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List of Belgian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

In the Tour de France, one of the three Grand Tours of professional stage cycling,[1][2] the yellow jersey is given to the leader of the general classification. The Tour de France is the most famous road cycling event in the world, and is held annually in the month of July.[3] Although all riders compete together, the winners of the Tour are divided into classifications, each best known by the coloured jersey that is worn by the leader of it; the general classification (GC), represented by the maillot jaune (yellow jersey), is for the overall leader in terms of the lowest time.[4][5] The other individual classifications in the Tour de France are the points classification, also known as the sprinters' classification (green jersey), the mountains classification (polka dot jersey), and the young rider classification (white jersey).[1][4]

The first Tour de France was in 1903, but the yellow jersey was only introduced during the 1919 Tour de France, during which Firmin Lambot was the first Belgian cyclist ever to wear the yellow jersey.[6]

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"Obtained" refers to the date and stage where the rider secured the lead of the general classification at the finish; the rider would first wear the yellow jersey in the stage after, where he would start the day as leader. "Relinquished" refers to the date and stage where the rider lost the lead, and therefore was not wearing the yellow jersey the following stage.
List of Belgian cyclists who wore the yellow jersey
Year Name Team Obtained Relinquished Final GC Notes
Stage Date From Stage Date To
1919 Firmin Lambot 14, Metz — Dunkirk July 25, 1919   Eugène Christophe (FRA) winner  
1920 Louis Mottiat 1, Paris — Le Havre June 27, 1920 Opening stage 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 29, 1920   Philippe Thys (BEL) DNF
Philippe Thys 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 29, 1920   Louis Mottiat (BEL) winner  
1921 Louis Mottiat 1, Paris — Le Havre June 26, 1921 Opening stage 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 28, 1921   Léon Scieur (BEL) 11th
Léon Scieur 2, Le Havre — Cherbourg June 28, 1921   Louis Mottiat (BEL) winner  
1922 Hector Heusghem 12, Geneva — Strasbourg July 17, 1922   Jean Alavoine (FRA) 13, Strasbourg — Metz July 19, 1922   Firmin Lambot (BEL) 4th
Firmin Lambot 13, Strasbourg — Metz July 19, 1922   Hector Heusghem (BEL) winner  
1925 Adelin Benoît Thomann 3, Cherbourg — Brest June 25, 1925   Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 7, Bordeaux — Bayonne June 29, 1925   Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 12th
8, Bayonne — Luchon July 1, 1925   Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) 9, Luchon — Perpignan July 3, 1925   Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
1926 Jules Buysse Automoto–Hutchinson 1, Évian — Mülhausen June 20, 1926 Opening stage 3, Metz — Dunkirk June 24, 1926   Gustaaf Van Slembrouck (BEL) 9th
Gustaaf Van Slembrouck J.B. Louvet-Wolber 3, Metz — Dunkirk June 24, 1926   Jules Buysse (BEL) 10, Bayonne — Luchon July 6, 1926   Lucien Buysse (BEL) DNF
Lucien Buysse Automoto–Hutchinson 10, Bayonne — Luchon July 6, 1926   Gustaaf Van Slembrouck (BEL) winner  
1927 Hector Martin J.B. Louvet 7, Brest — Vannes June 25, 1927   Ferdinand Le Drogo (FRA) 11, Bayonne — Luchon June 30, 1927   Nicolas Frantz (LUX) 9th
