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Tour de France 2014 review
Stage 17
· Rafal Majka became the first rider to win a Tour de France stage while wearing polka dot jersey since Michael
Rasmussen in stage 9 in 2005 (Mulhouse). This excludes leading the mountain classification and wearing
yellow.
· This was the third stage win by a Tinkoff – Saxo rider this Tout. In 2010 this team won four stages: Andy Schleck
(2) and Fabian Cancellara (2).
· Tinkoff - Saxo became the first team to win Back-to-back Tour stages with different riders (Majka & Rogers)
since Movistar last year (Quintana & Costa).
· Vincenzo Nibali won his 15th yellow jersey, surpassing Gastone Nencini on fifth place all-time for Italian riders.
· Since 1980 only Bernard Hinault and Lance Armstrong rode in the yellow jersey for more days in one Tour de
France than Vincenzo Nibali has now. Hinault led the GC in 20 stages in 1981 and 17 stages in 1985, Armstrong
led the GC for 16 stages in 2005 but was later scratched from the results. Nibali surpassed Wiggins (2012) and
Froome aiming for back-to-back victories
Froome (2013) by winning his 15th yellow jersey in one edition today.
· Thibaut Pinot (3rd), Jean Christophe Péraud (4th), Romain Bardet (5th) and Pierre Rolland (10th) are all in the
· Chris Froome is looking to repeat his 2013 winning campaign to become the first rider since
top-10 of the GC. The last time four French riders finished in the top-10 of the overall general classification in
Miguel Induráin (1991-1995) to win successive Tour de France editions.
the Tour was in 1991. Charly Motet (4th), Luc Leblanc (5th), Laurent Fignon (6th) and Gérard Rué (10th).
· Froome can give Great Britain three victories in a row. The only nations to ·achieve
featrider
in the
The lastthis
French
to finish in the top three of the overall general classification is Richard Virenque in 1997.
last 40 years are Spain (1991-1995 and 2006-2009) and France (1981-1985 and
1977-1979).
He finished
second behind Jan Ullrich.
Facts & Figures Tour de France 2014
· Great Britain can surpass Netherlands and Switzerland and equal United States (3) on most Tour
Most yellow jerseys Italian riders
#
Rider
34
Ottavio Bottecchia
Contador hoping for third Tour victory
23
Gino Bartali
2009.Coppi
· Alberto Contador can win his third Tour de France after being victorious in 2007
19 and
Fausto
Gimondi
· Only seven riders have achieved this feat, with Miguel Induráin the last to do 19
this (5,Felice
1991-1995).
15 the Vincenzo
· Contador won his last Tour de France in 2009 and can become the first rider in
post-WWNibali
II era
Gastone
to win five years after his previous victory. Only Gino Bartali (1938 - 1948) and14Philippe
ThysNencini
(1914-
de France victories on sixth-most.
Years (# jerseys)
1923 (6),1924 (15),1925 (13)
1937 (2),1938 (11),1948 (9),1949 (1)
1949 (5),1952 (14)
1965 (19)
2014 (15)
1960 (14)
1920) have achieved this feat.
leading the GC for most days in one Tour edition – last 35 years
· Contador has also won the Vuelta a España twice and the Giro d'Italia onceRiders
and can become the
sixth rider to win at least six Grand Tours.
Most wins Grand Tours
#
Rider (Nation)
11
Eddy Merckx (BEL)
10
Bernard Hinault (FRA)
8
Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
7
Fausto Coppi (ITA)
7
Miguel Induráin (ESP)
5
Alberto Contador (ESP)
5
Alfredo Binda (ITA)
5
Felice Gimondi (ITA)
5
Gino Bartali (ITA
Tour
5
5
5
2
5
2
0
1
2
Nibali hoping to complete Grand Tour set
Giro
5
3
2
5
2
1
5
3
3
Vuelta
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
#
20
17
16
15
14
14
14
14
Rider
Bernard Hinault (FRA)
Bernard Hinault (FRA)
Lance Armstrong (USA)
Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Miguel Induráin (SPA)
Lance Armstrong (USA)
Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
Chris Froome (GBR)
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· Vincenzo Nibali has won the Giro d'Italia (2013) and Vuelta a España (2010) and can become the
sixth rider to win all three Grand Tours.
· The last to complete this set was Alberto Contador when he won the Vuelta in 2008.
· The other riders who have achieved this feat are Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil
and Felice Gimondi.
Year
1981
1985
2005
2014
1993
1999
2012
2013
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