Angelo Fausto Coppi (September 15, 1919 - January 2, 1960) was an Italian racing cyclist. Nicknamed Il Campionissimo ("the greatest champion") or "The Champion of the Champions", he was one of the most successful and most popular cyclists of all time. He twice won the Tour de France (1949 and 1952), and five times the Giro d'Italia (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953).
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (IPA: ['merks]) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium), known as Eddy Merckx, is a former Belgian professional cyclist. Merckx, regarded as the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time[1], established several world cycling records, some of which remain unbroken to this day. Merckx was nicknamed "the cannibal" because he wanted to win every race he participated in, never "arranging" a race with another competitor. Other nicknames were "the Einstein of the two-wheelers", and, courtesy of Jacques Goddet, "Le Géant" (The Giant).
Albert Contador won the last Tour De France in 2009.
Bernard Hinault was the last French cyclist to win the Tour de France. He won a total of 5 Tour de Frances, the last one being in 1985.
Italy has won the Toure De France 9 times.
Gustave Garrigou of France
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.
Bernard Hinault from France won the race
bradley wiggins won the tour de france
Albert Contador won the last Tour De France in 2009.
Rene Pottier won the 1906 Tour de France.
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.
Bernard Hinault was the last French cyclist to win the Tour de France. He won a total of 5 Tour de Frances, the last one being in 1985.
Bernard Thévenet from France won the race