Cycling: Tour de France 2017 guide with stages and latest standings

Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de France title and third in a row by a margin of 54 seconds, making this the seventh closest Tour in history. 

Here, you can look back at the full story of the Tour with all the stage results and links to every report.

Tour de France: Final yellow jersey standings

Final results after Stage 21, (Montgeron - Paris - 103km):
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2hrs 25mins 39secs
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
8 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro
9 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
12 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
13 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
14 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
15 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
16 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ
17 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
18 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors
19 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
20 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro all at same time

Final general classification after 21 Stages:
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 86hrs 20mins 55secs
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac at 54secs
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 2mins 20secs
4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky at 2mins 21secs
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team at 3mins 05secs
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 4mins 42secs
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott at 6mins 14secs
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates at 8mins 20secs
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo at 8mins 49secs
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb at 9mins 25secs
11 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team at 14mins 48secs
12 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team at 15mins 28secs
13 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 24mins 38secs
14 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky at 25mins 28secs
15 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe at 33mins 21secs
16 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaroat at 36mins 46secs
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo at 37mins 43secs
18 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team at 37mins 47secs
19 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data at 39mins 36secs
20 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal at 42mins 04secs

Tour de France: Stage-by-stage reports

July 1

Stage 1: Dusseldorf to Dusseldorf (14km individual time trial). 

The Tour opens with a 14km time trial along the banks of the Rhine - a distance longer than the once traditional opening prologue, but hardly far enough to put too many definitive splits into the general classification. It is entirely flat, and features hardly any corners or technical elements. Katusha-Alpecin's Tony Martin, the four-time world champion time triallist, will have his eyes on yellow in his home country, but he will have plenty of competition.

Winner: Geraint Thomas - click for full report!

In truth, Thomas probably did not want to be riding this year's Tour as he was supposed to be recovering from the Giro d'Italia. But having crashed out in Italy, he came to the Tour and enjoyed the considerable consolation prize of earning the first stage win of his career - and the yellow jersey to boot. 

July 2

Stage 2: Dusseldorf to Liege (203.5km)

This year's Tour could be a feast for the sprinters with up to nine opportunities for a bunch finish, and the first course is likely to be served after the peloton crosses into Belgium on the second day. Two category four climbs will do little to soften up the legs before the sprint trains do battle on the Boulevard de la Sauveniere.

Winner: Marcel Kittel - click for full report!

Kittel began his run of dominance in the sprints by taking victory ahead of Arnaud Demare and Andre Greipel despite the breakdown of his lead-out train. 

July 3

Stage 3: Verviers to Longwy (212.5km)

The organisers may have managed to find a flat road into Liege but a day later they draw on the Ardennes Classics to produce a lumpy stage which takes the pack from Belgium to France via Luxembourg, finishing with a punchy uphill finish into the Citadel in Longwy. Expect a stress-filled finish as general classification contenders fight for position and a long list of opportunists look for their chance in an unpredictable finish.

Winner: Peter Sagan - click here for full report!

The uphill sprint into Longwy looked ideally suited to world champion Peter Sagan and so it proved as he won ahead of Michael Matthews. Sagan needed to enjoy his victory however - 24 hours later he would be disqualified from the race. 

July 4

Stage 4: Mondorf-les-Bains to Vittel (207.5km)

A third straight day of more than 200km should end in another bunch sprint before bottles of spring water are freely distributed in Vittel. There is just one category four climb on the road south from Mondorf-les-Bains and so, though Vittel is yet to see a sprint finish in three previous stage finishes held here, that run will surely come to an end. The only complicating factor is the possibility of strong crosswinds on the roads around Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Winner: Arnaud Demare - click here for full report!

After Sagan crashed into Cavendish in the sprint - an incident which would end both their races - Demare emerged from the carnage to win the sprint and make sure France would not be kept waiting long for a home winner this year. 

