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ByEurosport

Published 01/07/2008 at 09:58 GMT

With the start of the Tour de France looming, we look at 93 years of history and 93 years of stats. Welcome to the Tour in numbers.

CYCLING 2004 Tour de France US Postal Armstrong Landis

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TOUR DE FRANCE APPEARANCES
16: Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
15: Lucien Van Impe (BEL), Guy Nulens (BEL)
14: Raymond Poulidor (FRA), Sean Kelly (IRL), André Darrigade (FRA)
ALL-TIME WIN LIST
7: Lance Armstrong (USA)
5: Jacques Anquetil (FRA), Eddy Merckx (BEL), Bernard Hinault (FRA), Miguel Indurain (ESP)
3: Philippe Thys (BEL), Lousion Bobet (FRA), Greg Lemond (USA)
2: Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA), Firmin Lambot (BEL), Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA), Nicolas Frantz (LUX), Antonin Magne (FRA), Lucien Leducq (FRA), Sylvere Maes (BEL), Gino Bartali (ITA), Fausto Coppi (ITA), Bernard Thevenet (FRA), Laurent Fignon (FRA)
WINS BY NATION
36: France
18: Belgium
10: United States
9: Italy, Spain
4: Luxembourg
2: Switzerland, Netherlands
1: Ireland, Germany, Denmark
YOUNGEST WINNERS
19 years: Henri Cornet (FRA) in 1904
21 years, 10 months: Romain Maes (BEL) in 1935
22 years, 6 months: Octave Lapize (FRA) in 1910
22 years, 10 months: Felice Gimondi (ITA) in 1965
22 years, 11 months: Laurent Fignon (FRA) in 1983
OLDEST WINNERS
36 years, 4 months: Firmin Lambot (BEL) in 1922
34 years, 6 months: Henri Pelissier (FRA) in 1923
34 years: Gino Bartali (ITA) in 1948
33 years, 4 months: Firmin Lambot (BEL) in 1919
PODIUMS
8: Raymond Poulidor (FRA) 3 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd
7: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1 x 1st, 6 x 2nd
7: Lance Armstrong (USA) 7 x 1st
7: Jan Ullrich (GER) 1 x 1st, 5 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
6: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 5 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
6: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 5 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
PODIUM FINISHES BY NATION
98: France
51: Belgium
37: Italy
24: Spain
13: Netherlands, United States
11: Luxembourg
9: Switzerland, Germany
DAYS IN YELLOW JERSEY
111: Eddy Merckx
80: Lance Armstrong
79: Bernard Hinault
60: Miguel Indurain
52: Jacques Anquetil
41: Sylvere Maes
39: Antonin Magne
37: Nicolas Frantz
36: Louison Bobet
34: Andre Leducq
STAGE WINS
34: Eddy Merckx
28: Bernard Hinault
25: Andre Leducq, Lance Armstrong
22: Andre Darrigade
20: Nicolas Frantz
19: Francois Faber
17: Jean Alavoine
16: Charles Pelissier, Jacques Anquetil, Rene Le Greves
13: Louis Trousselier
12: Miguel Indurain, Jean Aerts, Mario Cipollini, Gino Bartali, Erik Zabel, Robbie McEwen
11: Louison Bobet, Raffaele Di Paco
10: Charly Gaul, Jan Raas, Maurice Archambaud, Henri Pelissier, Walter Godefroot, Joop Zoetemelk, Gerrie Knetemann
TIME-TRIAL WINS (INCLUDING PROLOGUES)
20: Bernard Hinault
16: Eddy Merckx
11: Jacques Anquetil, Lance Armstrong
10: Miguel Indurain
5: Joop Zoetemelk
LONGEST VICTORIOUS BREAKAWAYS
253km: Albert Bourlon (1947)
234km: Thierry Marie (1991)
223km: Jose Perez-Frances (1965)
222km: Bernard Quilfen (1977)
214km: Maurice Blomme (1950)
205km: Pierre Beuffeuil (1966)
200km: Marcel Dussault (1950)
FASTEST STAGES
Road stage: 50.355 kmh. Laval-Blois (191km) in 1999, won by Mario Cipollini
Time-trial: 54.545 kmh. Versailles-Paris (24km) in 1989, won by Greg Lemond
Prologue: 55.152 kmh. Lille-Lille (7.2km) in 1994, won by Chris Boardman
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