Tour de France 2021
Tadej Pogacar wins 2021 Tour de France as Van Aert takes final stage
Tour de France stage 21 - As it happened
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to the prestigious stage 21 victory in Paris to win the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France. The finish straight on the Champs-Élysées was 700 metres in length, 400 metres longer than in previous years, but that did not afford chasers enough real estate to catch Van Aert, who surged to the front of the peloton with under 250 metres remaining and took his third stage win of the three-week Grand Tour.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) finished second, less than a wheel length from the line, to get his third second-place finish at the Tour. Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finished third, but held on to the green jersey as the overall points classification victor, beating Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) by 56 points.
UAE Team Emirates rode into Paris with Tadej Pogačar wearing the maillot jaune and safely escorted him to the final podium to claim three classifications – overall, mountains and best young rider.
For the first time since 2012, only two riders finished within 10 minutes of the yellow jersey - Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finished second, 5:20 off the winning mark, and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) placed third, another 1:43 back.
Bahrain Victorious won the team competition by 19 minutes ahead of EF Education-Nippo, and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) claimed the super-combativity award after an aggressive three weeks of racing.
Stage 21 started in Chatou with a gentle pace set by UAE Team Emirates, sporting new jerseys emblazoned with yellow bands to celebrate Pogačar’s second consecutive Tour win. The final 52km of the stage took place over the eight laps of the Champs Élysées, and while sprinters looked for glory in the stage win, Pogačar and his teammates eased across the finish to celebrate a job well done.
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| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma | 2:39:37 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 4 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange | |
| 5 | André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 6 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 7 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 8 | Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 9 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 10 | Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 82:56:36 |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma | 0:05:20 |
| 3 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:07:03 |
| 4 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:10:02 |
| 5 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:10:13 |
| 6 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:11:43 |
| 7 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:12:23 |
| 8 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | 0:15:33 |
| 9 | Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious | 0:16:04 |
| 10 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo | 0:18:34 |
News and features
Stage 21
- Mark Cavendish misses out on breaking Eddy Merckx's record for the most Tour de France stage wins
- Tour de France: Standings at the 2021 race
- O'Connor: I hope to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey one day
- Mark Donovan completes first Tour de France weeks after family tragedy
Stage 20
- Richard Carapaz: I did everything I could to get a good result in the Tour de France
- Kelderman falls short in battle for Tour de France fourth
- Geraint Thomas: I had dark moments in what was mentally my toughest Tour de France
- Kwiatkowski says Ineos reverted to old-school Sky tactics in Tour de France
- New Factor 'Hanzo' time trial bike ridden by Chris Froome at the Tour de France
Stage 19
- Not a typical domestique: Vingegaard set for podium at debut Tour de France
- Tour de France: Mohoric aims ‘silence’ victory gesture at team doubters
- Tadej Pogacar says there is nothing illegal about his bike at Tour de France
- Mohoric says 'I felt like a criminal' after zipping lips in Tour de France stage win
- Anti-doping agency and French police communicating over Bahrain Victorious Tour de France raid
- Woods and López leave Tour de France with Tokyo Olympics in mind
Stage 18
- De Gendt’s Tour de France circle complete after stage 18
