List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

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In the Tour de France, one of the three Grand Tours of professional stage cycling, [1] [2] the yellow jersey is given to the leader of the general classification. The Tour de France is the most famous road cycling event in the world, and is held annually in the month of July. [3] Although all riders compete together, the winners of the Tour are divided into classifications, each best known by the coloured jersey that is worn by the leader of it; the general classification (GC), represented by the maillot jaune (yellow jersey), is for the overall leader in terms of the lowest time. [4] [5] The other individual classifications in the Tour de France are the points classification, also known as the sprinters' classification (green jersey), the mountains classification (polka dot jersey), and the young rider classification (white jersey). [1] [4]

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The first Tour de France was in 1903, but the first Dutch cyclists started only in 1936. [6] Already in that first year, Theo Middelkamp won a stage, [6] but it would take until 1951 before Wim van Est was the first Dutch cyclists to wear the yellow jersey. [7] Between 1989 and 2019, the yellow jersey has never been worn by a Dutch cyclist. [8]

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"Obtained" refers to the date and stage where the rider secured the lead of the general classification at the finish; the rider would first wear the yellow jersey in the stage after, where he would start the day as leader. "Relinquished" refers to the date and stage where the rider lost the lead, and therefore was not wearing the yellow jersey the following stage.
List of Dutch cyclists who wore the yellow jersey [9] [10]
YearNameTeamObtainedRelinquishedFinal GCNotes
StageDateStageDate
1951 Wim van Est Netherlands12, Agen — Dax July 16, 195113, Dax — Tarbes July 17, 1951DNF (stage 13)
[A]
1954 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands1, Amsterdam — Brasschaat July 8, 19544, Rouen-Les-Essarts — Rouen-Les-Essarts July 11, 1954DNF (stage 20)
1954 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands8, Vannes — Angers July 15, 195412, Pau — Bagnères-de-Luchon July 20, 1954DNF (stage 20)
1955 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands1B, Dieppe — Dieppe July 7, 19554, Namur — Metz July 10, 195519
1955 Wim van Est Netherlands7, Zurich — Thonon-les-Bains July 13, 19558, Thonon-les-Bains — Briançon July 14, 195515
1956 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands11, Bordeaux — Bayonne July 15, 195612, Bayonne — Pau July 16, 195611
1956 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands15, Montpellier — Aix-en-Provence July 20, 195618, Turin — Briançon July 24, 19566
1958 Wim van Est Netherlands3, Dunkirk — Mers-les-Bains June 28, 19585, Versailles — Caen June 30, 195846
1958 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands6, Caen — Saint-Brieuc July 1, 19589, Quimper — Saint-Nazaire July 4, 195847
1962 Albertus Geldermans Saint-Raphaël 6, Dinard — Brest June 29, 19628A, Saint-Nazaire — Luçon July 1, 19625
1966 Jan Janssen Pelforth 16, le Bourg-d'Oisans — Briançon July 7, 196617, Briançon — Turin July 8, 19662
1968 Jan Janssen Netherlands22B, Melun — ParisJuly 22, 19681
[B]
1971 Marinus Wagtmans Molteni 1B, Vittel — Esch-sur-Alzette June 27, 19711C, Esch-sur-Alzette — Esch-sur-Alzette June 27, 197116
[C]
1971 Joop Zoetemelk Flandria 10, Saint-Étienne — Grenoble July 7, 197111, Grenoble — Orcières-Merlette July 8, 19712
1973 Joop Zoetemelk Gitane P, Scheveningen — Scheveningen June 30, 19731A, Scheveningen — Rotterdam July 1, 19734
[D]
1974 Gerben Karstens Bic 5, Caen — Dieppe July 2, 19746A, Dieppe — Harelbeke July 2, 197461
1974 Gerben Karstens Bic 6B, Harelbeke — Harelbeke July 3, 19747, Mons — Châlons-sur-Marne July 4, 197461
1978 Jan Raas Raleigh 1A, Leiden — Sint Willebrord June 30, 19783, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux — Saint-Germain-en-Laye July 2, 197824
[E]
1978 Gerrie Knetemann Raleigh 6, Mazé-Montgeoffroy — Poitiers July 5, 19788, Saint-Émilion — Sainte-Foy-la-Grande July 7, 197843
1978 Joop Zoetemelk Miko 16, Saint-Étienne — L'Alpe d'Huez July 16, 197820, Metz — Nancy July 21, 19782
[F]
1979 Gerrie Knetemann Raleigh P, Fleurance — Fleurance June 27, 19791, Fleurance — Bagnères-de-Luchon June 28, 197930
1979 Joop Zoetemelk Miko 9, Amiens — Roubaix July 6, 197915, Évian-les-Bains — Avoriaz July 12, 19792
1980 Gerrie Knetemann Raleigh 1B, Wiesbaden — Frankfurt am Main June 27, 19802, Frankfurt am Main — Metz June 28, 198038
1980 Joop Zoetemelk Raleigh 13, Pau — Bagnères-de-Luchon July 10, 19801
[G]
1981 Gerrie Knetemann Raleigh 1B, Nice — Nice June 26, 19815, Saint-Gaudens — Pla d'Adet June 30, 198155
1984 Jacques Hanegraaf Kwantum 2, Bobigny — Louvroil July 1, 19844, Valenciennes — Béthune July 2, 1984101
1984 Adri van der Poel Kwantum 4, Valenciennes — Béthune July 2, 19845, Béthune — Cergy-Pontoise July 3, 1984DNF (stage 14)
1986 Johan van der Velde Panasonic–Merckx–Agu 5, Béthune — Cergy-Pontoise July 8, 19867, Alençon — le Mans July 10, 198652
1987 Jelle Nijdam SuperConfex P, Berlin — BerlinJuly 1, 19871, Berlin — BerlinJuly 2, 1987124
1988 Teun van Vliet Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu 2, la Haie-Fouassière — Ancenis July 4, 19885, Neufchâtel-en-Bray — Liévin July 7, 1988DNF (stage 9)
1988 Henk Lubberding Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu 5, Neufchâtel-en-Bray — Liévin July 7, 19886, Liévin — Wasquehal July 8, 1988DNF (stage 20)
1988 Jelle Nijdam SuperConfex 6, Liévin — Wasquehal July 7, 19888, Reims — Nancy July 9, 1988122
1989 Erik Breukink Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu P, Luxembourg — Luxembourg July 1, 19891, Luxembourg — Luxembourg July 2, 1989DNF (stage 13)
2019 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo–Visma 1, Brussels — Brussels July 6, 20193, Binche — Épernay July 8, 2019101
2021 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin–Fenix 2, Perros-Guirec — Mûr-de-Bretagne June 27, 20218, Oyonnax — Le Grand-Bornand July 2, 2021DNF (stage 9)

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Notes

A.  ^ : The first time a Dutch cyclist wore the yellow jersey. Van Est had to give up after falling.
B.  ^ : Janssen was the first Dutch winner of the Tour de France.
C.  ^ : Wagtmans was leader after the split stage 1B, but not anymore after 1C. In some references, this is not counted as a day in the lead.
D.  ^ : P indicates the prologue.
E.  ^ : Jan Raas had also won the prologue, but the tour organisation decided not to count that prologue for the general classification because the weather had changed during the race.
F.  ^ : Zoetemelk was upgraded to first place after Michel Pollentier was caught in a doping incident.
G.  ^ : Zoetemelk was the second Dutch winner of the Tour de France.

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