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France 04 Jul – 26 Jul 2026 Class 2.UWT – Stages – UCI WorldTour
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Startlist for the Tour de France 2026
Here is the full team-by-team startlist for the 2026 Tour de France (2.UWT), featuring 23 teams and 184 riders.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
- 1 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
- 2 Isaac del Toro (MEX)
- 3 Felix Großschartner (AUT)
- 4 Brandon McNulty (USA)
- 5 Nils Politt (GER)
- 6 Florian Vermeersch (BEL)
- 7 Tim Wellens (BEL)
- 8 Adam Yates (GBR)
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
- 11 Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
- 12 Edoardo Affini (ITA)
- 13 Bruno Armirail (FRA)
- 14 Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
- 15 Per Strand Hagenes (NOR)
- 16 Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
- 17 Sepp Kuss (USA)
- 18 Davide Piganzoli (ITA)
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
- 21 Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
- 22 Mattia Cattaneo (ITA)
- 23 Nico Denz (GER)
- 24 Jai Hindley (AUS)
- 25 Florian Lipowitz (GER)
- 26 Jan Tratnik (SLO)
- 27 Tim van Dijke (NED)
- 28 Maxim Van Gils (BEL)
Lidl-Trek
- 31 Juan Ayuso (ESP)
- 32 Derek Gee-West (CAN)
- 33 Mads Pedersen (DEN)
- 34 Quinn Simmons (USA)
- 35 Mattias Skjelmose (DEN)
- 36 Toms Skujiņš (LAT)
- 37 Mathias Vacek (CZE)
- 38 Carlos Verona (ESP)
EF Education-EasyPost
- 41 Richard Carapaz (ECU)
- 42 Ben Healy (IRL)
- 43 Kasper Asgreen (DEN)
- 44 Michael Valgren (DEN)
- 45 Alex Baudin (FRA)
- 46 Sean Quinn (USA)
- 47 Max Walker (GBR)
- 48 Georg Steinhauser (GER)
Decathlon CMA CGM Team
- 51 Paul Seixas (FRA)
- 52 Tiesj Benoot (BEL)
- 53 Cees Bol (NED)
- 54 Daan Hoole (NED)
- 55 Olav Kooij (NED)
- 56 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)
- 57 Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA)
- 58 Matthew Riccitello (USA)
XDS Astana Team
- 61 Sergio Higuita (COL)
- 62 Davide Ballerini (ITA)
- 63 Aaron Gate (NZL)
- 64 Max Kanter (GER)
- 65 Harold Tejada (COL)
- 66 Mike Teunissen (NED)
- 67 Simone Velasco (ITA)
- 68 Nicolas Vinokurov (KAZ)
Bahrain Victorious
- 71 Lenny Martinez (FRA)
- 72 Phil Bauhaus (GER)
- 73 Damiano Caruso (ITA)
- 74 Kamil Gradek (POL)
- 75 Matej Mohorič (SLO)
- 76 Robert Stannard (AUS)
- 77 Antonio Tiberi (ITA)
- 78 Vlad Van Mechelen (BEL)
Netcompany-Ineos Cycling Team
- 81 Egan Bernal (COL)
- 82 Thymen Arensman (NED)
- 83 Tobias Foss (NOR)
- 84 Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 85 Dorian Godon (FRA)
- 86 Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)
- 87 Josh Tarling (GBR)
- 88 Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)
Soudal Quick-Step
- 91 Tim Merlier (BEL)
- 92 Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED)
- 93 Valentin Paret-Peintre (FRA)
- 94 Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
- 95 Dylan van Baarle (NED)
- 96 Bert Van Lerberghe (BEL)