July 5

Stage 5: Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles (160.5km)

The first real test to draw out the general classification hopefuls comes with the short but sharp climb up to La Planche des Belles Filles - scene of Chris Froome's first career Tour stage win while in service of Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012. The climb - which features inclines reaching 20 per cent - has only appeared in the Tour twice previously (2014 being the other occasion) but has quickly established itself as an important test for those pursuing yellow.

Winner: Fabio Aru - click here for full report!

Froome would later admit to making a tactical mistake as he and his main rivals allowed Aru to get away in the final two and a half kilometres of the steep climb to La Planche des Belles Filles. The time Aru gained would help put him in yellow later in the race. 

July 6

Stage 6: Vesoul to Troyes (216km)

The sprinters will not enjoy the end of stage five but should get their rewards 24 hours later with another relatively flat day in north-west France, expected to finish in a bunch sprint. Two category four climbs are all that punctuate the ride from Vesoul.

Winner: Marcel Kittel - click for full report!

The Quick-Step Floors lead-out train was back on track in Troyes, which meant there was no stopping Kittel as he won ahead of Demare and Greipel. 

July 7

Stage 7: Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges (213.5km)

Stage seven should be yet another for the quick men, but this time it will be their last chance for a few days so any of the big guns yet to taste victory will be eager to put that right in Nuits-Saint-Georges so they can enjoy a toast of some local Burgundy. Potential crosswinds could complicate the plans significantly, however.

Winner: Marcel Kittel - click here for full report!

The German doubled up a day later but this time needed a photo finish to deny Edvald Boasson Hagen, denying the Norwegian by just six millimetres. 

July 8

Stage 8: Dole to Station des Rousses (187.5km)

Breakaway specialists will have their eyes on the testing stage eight, which features three categorised climbs - headlined by the category one Montee de la Combe de Laisia les Molunes - as they move into the Jura mountains. The general classification hopefuls will almost certainly keep their powder dry for the even tougher climbs to come a day later, so if a decent group gets away they are likely to contest stage honours between themselves.

Winner: Lilian Calmejane - click here for full report!

Frenchman Calmejane attacked out of the breakaway and then survived an attack of cramp on the final climb to hold off Robert Gesink. 

July 9

Stage 9: Nantua to Chambery (181.5km)

There are seven hors categorie climbs in the 2017 Tour, and three of them come on this utterly brutal stage to Chambery, which packs 4,600 metres of climbing into 181.5 kilometres. The last of them, the Mont du Chat, may not have the history to match a Ventoux or Alpe d'Huez - this is only its second appearance in the Tour - but it is arguably tougher given its unrelenting gradients. A long technical descent into Chambery adds another twist to what should be a fantastic day's racing.

Winner: Rigoberto Uran - click here for full report!

At the time Uran's victory seemed an afterthought on a day that saw Thomas and Richie Porte crash out. But Uran's remarkable attack after the Mont du Chat - done on what was effectively a two-speed bike due to a gear problem - helped put him in the picture at the top of the general classification. 

July 10

Rest day: Dordogne

July 11

Stage 10: Perigueux to Bergerac (178km)

The first rest day will be used to make a lengthy transfer west to Dordogne before racing resumes with an almost entirely flat stage to Bergerac, and another opportunity for the fast men.

Winner: Marcel Kittel - click here for full report!

Back on flat ground, Kittel was once again reigned supreme, this time beating compatriot John Degenkolb. 

July 12

Stage 11: Eymet to Pau (203.5km)

Pau will host a stage finish on the Tour for the 59th time as the race uses its most usual gateway into the Pyrenees. The prospect of those looming mountains should focus the minds of the sprint trains to ensure another bunch gallop, although breaks have prospered in circumstances such as these before.

Winner: Marcel Kittel - click here for full report!

Spot a theme yet? If it was a sprint day, it was Kittel. The 29-year-old collected his fifth win of the Tour - though it would prove to be his last. 

