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Tour de France: list of all time stage winners

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Updated and newly extended list of T of F stage victories (to 22.7.12)

Includes recent stage wins.

The most Tour de France stage victories: the top 13 

34: Eddy Merckx (Bel)

28: Bernard Hinault (Fr)
25: André Leducq (Fr)
23: Mark Cavendish (UK) (sprinter)
22: Lance Armstrong (USA) (* Armstrong was stripped of his titles and wins from 1998 on 22.10.12 by UCI for doping as set out in USADA report. Stage win to Limoges in 1995 stands.)
22: André Darrigade (Fr) (sprinter)
20: Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
19: François Faber (Lux)
17: Jean Alavoine (Fr)
16: Jacques Anquetil (Fr)
16: René Le Grèves (Fr)
16: Charles Pelissier (Fr)
15: Freddy Maertens (Bel) (sprinter)


Others– selected names should now include all stage winners from 1903 to 1953 with a selection of stage winners from more recent Tours. Intended that all stage winners will in time be listed. Details of stage winners compiled using Wikipedia. Top riders are now linked to their profiles on Wikipedia. 

13: Philippe Thys (Bel)
13: Louis Trousselier (Fr)
12: Gino Bartali (It)
12: Mario Cipollini (It) (sprinter)
12: Thor Hushovd (Nor) (10 ind; two TTT)
12: Miguel Indurain (Esp)
12: Robbie McEwen (Aus)
12: Erik Zabel (Ger)
11: Jean Aerts (Bel)
11: Louison Bobet (Fr)
11: Raffaele di Paco (It)
10: Maurice Archambaud (Fr)
10: Charly Gaul (Lux)
10: Walter Godefroot (Bel)
10: Gerrie Knetemann (Hol)
10: Antonin Magne (Fr)
10: Henri Pelissier (Fr)
10: Jan Raas (Hol)
10: Joop Zoetemelk (Hol)
9: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb)
9: Ottavio Bottecchia (Ita)
9: Fausto Coppi (It)
9: Emile Georget (Fr)
9: Lucien van Impe (Bel)
9: Roger Lapébie (Fr)
9: Sylvère Maes (Bel)
9: Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)
9: Luis Ocaña (Esp)
9: Georges Speicher (Fr)
9: Tom Steels (Bel)
9: Bernard Thevenet (Fr)
9: Jean-Paul van Poppel (Hol)
8: Rudi Altig (Ger)
8: Fabian Cancellara (Hel)
8: Gustave Garrigou (Fr)
8: Learco Guerra (It)
8: Roger Hassenforder (Fr)
8: Barry Hoban (UK)
8: Ferdinand (Ferdi) Kübler (Hel)
8: Lucien Georges Mazan (Fr – nickname Lucien Petit-Breton)
8: Louis Mottiat (Be)
8: Marco Pantani (It)
8: Louis Trousselier (Fr)
8: René Vietto (Fr)
7: Federico Bahamontes (Sp)
7: Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fr)
7: Nino Defilippis (It)
7: Jean-Baptise Dortignacq (Fr)
7: Laurent Fignon (Fr)
7: Raphaël Géminiani (Fr)
7: Felice Gimondi (It)
7: Félix Goethals (Fr)
7: Laearco Guerra (It)
7: Cyrille Guimard (Fr)
7: Jan Janssen (Hol)
7: Rik van Looy (Bel)
7: Fiorenzo Magni (It)
7: Georges Passerieu (Fr)
7: Lucien Petit-Breton (Fr)
7: Raymond Poulidor (Fr)
7: Edward Sels (Bel)
7: Jan Ullrich (Ger)
7: Richard Virenque (Fr)
6: Marino Basso (It)
6: Romain Bellenger (Fr)
6: Guido Bontempi (It)
6: Tom Boonen (Bel)
6: Alfred de Bruyne (Bel)
6: Raphaël Géminiani (Fr)
6: Martin Van Geneugden (Bel)
6: Marcel Kint (Bel)
6: Firmin Lambot (Bel)
6: Octave Lapize (Fr)
6: Greg Lemond (US)
6: Rik van Looy (Bel)
6: Fioenzo Magni (It)
6: Thierry Marie (Fr)
6: Hector Martin (Bel)
6: Jelle Nijdam (Hol)
6: Bert Oosterbosch (Hol)
6: Alessandro Petacchi (It)
6: Guido Reybrouck (Bel)
6: Jean Robic (Fr)
6: Patrick Sercu (Bel)
6: Didi Thurau (Ger)
6: Félicien Vervaecke (Bel)
5: Phil Anderson (Aus)
5: Hippolyte Aucouturier (Fr)
5: Pierino Baffi (It)
5: Honoré Barthelemy (Fr)
5: Gilbert Bauvin (Fr)
5: Lucien Buysse (Bel)
5: Maurice Dewaele (Bel)
5: Paul Duboc (Fr)
5: Jacques Esclassan (Fr)
5: Jean Graczyk (Fr)
5: Gerben Karstens (Hol)
5: Sean Kelly (Irl)
5: Hugo Koblet (Hel)
5: Julio Jiménez (Esp)
5: Eric Leman (Bel)
5: René Pottier (Fr)
5: Roger Rivière (Fr)
5: Jean Rossius (Bel)
5: Herman van Springel (Bel)
5: Jean Stablinski (Fr)
5: Willi Teirlinck (Bel)
5: Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
5: Maurice De Waele (Bel)
4: Franco Bitossi (It)
4: Erik Breukink (Hol)
4: Gianni Bugno (It)
4: Marcel Buysse (Bel)
4: Robert Cazala (Fr)
4: Eduardo Chozas (Esp)
4: Alberto Contador (Esp)
4. Charles Crupelandt (Fr)
4: Emile Daems (Bel)
4: Pedro Delgado (Esp)