- 97 Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)
- 98 Louis Vervaeke (BEL)
Alpecin-Premier Tech
- 101 Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
- 102 Ramses Debruyne (BEL)
- 103 Silvan Dillier (SUI)
- 104 Tim Marsman (NED)
- 105 Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
- 106 Edward Planckaert (BEL)
- 107 Jonas Rickaert (BEL)
- 108 Emiel Verstrynge (BEL)
Team Jayco AlUla
- 111 Ben O’Connor (AUS)
- 112 Pascal Ackermann (GER)
- 113 Luke Durbridge (AUS)
- 114 Felix Engelhardt (GER)
- 115 Michael Matthews (AUS)
- 116 Kelland O’Brien (AUS)
- 117 Luke Plapp (AUS)
- 118 Mauro Schmid (SUI)
Uno-X Mobility
- 121 Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR)
- 122 Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR)
- 123 Anthon Charmig (DEN)
- 124 Magnus Cort (DEN)
- 125 Anders Halland Johannessen (NOR)
- 126 Anders Skaarseth (NOR)
- 127 Torstein Træen (NOR)
- 128 Søren Wærenskjold (NOR)
NSN Cycling Team
- 131 Biniam Girmay (ERI)
- 132 Lewis Askey (GBR)
- 133 George Bennett (NZL)
- 134 Marco Frigo (ITA)
- 135 Matîs Louvel (FRA)
- 136 Krists Neilands (LAT)
- 137 Jake Stewart (GBR)
- 138 Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)
Movistar Team
- 141 Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL)
- 142 Pablo Castrillo (ESP)
- 143 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (ECU)
- 144 Raúl García Pierna (ESP)
- 145 Michel Heßmann (GER)
- 146 Nelson Oliveira (POR)
- 147 Javier Romo (ESP)
- 148 Einer Rubio (COL)
Lotto-Intermarché
- 151 Arnaud De Lie (BEL)
- 152 Huub Artz (NED)
- 153 Jenno Berckmoes (BEL)
- 154 Lars Craps (BEL)
- 155 Liam Slock (BEL)
- 156 Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL)
- 157 Baptiste Veistroffer (FRA)
- 158 Georg Zimmermann (GER)
Cofidis
- 161 Ion Izagirre (ESP)
- 162 Piet Allegaert (BEL)
- 163 Alex Aranburu (ESP)
- 164 Jenthe Biermans (BEL)
- 165 Milan Fretin (BEL)
- 166 Alex Kirsch (LUX)
- 167 Hugo Page (FRA)
- 168 Benjamin Thomas (FRA)
Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- 171 Tom Pidcock (GBR)
- 172 Xabier Mikel Azparren (ESP)
- 173 Chris Harper (AUS)
- 174 Quinten Hermans (BEL)
- 175 Damien Howson (AUS)
- 176 Xandro Meurisse (BEL)
- 177 Brent Van Moer (BEL)
- 178 Fred Wright (GBR)
Groupama-FDJ United
- 181 Romain Grégoire (FRA)
- 182 Clément Berthet (FRA)
- 183 Clément Braz Afonso (FRA)
- 184 Ewen Costiou (FRA)
- 185 Lorenzo Germani (ITA)
- 186 Guillaume Martin (FRA)
- 187 Quentin Pacher (FRA)
- 188 Clément Russo (FRA)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 191 Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
- 192 Arvid de Kleijn (NED)
- 193 Marco Haller (AUT)
- 194 Marc Hirschi (SUI)
- 195 Rick Pluimers (NED)
- 196 Michael Storer (AUS)
- 197 Matteo Trentin (ITA)
- 198 Yannis Voisard (SUI)
Team TotalEnergies
- 201 Jordan Jegat (FRA)
- 202 Nicolas Breuillard (FRA)
- 203 Joris Delbove (FRA)
- 204 Alexandre Delettre (FRA)
- 205 Thibault Guernalec (FRA)
- 206 Mathis Le Berre (FRA)
- 207 Anthony Turgis (FRA)
