Tour de France: Riders With Most Titles

The Tour de France is the pinnacle of professional road cycling. It’s the ultimate test of endurance and stamina of riders.

First organized in 1903, it is one of the oldest road cycling races in the world. Conquering the 21 stages was a feat only a select few could achieve.

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In this article, let us have a look at the riders with most Tour de France titles.

Jacques Anquetil (5)

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Anquetil won his first in 1957 and claimed further victories in 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 to take his total of Tour de France wins to five across his career. The Frenchman has the most Tour wins by any rider in the competition.

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He had an exceptional ability to win individual time trial stages in particular and is regarded as the greatest cyclist of his generation. He also took victories in the Vuelta a Espana in 1963 and twice in the Giro d’Italia in 1960 and 1964.

Eddy Merckx (5)

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Merckx is the second player in the list.  He won five titles between 1969 and 1974, and is undoubtedly one of the greatest riders this competition has ever seen.

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The Belgian also won the Giro d’Italia five times and the Vuelta a Espana once across a splendid and illustrious career, meaning that he has the most Grand Tour wins of any cyclist in the history of the sport. Overall, he achieved 525 victories throughout his 18-year career.

Bernard Hinault (5)

The second Frenchman on this list, Bernard Hinault also won five Tour de France titles, between 1978 and 1985.

In fact, throughout his 11-year career, Hinault entered a total of 13 Grand Tours, winning 10 of those and finishing second in two others.

Miguel Indurain (5)

Indurain is the fourth and final rider to have won five Tour de France titles across his career and the only man in history to have won all five in a row.

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Those victories came between 1991 and 1995 as he dominated the world of cycling. The Spaniard also won the Giro d’Italia twice and is one of just seven riders in the sport’s history to achieve the Giro-Tour double in the same season.

Chris Froome (4)

With four Tour de France titles, British cyclist Chris Froome is the fifth player in the list. His career was nearly ended by a crash at the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine.

Twice a Vuelta champion and winner of the Giro in 2018, the Brit also finished second to teammate Bradley Wiggins during the 2012 Tour de France and has two Olympic medals after taking home bronze in both the 2012 and 2016 time trials.

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Note: 1999-2005: these races were originally won by Lance armstrong, but in 2012 his wins in the Tour de France were removed due to doping violations.