All cyclists who have won the Tour de France and how many are Spanish

The last Tour of France 2024 was exceptional for coronation, for the third time, of Tadej Pogacar as champion in the biggest stages of international cycling stages. Next, we review all the Winners of the Tour de France Throughout his more than 120 years of history, with a special chapter for Spaniards as Miguel Induráin o Alberto Contador that could take the iconic yellow jersey the last day of competition.

Going to see the story of Francia Touronly seven Spaniards have managed to win it. This speaks of how complicated this round is and how coveted it is. But if we go further, only two of them have managed to take this championship on more than one occasion. We are obviously talking about Miguel Induráinand of Alberto Contador.

But we would have to go back further to meet the first Spanish cyclist who managed to win the Francia Tour. It's about Martín Bahamontes In 1959. The Toledo cyclist, a mountain specialist, arrived at the end competing against four French and the Águila de Toledo He took the prize, although from the organization they shortened the stages that could favor Spanish.

We had to wait a few years later, to 1973, to enjoy seeing another of ours taking the Francia Tour. Was Luis Ocañawhich managed to get more than a quarter of an hour to the second classified. The cyclist of Cuenca He had already been close to winning the championship a couple of years before, but a fall prevented him from doing so.

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DELGADO PERICO It was the third Spaniard who managed to enter the story winning the Francia Tour. In 1998 he came that deserved award that had been chasing for several years. Behind him touched the greatest legend of our country's cycling: Miguel Induráin. The Navarro dominated France As his superiority wanted and was such before his opponents who won the tournament for five consecutive years, being the first victory in 1991.

At present we would find the 3 Spanish cyclists who managed to take the Francia Tour. I would be Oscar Pereirowho did not win live, but had to wait for the doping of Floyd Landis. A Alberto Contador The same happened in 2007, but this time with Michael Rasmussenbut the one of Pinto He would win again in 2009. In between, Carlos Sastre He also knew the feeling of being crowned in Paris.

More historical winners of the Tour

Miguel Induráin It is the only cyclist who has managed to win five times the Francia Tour consecutively, but there are others who have won this amount of galas rounds: Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Merckx y Bernard Hinault. A step below would be Chris Froomethat you have to settle for four hindered.

In these 110 years of history, mention should be made Maurical townwho was the first winner of the Francia Tourbut during all this time we have been knowing and enjoying historical deeds that have managed to sign other winners such as Philip Tus, Philip o at emerging figure Jonas Vingegaard.