Hinault won the Tour de France 5 times between 1978 and 1985Miguel Indurain won five times in a row; he won 1991 to 1995.Lance Armstrong won seven times, in a row too. But was stripped of his titles due to doping
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
Vincenzo Nibali, from Messina, Sicily, Italy, won the 2014 Tour de France. The race featured 21 stages and covered a distance of 2,276 miles.
GREG LEMOND.JOCK BOYER was the first American to compete at least in modern timesGreg LaMondIn 1986, Greg LeMond from Reno Nevada, became the first American to win the Tour de France. He also won in 1989 and 1990 after having to take a break from cycling in 1987 to recover from wounds he received when he was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law while they were out hunting.
TdF isn't a race between nations, it's a race between teams of professional riders. These teams will usually have members of several different nationalities.While a team may be based in France, and even have majority of French riders, it's still not a team officially representing France.
Jacques Anquetil, from France
Jacques Anquetil. He then held the yellow jacket until 1964.
Hinault won the Tour de France 5 times between 1978 and 1985Miguel Indurain won five times in a row; he won 1991 to 1995.Lance Armstrong won seven times, in a row too. But was stripped of his titles due to doping
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 Anqueti from France won the race
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
Jacques Anqueti from France won the race
Vincenzo Nibali, from Messina, Sicily, Italy, won the 2014 Tour de France. The race featured 21 stages and covered a distance of 2,276 miles.
The Tour de France has been won 36 times by cyclist from France.
GREG LEMOND.JOCK BOYER was the first American to compete at least in modern timesGreg LaMondIn 1986, Greg LeMond from Reno Nevada, became the first American to win the Tour de France. He also won in 1989 and 1990 after having to take a break from cycling in 1987 to recover from wounds he received when he was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law while they were out hunting.