July 13

Stage 12: Pau to Peyragudes (214.5km)

It is time to go climbing again as they get stuck into the Pyrenees. However, this stage is back-loaded, with four of the five categorised climbs coming in the second half of a lengthy day in the saddle. Thirty-six of the final 55 kilometres of the day point uphill. The finishing trio of the Port de Bales, Col de Peyresourde and the climb to Peyragudes repeats the finish to the stage in 2012 where it looked as though Froome was capable of nicking overall victory off team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Winner: Romain Bardet - click here for full report!

Bardet underlined his own credentials after the race came alive on the short but extremely sharp climb up to Peyragudes at the end of a testing day of mountains. Froome's struggles saw him surrender yellow to Aru. 

July 14

Stage 13: Saint-Girons to Foix (101km)

Tour organisers have taken note of the fact that short, sharp stages usually produce better racing than the big brutes, so this year's Bastille Day special is a 100km dash across three categorised climbs before a long descent into Foix. But don't be fooled by the distance - gradients on the climbs are close to 20 per cent in places and this is still a real test. A break could prosper if they can make it over the final climb before the long relatively straight descent to the finish.

Winner: Warren Barguil - click here for full report!

Barguil delivered a Bastille Day victory at the end of the explosive 101km stage to Foix, attacking out of a breakaway. 

July 15

Stage 14: Blagnac to Rodez (181.5km)

A rolling transitional stage takes the pack from Blagnac to the Massif Central, and offers an opening to the puncheurs to have their moment. Most of the climbing comes towards the end, including the short sharp uphill finish of the Cote Saint-Pierre, where Greg Van Avermaet bested Peter Sagan in the Tour's last visit two years ago.

Winner: Michael Matthews - click here for full report!

 A day after his room-mate delivered victory, Matthews won at the top of the testing finish into Rodez, where Froome distanced Aru to reclaim yellow. 

July 16

Stage 15: Laissac-Severac l'Eglise to Le Puy-en-Velay (189.5km)

This is another very difficult stage to predict. There are no mountains on the menu but there are two category one climbs on a rolling day. It could be one for the puncheurs to have a go, or it could see a general classification outsider look to upset the order of things ahead of the second rest day. The two final climbs are short, sharp and narrow, and look like natural launching pads for anyone with the legs to use them.

Winner: Bauke Mollema - click here for full report!

With the general classification hopefuls marking each other, the tough stage to Le Puy was another day for the breakaway. Mollema attacked on the descent of the Peyra Taillade and stayed away for his first Tour win. 

July 17

Rest day: Le Puy-en-Velay

July 18

Stage 16: Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans-sur-Isere (165km)

Despite a rolling start, the long flat run to the finish should favour the sprinters and they will certainly hope so after a series of testing days in the hills. The wind could be a factor, but the mistral rarely blows hard so far north, which should help keep everything under control.

Winner: Michael Matthews - click here for full report!

Crosswinds led to a nervous day, and Matthews won in a select sprint out of a lead group of 22 - which included Froome in the yellow jersey. 

July 19

Stage 17: La Mure to Serre-Chevalier (183km)

The race moves into the Alps and will head to its highest point of the 2017 edition - the fearsome Col de Galibier, some 2,645m above sea level. It was due to be used in 2015 until a landslide intervened and forced the race over the Col de la Croix de Fer - which features as a mere hors d'ouevre this time around. This is classic Tour territory and the favourites should be to the forefront.

Winner: Primoz Roglic  - click here for full report!

Former junior world ski jump champion Roglic sailed down the Tour's highest mountain - the Galibier - to win solo in Serre-Chevalier. 

July 20

Stage 18: Briancon to Izoard (179.5km)

The final mountain stage of the race comes relatively early but it should not lack drama. The climb of the Col d'Izoard guarantees stunning scenery and should provide electric racing as the climbers get their last opportunity to make an impression in the general classification - and those aiming for the polka dot jersey target the double points available at the finish.

