Three riders have won 8 stages in a single year: * Charles Pélissier (1930, in addition to seven second places) * Eddy Merckx (1970, 1974) * Freddy Maertens (1976) Since 1976 these riders have won the most stages:
* 2009 - Cavendish 6 * 2008 - Cavendish 4 * 2007 - Tom Boonen, Michael Rasmussen, Fabian Cancellara, Daniele Bennati 2 * 2006 - Robbie McEwen 3 * 2005 - Robbie McEwen 3 * 2004 - Lance Armstrong 5 * 2003 - Alessandro Petacchi 4 * 2002 - Lance Armstrong 4 * 2001 - Lance Armstrong 4 * 2000 - Erik Dekker 3 * 1999 - Mario Cipollini, Lance Armstrong - 4 * 1998 - Tom Steels 4 * 1997 - Erik Zabel 3 * 1996 - Frédéric Moncassin, Erik Zabel, Bjarne Riis, Frédéric Moncassin 2 * 1995 - Erik Zabel, Marco Pantani, Mario Cipollini, Miguel Indurain 2 * 1994 - Piotr Ugrumov, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 2 * 1993 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Tony Rominger 3 * 1992 - Miguel Indurain 3 * 1991 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Dimitri Konyshev, Miguel Indurain, Thierry Marie, Charly Mottet 2 * 1990 - Erik Breukink, Gianni Bugno, Johan Museeuw 2 * 1989 - Greg LeMond 3 * 1988 - Jean-Paul van Poppel 4 * 1987 - Jean-François Bernard , Jean-Paul van Poppel, Régis Clère 2 * 1986 - Guido Bontempi, Bernard Hinault * 1985 - Rudy Matthijs 3 * 1984 - Laurent Fignon 5 * 1983 - Bert Oosterbosch 3 * 1982 - Bernard Hinault 4 * 1981 - Freddy Maertens, Bernard Hinault 5 * 1980 - Jan Raas, Bernard Hinault 3 * 1979 - Bernard Hinault 7 * 1978 - Jan Raas, Bernard Hinault 3 * 1977 - Dietrich Thurau 5 * 1976 - Freddy Maertens 8
As of the 2008 Tour de France, no British cyclist has ever won the Tour. One British cyclist, Robert Millar, was King of the Mountains in 1984.
from the tour de France website: "Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres."
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.
It is generally in France with occasional stages in neighbouring countries. It is traditional for the tour to start in another country, this year's start was in Monaco. This years tour for example has two stages based in Spain/Andorra.
Olympic Gold Medal winner Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France 2012.
As of the 2008 Tour de France, no British cyclist has ever won the Tour. One British cyclist, Robert Millar, was King of the Mountains in 1984.
Chris Boardman
One cyclist wins the Tour de France every year.
The Tour de France has been won 36 times by cyclist from France.
from the tour de France website: "Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres."
Lots.
Floyd landis
The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali.
There are 21 stages in 2008.
Julian dean i think
He is a retired American cyclist. He was also the first American to win the Tour De France.
There are 20 different stages (or 21, I'm not sure)