4: Willem van Est (Holl – one team time trial)
4: Pierrick Fédrigo (Fr)

4: Jean Forestier (Fr)
4: Óscar Freire (Esp)
4: André Griepel (Ger)
4: Frank Hoste (Bel)
4: Robert Jacquinot (Fr)
4: Laurent Jalabert (Fr)
4: Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
4: Dimitri Konyshev (Rus)
4: Rik Van Linden (Bel)
4: Romain Maes (Bel)

4: David Millar (UK) (One Team Time Trial – has won 5 stages but Millar asked for 2003 win to be removed because of doping)
4: Rudy Matthus (Bel)
4: Charly Mottet (Fr)
4: Gastone Nencini (It)
4: Eddy Pauwels (Bel)
4: Roger Pingeon (Fr)
4: René Privat (Fr)
4: Michael Rasmussen (Den)
4: Gaston Rebry (Bel)
4: André Rosseel (Bel)

4: Luis-Leon Sanchez (Sp)
4: Rik Van Linden (Bel)
4: Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
4: Lucien Teisseire (Fr)
4: Gustaaf van Slembrouck (Bel)
4: Alexander Vinokourov (Rus)

4: Thomas Voeckler (Fr)
4: Wouter (Wout) Wagtmans (Holl)

3: Adelin Benoit (Bel)
3: Chris Boardman (UK)
3: Frans Bonduel (Bel)
3: Santiago Botero (Col)
3: Dino Bruni (It)

3: Max Bulla (Austria)
3: Sylvain Chavanel (Fr)
3: Claudio Chiappucci (It)
3: Eugène Christophe (Fr)
3: Régis Clère (Fr)

3: Giovanni Corrieri (It)
3: Odile Defraye (Be)
3: Jef Demuysere (Bel)

3: Bim Diederich (Lux)
3: Aimé Dossche (Bel)
3: Marcel Dussault (Fr)
3: Jacky Durand (Fr)
3: Jean Fréchaut (Fr)

3: Maurice Garin (Fr)
3: Rolf Graf (Ch)
3: Luis Herrera (Col)
3: Hector Heusghem (Bel)
3: Guy Ignolin (Fr)

3: Raymon Impanis (Bel)
3: Hennie Kuiper (Hol)

3) Nello Lauredi (Fr)
3: Vicente Lopez-Carril (Esp)
3: Henk Lubberding (Hol)
3: Luigi Lucotti (It)
3: Robert Millar (UK)
3: Julien Moineau (Fr)
3: Charly Mottet (Fr)
3: Stan Ockers (Bel)
3: Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
3: Miguel Poblet (Esp)
3: Michel Pollentier (Bel)
3: Stephen Roche (Irl)
3: Tony Rominger (Den)

3: Peter Sagan (Slov)
3: Carlos Sastre (Esp)
3: Andy Schleck (Lux)
3: Léon Scieur (Bel)
3: Félix Sellier (Bel)
3: Acácio da Silva (Port)
3: Jan Svorada (Slo/Cz)

3: Alejandro Valverde (Sp)
3: Joseph Van Dam (Bel)
3: Pé Verhaegen (Bel)
3: Peter Winnen (Hol)
3: Michael Wright (UK)
2: Bartolomeo Aimo (It)
2: Raúl Alcalá (Mex)

2: Leo Amberg (Hel)
2: Phil Anderson (Aus)
2: Moreno Argentin (It)
2: Angel Arroyo (Sp)

