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Tour de France 2023: Riders with most stage wins in Tour history - Complete list

Mark Cavendish and Eddy Merckx hold the top position on the all-time list of stage winners, each with an impressive 34 victories. Here is the full list of riders with 10 or more wins.

A total of thirty-four riders have won 10 or more stages at the road cycling 's Tour de France.

Belgian legend Eddy Merckx and British sprinter Mark Cavendish currently share the record for most wins (34 each).

Below is the complete list, with an asterisk indicating active riders.

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Most stage wins of the Tour de France

The most stage wins in the Tour De France is 34 and was achieved by Eddie Merckx (Belgium) between 1969 and 1978. This was equalled by Mark Cavendish (UK) between 2007 and 2021.

Mark Cavendish AKA 'the Manx Missile' won the 13th Stage of the 2021 Tour De France equalling Eddy Merckx all-time record for stage wins.

Tour de France: Winners and records

The Tour de France has 4 jerseys on offer for the various competitions that take place within the race. The most prestigious jersey is the yellow jersey of the GC leader, which unfortunately has been tainted on a few occasions since the turn of the century (see table below). The green jersey is the points classification sought after by sprinters and classics men. The polka dot jersey recognizes the rider who obtains the most mountain points, while the white jersey is a GC for riders under 26.

* Initially Alberto Contador was the winner. He had to give back his title after charges of doping.

** Lance Armstrong’s victories (1999 t/m 2005) have been taken from him due to the use of doping. No new winner was declared.

Tour de France Records

Four riders remain in the record books for having won the Tour de France five times: Eddy Merckx, Bernhard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Jacques Anquetil .

Anquetil pulled off the unthinkable in 1961 when he held the yellow jersey from the first day of the race right up until the end.

Peter Sagan holds the record for green jersey wins with seven.

Richard Virenque is the King of the Mountains in the Tour de France. He won the polka dot jersey 4 times in a row from 1994-1997, and added a further three jerseys in 1999, 2003 and 2004.

Tadej Pogacar took home the white jersey four times, while Andy Schleck and Jan Ullrich both won the young riders classification three times.

In 1969, Eddy Merckx won the yellow jersey, the green jersey and the polka dot jersey, the only man ever to do so in a single Tour de France. He also has the most stage wins with 34, a record that he shares with Mark Cavendish.

The youngest winner ever was Henri Cornet, winning the 1904 Tour at 19 years of age. The oldest winner is Firmin Lambot, who was 36 years when he won in 1922.

Cadel Evans is the oldest winner post WWII – in 2011 he was 34 when he finally won his yellow jersey after years of trying.

Tadej Pogacar is the youngest post-WW2 Tour de France winner. He turned 22 the day after he won the 2020 edition.

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It is the biggest cycling race in the world: a national event that France cherishes almost as much as its Eiffel Tower and its 360 native cheeses! Every year in July, the Tour de France sets off on the roads of France and crosses some of its most beautiful landscapes. Here’s everything you should know in advance of the 2018 race…

‘La Grande Boucle’

In over a century of existence, the Tour has extended its distance and passed through the whole country. Almost 3,500 kilometers are now covered each year in the first three weeks of July, with 22 teams of 8 cyclists. The 176 competitors criss-cross the most beautiful roads of France in 23 days, over 21 stages. More than a third of France’s departments are passed through, on a route that changes each year.

A little tour to start

The first ever Tour de France took place in 1903. It had just six stages – Paris-Lyon, Lyon-Marseille, Marseille-Toulouse, Toulouse-Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Nantes and Nantes-Paris – and 60 cyclists at the start line. At the time, the brave cycled up to 18 hours at a stretch, by day and night, on roads and dirt tracks. By the end, they’d managed 2,300 kilometers. Must have had some tight calves!

Mountain events are often the most famous and hotly contested. Spectators watch in awe as the riders attack the passes and hit speeds of 100 km/h. In the Pyrenees and the Alps, the Galibier and Tourmalet ascents are legendary sections of the Tour, worthy of a very elegant polka dot jersey for the best climber…

The darling of the Tour

In terms of the number of victories per nation, France comes out on top, with 36 races won by a French cyclist. In second place is Belgium with 18 wins, and in third is Spain with 12. The darling of the Tour remains Eddy Merckx, holding the record of 111 days in the yellow jersey. This Belgian won 5 times the Great Loop as Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Michael Indurain.

‘Le maillot jaune’

The yellow jersey is worn by the race winner in the general classification (calculated by adding up the times from each individual stage). This tradition goes back to 1919. It has nothing to do with the July sunshine or the sunflower fields along the roads; it was simply the colour of the pages of newspaper L’Auto, which was creator and organiser of the competition at the time.

