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 Six riders have won the Tour without winning a stage: Firmin Lambot, Roger Walkowiak, Gastone Nencini, Lucien Aimar, Greg LeMond and Oscar Pereiro
-Eddie Merckx holds the record for the number of stage wins (34), followed by Bernard Hinault (28) and Mark Cavendish (26)
+Mark Cavendish holds the record for the number of stage wins (35), followed by Eddie Merckx (34) and Bernard Hinault (28)
 Eddy Merckx holds the record for the number of yellow jerseys (96), followed by Bernard Hinault (75) and Miguel Indurain (60)
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 '''Chris Boardman''' won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. He won the prologue of the 1994 Tour de France with what was then the fastest time ever recorded. In 1998 Tour de France, when the Tour began in Dublin, he won the prologue but crashed on stage 2 while wearing the yellow jersey. He was a member of the GAN team, later renamed the Crédit Agricole team
-'''Mark Cavendish''' has won 34 Tour de France stages, tying him for first on the all-time list with Eddy Merckx. Cavendish won stage 11 of the 2010 Tour, but his lead-out rider, Mark Renshaw, was disqualified from the Tour after head-butting Julian Dean while leading out his teammate. In 2012 was named the Tour de France's best sprinter of all time by ''L'Equipe''. In the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Cavendish crashed out during a collision he caused in the final few seconds of the sprint finish. He suffered a separated right shoulder, and had to abandon the Tour. Cavendish won the points classification in 2011, and has finished second in three other Tours. In 2012 he achieved his fourth consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées. He won stage one of the 2016 Tour, claiming him his first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career. Cavendish crashed with Peter Sagan on stage four of the 2017 Tour de France, forcing him out of the race
+'''Mark Cavendish''' has won 35 Tour de France stages, one more than Eddy Merckx. Cavendish won stage 11 of the 2010 Tour, but his lead-out rider, Mark Renshaw, was disqualified from the Tour after head-butting Julian Dean while leading out his teammate. In 2012 was named the Tour de France's best sprinter of all time by ''L'Equipe''. In the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Cavendish crashed out during a collision he caused in the final few seconds of the sprint finish. He suffered a separated right shoulder, and had to abandon the Tour. Cavendish won the points classification in 2011, and has finished second in three other Tours. In 2012 he achieved his fourth consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées. He won stage one of the 2016 Tour, claiming him his first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career. Cavendish crashed with Peter Sagan on stage four of the 2017 Tour de France, forcing him out of the race
 '''Steve Cummings''' won stage 14 of the 2015 Tour de France. It was the first Tour de France stage win for both Cummings and his African team MTN-Qhubeka

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-== '''History''' ==
+== History ==
 The Tour de France began to promote a new daily sports newspaper, ''L'Auto'' ahead of the largest paper in France, ''Le Vélo'', which sold 80,000 copies a day. Some of ''Le Vélo'' 's advertisers had disagreed with the paper's support for Alfred Dreyfus, a soldier found guilty of selling secrets to the Germans but eventually acquitted after being sent to Devil's Island. The Tour was to promote their new rival paper, ''L'Auto''. The editor, Henri Desgrange, planned a five-week race from 31 May to 5 July. This proved too daunting and only 15 entered. Desgrange cut the length to 19 days and offered a daily allowance
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 Tour de France was won by Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates)
-== '''Classifications''' ==
+== Classifications ==
-=== '''General classification''' ===
+=== General classification ===
 The ''maillot jaune'' (yellow jersey) is worn by the general classification (or overall time) leader
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 The French bank Crédit Lyonnais has sponsored the ''maillot jaune'' since 1987 and give the yellow jersey holder a stuffed lion at the end of the stage
-=== '''Mountains classification''' ===
+=== Mountains classification ===
 The ‘King of the Mountains’ wears a white jersey with red dots (''maillot à pois rouges''), referred to as the polka dot jersey
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 Two riders have won the mountains classification six times: Federico Bahamontes and Lucien Van Impe
-=== '''Points classification''' ===
+=== Points classification ===
 The ''maillot vert'' (green jersey) is awarded for sprint points. The colour green was chosen because the first sponsor was a lawn mower producer
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 One rider has won the points classification four times: Sean Kelly