1929 Aimé Dossche 1, Paris — Caen June 30, 1929 Opening stage 4, Dinan — Brest July 3, 1929   Maurice De Waele (BEL) DNF
Maurice De Waele Alcyon 4, Dinan — Brest July 3, 1929   Aimé Dossche (BEL) 7, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Bordeaux July 6, 1929   Nicolas Frantz (LUX)
  André Leducq (FRA)
  Victor Fontan (FRA)[n 1] 		 
10, Luchon — Perpignan July 11, 1929   Victor Fontan (FRA) winner
Gaston Rebry Alcyon 8, Bordeaux — Bayonne July 7, 1929   Nicolas Frantz (LUX)
  André Leducq (FRA)
  Victor Fontan (FRA)[n 1] 		9, Bayonne — Luchon July 9, 1929   Victor Fontan (FRA) 10th
1931 Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium 1, Paris — Caen June 30, 1931 Opening stage 2, Caen — Dinan July 1, 1931   Max Bulla (AUT) DNF
1932 Jean Aerts Belgium 1, Paris — Caen July 6, 1932 Opening stage 2, Caen — Nantes July 7, 1932   Kurt Stöpel (GER) 13th
1933 Georges Lemaire Belgium 9, Gap — Digne July 6, 1933   Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 11, Nice — Cannes July 9, 1933   Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 4th
1935 Romain Maes Belgium 1, Paris — Lille July 4, 1935 Opening stage winner  
1936 Sylvère Maes Belgium 8, Grenoble — Briançon July 15, 1936   Maurice Archambaud (FRA) winner  
1937 Marcel Kint Belgium 3, Charleville — Metz July 2, 1937   Jean Majerus (LUX) 4, Metz — Belfort July 3, 1937   Erich Bautz (GER) DNF
Sylvère Maes Belgium 9, Briançon — Digne July 9, 1937   Maurice Archambaud (FRA) 17a, Bordeaux — Royan July 9, 1937   Roger Lapébie (FRA) DNF
1938 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 8, Pau — Luchon July 14, 1938   Jean Majerus (LUX) 14, Digne — Briançon July 22, 1938   Gino Bartali (ITA)  
1939 Romain Maes Belgium 2a, Caen — Vire July 11, 1939   Amédée Fournier (FRA) 2b, Vire — Rennes July 11, 1939   Jean Fontenay (FRA) DNF
Sylvère Maes Belgium 15, Digne — Briançon July 26, 1939   René Vietto (FRA) winner  
1948 Jan Engels Aiglons 2, Trouville — Dinard July 1, 1948   Gino Bartali (ITA) 3, Dinard — Nantes July 2, 1948   Louison Bobet (FRA) 22nd
Roger Lambrecht Internationals 4, Nantes — La Rochelle July 3, 1948   Louison Bobet (FRA) 6, Bordeaux — Biarritz July 5, 1948   Louison Bobet (FRA) 7th
1949 Roger Lambrecht Belgium 2, Reims — Brussels July 1, 1949   Marcel Dussault (FRA) 3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer July 2, 1949   Norbert Callens (BEL) 11th
Norbert Callens Belgium 3, Brussels — Boulogne-sur-Mer July 2, 1949   Roger Lambrecht (BEL) 4, Boulogne-sur-Mer — Rouen July 3, 1949   Jacques Marinelli (FRA) DNF
1952 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 1, Brest — Rennes June 25, 1952 Opening stage 3, Le Mans — Rouen June 27, 1952   Nello Lauredi (FRA) DNF
1956 Gilbert Desmet Belgium 3, Lille — Rouen July 7, 1956   André Darrigade (FRA) 4b, Rouen — Caen July 8, 1956   André Darrigade (FRA) 21st
Jan Adriaensens Belgium 12, Pau — Luchon July 17, 1956   André Darrigade (FRA) 15, Montpellier — Aix-en-Provence July 20, 1956   Wout Wagtmans (NED)  
1958 Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 2, Ghent — Dunkirk June 27, 1958   André Darrigade (FRA) 3, Dunkirk — Mers-les-Bains June 28, 1958   Wim van Est (NED) 10th
1959 Eddy Pauwels Belgium 9, Bordeaux — Bayonne July 3, 1959   Robert Cazala (FRA) 10, Bayonne — Bagnères-de-Bigorre July 5, 1959   Michel Vermeulin (FRA) 11th