2: Erich Bautz (Ger)
2: Théophile Beeckman (Bel)
2: Louis Bergaud (Fr)

2: Serafino Biagioni (It)
2: Marcel Bidot (Fr)
2: Alfredo Binda (It)
2: Vincenzo Borgarello (It)

2: Fermo Camellini (It)
2: Louis Caput (Fr)
2: Guido Carlesi (It)
2: Sandy Casar (Fr)
2: Camille van de Casteele (Bel)

2: Paul Chocque (Fr)
2: Thierry Claveyrolant (Fr)
2: Pierre Cloarec (Fr)
2: Raymond Decorte (Bel)
2: Adolphe Deledda (It-Fr)
2: Oscar Egg (Hel)
2: Cadel Evans (Aus)

2: Alessandro Fantini (It)
2: Victor Fontan (Fr)
2: Amédée Fournier (Fr)

2: Fabien Galateau (Fr)
2: Massimo Ghirotto (It)
2: Jean Goldschmit (Lux)
2: Marcel Godivier (Fr)

2: Charly Grosskost (Fr)
2: Giuseppe Guerini (It)
2: Alfred Haemerlinck (Bel)
2: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
2: Jos Huysmans (Bel)
2: Sergei Ivanov (Rus)

2: Pierre Jaminet (Fr)
2: Marcel Janssens (Bel)
2: Roger Lambrecht (Bel)
2: Louis De Lannoy (Bel)
2: Guy Lapébie (Fr)
2: Luc Leblanc (Fr)

2: Gérard Loncke (Bel)
2: Raymond Louviot (Fr)
2: Léon Louyet (Bel)
2: Emile Masson (Bel)

2: Jean Majerus (Lux)
2: Bradley McGee (Aus)

2: Paul Maye (Fr)
2: Georges Meunier (Fr)
2: Theo Middlekamp (Ned – first Dutch rider to win a stage – 1936)
2: Ambrogio Morelli (It)

2: Johan Museeuw (Bel)
2: François Neuens (Lux)
2: Jan Nolten (Hol)
2: Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
2: Arigo Padovan (It)

2: Raymond Passat (Fr)
2: Alfredo Pasotti (It)
2: Ernest Paul (Fr)
2: Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
2: Willy Planckaert (Bel)
2: Georges Paulmier (Fr)
2: Francis Pélissier (Fr)
2: Raoul Rémy (Fr)
2: Brian Robinson (UK – first British rider to win a stage – 1958)
2: Antonin Rolland (Fr)

2: Pierre Rolland (Fr)
2: Steven Rooks (Hol)

2: Vinenzo Rossello (It)
2: Bernardo Ruiz (Sp)
2: Daniel van Ryckeghem (Bel)
2: Fritz Schär (Ch)
2: Frank Schleck (Lux)

2: Gino Sciardis (Fr)
2: Glauco Servadei (It)
2: Rolf Sorensen (Den)
2: Omer Taverne (Bel)

2: Eloi Tassin (Fr)
2: Piotr Ugrumov (Rus)
2: Michel Van Aerde (Bel)
2: Julien Vervaecke (Bel)

2: Edward Vissers (Bel)
2: Jacques Vivier (Fr)

2: Gerardus (Gerrit) Petrus Voortin (Holl)
2: Paul Wellens (Bel)
2: Otto Weckerling (Ger)
2: Robert Wierinckx (Bel)
2: Bradley Wiggins (UK)
1: Joaquim Agostinho (Port)
1: Arsène Alancourt (Fr)
1: Kim Andersen (Den)
1: Henry Anglade (Fr)

1: Alphonse Antoine (Fr)
1: Jesus Loroño Artega (Sp)
1: Ernesto Azzini (It: first Italian to win a Tour stage – 1910)
1: Émile Baffert (Fr)
1: Armand Baeyens (Bel)
1: Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel)
1: Salvador Cardona Balbastre (Sp – first Spanish rider to win stage 1929)
1: Ivan Basso (It)

1: Fabio Battesini (It)
1: Steve Bauer (Can)

1: Vasco Bergamaschi (It)
1: Julián Berrendero (Sp)

1: Maurice Blomme (Bel)
1: Stanislas Bober (Fr)
1: Albert Bourlon (Fr)
1: Miquel Bover (Sp)
1: Giovanni Brunero (It)
1: Norbert Callens (Bel)

1: Francesco Camusso (It)
1: Marino Cañardo (Sp)
1: Bruno Cenghialta (It)
1: Georges Chappe (Fr)
1: Philippe Chevallier (Fr)

1: Mathias Clemens (Lux)
1: Fernand Cornez (Fr)
1: Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Port)