-=== '''Young rider classification''' ===
+=== Young rider classification ===
 The ''maillot blanc'' (white jersey) is for the best-placed rider under the age of 26
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 Two riders have won the young rider classification three times: Jan Ullrich and Andy Schleck
-=== '''Team classification''' ===
+=== Team classification ===
 The team classification is assessed by adding the time of each team's best three riders each day. The competition does not have its own jersey but since 2006 the leading team has worn numbers printed black-on-yellow. Until 1990, the leading team would wear yellow caps. As of 2012, the riders of the leading team wear yellow helmets. During the era of national teams, France and Belgium won 10 times each
 Each of the 22 teams in the Tour de France has 9 riders
-=== '''Combativity award''' ===
+=== Combativity award ===
 In the current system that has been active since 2003, a jury selects the most combative cyclist of each stage (excluding time trials). There is no jersey for the most combative rider, but he can be recognized by the race number worn on his back: it consists of a white number on a red background instead of the usual black on white. At the end of the Tour de France, a "super-combativity award" is given to the most combative cyclist of the race. Also known as the most aggressive rider prize
-=== '''Intermediate sprints classification''' ===
+=== Intermediate sprints classification ===
 The red jersey was awarded to the leader of the intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France. The competition was first calculated in 1971, but the jersey was only awarded from 1984. Because the non-finish sprints also awarded points for the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification was considered redundant and has not been awarded since 1989. Barry Hoban won in 1974. The last winner was Sean Kelly
-=== '''Combination classification''' ===
+=== Combination classification ===
 In 1968 the combination classification was introduced in the Tour de France, and was awarded with a white jersey. The jersey was awarded to the cyclists that did best in all other classifications: general, points, and mountain. From 1975 onwards, the white jersey was given to the best young cyclist, and the combination classification temporarily disappeared. In 1985, the combination classification was again reintroduced, and this time the combination jersey was used (which has yellow, green and red polka dot elements on a white background). The combination jersey was awarded for the last time in 1989. Eddy Merckx won the classification five times
-=== '''Lanterne Rouge''' ===
+=== Lanterne Rouge ===
 The rider who has taken most time is called the ''lanterne rouge'' (‘red lantern’, as found at the end of a train). In 1939 and 1948 the organisers excluded the last rider every day, to encourage more competitive racing
 Belgium rider Wim Vansevenant has been ''lanterne rouge'' of the Tour de France three times, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He is the only man ever to have finished last three times
-== '''Doping''' ==
+== Doping ==
 Riders in early Tours consumed alcohol
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 In October 2012 USADA released a report on doping by the U.S. Postal Service cycling team, implicating, amongst others, Lance Armstrong. The UCI acted upon this report, formally stripping Armstrong of all titles since 1 August 1998, including all seven Tour victories, and announced that his Tour wins would not be reallocated to other riders
-== '''Appearances''' ==
+== Appearances ==
 The most appearances have been by Sylvain Chavanel, who rode his 18th and final Tour in 2018, followed by George Hincapie (USA), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), and Jens Voigt (Germany) with 17. In light of Hincapie's suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs, before which he held the mark for most consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed all but his very first, Joop Zoetemelk holds the record for the most finishes, having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started
-== '''Route''' ==
+== Route ==
 The modern editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-long stages over a 23-day period and cover up to 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles)
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 A small cycling museum is at the summit of the Col d'Izoard, along with a memorial to Fausto Coppi and Louison Bobet
-== '''Grand Départ''' ==
+== Grand Départ ==
 The start of the course is known as the Grand Départ. Since the 1950s it has typically taken place in a different town each year, and since the 1970s it has been common to award the Grand Départ to cities outside France as a way of increasing international interest in the competition and the sport. The right to host the Grand Départ is now highly sought after
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 The Grand Départ team presentation in 2014 took place on 3 July in Leeds at the First Direct Arena