- 208 Mattéo Vercher (FRA)
Team Picnic PostNL
- 211 Warren Barguil (FRA)
- 212 Frits Biesterbos (NED)
- 213 Pavel Bittner (CZE)
- 214 John Degenkolb (GER)
- 215 Robbe Dhondt (BEL)
- 216 Niklas Märkl (GER)
- 217 Julius van den Berg (NED)
- 218 Frank van den Broek (NED)
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
- 221 Fernando Gaviria (COL)
- 222 Abel Balderstone (ESP)
- 223 Sebastian Berwick (AUS)
- 224 Alex Molenaar (NED)
- 225 Joel Nicolau (ESP)
- 226 Stefano Oldani (ITA)
- 227 Jakub Otruba (CZE)
- 228 José Félix Parra (ESP)
Program of the Tour de France 2026
Here is the complete stage schedule (program) for the 2026 Tour de France (2.UWT). The 113th edition kicks off with a Grand Départ in Barcelona, Spain, before crossing the Pyrenees into France and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Week 1: Grand Départ in Catalonia & The Pyrenees
| Stage | Date | Type | Route | Distance |
| Stage 1 | Sat 07/04 | Team Time-Trial | Barcelone > Barcelone | 19.6 km |
| Stage 2 | Sun 07/05 | Hilly | Tarragone > Barcelone | 168.5 km |
| Stage 3 | Mon 07/06 | Mountains | Granollers > Les Angles | 195.9 km |
| Stage 4 | Tue 07/07 | Hilly | Carcassonne > Foix | 181.9 km |
| Stage 5 | Wed 07/08 | Flat | Lannemezan > Pau | 158.3 km |
| Stage 6 | Thu 07/09 | Mountains | Pau > Gavarnie-Gèdre | 186.2 km |
| Stage 7 | Fri 07/10 | Flat | Hagetmau > Bordeaux | 175.1 km |
| Stage 8 | Sat 07/11 | Flat | Périgueux > Bergerac | 180.4 km |
| Stage 9 | Sun 07/12 | Hilly | Malemort > Ussel | 185.5 km |
| Rest Day | Mon 07/13 | — | Rest Day 1: Cantal | — |
Week 2: Central Massif, Vosges & Jura
| Stage | Date | Type | Route | Distance |
| Stage 10 | Tue 07/14 | Mountains | Aurillac > Le Lioran | 166.6 km |
| Stage 11 | Wed 07/15 | Flat | Vichy > Nevers | 161.3 km |
| Stage 12 | Thu 07/16 | Flat | Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours > Chalon-sur-Saône | 179.1 km |
| Stage 13 | Fri 07/17 | Hilly | Dole > Belfort | 205.8 km |
| Stage 14 | Sat 07/18 | Mountains | Mulhouse > Le Markstein Fellering | 155.3 km |
| Stage 15 | Sun 07/19 | Mountains | Champagnole > Plateau de Solaison | 183.9 km |
| Rest Day | Mon 07/20 | — | Rest Day 2: Haute-Savoie | — |
Week 3: The High Alps & Paris Finale
| Stage | Date | Type | Route | Distance |
| Stage 16 | Tue 07/21 | Individual Time Trial | Évian-les-Bains > Thonon-les-Bains | 26.1 km |
| Stage 17 | Wed 07/22 | Flat | Chambery > Voiron | 174.7 km |
| Stage 18 | Thu 07/23 | Mountains | Voiron > Orcières-Merlette | 185.2 km |
| Stage 19 | Fri 07/24 | Mountains | Gap > Alpe d’Huez | 127.9 km |
| Stage 20 | Sat 07/25 | Mountains | Le Bourg d’Oisans > Alpe d’Huez | 170.9 km |
| Stage 21 | Sun 07/26 | Flat | Thoiry > Paris Champs-Élysées | 133.0 km |
Total Distance: 3,320.7 km
Key Highlights: A rare opening team time trial in Barcelona, consecutive grueling summit finishes at Alpe d’Huez on stages 19 and 20, and the highest point of the race crossing the iconic Col du Galibier (2,642 m).