16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne July 11, 1959   Jos Hoevenaers (BEL) 17, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble July 13, 1959   Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 13, Albi — Aurillac July 8, 1959   Michel Vermeulin (FRA) 16, Clermont-Ferrand — Saint-Étienne July 11, 1959   Eddy Pauwels (BEL) 8th
1960 Julien Schepens Belgium 1a, Lille — Brussels June 26, 1960 Opening stage 1b, Brussels — Brussels June 26, 1960   Gastone Nencini (ITA) DNF
Jan Adriaensens Belgium 6, Saint-Malo — Lorient July 1, 1960   Henry Anglade (FRA) 10, Mont-de-Marsan — Pau July 5, 1960   Gastone Nencini (ITA)  
1962 Willy Schroeders Flandria–Faema–Clément 9, La Rochelle — Bordeaux July 2, 1962   André Darrigade (FRA) 12, Pau — Saint-Gaudens July 5, 1962   Tom Simpson (GBR) DNF
Jef Planckaert Flandria–Faema–Clément 13, Luchon — Superbagnères July 6, 1962   Tom Simpson (GBR) 20, Bourgoin — Lyon July 13, 1962   Jacques Anquetil (FRA)  
1963 Eddy Pauwels Wiel's–Groene Leeuw 1, Paris — Épernay June 23, 1963 Opening stage 3, Jambes — Roubaix June 25, 1963   Seamus Elliott (IRL) 13th
Gilbert Desmet Wiel's–Groene Leeuw 6b, Angers — Angers June 28, 1963   Seamus Elliott (IRL) 16, Grenoble — Val-d'Isère July 9, 1963   Federico Bahamontes (ESP) 5th
1964 Edward Sels Solo–Superia 1, Rennes — Lisieux June 22, 1964 Opening stage 3a, Amiens — Forest June 24, 1964   Bernard Van de Kerckhove (BEL) 33rd
Bernard Van de Kerckhove Solo–Superia 3a, Amiens — Forest June 24, 1964   Edward Sels (BEL) 5, Lunéville — Freiburg June 26, 1964   Rudi Altig (GER) 57th
1965 Rik Van Looy Solo–Superia 1a, Cologne — Liège June 22, 1965 Opening stage 2, Liège — Roubaix June 23, 1965   Bernard Van de Kerckhove (BEL) 31st
Bernard Van de Kerckhove Solo–Superia 2, Liège — Roubaix June 23, 1965   Rik Van Looy (BEL) 3, Roubaix — Rouen June 24, 1965   Felice Gimondi (ITA) DNF
7, La Baule — La Rochelle June 28, 1965   Felice Gimondi (ITA) 9, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre June 30, 1965   Felice Gimondi (ITA)
1967 Willy Van Neste Belgium 2, Saint-Malo — Caen July 1, 1967   José María Errandonea (ESP) 3, Caen — Amiens July 2, 1967   Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) 33rd
Jozef Spruyt Belgium 4, Amiens — Roubaix July 3, 1967   Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) 5a, Roubaix — Jambes July 4, 1967   Roger Pingeon (FRA) 57th
1968 Herman Van Springel Belgium A 3a, Forest — Forest June 30, 1968   Charly Grosskost (FRA) 4, Roubaix — Rouen July 1, 1968   Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA)  
19, La Baule — La Rochelle July 18, 1968   Gregorio San Miguel (ESP) 22b, Dax — Bagnères-de-Bigorre July 21, 1968   Jan Janssen (NED)
Georges Vandenberghe Belgium B 5a, Rouen — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne July 2, 1968   Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA) 16, Albi — Aurillac July 15, 1968   Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 18th
1969 Eddy Merckx Faema 1b, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Woluwe-Saint-Pierre June 29, 1969   Rudi Altig (GER) 2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht June 30, 1969   Julien Stevens (BEL)  
6, Mulhouse — Ballon d'Alsace July 4, 1969   Désiré Letort (FRA) winner
Julien Stevens Faema 2, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre — Maastricht June 30, 1969   Eddy Merckx (BEL) 5, Nancy — Mulhouse July 3, 1969   Désiré Letort (FRA) 72nd
1970 Eddy Merckx Faemino–Faema P, Limoges June 27, 1970 Opening stage 2, La Rochelle — Angers June 28, 1970   Italo Zilioli (ITA)  