-== '''Leading riders''' ==
+== Leading riders ==
 '''Jacques Anquetil''' was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times. He rode – and won – his first Tour de France in 1957, and won every year from 1961 to 1964. In 1961 he wore the yellow jersey for the whole race. His win in 1964 was his most famous, featuring an elbow-to-elbow duel with Raymond Poulidor on the road up the Puy de Dôme mountain. Suffering indigestion after his excesses on a rest day, Anquetil is reputed to have received treatment from his team manager in the form of a swallow of champagne. Anquetil was the first cyclist to win all three of the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España)
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 '''Joop Zoetemelk''' started and finished the Tour de France a record 16 times. He won the Tour in 1980 and came second six times. His career coincided with the rise and dominance of Eddy Merckx and Zoetemelk was often criticised for following rather than attacking Merckx
-== '''British riders''' ==
+== British riders ==
 '''Chris Boardman''' won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. He won the prologue of the 1994 Tour de France with what was then the fastest time ever recorded. In 1998 Tour de France, when the Tour began in Dublin, he won the prologue but crashed on stage 2 while wearing the yellow jersey. He was a member of the GAN team, later renamed the Crédit Agricole team

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-'''History'''
+== '''History''' ==
 The Tour de France began to promote a new daily sports newspaper, ''L'Auto'' ahead of the largest paper in France, ''Le Vélo'', which sold 80,000 copies a day. Some of ''Le Vélo'' 's advertisers had disagreed with the paper's support for Alfred Dreyfus, a soldier found guilty of selling secrets to the Germans but eventually acquitted after being sent to Devil's Island. The Tour was to promote their new rival paper, ''L'Auto''. The editor, Henri Desgrange, planned a five-week race from 31 May to 5 July. This proved too daunting and only 15 entered. Desgrange cut the length to 19 days and offered a daily allowance
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 Tour de France was won by Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates)
-'''General classification'''
+== '''Classifications''' ==
 The ''maillot jaune'' (yellow jersey) is worn by the general classification (or overall time) leader
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 The French bank Crédit Lyonnais has sponsored the ''maillot jaune'' since 1987 and give the yellow jersey holder a stuffed lion at the end of the stage
-'''Mountains classification'''
+=== '''Mountains classification''' ===
 The ‘King of the Mountains’ wears a white jersey with red dots (''maillot à pois rouges''), referred to as the polka dot jersey
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 Two riders have won the mountains classification six times: Federico Bahamontes and Lucien Van Impe
-'''Points classification'''
+=== '''Points classification''' ===
 The ''maillot vert'' (green jersey) is awarded for sprint points. The colour green was chosen because the first sponsor was a lawn mower producer
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 One rider has won the points classification four times: Sean Kelly
-'''Young rider classification'''
+=== '''Young rider classification''' ===
 The ''maillot blanc'' (white jersey) is for the best-placed rider under the age of 26
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 Two riders have won the young rider classification three times: Jan Ullrich and Andy Schleck
-'''Team classification'''
+=== '''Team classification''' ===
 The team classification is assessed by adding the time of each team's best three riders each day. The competition does not have its own jersey but since 2006 the leading team has worn numbers printed black-on-yellow. Until 1990, the leading team would wear yellow caps. As of 2012, the riders of the leading team wear yellow helmets. During the era of national teams, France and Belgium won 10 times each
 Each of the 22 teams in the Tour de France has 9 riders
-'''Combativity award'''
+=== '''Combativity award''' ===
 In the current system that has been active since 2003, a jury selects the most combative cyclist of each stage (excluding time trials). There is no jersey for the most combative rider, but he can be recognized by the race number worn on his back: it consists of a white number on a red background instead of the usual black on white. At the end of the Tour de France, a "super-combativity award" is given to the most combative cyclist of the race. Also known as the most aggressive rider prize
-'''Intermediate sprints classification'''
+=== '''Intermediate sprints classification''' ===