Team Time Trial Start Times
The 2026 Tour de France kicks off on Saturday, July 4, with an exciting 19.6 km Team Time Trial (TTT) through the streets of Barcelona.
Teams will set off at 5-minute intervals. Here is the official start order and local start times (CET) for all 23 teams:
Stage 1 Team Time Trial Start Times
| Order | Start Time (CET) | Team |
| 1 | 17:05 | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
| 2 | 17:10 | Team Picnic PostNL |
| 3 | 17:15 | TotalEnergies |
| 4 | 17:20 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| 5 | 17:25 | Groupama-FDJ United |
| 6 | 17:30 | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| 7 | 17:35 | Cofidis |
| 8 | 17:40 | Lotto-Intermarché |
| 9 | 17:45 | Movistar Team |
| 10 | 17:50 | NSN Cycling Team |
| 11 | 17:55 | Uno-X Mobility |
| 12 | 18:00 | Team Jayco AlUla |
| 13 | 18:05 | Alpecin-Premier Tech |
| 14 | 18:10 | Soudal Quick-Step |
| 15 | 18:15 | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team |
| 16 | 18:20 | Bahrain Victorious |
| 17 | 18:25 | XDS Astana Team |
| 18 | 18:30 | Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
| 19 | 18:35 | EF Education – EasyPost |
| 20 | 18:40 | Lidl-Trek |
| 21 | 18:45 | Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe (Remco Evenepoel) |
| 22 | 18:50 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike (Jonas Vingegaard) |
| 23 | 18:55 | UAE Team Emirates XRG (Tadej Pogačar) |
💡 Quick Note: The heavy GC favorites (Red Bull-Bora, Visma, and UAE) are stacked right at the very end of the order, meaning the battle for the first yellow jersey will come down to the final few minutes of the broadcast!
What an explosive start to the 2026 Tour de France in Barcelona! The unique “alternative format” team time trial featured individual times mattering for the finish, creating immediate gaps among the GC heavyweights.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike took a thrilling victory, putting Jonas Vingegaard directly into the first yellow jersey of the race.
Here is how the top of the leaderboard shook out for Stage 1 and the initial General Classification (GC) standings:
Stage 1 & GC Top Standings
| # | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 21′ 47″ |
| 2 | Filippo Ganna | Netcompany INEOS | + 07″ |
| 3 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | + 11″ |
| 4 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | + 15″ |
| 5 | Remco Evenepoel | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | + 18″ |
| 6 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | + 26″ |
| 7 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 28″ |
Key Takeaways from Stage 1
- Visma’s Masterclass: Visma | Lease a Bike paced the 19.6km course to perfection. Matteo Jorgenson and Davide Piganzoli did massive final turns before Vingegaard launched up the Montjuïc finale to claim the stage and the Yellow Jersey.
- Pogačar Limits Damage: UAE Team Emirates fell behind early on, but Tadej Pogačar went completely solo in the final meters up the steep ramp, minimizing his loss to just 11 seconds behind his arch-rival.
- Heartbreak for INEOS: Netcompany INEOS put down a blazing ride and held the hot seat for a long time thanks to an absolute powerhouse finish by Filippo Ganna. However, it was bittersweet as their French GC hopeful, Kévin Vauquelin, suffered a brutal rear-wheel puncture in the final 5km and lost significant time.
The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious and famous annual bicycle race. Its history is a fascinating mix of marketing strategy, extreme human endurance, and sporting evolution.
Here is a breakdown of how the race came to be and how it evolved:
The Origins: A Newspaper War (1903)
The Tour de France was not originally created for the love of sport, but to sell newspapers. In the early 1900s, France’s leading sports paper was Le Vélo. When a group of advertisers—including bicycle manufacturer Adolphe Clément and businessman Henri Desgrange—disagreed with Le Vélo’s political stances, they set up a rival paper called L’Auto.
To boost their low circulation numbers, a young cycling journalist named Géo Lefèvre suggested a massive, unprecedented bicycle race around the entire country. On July 1, 1903, the first Tour de France began.