6, Amiens — Valenciennes July 2, 1970   Italo Zilioli (ITA) winner
1971 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Mulhouse June 26, 1971 Opening stage 1b, Basel — Freiburg June 27, 1971   Rini Wagtmans (NED)  
1c, Freiburg — Mulhouse June 27, 1971   Rini Wagtmans (NED) 10, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble July 7, 1971   Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
14, Revel — Luchon July 12, 1971   Luis Ocaña (ESP) winner
1972 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Angers July 1, 1972 Opening stage 1, Angers — Saint-Brieuc July 2, 1972   Cyrille Guimard (FRA)  
3b, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage July 4, 1972   Cyrille Guimard (FRA) 4, Merlin-Plage — Royan July 5, 1972   Cyrille Guimard (FRA)
8, Pau — Luchon July 10, 1972   Cyrille Guimard (FRA) winner
1973 Willy Teirlinck Sonolor 1a, Scheveningen — Rotterdam July 1, 1973   Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas July 1, 1973   Herman Van Springel (BEL) 60th
Herman Van Springel Rokado–De Gribaldy 1b, Rotterdam — Sint-Niklaas July 1, 1973   Willy Teirlinck (BEL) 3, Roubaix — Reims July 3, 1973   José Catieau (FRA) 6th
1974 Eddy Merckx Molteni P, Brest June 27, 1974 Opening stage 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon June 28, 1974   Joseph Bruyère (BEL)  
4, Saint-Malo — Caen July 1, 1974   Joseph Bruyère (BEL) 5, Caen — Dieppe July 2, 1974   Gerben Karstens (NED)
7, Mons — Châlons-sur-Marne July 4, 1974   Gerben Karstens (NED) winner
Joseph Bruyère Molteni 1, Brest — Saint-Pol-de-Léon June 28, 1974   Eddy Merckx (BEL) 4, Saint-Malo — Caen July 31, 1974   Eddy Merckx (BEL) 21st
Patrick Sercu Brooklyn 6a, Dieppe — Harelbeke July 3, 1974   Gerben Karstens (NED) 6b, Harelbeke — Harelbeke July 3, 1974   Gerben Karstens (NED) 89th
1975 Eddy Merckx Molteni–RYC 6, Merlin-Plage — Merlin-Plage July 2, 1975   Francesco Moser (ITA) 15, Nice — Pra-Loup July 13, 1975   Bernard Thévenet (FRA)  
1976 Freddy Maertens Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf P, Saint-Jean-de-Monts June 24, 1976 Opening stage 9, Divonne-les-Bains — Alpe d'Huez July 4, 1976   Lucien Van Impe (BEL) 8th
Lucien Van Impe Gitane–Campagnolo 9, Divonne-les-Bains — Alpe d'Huez July 4, 1976   Freddy Maertens (BEL) 12, Le Barcarès — Pyrénées 2000 July 8, 1976   Raymond Delisle (FRA)  
14, Saint-Gaudens — Saint-Lary-Soulan July 10, 1976   Raymond Delisle (FRA) winner
1978 Joseph Bruyère C&A 8, Bordeaux — Biarritz July 7, 1978   Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 16, Saint-Étienne — Alpe d'Huez July 16, 1978   Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 4th
1980 Rudy Pevenage IJsboerke–Warncke Eis 3, Metz — Liège June 29, 1980   Yvon Bertin (FRA) 11, Damazan — Laplume July 8, 1980   Bernard Hinault (FRA) 42nd
1982 Ludo Peeters TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo 1, Basel — Möhlin July 3, 1982   Bernard Hinault (FRA) 2, Basel — Nancy July 4, 1982   Phil Anderson (AUS) 34th
1983 Eric Vanderaerden Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo P, Fontenay-sous-Bois July 1, 1983 Opening stage 2, Soissons — Fontaine-au-Pire July 3, 1983   Jean-Louis Gauthier (FRA) DNF
1984 Ludo Peeters Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko 1, Bondy — Saint-Denis June 30, 1984   Bernard Hinault (FRA) 2, Bobigny — Louvroil July 1, 1984   Jacques Hanegraaf (NED) 57th
1985 Eric Vanderaerden Panasonic–Raleigh 1, Vannes — Lanester June 29, 1985   Bernard Hinault (FRA) 4, Fougères — Pont-Audemer July 2, 1985   Kim Andersen (DEN) 87th