1: Gustave Danneels (Bel – stage team TT)
1: Georges Decaux (Fr)
1: Albert Dejonghe (Bel)
1: Michel Dejouhannet (Fr)
1: Hans Dekkers (Hol)

1: Adolphe Deledda (It)
1: Gustave Deloor (Bel)
1: Serge Demierre (Ch)

1: Germain Derycke (Bel)
1: André Desvages (Fr)
1: Walter Diggelmann (Ch)

1: Maurice Diot (Fr)
1: Jean Dumont (Fr)

1: Paul Egli (Hel)
1: Emile Engel (Fr)

1: Fédérico Ezquerra (Sp)
1: Édouard Fachleitner (It)
1: Tyler Farrar (US)
1: Vito Favero (It)

1: Amédée Fournier (Fr)
1: Chris Froome (UK)
1: Pierre Gallien (Fr)
1: Bernard Gauthier (Fr)
1: Federico Gay (It)

1: Walter Generati (It)
1: Simon Gerrans (Aus)

1: Eugenio Gestri (It)
1: Dante Gianello (It)
1: Philippe Gilbert (Bel)

1: Gilbert Glaus (Ch)
1: Jean-Marie Goasmat (Fr)
1: André Godinat (Fr)
1: Aurelio González Puente (Sp)
1: Joseph Groussard (Fr)
1: Cyrille van Hauwaert (Fr)
1: Louis Heusghem (Bel)
1: Marcel Huot (Fr)
1: Omer Huyse (Bel)
1: Emile Idée (Fr)

1: Livio Isotti (It)
1: Roger Lévêque (Fr)
1: Karl Litschi (Hel)
1: Désiré Keteleer (Bel)
1: André Le Dissez (Fr)
1: Pierre Le Bigault (Fr)
1: Charles Laeser (Ch)
1: Philippe Leleu (Fr)

1: Adolfo Leoni (It)
1: Léon Level (Fr)
1: Frans Maassen (Hol)
1: Julien Maitron (Fr)

1: Jean Malléjac (Fr)
1: Giuseppe Martano (It)
1: Tony Martin (Ger)

1: Henri Massal (Fr)
1: Émile Masson Jr (Bel)
1: Imerio Massignan (It)
1: Joseph Mauclair (Fr)

1: Ettore Meini (It)
1: Constant Ménager (Fr)
1: Denis Menchov (Russ)

1: Arsène Mersch (Lux)
1: Jules Merviel (Fr)
1: Jacques Michaud (Fr)
1: Giovanni Micheletto (It)

1: Marcle Molinès (Algerian – first African to win a stage – 1950)
1: Joseph Morvan (Fr)
1: Francesco Moser (It)

1: Édouard Muller (Fr)
1: Joseph Muller (Fr)
1: Wilfried Nelissen (Bel)

1: François Neuville (Bel)
1: Anatole Novak (Fr)

1: Willi Oberbeck (Ger)
1: Michele Orecchia (It)
1: Edmond Pagès (Fr)
1: Sergio Paulinho (Port)<

1: René Pedroli (Hel)
1: Louis Peglion (Fr)

1: Antonio Pesenti (It)
1: Thibault Pinot (Fr)
1: Georges Pintens (Bel)
1: Jef Planckaert (Bel)

1: Jacques Pras (Fr)
1: Henri Puppo (Fr)
1: Marcel Queheille (Fr)

1: Bernard Quennehen (Fr)
1: Maurice Quentin (Fr)
1: Custodio dos Reis (Port/Fr)
1: Mauro Ribeiro (Bra)
1: Christophe Riblon (Fr)
1: Joaquim Rodríguez (Fr)
1: Aldo Ronconi (Fr)

1: Georges Ronsse (Bel)
1: Giovanni Rossi (It)
1: Jules Rossi (It)
1: Bernard Van Rysselberghe (Bel)
1: Samuel Sánchez (Sp)

1: Albert van Schendel (Holl)
1: Antoon van Schendel (Holl)
1: Alphonse Schepers (Holl)
1: Jean-Pierre Schmitz (Lux)

1: Alberic 'Briek' Schotte (Bel)
1: Gerrit Schulte (Holl)
1: Max Sciandri (UK/It)
1: Pascal Simon (Fr)

1: Kurt Stöpel (Ger – first German to win a stage – 1932)
1: Lucien Storme (Bel)

1: Giuseppe Tacca (It)
1: Pietro Tarchini (Hel)
1: Joseph Thomin (Fr)
1: Edward Van Dijck (Bel)
1: Jelle Vanendert (Bel)

1: Adriano Vignoli (It)
1: Heinz Wengler (Ger)
1: Sean Yates (UK)