- The First Race: 60 riders started the 2,428-kilometer race. It featured six massive stages, and riders had to cycle through the night.
- The First Winner: Maurice Garin won the inaugural race, and L’Auto saw its circulation skyrocket, successfully putting its rival newspaper out of business.
The Early Years & Introduction of Mountains (1904–1914)
The early editions of the Tour were wild and chaotic. Cheating was rampant; in 1904, the top four finishers (including Garin) were disqualified for taking trains or having cars pull them during the night. Fans also frequently sabotaged riders by throwing tacks on the road.
Despite the chaos, the race grew. The organizers constantly looked for ways to make the race harder:
- 1905: The race introduced its first major climbs in the Vosges mountains.
- 1910: The Tour entered the high Pyrenees for the first time. The infamous Col du Tourmalet was so brutal that rider Octave Lapize famously yelled “Assassins!” at the race organizers as he reached the top.
- 1911: The Alps were added to the route.
The Evolution of the Yellow Jersey (1919)
The race took a break during World War I and returned in 1919. It was during this race that the iconic Yellow Jersey (Maillot Jaune) was introduced. The race leader needed to be easily identifiable to spectators and journalists, so Henri Desgrange chose yellow—the same color as the pages of his newspaper, L’Auto. The first man to wear it was Frenchman Eugène Christophe.
The Era of National Teams vs. Trade Teams
- 1930s–1960s: In 1930, to combat collusion between bicycle manufacturers, the Tour switched from commercial trade teams to national teams (e.g., Team France, Team Italy). This era produced legendary rivalries, such as the fierce Italian rivalry between Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi.
- 1969: The race permanently shifted back to commercial sponsor-based trade teams, which is how the sport operates today.
The Legends and Dominant Eras
Over the decades, a select group of riders dominated the sport, winning the Tour a record five times:
- Jacques Anquetil (France): The first to win five times (1957, 1961–1964), known for his calculated, smooth time-tripling style.
- Eddy Merckx (Belgium): Nicknamed “The Cannibal” for his relentless desire to win every stage and jersey possible. He won five Tours between 1969 and 1974.
- Bernard Hinault (France): A fierce competitor who won five times between 1978 and 1985. He remains the last Frenchman to win the Tour.
- Miguel Indurain (Spain): Dominated the 1990s by winning five consecutive Tours (1991–1995) through unmatched time-trialing capabilities and defensive mountain climbing.
The Doping Scandals & Modern Era
The Tour’s history has also been deeply impacted by doping scandals, as riders pushed their bodies past human limits.
- 1998 Festina Affair: A major police raid exposed widespread systemic doping within teams, nearly canceling the race.
- The Lance Armstrong Era: American Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tours from 1999 to 2005. However, following a massive federal and USADA investigation into systemic team doping, he was stripped of all seven titles in 2012, leaving those years officially without a winner.
Following these crises, the sport implemented strict anti-doping measures, including the introduction of the Athlete Biological Passport in 2008.
The Tour Today
Today, the Tour de France is a global phenomenon broadcast to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It alternates its route every year but always maintains a few core traditions: it lasts 23 days (21 stages and 2 rest days), covers roughly 3,300 to 3,500 kilometers, features grueling mountain stages in the Alps and Pyrenees, and traditionally finishes on the historic Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Despite its small size, Luxembourg has a remarkably rich and incredibly successful history in the Tour de France. Over the years, four different riders from Luxembourg have won the general classification, placing the country high on the all-time historic list.
Here is the breakdown of the most famous Luxembourgish cyclists to have shaped the history of the Tour:
The Early Pioneers (1900s–1920s)
- François Faber: In 1909, Faber became the first non-French rider ever to win the Tour de France. Known for his incredible physical power and endurance, he completely dominated the 1909 edition by winning five consecutive stages—a record that still stands today. He won a total of 19 Tour stages during his career.