Winner: Warren Barguil - click here for full report!

Barguil underlined his credentials as the king of the mountains by winning on the Tour's final summit finish, having broken free of the general classification contenders with six kilometres left. 

July 21

Stage 19: Embrun to Salon-de-Provence (222.5km)

The longest stage of the Tour comes near the end as they pack heads out of the Alps and into Provence. It could be yet another chance for the sprinters - if they still have the legs - or it could be one for the breakway. The only certainty is that the general classification contenders will be doing their best to preserve energy after the mountain battles that have been, and the potentially decisive time trial still to come.

Winner: Edvald Boasson Hagen - click here for full report!

After twice being second in photo finishes, and twice finishing third, Boasson Hagen left absolutely no doubt as he attacked from the breakaway in the final three kilometres and won solo in Salon-de-Provence. 

July 22

Stage 20: Marseille to Marseille (22.5km individual time trial)

The final chance - barring incident in the last day - to reshape the general classification comes in 22.5km battle against the clock around Marseille. The short distance will make it difficult to overturn any looming time gaps, but if the battle is still close this is where it will be decided. Should the fight essentially be over, there will still be no shortage of spectacle, with a sell-out crowd of 67,000 expected at the Orange Stade Velodrome where the time trial starts and finishes.

Winner: Maciej Bodnar - click here for full report!

Having been cruelly denied victory on stage 11 to Pau - when he was part of the break for 200km only to be caught 200 metres from the line - Bodnar savoured his first Tour win by besting the time trial in Marseille. But only just - he won by a single second from fellow Pole Michal Kwiatkowski. 

July 23

Stage 21: Montgeron to Paris (103km)

Montgeron hosted the start of the first stage of the first Tour de France all the way back in 1903. But the race that sets off from there on July 23 is a very different affair to those free-wheeling days, with the battle for yellow effectively over and the focus entirely on the anticipated sprint to come on the Champs-Elysees. Andre Greipel has won in Paris in each of the past two years, with Marcel Kittel winning in 2013 and 2014 having ended Mark Cavendish's run of four straigth victories.

Winner:  Dylan Groenewegen - click here for full report!

The much-anticipated sprint on the Champs-Elysees was a slightly messy affair but no one could match the power of Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, as a late lunge from Andre Greipel came too late. 

Tour de France: The jerseys

YELLOW

Given to the overall race leader, namely the rider who has completed the stages so far in the shortest combined time. The jersey is thought to date back to 1919 and takes its colour from l'Auto, the newspaper owned by race founder and sponsor Henri Desgrange, and the forerunner of today's L'Equipe. Eddy 'the Cannibal' Merckx wore yellow for a record 96 days during his career. Froome leads all active riders with 44 days spent in yellow.

GREEN

The next most prestigious jersey is given to the leader in the points classification which rewards sprinters, the riders who can be seen barrelling to the line in a bunch finish. During each stage, points are attributed during the intermediary sprints and at the finish. The jersey was introduced in 1953. Germany's Erik Zabel won it a record six consecutive times between 1996 and 2001. World champion Peter Sagan heads to the 2017 Tour looking to match that record after winning it in each of the past five editions.

POLKA DOT

The King of the Mountains. Like the green jersey, riders succeed in the climbers' classification by claiming points, in this case for being the first to the top of designated hills and mountains, the greatest number of points being awarded for the hardest ascents. Although the award was introduced in 1933, the distinctive jersey was not brought in until 1975. Scotland's Robert Millar was King of the Mountains in 1984, while in 2015 Chris Froome became the first rider to win the polka dot jersey and yellow jersey in the same Tour since Merckx in 1970.

WHITE

Given to the best-placed rider under 25 years old on January 1 of the year the Tour is ridden. The jersey was introduced in 1975. It was abandoned in 1989 but reintroduced in 1999. Britain's Adam Yates won the classification in 2016, and his twin brother Simon will target it this time around.