- Tour de France spectator saved from fall into ravine by Gilbert, Froome
- Ben O’Connor: I’m still going to be exactly the same bloke after this Tour de France
- Rigoberto Urán's Tour de France GC challenge collapses on final Pyrenean stage
- Mas falls short of Tour de France stage victory on 'the Spanish mountain'
- No gifts as Tadej Pogacar puts a seal on Tour de France at Luz Ardiden
- Vingegaard: Tour de France has been a big, big learning process for me
- Tour de France podium in view for Carapaz after final mountain stage
- Tour de France: Mark Cavendish survives Luz Ardiden with two chances to beat Merckx's record
- Rigoberto Uran cracks and loses chance of Tour de France podium
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time at Luz Ardiden
Stage 17
- Tour de France: I knew Carapaz was bluffing, says Pogacar
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time on the Col du Portet
- Pogacar doubles down on overall lead with win on 'hardest stage' of Tour de France
- Vingegaard: Second at the Tour de France is really amazing for me
- Majka: Now nobody can say Pogacar doesn't have a strong team at Tour de France
- Ben O'Connor: If I can keep fifth place at the Tour de France, that would be insane
- Kelderman makes gains in Tour de France GC despite crash on stage 17 descent
- Mark Cavendish survives time cut on hardest Tour de France stage so far
- Gaudu working his way up Tour de France hierarchy in final week
- Steven Kruijswijk abandons Tour de France, leaving Jumbo-Visma with four riders
- Nibali: Racing hard at Tour de France has helped me peak for Tokyo Olympics
Stage 16
- Wright makes his first breakaway of Tour de France to support teammate Colbrelli
- Van Aert sparks late skirmish for Tour de France GC favourites on stage 16
- Tour de France: Going long pays off for Konrad in Saint-Gaudens
- Michael Matthews closes in on Mark Cavendish in Tour de France green jersey race
- Chris Froome: If Pogacar stays on his bike this Tour de France is over
- Tour de France stage 16: Riders stop after cold downhill neutral start
Stage 15
- Tour de France stage 15 analysis: a team sport for individuals
- Pogacar broadens his lead on Tour’s first full day of Pyrenean racing
- Sepp Kuss ends 10-year-drought on American Tour de France stage wins
- Jonas Vingegaard: I'm growing into team leader role at Tour de France
- Guillaume Martin: When you have given everything, you can’t be disappointed
- Tour de France: Ineos vow to fight on despite Pogacar's continued dominance
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time on stage 15 in the mountains
- Nacer Bouhanni abandons the Tour de France
- Kelderman expecting 'different racing' in Tour de France's third week
- Tao Geoghegan Hart's Tour de France debut 'far from ideal'
Stage 14
- Mollema chooses his moment wisely at Tour de France
- Konrad: Mollema made smart move on twisty roads to net Tour de France victory
- Tour de France: Carapaz convinced Pyrenean stages will be 'very favourable'
- Tour de France: Vingegaard wears tag of challenger lightly ahead of Andorra test
- Woods 'proud' to lead Tour de France’s King of Mountains ranking
- Tadej Pogacar: Everybody in the top-10 is dangerous at the Tour de France
- Tour de France: Guillaume Martin climbs to second overall thanks to clever day in the break
- Tour de France: Michael Woods crashes in the breakaway but takes polka-dot jersey
- Kragh Andersen and Barguil abandon the Tour de France after stage 13 crash
Stage 13
- Lefevere: Mark Cavendish is the same rider as before but less stressed
- 1959 Tour de France winner Bahamontes warns Pogacar 'there's a long way to go yet'
- Mark Cavendish: I don't think I can ever be compared with the great Eddy Merckx
- Tour de France leader Pogacar congratulates Cavendish on 34th stage win
- Mark Cavendish: It’s another win on the Tour de France and what I’ve dreamed of as a kid
- Simon Yates abandons Tour de France after crash on stage 13 descent
- Tour de France: 3km crash rule extended to 4.5km mark on stage 13
Stage 12
- Vingegaard: We had to change our mindset at the Tour de France after losing Roglic
- Richard Carapaz: The Tour de France isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon
- Tour de France leader Pogacar warns he could attack again in the Pyrenees
- Breakaway denies Cavendish a chance to equal Tour de France stage record in Nîmes
- Politt seizes chance offered by Sagan's early Tour de France exit
- Alaphilippe rolls the dice in another Tour de France attack but misses out again