 The red jersey was awarded to the leader of the intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France. The competition was first calculated in 1971, but the jersey was only awarded from 1984. Because the non-finish sprints also awarded points for the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification was considered redundant and has not been awarded since 1989. Barry Hoban won in 1974. The last winner was Sean Kelly
-'''Combination classification'''
+=== '''Combination classification''' ===
 In 1968 the combination classification was introduced in the Tour de France, and was awarded with a white jersey. The jersey was awarded to the cyclists that did best in all other classifications: general, points, and mountain. From 1975 onwards, the white jersey was given to the best young cyclist, and the combination classification temporarily disappeared. In 1985, the combination classification was again reintroduced, and this time the combination jersey was used (which has yellow, green and red polka dot elements on a white background). The combination jersey was awarded for the last time in 1989. Eddy Merckx won the classification five times
-'''Lanterne Rouge'''
+=== '''Lanterne Rouge''' ===
 The rider who has taken most time is called the ''lanterne rouge'' (‘red lantern’, as found at the end of a train). In 1939 and 1948 the organisers excluded the last rider every day, to encourage more competitive racing
 Belgium rider Wim Vansevenant has been ''lanterne rouge'' of the Tour de France three times, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He is the only man ever to have finished last three times
-'''Doping'''
+== '''Doping''' ==
 Riders in early Tours consumed alcohol
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 In October 2012 USADA released a report on doping by the U.S. Postal Service cycling team, implicating, amongst others, Lance Armstrong. The UCI acted upon this report, formally stripping Armstrong of all titles since 1 August 1998, including all seven Tour victories, and announced that his Tour wins would not be reallocated to other riders
+== '''Appearances''' ==
 The most appearances have been by Sylvain Chavanel, who rode his 18th and final Tour in 2018, followed by George Hincapie (USA), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), and Jens Voigt (Germany) with 17. In light of Hincapie's suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs, before which he held the mark for most consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed all but his very first, Joop Zoetemelk holds the record for the most finishes, having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started
-'''Route'''
+== '''Route''' ==
 The modern editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-long stages over a 23-day period and cover up to 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles)
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 A small cycling museum is at the summit of the Col d'Izoard, along with a memorial to Fausto Coppi and Louison Bobet
-'''Grand Départ'''
+== '''Grand Départ''' ==
 The start of the course is known as the Grand Départ. Since the 1950s it has typically taken place in a different town each year, and since the 1970s it has been common to award the Grand Départ to cities outside France as a way of increasing international interest in the competition and the sport. The right to host the Grand Départ is now highly sought after
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 The Grand Départ team presentation in 2014 took place on 3 July in Leeds at the First Direct Arena
-'''Leading riders'''
+== '''Leading riders''' ==
 '''Jacques Anquetil''' was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times. He rode – and won – his first Tour de France in 1957, and won every year from 1961 to 1964. In 1961 he wore the yellow jersey for the whole race. His win in 1964 was his most famous, featuring an elbow-to-elbow duel with Raymond Poulidor on the road up the Puy de Dôme mountain. Suffering indigestion after his excesses on a rest day, Anquetil is reputed to have received treatment from his team manager in the form of a swallow of champagne. Anquetil was the first cyclist to win all three of the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España)
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 '''Joop Zoetemelk''' started and finished the Tour de France a record 16 times. He won the Tour in 1980 and came second six times. His career coincided with the rise and dominance of Eddy Merckx and Zoetemelk was often criticised for following rather than attacking Merckx
-'''British riders'''
+== '''British riders''' ==
 '''Chris Boardman''' won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. He won the prologue of the 1994 Tour de France with what was then the fastest time ever recorded. In 1998 Tour de France, when the Tour began in Dublin, he won the prologue but crashed on stage 2 while wearing the yellow jersey. He was a member of the GAN team, later renamed the Crédit Agricole team

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 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France. It started on the island of Corsica for the first time
 '''General classification'''