Tour de France: The GB contingent

CHRIS FROOME

Age: 32

Team: Team Sky

Previous Appearances (finishes in brackets): 2008 (84th), 2012 (second), 2013 (first), 2014 (DNF - withdrew stage five), 2015 (first), 2016 (first).

Stage wins: Seven (2012 - stage seven; 2013 - stages eight, 15 and 17; 2015 - stage 10; 2016 - stages eight and 18)

Froome heads to France as the obvious favourite. His victory last year made him one of just eight men with three or more Tour wins to their name, and the first to successfully retain the crown since Miguel Indurain in 1995. But he now has even bigger goals in mind. If he is wearing yellow in Paris again this year, Froome will stand alone on four overall victories and be tantalisingly close to the all-time record of five wins, held jointly by Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Indurain. However, his form so far this year is open to question. Each of his previous Tour wins was preceded by victory in the Criterium du Dauphine but this year he could only manage fourth, leaving him without a victory on the road in 2017 so far.

MARK CAVENDISH

Age: 32

Team: Team Dimension Data

Previous appearances: 2007 (withdrew after stage eight), 2008 (withdrew after stage 14), 2009 (131), 2010 (154), 2011 (130), 2012 (142), 2013 (148), 2014 (DNF - abandoned after stage 1), 2015 (142), 2016 (DNF - abandoned after stage 16).

Stage wins: Stage wins: 30 (2008 - stages five, eight, 12 and 13; 2009 - stages two, three, 10, 11, 19 and 21; 2010 - stages five, six, 11, 18 and 20; 2011 - stages five, seven, 11, 15 and 21; 2012 - stages two, 18 and 20; 2013 - stages five and 13; 2015 - stage seven; 2016 - stages one, three, six and 14).

After suggestions in 2015 that his time had passed, Cavendish responded in some style in 2016 to win four stages before departing on the second rest day to focus on the Olympics. That haul brought him within four of Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34 Tour stage wins. That mark could well be within Cavendish's reach this summer given an unusually high number of stages open to a bunch sprint finish, but in order to get there the Manxman will need to show that he is over a long bout of illness which has kept him off the roads for three months of the season to date.

GERAINT THOMAS

Age: 31

Team: Team Sky

Previous appearances: 2007 (140), 2010 (67), 2011 (31), 2013 (140), 2014 (22), 2015 (15), 2016 (15).

Stage wins: None

The Welshman was handed his big chance to lead Team Sky in a Grand Tour in May at the Giro d'Italia, but things did not go to plan as a freak crash caused by a police motorbike on the Blockhaus climb ended his chances. While Froome was no doubt disappointed for his team-mate, he might have allowed himself a smile at the thought that it opened up the possibility of Thomas returning as a key lieutenant for the Tour. Thomas has played a major role in each of Froome's Tour victories to date and the affable character will be a welcome addition to the Sky line-up once again.

SIMON YATES

Age: 24

Team: Orica-Scott

Previous appearances: 2014 (DNF - abandoned after stage 15), 2015 (89).

Stage wins: None

Yates' hopes of riding the 2016 Tour were ended by a four-month doping ban - which his team blamed on their own failure to properly apply for a therapeutic use exemption for his asthma inhaler. Instead he had to watch from a distance as his twin brother Adam won the young riders' classification and finished fourth overall. The pair were originally both due to skip the Tour this year to focus on the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, but a change of plans will see Simon head to the start line. The white jersey will be his goal, although he will shrug off any attempts by observers to compare his performance too closely with what Adam achieved 12 months before.

STEVE CUMMINGS

Age: 36

Team: Team Dimension Data

Previous appearances: 2010 (151), 2012 (95), 2015 (86), 2016 (140).