- Peter Sagan abandons the Tour de France
Stage 11
- Tour de France history made on Mont Ventoux with double ascent - Gallery
- Rowe on Tour de France: I hit the wall, guys who I'd normally out-climb were leaving me for dead
- O'Connor battles through 'hardest in-race moment' to stay in Tour de France top five
- Urán moves up to second in Tour de France after steady Mont Ventoux ride
- Tour de France: Wout van Aert claims 'best victory ever' over Mont Ventoux
- Mark Cavendish beats Tour de France time cut on Mont Ventoux as Rowe misses out
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time on the Mont Ventoux stage
- Tour de France: All the riders who have abandoned on the Mont Ventoux stage
Stage 10
- Tadej Pogacar: I push good watts, that's why I'm first at the Tour de France
- Michael Matthews: Mark Cavendish is just too fast these days
- UAE Team Emirates: No room to relax as Tour de France far from decided
- Woods draws up battle plans for Tour de France mountains jersey
- Van Aert: Everyone wants to be on the QuickStep train at the Tour de France
- Mark Cavendish questions BikeExchange tactics after third Tour de France stage win
Stage 9
- Nic Dlamini misses Tour de France time cut by 40 minutes but fights to reach Tignes
- Carapaz: Pogacar is in a different race to us at the Tour de France now
- Ben O'Connor: Tadej Pogacar is the next level above me at the Tour de France
- Pogacar attacks in Tignes to keep O'Connor out of Tour de France yellow jersey
- Ben O'Connor: Winning a Tour de France stage will make your heart stop
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time on stage 9 summit finish at Tignes
- Thomas undecided about continuing Tour de France despite Tignes fightback
- Cavendish beats time cut at Tour de France as Démare, Coquard miss out
- Mathieu van der Poel abandons Tour de France to focus on Tokyo Olympic Games
- Primoz Roglic abandons Tour de France
Stage 8
- Mathieu van der Poel’s dream week in Tour de France yellow ends in Alps
- Jumbo-Visma rewrite Tour de France game plan after Roglic loses 35 minutes in the Alps
- Tour de France: Teuns continues Bahrain Victorious’ remarkable run at Le Grand-Bornand
- Tadej Pogacar: I haven't killed the Tour de France, there's still a long way to go
- Woods 'comes apart' in sight of Tour de France breakaway win
- Ineos Grenadiers boss Brailsford says 'expect the unexpected' at Tour de France
- Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time on the first day in the Alps
- Pogacar: I could be my own biggest rival at the Tour de France
- Geraint Thomas' Tour de France challenge ends in the Alps
Stage 7
- Van Aert joins forces with Van der Poel in pursuit of Tour de France yellow
- Dan Martin: My Tour de France has been boring so far but my race starts in the Alps
- Tour de France: Geraint Thomas dropped but digs deep to survive stage 7
- Primoz Roglic’s Tour de France hopes fade on stage 7
Stage 6
- Tour de France leader Van der Poel rejects idea of becoming a future GC contender
- Tour de France prize money: The teams and riders ranked
- Philipsen: There's no shame in being beaten by Cavendish
- Vincenzo Nibali stuck between rock and hard place with Tour de France break aspirations
- Consistent Bouhanni takes another sprint podium at Tour de France
- Cavendish says Châteauroux Tour de France win 'means as much as 13 years ago'
- Mørkøv: It’s the Cavendish at the Tour de France we know from 10 years ago
- Peter Sagan: I'm still in the hunt for the green jersey at the Tour de France
- Van Aert: I still believe in a stage victory at the Tour de France
- 'Don’t say the name!' Mark Cavendish plays it cool as Merckx’s Tour de France record edges closer
- Eisel: Mark Cavendish’s 2008 Châteauroux Tour de France stage win changed everything
Stage 5
- Which GC riders lost time on stage 5 time trial at the 2021 Tour de France
- Tadej Pogacar lands major blow in Tour de France with time trial victory
- Tour de France: Alaphilippe comes up short in quest for yellow jersey in time trial
- Primoz Roglic: I will definitely keep fighting at the Tour de France
- Mathieu van der Poel: I knew I had the watts somewhere, it was just a matter of position
- Geraint Thomas struggles through Tour de France time trial
Stage 4
- Tour de France: Mark Cavendish has proved he is one of the best sprinters in the world says Alaphilippe
- Mark Cavendish: I didn't think I'd get to come back to the Tour de France
- Geraint Thomas: The Tour de France doctor popped my shoulder back in and it was instant relief
