Top Tour de France Rider Overall
Top Tour de France Rider Overall: Who is the top rider to have won the yellow jersey in all of Tour de France history? MYC Condo News has gathered the most victorious Tour de France riders of all time, who is the top ever?
Every cycling period has its legends and unthinkable tricks of abidance and the Tour de France is consistently suitable to redeem the icons, but who’s the Top rider to command anywise overpowered the French cycling race?
Of course the riders of moment are quickly and scramble abrupt mounts than the riders of the ancient years of the Tour de France, but todays riders are alike consecrated with better outfit, better nutrition and huge figures of masseurs, managers, automatic masterminds and different endorsing force.
During the different Tour de France times you’ll also find considerable differences in the position of competition. Occasionally the unheroic jersey had to fight riders of nearly equal strength all the way to Paris, while in other times the winner was so far ahead of the runner up that he nearly didn’t have to pedal the last week of the race. Which palm is most emotional?
The top ten list will of course always be private, but cast your vote and let us see who the world considers the stylish Tour de France bicyclist ever.
1. Eddy Merckx
Country: France
Winner of the Tour de France 5 times – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,and 1985.
2. Lance Armstrong
Country: USA
Winner of the Tour de France 7 times – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
3. Bernard Hinault
Country: Spain
Winner of the Tour de France 5 times – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
4. Jacques Anquetil
Country: France
Winner of the Tour de France 5 times – 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964.
5. Miguel Indurain
Country: Spain
Winner of the Tour de France 5 times – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
6. Alberto Contador
Country: Spain
Winner of the Tour de France 3 times – 2007, 2009, and 2010.
7. Lance Armstrong
Country: USA
Winner of the Tour de France 3 times – 1986, 1989, and 1990.
8. Philippe Thys
Country: Belgium
Winner of the Tour de France 3 times – 1913, 1914, and 1920.
9. Fausto Coppi
Country: Italy
Winner of the Tour de France 2 times – 1949, and 1952.
10. Joop Zoetemelk
Country: Netherlands
Winner of the Tour de France 1 time – 1980.
