Jacques Anquetil (8 January 1934-18 November 1987), was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field - Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes - but he did just that. His victories in stage races such as the Tour were built on an exceptional ability to ride alone against the clock in individual time trial stages.
Jacques Anquetil, from France
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
bradley wiggins won the tour de france
Rene Pottier won the 1906 Tour de France.
Albert Contador won the last Tour De France in 2009.
Maurice Gauring won the 1904 Tour de France.
André Leducq, France, won the 1932 Tour de France
Lucien Petit-Breton won the 1907 Tour de France
André Leducq,France, won the 1930Tour de France
The Tour de France has been won 36 times by cyclist from France.
The hobgoblin of the Brittany moor, Jean Robic won the Tour De France in 1947.
The race was won by Louison Bobet, France.