- Tour de France peloton to stage go-slow in protest of crash-filled stage 3 route
- Tour de France: Heavily bandaged Roglic shows off his wounds ahead of stage 4
Stage 3
- Merlier celebrates stage 3 Tour de France victory but rules out green jersey
- Tour de France leader Van der Poel: I knew there was going to be trouble
- Tadej Pogacar loses 26 seconds in Tour de France crash but keeps GC ambitions alive
- Which GC riders lost time on stage 3 of the 2021 Tour de France
- Riders criticise crash-marred stage 3 final at the Tour de France
- Madiot makes impassioned plea for cycling to change after chaotic, crash-filled Tour de France finale
- Ewan abandons Tour de France after sustaining broken collarbone in stage 3 crash
- Primoz Roglic vows to fight on at Tour de France
- Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Caleb Ewan and Peter Sagan among crash victims on stage 3
- Tour de France: Primoz Roglic crashes with team boss stating his leader was 'bumped and sent flying'
- Van der Poel gets custom Canyon with poignant message at Tour de France
- Thomas suffers dislocated shoulder and Gesink abandons after Tour de France crash
- Tour de France: Police use Facebook in search for spectator that triggered crash
Stage 2
- Tadej Pogacar: I'm pleased with how my Tour de France is looking
- Chris Froome in battle for Tour de France survival after crash injuries
- Van der Poel takes Tour de France yellow jersey in honour of grandfather Poulidor
- Tour de France: Geraint Thomas drops 10 places in general classification
- Tour de France: Gamble pays off for emotional Mathieu van der Poel with historic win and yellow jersey
Stage 1
- Tony Martin: The Tour de France is not a circus
- AG2R Citroen to get up and fight at Tour de France after crashes hit hard
- Chris Froome will start stage 2 despite crash injuries
- Tour de France organisers aim to sue spectator who caused mass stage 1 crash
- Tour de France crashes make an immediate impact on Ineos Grenadiers leadership strategy
- Rough Tour de France start for Movistar as Soler abandons, López loses time
- 21 riders injured in Tour de France opening stage crashes
- Concern for teammates overshadows Tadej Pogacar's start at Tour de France
- Matthews outshines Tour de France sprint rivals with second behind Alaphilippe
- Alaphilippe 'raced like there was no tomorrow' for Tour de France lead
- Tour de France: Jumbo-Visma left counting the cost after devastating crash on stage 1
- Which GC riders lost time on stage 1 of the 2021 Tour de France
- Chris Froome crashes on stage 1 of Tour de France
- Tour de France: Spectator causes mass crash on stage 1 with Roglic taken down
The build-up
Here at Cyclingnews we've been counting down the days until the 2021 Tour de France, with a series of special features to build up to the Grand Départ on Saturday June 26.
- Tour de France 2021: The essential race guide
- Tour de France bikes: who's riding what in 2021
- Form ranking: Tour de France 2021 contenders, pre-race
- Philippa York: I struggle to see Chris Froome as a Tour de France road captain
- Tour de France snubs: The 9 most controversial rider non-selections
- Out of Pinot's shadow and into the glare: David Gaudu takes aim at the Tour de France
- Tadej Pogacar: A life-changing moment captured in a photograph
- Analysing Ineos Grenadiers' 2021 Tour de France team
- Analysing Jumbo-Visma's 2021 Tour de France squad
- Tour de France 2021: 5 key stages
- Brandon McNulty: The Tour de France call-up
- Alberto Contador: Blowing the Tour de France apart
The route
The 2021 Tour de France will start in Brest in Brittany, on Saturday, June 26 having originally been scheduled for a Grand Départ in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The opening two stages to Landerneau and Mûr-de-Bretagne will provide a chance for the puncheurs, versatile sprinters and climbers to take the maillot jaune early on before the sprinters get two chances to win as the race heads east across the centre of France.
An early GC showdown will come on stage 5 with the 27.2-kilometre time trial from Changé to Laval Espace Mayenne before the road racing resumes with two stages that take the peloton to the Alps.
Stage 8 to Le Grand Bornard will see the first major climbing of the Tour, with three first-category climbs – including the Col de la Colombière – in the second part of the 150.8-kilometre stage. The following day to the 21-kilometre long summit finish at Tignes is just as tough, revisiting the Critérium du Dauphiné one-two of the Col du Pré and Cormet de Roselend.
