazan — Laplume July 8, 1980  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 42nd
1982 Ludo Peeters TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo 1, Basel — Möhlin July 3, 1982  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 2, Basel — Nancy July 4, 1982  Phil Anderson (AUS) 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  Jean-Louis Gauthier (FRA) DNF
1984 Ludo Peeters Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko 1, Bondy — Saint-Denis June 30, 1984  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 2, Bobigny — Louvroil July 1, 1984  Jacques Hanegraaf (NED) 57th
1985 Eric Vanderaerden Panasonic–Raleigh 1, Vannes — Lanester June 29, 1985  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 4, Fougères — Pont-Audemer July 2, 1985  Kim Andersen (DEN) 87th
1993 Wilfried Nelissen Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer 2, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Vannes July 5, 1993  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 4, Dinard — Avranches July 7, 1993  Mario Cipollini (ITA) DNF
5, Avranches — Évreux July 8, 1993  Mario Cipollini (ITA) 6, Évreux — Amiens July 9, 1993  Mario Cipollini (ITA)
Johan Museeuw GB–MG Maglificio 7, Péronne — Châlons-sur-Marne July 10, 1993  Mario Cipollini (ITA) 9, Lac de Madine — Lac de Madine July 12, 1993  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 50th
1994 Johan Museeuw GB–MG Maglificio 3, Calais — Eurotunnel July 5, 1994  Chris Boardman (GBR) 4, Dover — Brighton July 6, 1994  Flavio Vanzella (ITA) 80th
7, Rennes — Futuroscope July 9, 1994  Sean Yates (GBR) 9, Périgueux — Bergerac July 11, 1994  Miguel Induráin (ESP)
1995 Johan Bruyneel ONCE 7, Charleroi — Liège July 8, 1995  Bjarne Riis (DEN) 8, Huy — Seraing July 9, 1995  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 31st
2001 Marc Wauters Rabobank 2, Calais — Antwerp July 9, 2001  Christophe Moreau (FRA) 3, Antwerp — Seraing July 10, 2001  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) DNF
2006 Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic 3, Esch-sur-Alzette — Valkenburg July 4, 2006  Thor Hushovd (NOR) 7, Saint-Grégoire — Rennes July 8, 2006  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 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  Thor Hushovd (NOR) 38th
2013 Jan Bakelants RadioShack–Leopard 2, Bastia — Ajaccio June 30, 2013  Marcel Kittel (GER) 4, Nice — Nice July 2, 2013  Simon Gerrans (AUS) 18th
2016 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 5, Limoges — Le Lioran July 6, 2016  Peter Sagan (SVK) 8, Pau — Luchon July 9, 2016  Chris Froome (GBR) 44th
2018 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 3, Cholet — Cholet July 9, 2018  Peter Sagan (SVK) 11, Albertville — La Rosière July 18, 2018  Geraint Thomas (GBR) 28th

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.

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References[]

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