Statistics Of The Tour de France | Tour de France "Stat Attack"

Dan & Matt are here with a bucket load of mind-boggling stats about the mighty Tour de France!

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Tour de France finisher Dan Lloyd and Olympian Matt Stephens discuss stats from the biggest grand tour in cycling, the Tour de France.
Statistics include:
Most Stage Victories - Eddy Merckx
Record Number Of Green Jersey Victories - Erik Zabel
King Of The Mountains - Richard Virenque
Most Days In Yellow Jersey - Eddy Merckx with 96 days in the yellow jersey
Most Overall Victories - 5 each for Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain
Participation Record - George Hincapie, Jens Voigt & Stuart O'Grady
Oldest Riders - The oldest winner was Firmin Lambot, 36 years old
Fastest Road Stage - 1999, Stage 4 from Laval to Blois with average speed of 50.4kph. TT record was set in 2015 by Rohan Dennis average speed of 55.4kph!
Most Wins By Nation - France with 36 overall victories.
The Toughest Tour In History - The 1919 tour had just 10 finishers from the 67 starters

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