Tignes also hosts the first rest day on July 5, ahead of a sprint stage in Valence and stage 11's visit to Mont Ventoux, which will be tackled twice before a descent straight to the finish in Malaucène.
Nîmes and Carcassonne offer up two more sprint chances on the following days before a nailed-on breakaway stage in the hills to Quillan take the peloton to the Pyrenees.
There, stage 15 to Andorra brings with it three first-category tests, including the Souvenir Henri Desgrange as the race hits 2,408 metres at Port d'Envalira. A rest day in the microstate. A tough stage to Saint-Gaudens follows but all minds will be on the final two mountain stages.
Stage 17 takes the riders over the Col de Peyresourde and Col de Val Louron-Azet before the HC-rated summit finish at 2,215 metres at the Col du Portet. Stage 18 provides two more HC tests in the Col du Tourmalet and the summit finish at Luz Ardiden, the last chance for climbers to make their mark.
A penultimate sprint stage follows, taking the peloton to Libourne, where stage 20 brings the GC finale in the shape of a 30.8-kilometre time trial to Saint-Emilion. If the Tour hasn't already been decided, then it certainly will be here.
As ever, the grand finale and the crowning of the Tour de France champion comes in Paris on the Champs-Élysées following a 108.4-kilometre ride from Chatou on July 18.
Check out the full details of the 2021 Tour de France route here.
The contenders
Once again, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) will be the main favourites for the title. The two are among the strongest climbers in the peloton and are also world-leading time trialists, which could prove decisive with two tests against the clock lying in wait for the riders.
The pair have enjoyed stellar starts to 2020, with Pogačar taking wins at the UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, while Roglič took three wins at PAris-Nice and the overall at Itzulia Basque Country.
The main challenge to the Slovenian duo should come from Ineos Grenadiers, who are led by 2018 winner Geraint Thomas and 2019 Giro d'Italia champion Richard Carapaz. The Welshman recently finished third at the Critérium du Dauphiné and looks best placed to challenge in both the mountains and time trials, while Carapaz is arguably the stronger climber.
Movistar's triumvirate will this year be headed up by new signing Miguel Ángel López, alongside Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde. The Colombian looked in dominant form at the Mont Ventoux Dénivéle Challenge in June and will hope to improve on his sixth place in 2020.
His compatriot Nairo Quintana is a three-time podium finisher at the Tour and once again leads out Arkéa-Samsic. He won the Vuelta Asturias earlier this year but was off form at the Dauphiné.
Another Colombian to watch is EF Education-Nippo's Rigoberto Urán, who finished second in 2017 and has taken two top 10s since. His teammate and countryman Sergio Higuita could end up the team leader this year.
Elsewhere, look out for Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe), Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), and Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange). They're all likely to be in the top 10 GC battle, though fighting for the very top spots looks a little tougher.
Finally, the battle for sprint victories and the green jersey looks wide open, with Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) facing challenges from Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), Tim Merlier and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), Cees Bol (Team DSM), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), and more.
Bikes and tech
As the world's biggest bike race, the publicity and global reach that the Tour de France achieves is a sponsor's dream. As a result, the Tour de France is always a hotbed of tech, with new releases and custom colourways unveiled almost daily as brands work to capture the attention of onlookers.
What's more, with the hard-fought battle for the yellow jersey, teams will do everything within their power to eke out marginal gains with innovative inventions and mechanical hacks. Most of the time this comes directly from their contracted sponsors, but occasionally teams will look further afield, breaking contracts in the pursuit of free speed.
Here are the tech talking points we've seen so far:
- Tour de France bikes: who's riding what in 2021
- Oakley launches 2021 Tour de France collection
- Lapierre launches new Xelius SL ahead of the Tour de France
- Trek-Segafredo bikes given all-new colour schemes ahead of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia Donne
- Pinarello launches new Dogma F in preparation for the Tour de France
- Michael Matthews gets a custom Bianchi Oltre XR4 for Tour de France
- Why are Jumbo Visma using blue tyres at the Tour de France?
- Ineos Grenadiers switch to sponsor-incorrect Princeton Carbonworks wheels at Tour de France
- Tour de France tech: All the tech and trends from the 2021 race
- Is Canyon's broken Aeroad handlebar now fixed? Van der Poel's Tour de France bike suggests it is
- Tour de France winning bikes: Which brand has won the most Tours in history?
