greg lemond was the last frenchman to win the tour de france.
greg lemond was the last frenchman to win the tour de france.
when did the last frenchman win the tour de france?
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hendrik gerardus joseph "joop" zoetemelk (; born 3 december 1946) is a retired professional racing cyclist from the netherlands. he started and finished the tour de france 16 times, which were both records when he retired. his record number of starts in the tour de france was surpassed when george hincapie started for the 17th time in 2012, but hincapie was disqualified in october 2012 from the 2004, 2005 and 2006 tour de france for the use of performance-enhancing drugs, giving the number of starts record back to zoetemelk. nobody other than zoetemelk achieved sixteen tour de france finishes until sylvain chavanel did so in the 2018 tour de france. currently, three riders have had more than 16 starts in the tour de france, but none of them has yet exceeded the record of finishing the event 16 times. he also holds the distance record in tour de france history with 62,885 km ridden. he won the 1979 vuelta a espana, the 1980 tour de france and also came eighth, fifth, fourth (three times) and second (six times). he was the first rider to wear the tour de france's polka dot jersey as the king of the mountains. he also won the world professional road championship in 1985 at the age of 38, with a late attack surprising the favorites of lemond, roche, argentin and millar. he
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bullet::::- 1949 tour de france : gino bartali italy









































bullet::::- 1952 tour de france : fausto coppi italy









































bullet::::- 1956 tour de france : valentin huot france









































bullet::::- 1966 tour de france : julio jiménez spain









































bullet::::- 1976 tour de france : joop zoetemelk netherlands









































bullet::::- 1992 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 1996 tour de france : bjarne riis denmark









































bullet::::- 1997 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 1999 tour de france : richard virenque france









































bullet::::- 2011 tour de france : sylvain chavanel france









































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