List of Tour de France champions
PARIS : List of Tour de France champions since the event was first staged in 1903 (no races during the World Wars):
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Tour de France 2022 – Green jersey and polka dot jersey guide: Wout van Aert & Ruben Guerreiro favourites?
Last year Mark Cavendish won a second green jersey a decade after his first with four sprint victories that saw him draw level with Eddy Merckx’s long-standing Tour de France record of 34 stage wins. But the Manxman’s snub by his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team means we will have to wait at least another year to see Cavendish attempt to become the outright record stage record holder – and probably in the colours of a different team.
'My fondest memory is definitely the Tour de France in 1969' - Eddy Merckx features on Power of Sport
Eddy Merckx says the fondest win of his career was winning the Tour de France for the first time in 1969. The legendary cyclist won the Tour de France five times in his career, but he admits he never thought it would happen for him. Ad/> «I dreamed about the Tour de France but I never thought I'd win it,» he told the Power of Sport.
Tadej Pogacar set to be rider to beat again as he looks to join elite Tour club
Tadej Pogacar will start the Tour de France as the overwhelming favourite to wear yellow in Paris once again.
Mark Cavendish snubbed from Tour de France again after team-mate Tim Declercq tests positive for Covid
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl have announced that Tim Declercq will miss this year’s Tour de France after testing positive for Covid. Florian Senechal will be his replacement, meaning that Mark Cavandish remains sidelined reserve ahead of the race.
Mark Cavendish misses out on QuickStep-AlphaVinyl selection for Tour de France
Mark Cavendish has not been handed a Tour de France place, his QuickStep-AlphaVinyl team have confirmed.
Mark Cavendish misses out on Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe also absent from Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team
Mark Cavendish has been left out of Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl’s eight-man team for the Tour de France. Sprinter Fabio Jakobsen has been selected as the team's preferred sprinter, as expected, despite the British rider’s impressive form and his national road race title at the weekend.
Bradley Wiggins says Mark Cavendish deserves Tour de France spot and backs Chris Froome to ‘surprise us all’
Bradley Wiggins believes former teammate Mark Cavendish deserves a shot at defending his green jersey and breaking the Tour de France stage record this year. Cavendish is set to miss out on being selected by QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl for the upcoming Tour, which starts on July 1, with team manager Patrick Lefevere stating Fabio Jakobsen is the preferred sprinter.