1993 Wilfried Nelissen Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer 2, Les Sables-d'Olonne — Vannes July 5, 1993   Miguel Induráin (ESP) 4, Dinard — Avranches July 7, 1993   Mario Cipollini (ITA) DNF
5, Avranches — Évreux July 8, 1993   Mario Cipollini (ITA) 6, Évreux — Amiens July 9, 1993   Mario Cipollini (ITA)
Johan Museeuw GB–MG Maglificio 7, Péronne — Châlons-sur-Marne July 10, 1993   Mario Cipollini (ITA) 9, Lac de Madine — Lac de Madine July 12, 1993   Miguel Induráin (ESP) 50th
1994 Johan Museeuw GB–MG Maglificio 3, Calais — Eurotunnel July 5, 1994   Chris Boardman (GBR) 4, Dover — Brighton July 6, 1994   Flavio Vanzella (ITA) 80th
7, Rennes — Futuroscope July 9, 1994   Sean Yates (GBR) 9, Périgueux — Bergerac July 11, 1994   Miguel Induráin (ESP)
1995 Johan Bruyneel ONCE 7, Charleroi — Liège July 8, 1995   Bjarne Riis (DEN) 8, Huy — Seraing July 9, 1995   Miguel Induráin (ESP) 31st
2001 Marc Wauters Rabobank 2, Calais — Antwerp July 9, 2001   Christophe Moreau (FRA) 3, Antwerp — Seraing July 10, 2001   Stuart O'Grady (AUS) DNF
2006 Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic 3, Esch-sur-Alzette — Valkenburg July 4, 2006   Thor Hushovd (NOR) 7, Saint-Grégoire — Rennes July 8, 2006   Serhiy Honchar (UKR) DNF
2011 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma–Lotto 1, Passage du Gois — Mont des Alouettes July 2, 2011 Opening stage 2, Les Essarts — Les Essarts July 3, 2011   Thor Hushovd (NOR) 38th
2013 Jan Bakelants RadioShack–Leopard 2, Bastia — Ajaccio June 30, 2013   Marcel Kittel (GER) 4, Nice — Nice July 2, 2013   Simon Gerrans (AUS) 18th
2016 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 5, Limoges — Le Lioran July 6, 2016   Peter Sagan (SVK) 8, Pau — Luchon July 9, 2016   Chris Froome (GBR) 44th
2018 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 3, Cholet — Cholet July 9, 2018   Peter Sagan (SVK) 11, Albertville — La Rosière July 18, 2018   Geraint Thomas (GBR) 28th
2022 Yves Lampaert Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1, Copenhagen — Copenhagen July 1, 2022 Opening stage 2, Roskilde — Nyborg July 2, 2022   Wout van Aert (BEL) 119th
Wout van Aert Team Jumbo–Visma 2, Roskilde — Nyborg July 2, 2022   Yves Lampaert (BEL) 6, Binche — Longwy July 7, 2022   Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 21st

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  1. ^ a b After the seventh stage, Frantz, Leducq and Fontan led the general classification with exactly the same time. There was no rule in this situation to determine who was the leader, so all three were considered leaders and were given yellow jerseys for the next stage.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Coyle, Daniel (2005). Tour de Force. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 316–321. ISBN 0-00-720922-3.
  2. ^ Associated Press (2008-07-15). "17 teams issue challenge over organizing of events". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  3. ^ Kita, Joe (2008). "Tour de France". Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  4. ^ a b "A-Z of Le Tour". BBC. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  5. ^ Guinness, Rupert (2008-07-15). "Evans in yellow as Piepoli wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  6. ^ "The Tour - Year 1919". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

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