Stage wins: Two (2015 - stage 14, 2016 - stage seven)

Like his Dimension Data team-mate Cavendish, Cummings has faced huge hurdles in his bid to line-up in this year's Tour de France after suffering a fractured collarbone, sternum and scapula in a crash in April. But his team will offer every opportunity to the wily veteran, who has won stages in each of the past two Tours. The Wirral rider provided one of the highlights of the 2015 Tour with his late breakaway victory on stage 14, giving his African team - then named MTN-Qhubeka - their first Tour win and fittingly one that arrived on Nelson Mandela Day. He then repeated the trick with another trademark late attack to win in Lac de Payolle last year. He warmed up by claiming a first British time trial title at the UK National Championships.

ALEX DOWSETT

Age: 28

Team: Movistar

Previous appearances: 2015 (Abandoned on stage 12).

Stage wins: None

The Essex rider endured a torrid Tour de France debut in 2015, crashing on stage four, struggling on the early mountain stages and barely missing the time cut on stage 11, and he pulled out after being dropped on the first climb of stage 12. After all of that, he sat out last year's race but is once again on Movistar's shortlist for their Tour squad thanks to his time-trialling prowess. He broke the British record over 25 miles in May last year and took a time-trial win in the 2013 Giro d'Italia - and this week narrowly missed out on claiming his sixth British time trial title, beaten by Cummings.

LUKE ROWE

Age: 27

Team: Team Sky

Previous appearances: 2015 (136), 2016 (151).

Stage wins: None

Rowe made his Tour debut in 2015, becoming only the third Welshman to finish the Tour, and will make it three in a row as a key lieutenant of Froome. Still only 27, Rowe has taken on the status of road captain for Sky, trusted to make the key decisions. This year's Sky squad features a number of older, more experienced riders, but the faith shown in Rowe emphasises his value to the team.

DAN McLAY

Age: 25

Team: Fortuneo-Vital Concept (to be known as Fortuneo-Oscaro from the start of the Tour)

Previous appearances: 2016 (170).

Stage wins: None

McLay was among the revelations of last year's Tour as the young sprinter recorded four top-10 finishes in the opening week, including third on stage six as he mixed it with the world's best. With his pro-continental team handed another wildcard entry for the Tour this year, he will look to make the most of any opportunities that come his way.

BEN SWIFT

Age: 29

Team: UAE Team Emirates

Previous appearances: 2011 (135).

Stage wins: None

Having left Team Sky in search of further opportunities at the end of 2016, Swift is in line for his first appearance in the Tour since 2011, when he claimed sixth place on stage 15 while supporting Sir Bradley Wiggins' pursuit of yellow. Illness and injury initially hampered his move to UAE Team Emirates, but the Yorkshireman was on better form in the Criterium du Dauphine, finishing second on stage seven while claiming fifth in the points classification and third in the mountains classification.

Tour de France: By the numbers

3,540 - kilometres to be raced in the 2017 Tour, across four countries (Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France).

Nine - the number of riders in each team after race organisers Amaury Sports Organisation had to put on hold plans to cut teams to eight riders. A total of 198 riders are scheduled to start.

21 - stages in the 2017 race, across 23 days. There are two rest days.

2,642 - metres, the highest point of the 2017 Tour, at the summit of Col du Galibier.

4/5 - Team Sky have won the Tour four times in the last five years (Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012; Chris Froome in 2013, 2015 and 2016).

Five - mountain-top finishes, including at La Planche des Belles Filles, where Froome won his first Tour stage and Wiggins took the yellow jersey in 2012.

Eight - seconds. The narrowest winning margin in Tour history, when Greg Le Mond beat Laurent Fignon in 1989.

44 - days in which Froome has worn the Tour's yellow jersey, the maillot jaune.

Two - British winners of the polka dot jersey for best climber: Robert Millar in 1984 and Froome in 2015.

34 - stage wins by Eddy Merckx, the most in Tour history. Second-placed Mark Cavendish has 30.

Five - times Cavendish has won four or more stages. He has started 10 Tours, completing six, winning four stages (2008, 2016), six (2009), five (2010, 2011), three (2012), two (2013) and one (2015).