- Julian Alaphilippe's S-Works Tarmac SL7 at the Tour de France
- Van der Poel gets custom Canyon with poignant message at Tour de France
- Radical new sunglasses for Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France
- Tour de France gallery: 40 years of time trial technology
- Mark Cavendish's Tour de France stage-winning S-Works Tarmac SL7
- 10-hour journey delivers sponsor-incorrect wheels for Van der Poel's Tour de France time trial
- Alpecin-Fenix go all-in with sponsor-incorrect tech as Van der Poel fights to keep yellow
- Kasper Asgreen to ride the Specialized Aethos in Tour de France mountain stages
- Tour de France helmets: Who's wearing what?
- Tour de France power analysis: Ben O'Connor's Stage 9 win in Tignes
- Spotted: Jumbo Visma on yet more non-sponsor wheels at the Tour de France
Race history
Pogačar is the reigning champion, having overhauled his Slovenian compatriot Roglič in the final time trial at last year's race. The 21-year-old became the race's second-youngest winner after Firmin Labot back in 1904.
Pogačar broke a Ineos/Sky stranglehold on the race, with the British team having won seven of the previous eight Tours de France with Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and four-time winner Chris Froome. Vincenzo Nibali, then riding for Astana, was the other man to break the British squad's dominance with a win in 2014.
The Tour wins record is currently held by four men, with Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain all on five titles.
2020 was also the year which saw the rare occasion of Sagan getting beaten in the battle for the green jersey. He lost out to Bennett after a race-long battle, but still holds the all-time green jersey rankings with seven wins in nine participations. Erik Zabel's six jerseys lie second, ahead of Sean Kelly's four.
Pogačar is the reigning mountain classification champion, too, having won the yellow, polka dot and white jerseys in 2020. He broke a three-year French stranglehold on the jersey after wins for Romain Bardet, Julian Alaphilippe and Warren Barguil.
Richard Virenque holds the record for polka dot jersey wins at seven, and it won't be beaten anytime soon as Rafał Majka is the only current rider to have won more than one king of the mountains title, with two.
Read on for a list of the riders with the most wins of the Tour de France, the most stage wins, as well as the major jerseys (active riders in bold).
Most Tour de France wins
- 5 – Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain
- 4 – Chris Froome
- 3 – Phiilippe Thys, Louison Bobet, Greg LeMond
- 2 – Lucien Petit-Breton, Firmin Lambot, Ottavio Bottecchia, Nicolas Frantz, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Sylvère Maes, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Bernard Thévenet, Laurent Fignon, Alberto Contador
- 1 – Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal, Tadej Pogačar
Most Tour de France stage wins
- 34 – Eddy Merckx
- 30 – Mark Cavendish
- 28 – Bernard Hinault
- 25 – André Leducq
- 22 – André Darrigade
- 20 – Nicolas Frantz
- 19 – François Faber
- 17 – Jean Alavoine
- 16 – Jacques Anquetiil, René Le Grevès, Charles Pélissiier
– - 12 – Peter Sagan
- 11 – André Greipel
- 7 – Chris Froome
- 6 – Vincenzo Nibali
Most Tour de France green jersey wins
- 7 – Peter Sagan
- 6 – Erik Zabel
- 4 – Sean Kelly
- 3 – Jan Janssen, Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Robbie McEwen
- 2 – Stan Ockers, Jean Graczyk, André Darrigade, Laurent Jalabert, Thor Hushovd
- 1 – Mark Cavendish, Michael Matthews, Sam Bennett
Most Tour de France polka dot jersey wins
- 7 – Richard Virenque
- 6 – Federico Bahamontes, Lucien Van Impe
- 3 – Julio Jiménez
- 2 – Felicien Vervaecke, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Charly Gaul, Imerio Massignan, Eddy Merckx, Luis Herrera, Claudio Chiappucci, Laurent Jalabert, Michael Rasmussen, Rafał Majka
- 1 – Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome, Warren Barguil, Julian Alaphilippe, Romain Bardet, Tadej Pogačar
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