- Nicolas Frantz: One of the most dominant riders of the late 1920s, Frantz won back-to-back Tours in 1927 and 1928. His 1928 victory is legendary: he wore the Yellow Jersey from the very first stage to the last, and even won a stage riding on a borrowed women’s bicycle after his own bike frame broke. His supremacy was so total that locals back home jokingly called it the “Tour de Frantz.”
The “Angel of the Mountains” (1950s)
- Charly Gaul: Widely considered one of the greatest pure climbers in cycling history, Gaul won the Tour de France in 1958. Nicknamed the “Angel of the Mountains,” he was famous for his effortless, high-cadence pedaling style on steep inclines and his uncanny ability to thrive in terrible weather. His legendary solo breakaway through freezing rain and snow on the Col de la Chartreuse in 1958 sealed his place in Tour history. He also won the King of the Mountains jersey twice (1955, 1956).
The Modern Era (2000s–Present)
- Kim Kirchen: A versatile rider who brought Luxembourg back to the forefront in the mid-2000s. In the 2008 Tour de France, he won a stage and wore both the Green Jersey and the Yellow Jersey, finishing 7th overall.
- Andy Schleck: The winner of the 2010 Tour de France. Andy was famous for his fierce mountain battles against Spain’s Alberto Contador, particularly on the iconic slopes of the Col du Tourmalet. Alongside his 2010 victory, he finished as the runner-up in 2009 and 2011, and won the White Jersey (Best Young Rider) three consecutive times.
- Fränk Schleck: Andy’s older brother and teammate. He won prestigious mountain stages at the Tour (including the historic Alpe d’Huez in 2006). In 2011, Fränk finished 3rd overall while Andy took 2nd, making them the first—and only—brothers in history to share the final podium together in Paris.
- Bob Jungels: Carrying the torch into the modern era, Jungels won the Best Young Rider classification at other Grand Tours and won a spectacular solo mountain stage at the 2022 Tour de France after an impressive 60km breakaway.
Here are the definitive statistics for the Tour de France general classification winners, broken down by individual records and country dominance:
Most Individual Victories
Four legendary cyclists share the record for the most official Tour de France titles, with 5 wins each.
| Rider | Country | Wins | Years Won |
| Jacques Anquetil | France | 5 | 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| Eddy Merckx | Belgium | 5 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 |
| Bernard Hinault | France | 5 | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 |
| Miguel Indurain | Spain | 5 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (Only rider to win 5 in a row) |
| Chris Froome | Great Britain | 4 | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | 4 | 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 |
| Philippe Thys | Belgium | 3 | 1913, 1914, 1920 |
| Louison Bobet | France | 3 | 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| Greg LeMond | United States | 3 | 1986, 1989, 1990 |
Note: Lance Armstrong crossed the finish line first seven times (1999–2005), but his titles were officially stripped in 2012 due to doping violations, leaving those years with no official winner.
Victories by Nation
Riders representing 15 different countries have won the Tour de France. France leads the historical count, largely due to its absolute dominance in the early decades of the race.
| # | Country | Total Wins | Number of Unique Winners |
| 1 | France | 36 | 21 |
| 2 | Belgium | 18 | 10 |
| 3 | Spain | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Denmark | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Ireland | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Colombia | 1 | 1 |
Key Historical Stats
- Youngest Winner: Henri Cornet (France) won the 1904 Tour de France at just 19 years, 352 days old (after the original top four finishers were disqualified months later). In modern history, Tadej Pogačar is the youngest at 21 years, 364 days old (2020).
- Oldest Winner: Firmin Lambot (Belgium) won the 1922 Tour de France at 36 years, 4 months old.
- Most Days in the Yellow Jersey: Eddy Merckx holds the record with a staggering 111 days spent leading the race.
- Smallest Winning Margin: 8 seconds – Greg LeMond defeated Laurent Fignon on the final stage time trial in Paris in 1989.