The Tour de France is the third major world sporting event after the Olympic Games and the World Cup, covered by 600 media and 2,000 journalists. The race is broadcast in 130 countries by 100 television channels over 6,300 hours, and is followed by 3.5 billion viewers.

The Champs-Élysées finish

Each year the Tour departs from a different city, whether in France or in a neighbouring country. Since 1975, the triumphal arrival of the cyclists has always taken place across a finish line on Paris’ Champs-Élysées. It’s a truly beautiful setting for the final sprint.

And the winner is…

Seen from the sky and filmed by helicopters or drones, the Tour route resembles a long ribbon winding its way through France’s stunning landscapes: the groves of Normandy, the peaks of the Alps, the shores of Brittany and the beaches of the Côte d’Azur. In 2017, it was the Izoard pass in Hautes-Alpes that was elected the most beautiful stage, at an altitude of 2,361 metres. Which one gets your vote?

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Soudal Quick-Step can score on all terrains with Merlier, Vansevenant and Alaphilippe: "It won't be easy"

O n Tuesday afternoon, Soudal Quick-Step announced its selection for the Giro d'Italia. The Belgian WorldTour team is hoping for several stage wins from Tim Merlier but also expects great performances from former world champion Julian Alaphilippe.

The standout in the selection is undoubtedly Tim Merlier. The 31-year-old Belgian was overlooked for the Tour de France, where Quick-Step is fully backing Remco Evenepoel, and will therefore have the full support of his teammate Bert Van Lerberghe in Italy. Merlier has already won seven races this year and single-handedly salvaged the Wolfpack’s lackluster spring, but this is only his second time participating in the Giro. In 2021, he managed to win the second stage for Alpecin-Fenix but returned home after the tenth stage. If Merlier has set his sights on the purple points jersey, he will have to endure almost twice as long.

Soudal Quick-Step can score on all terrains with Merlier, Alaphilippe, and Vansevenant

Two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe is making his debut in the Italian cycling tour and is free to race aggressively. The gravel stage on day six suits him perfectly, as do other hilly stages that are right up his alley. Mauri Vansevenant, perhaps the surprise of the Ardennes classics with a fourth place at the Amstel Gold Race and sixth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, will be seeking out more high mountain stages, along with Pieter Serry or Jan Hirt. The American debutant Luke Lamperti and the Czech time trial specialist Josef Cerny will need to play more supportive roles for the team.

"We have a strong team for the first grand tour of the season, with riders who can make a difference in the sprints, in the hilly stages, and also in the mountains," team director Davide Bramati explains in the press release. "All the guys are confident and motivated to put on a good Giro. It won't be easy, it never is, but we are ready to perform day by day over the next three weeks, put our best foot forward, and hopefully achieve some great results."

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

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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Carlos Rodríguez Wins Tour De Romandie, Dorian Godon Takes Tricky Final Stage

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Up and coming Spanish star Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) safely navigated wet conditions on the final stage of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday, holding onto the race leader’s yellow jersey in Vernier.

Winner of stage 14 of the Tour de France last year, Rodríguez’s success is the first general classification victory of his pro career and continues his evolution as one of Spain’s big hopes for the future.

He beat Aleksandr Vlasov by seven seconds overall, with another Bora-Hansgrohe rider Florian Lipowitz a further two seconds back in third.

Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) rounded out the top five.

The final stage came down to a sprint taken by Frenchman Dorian Godon (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), also winner of stage one. He put in a powerful sprint to blast home comfortably ahead of Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek), Dion Smith (Intermarché-Wanty), Tim van Dijke (Visma Lease a Bike) and many others.

“After yesterday being in the breakaway I was tired,” Godon said. “And the weather today was not good for me, really. My team did incredible work. With about 500 meters to go I wasn’t near the front. I was a bit far back in that turn but I just came with the right speed.

“My form has been really good since the start of the season.”

A distant 70th in the short prologue on Tuesday, Rodríguez moved up the general classification with each passing stage. He jumped from 14th to fourth overall in the individual time trial on Friday, then vaulted into the race lead on Saturday with a strong ride on the mountain stage to Leysin.

Sunday was all about staying out of trouble, and the 23 year old did just that in wet, slippery conditions which saw several riders fall.

PODIUM!! Dion Smith sprints to 3rd place in the final stage of Tour de Romandie His first podium for Intermarché-Wanty #TDR2024 pic.twitter.com/81o2fHIxKG — Intermarché-Wanty (@IntermarcheW) April 28, 2024

Slippery when wet in Switzerland

Starting and finishing in two different locations in Vernier, the 150.8km stage was an undulating one, and took in four laps of a circuit which included the third category climb of Dardagny.