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 Four riders have won the general classification five times in their career: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain
 Three riders have won the general classification three times: Philippe Thys, Louison Bobet, and Greg LeMond
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 Different numbers of points are awarded for each type of stage: flat, medium mountain, high mountain, time trial, and intermediate sprint
 One rider has won the points classification six times: Erik Zabel
-Two riders have won the points classification four times: Sean Kelly and Peter Sagan
+One rider has won the points classification four times: Sean Kelly
 '''Young rider classification'''
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 '''Appearances'''
-The record for most appearances is held jointly by George Hincapie (USA), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), and Jens Voigt (Germany) with 17. In light of Hincapie's suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs, before which he held the mark for most consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed all but his very first, Joop Zoetemelk holds the record for the most finishes, having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started
+The most appearances have been by Sylvain Chavanel, who rode his 18th and final Tour in 2018, followed by George Hincapie (USA), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), and Jens Voigt (Germany) with 17. In light of Hincapie's suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs, before which he held the mark for most consecutive finishes with sixteen, having completed all but his very first, Joop Zoetemelk holds the record for the most finishes, having completed all 16 of the Tours that he started
 '''Route'''
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 '''Stephen Roche''' won the Tour de France in 1987, beating Pedro Delgado by 40 seconds, and is the only Irishman to win the Tour de France. Later that year, with victory at the World road race championship, Roche became only the second man to win the Triple Crown of Cycling (Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Road World Cycling Championship), after Eddie Merckx. He struggled with knee injuries and never contended in the Grand Tours after 1987
-'''Peter Sagan''' from Slovakia has won four stages of the Tour de France, He was also the winner of the points classification, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; as a result, Sagan became the first rider to win the classification in his first four attempts. He also won the World Road Race Championships in 2015
+'''Peter Sagan''' from Slovakia has won four stages of the Tour de France, He was also the winner of the points classification, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; as a result, Sagan became the first rider to win the classification in his first four attempts. He also won the World Road Race Championships in 2015. Sagan was disqualified from the 2017 Tour for causing Mark Cavendish to crash
 '''Philippe Thys''' was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France three times, winning in 1913, 1914, and 1920. In the 1913 Tour he broke his bicycle fork and had to find a bicycle shop to mend it. The repair cost him a 10 minute penalty
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 '''Chris Boardman''' won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. He won the prologue of the 1994 Tour de France with what was then the fastest time ever recorded. In 1998 Tour de France, when the Tour began in Dublin, he won the prologue but crashed on stage 2 while wearing the yellow jersey. He was a member of the GAN team, later renamed the Crédit Agricole team
-'''Mark Cavendish''' has won 26 Tour de France stages putting him third on the all-time list. Cavendish won stage 11 of the 2010 Tour, but his lead-out rider, Mark Renshaw, was disqualified from the Tour after head-butting Julian Dean while leading out his teammate. In 2012 was named the Tour de France's best sprinter of all time by ''L'Equipe''. In the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Cavendish crashed out during a collision he caused in the final few seconds of the sprint finish. He suffered a separated right shoulder, and had to abandon the Tour. Cavendish won the points classification in 2011, and has finished second in three other Tours. In 2012 he achieved his fourth consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées
+'''Mark Cavendish''' has won 26 Tour de France stages putting him third on the all-time list. Cavendish won stage 11 of the 2010 Tour, but his lead-out rider, Mark Renshaw, was disqualified from the Tour after head-butting Julian Dean while leading out his teammate. In 2012 was named the Tour de France's best sprinter of all time by ''L'Equipe''. In the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Cavendish crashed out during a collision he caused in the final few seconds of the sprint finish. He suffered a separated right shoulder, and had to abandon the Tour. Cavendish won the points classification in 2011, and has finished second in three other Tours. In 2012 he achieved his fourth consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées. He won stage one of the 2016 Tour, claiming him his first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career. Cavendish crashed with Peter Sagan on stage four of the 2017 Tour de France, forcing him out of the race
 '''Steve Cummings''' won stage 14 of the 2015 Tour de France. It was the first Tour de France stage win for both Cummings and his African team MTN-Qhubeka
-'''Chris Froome''' was born in Kenya and has ridden under a British licence since 2008. He joined Team Sky in 2010. At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome won stage 7 and finished second overall. Froome won the 2013 Tour de France, and finished runner-up in the mountains classification. In 2014, Froome crashed out on stage 5 of the Tour de France after falling three times over two days. He won again in 2015, and also won the mountains classification, becoming the sixth rider to take the yellow and polka dot jerseys in the same year and the first to do so since Eddy Merckx in 1970
+'''Chris Froome''' was born in Kenya and has ridden under a British licence since 2008. He joined Team Sky in 2010. At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome won stage 7 and finished second overall. Froome won the 2013 Tour de France, and finished runner-up in the mountains classification. In 2014, Froome crashed out on stage 5 of the Tour de France after falling three times over two days. He won again in 2015, and also won the mountains classification, becoming the sixth rider to take the yellow and polka dot jerseys in the same year and the first to do so since Eddy Merckx in 1970. He won his third and fourth Tours in 2016 and 2017 and finished third in 2018. Froome missed the 2019 Tour after a high-speed crash into a wall while training for the Critérium du Dauphiné
 '''Barry Hoban''' formerly held the record for the most stage wins in the Tour de France by a British rider, winning eight between 1967 and 1975. He holds the record for the most Tours completed by a British rider – having finished 11 of the 12 he started between 1965 and 1978. He was also the only Briton to have won two consecutive stages of the Tour until Mark Cavendish matched it in 2008
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 '''Tommy Simpson''' became the first British rider to wear the yellow jersey, finishing sixth overall in the 1962 Tour de France. During stage 13 of the 1967 Tour de France, Simpson collapsed and died during the ascent of Mont Ventoux. He was 29 years old. The post-mortem examination found that he had mixed amphetamines and alcohol; this diuretic combination proved fatal when combined with the heat, the hard climb of the Ventoux and a stomach complaint. A memorial near where he died has become a place of pilgrimage for many cyclists. His death prompted tour officials to begin a program of drug testing
-'''Bradley Wiggins''' rode in the 2009 Tour de France for Garmin–Slipstream, and finished fourth. In October 2012, following the disqualification of Lance Armstrong, who had originally placed third in the general classification, Wiggins was promoted to third place overall. This decision retroactively gave him the first podium finish by a British rider in Tour de France history. He joined Team Sky in 2010. In the 2012 Tour de France, Wiggins took over the yellow jersey by finishing third on stage 7. During stage 14, a mountain stage, a spectator threw carpet tacks onto the road. Several riders suffered punctures, including Cadel Evans. Wiggins and his fellow members of Team Sky emerged without a puncture. Believing that a puncture resulting from an unfortunate incident should not determine the fate of a competitor, Wiggins then had his team-mates and the rest of the peloton slow down to allow Evans and other affected cyclists to catch up. It was perceived as a generous act of sportsmanship and Wiggins was called "Le Gentleman" as a result. Wiggins became the first British rider to win the Tour, with teammate Chris Froome in second place
+'''Geraint Thomas''' was a domestique to Chris Froome. He won the first stage of the 2017 Tour de France to become the first Welshman to wear the yellow jersey. In 2018, he won the Tour de France, ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome. He was runner-up to Team Ineos teammate Egan Bernal in 2019
 '''Michael Wright''' rode the Tour de France eight times and won three stages, in 1965, 1967 and 1973
 '''Sean Yates''' won a stage of the Tour de France in 1988 and was the first British rider to win a time trial. Yates moved to Motorola in 1991, where he rode with Lance Armstrong. During stage 6 of the 1994 Tour de France, Yates took the overall lead, becoming the third Briton to wear the maillot jaune. In 2009, he was signed up as director of the newly formed Team Sky. Yates spent three years as the team's lead Director Sportif and, in 2012, presided over Bradley Wiggins victory in the Tour de France