Several early attacks fired off but the day’s first significant move wasn’t established until 24km after the start when Rémi Cavagna (Movistar Team), Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) and Alexandre Balmer (Swiss Cycling) went clear.

These were joined very soon afterwards by Marco Brenner (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) and together they stretched their lead to two minutes. Cavagna attacked the break with 46km remaining but Rafferty and Brenner got back up to him 15km later, only for the trio to be reabsorbed by the bunch with 28km left on the clock.

A number of unsuccessful attacks were fired off, including one by former race leader Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), who was trying to overcome his 27 second deficit to yellow.

Wet conditions were making things tricky on the descents and several riders fell in two incidents.

Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) and Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco AlUla) made a joint bid for stage honours with 12km to go, but lasted just four kilometers out front. The sprinters’ teams were working hard to guarantee a group finish, with Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale nailing the finale and taking the win with Godon.

Rodríguez avoided trouble and sealed the overall victory, taking an important confidence booster.

“Winning like this gives a lot of motivation for the future. Now I take a bit of a break and prepare for the best possible for the Tour de France,” he said.

“The next race will be the Dauphiné. For the Tour, I want to feel better than last year. I am not sure what that will mean in terms of the result, but I want to leave the Tour knowing that I did my best, and to leave everything on the road on each stage.”

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Rodriguez wins Tour de Romandie as Godon edges final stage

Leysin (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ineos Grenadier rider Carlos Rodriguez won the Tour de Romandie on Sunday as Dorian Godon took the sprint in the fifth and final stage in Vernier, near Geneva.

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It marked a first World Tour stage race victory for the 23-year-old Spaniard who finished seven seconds ahead of Alexandre Vlasov in the general classification.

The Russian was a further two seconds clear of German rookie Florian Lipowitz, his Bora teammate.

Rodriguez took the overall lead when he finished third in Saturday's mountainous 'queen' stage and had little difficulty in maintaining it in the straightforward 150.8km final stage.

He was content to stay in the peloton, surrounded by his Ineos team-mates, including Colombian Egan Bernal.

Rodriguez showed his potential last year by winning a mountain stage of the Tour de France in Morzine and then finishing fifth overall in Paris on his first appearance.

In early form this season, he won the final stage of the Tour of the Basque Country three weeks ago and took second place overall.

Sunday provided a second stage win of the race for French rider Godon (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), who had already won the opener on Wednesday.

"Cycling is all about spirals and confidence," the 27-year-old told L'Equipe. "My team-mates did a great job for me."

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Tour of Turkey: Tobias Lund Andresen wins stage 4 sprint, moves into race lead

Dane claims first professional victory ahead of Van Poppel in second and Uhlig in third

Tobias Lund Andresen ((Dsm-firmenich PostNL) emerged from a hectic finish to win stage 4 of the Tour of Turkey in Bodrum.

The Dane needed a late bike change but returned to the peloton and then timed his effort perfectly on the rising finish after Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and the remains of the early break were caught in the final kilometre.

Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Deceuninck) third as other riders slowed each other in the search for the best wheel to follow.

Thanks to his stage victory and the time bonuses, Lund Andresen also took the race leader’s blue jersey, which he will wear during the 177.9km fifth stage from Bodrum to Kuşadası.

Lund Andresen was overjoyed to win his first professional race.

“The plan was that if Fabio made it over the climb, we’d go with him but he didn’t have the leg, so we made a nice plan for me and the team did an amazing job and I was able to take the win,” he said.

“It was a hard stage, with a lot of climbing. The roads are not the best, so it’s almost like riding cobblestones the whole day. It was grippy but that was quite nice for me.”

A breakaway again tried to foil the sprinters’ teams and the peloton, with eight riders going away with 110 km to race of the 137.9 km stage.

They worked well together and extended their lead to close to 2:00 but then Polti-Kometa and Astana Qazaqstan drove the chase. The Italian team was keen to defend Giovanni Lonardi’s race lead, while Astana Qazaqstan rode for stage 2 winner Max Kanter.

The hilly profile of the stage again ruled out the pure sprinters, with Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Fabio Jakobsen (Dsm-firmenich PostNL) and others dropped from the peloton.

The break reduced to five riders over the final climb after 95 km but James Whelan (Q36.5), Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA),  Tarozzi, Owen Geleijn (TDT - Unibet) and Gianni Marchand (Tarteletto-Isorex) pushed on and held a lead of 40 seconds on the fast ride to Bodrum.

Whelan split the attack on a late climb with 10km to go, with only Tarozzi, Johnston and Marchand able to go with him. They attacked each other and the pace eased so the peloton closed the gap on the run-in to the finish.

Tarozzi refused to give up hope and attacked alone inside the final kilometre. He got a gap but then faded on the rising finish as Lund Andresen timed his effort to perfection.

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