Jim Hendry MBE, former professional and general secretary of British Cycling has sent us his ‘stats’ of Britain in the Tour de France.
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TOUR DE FRANCE – BRITISH FINISHER
(Year/Rider/Placing)
1955
Brian Robinson 29
Tony Hoar 69
1956
Brian Robinson 14
1958
Stan Brittain 69
1959
Brian Robinson 19
Vic Sutton 37
1960
Brian Robinson 26
Tom Simpson 29
1961
Brian Robinson 53
Ken Laidlaw 65
1962
Tom Simpson 6
Alan Ramsbottom 45
1963
Alan Ramsbottom 16
1964
Tom Simpson 14
Michael Wright 56
Barry Hoban 65
Vin Denson 72
1965
Michael Wright 24
1967
Barry Hoban 62
Arthur Metcalfe 69
Colin Lewis 84th
1968
Michael Wright 28
Barry Hoban 33
Vin Denson 62
John Clarey 63
1969
Derek Harrison 32
Barry Hoban 67
Michael Wright 71
1971
Barry Hoban 40
1972
Michael Wright 55
Barry Hoban 70
1973
Barry Hoban 43
Michael Wright 57
1974
Barry Hoban 37
Michael Wright 57
1975
Barry Hoban 68
1977
Barry Hoban 41
1978
Barry Hoban 65
Paul Sherwen 70
1979
Paul Sherwen 82
1980
Graham Jones 49
1981
Graham Jones 20
1982
Paul Sherwen 111
1983
Robert Millar 14
Graham Jones 6
1984
Robert Millar 4
Sean Yates 91
Paul Sherwen 116
1985
Robert Millar 11
Sean Yates 112
Paul Sherwen 141
1986
Sean Yates 112
1987
Robert Millar 19
Adrian Timmis 70
Malcolm Elliott 94
1988
Sean Yates 59
Malcolm Elliott 90
1989
Robert Millar 10
Sean Yates 45
1990
Sean Yates 119
1991
Robert Millar 72
1992
Robert Millar 18
Sean Yates 83
1993
Robert Millar 24
Sean Yates 88
1994
Sean Yates 71
1995
Max Sciandri 47
1996
Chris Boardman 39
1997
Max Sciandri 67
1999
Chris Boardman 119
2000
David Millar 62
2002
David Millar 68
2003
David Millar 55
2006
David Millar 59
Bradley Wiggins 124
2007
Charlie Wegelius 45
David Millar 69
Geraint Thomas 140
2008
David Millar 68
Chris Froome 84
2009
Bradley Wiggins 4
Charlie Wegelius 59
David Millar 85
Mark Cavendish 131
2010
Bradley Wiggins 24
Geraint Thomas 67
Stephen Cummings 151
Mark Cavendish 154
David Millar 158
Jeremy Hunt 163
Daniel Lloyd 164
2011
Geraint Thomas 31
David Millar 76
Mark Cavendish 130
Ben Swift 137
2012
Bradley Wiggins 1
Chris Froome 2
Steve Cummings 94
David Millar 104
Mark Cavendish 143
BRITISH TDF FINISHERS
Chris Boardman
Stan Brittain
Mark Cavendish
John Clarey
Steve Cummings
Vin Denson
Malcolm Elliott
Chris Froome
Derek Harrison
Tony Hoar
Barry Hoban
Jeremy Hunt
Graham Jones
Ken Laidlaw
Colin Lewis
Daniel Lloyd
Arthur Metcalfe
Robert Millar
David Millar
Alan Ramsbottom
Brian Robinson
Max Sciandri
Paul Sherwen
Tom Simpson
Vic Sutton
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas
Adrian Timmis
Charlie Wegelius
Bradley Wiggins
Michael Wright
Sean Yates
Total of 32 GB Finishers as at the end of 2012
MOST BRITISH TDF FINISHES
Barry Hoban 11
David Millar 10
Sean Yates 9
Robert Millar 8
Michael Wright 6
Paul Sherwen 5
Brian Robinson 5
Mark Cavendish 4
Bradley Wiggins 3
Tom Simpson 3
Graham Jones 3
As at end of 2012 TOUR
TDF STAGE WINNERS
1958 Brian Robinson Stage 7
1959 Brian Robinson 20
1965 Michael Wright 20
1967
Barry Hoban 14
Michael Wright 7
1968 Barry Hoban 18
1969
Barry Hoban 18
Barry Hoban 19
1973
Barry Hoban 11
Barry Hoban 19
Michael Wright 10
1974 Barry Hoban 13
1975 Barry Hoban 8
1983 Robert Millar 10
1984 Robert Millar 11
1988 Sean Yates 6
1989 Robert Millar 10
1994 Chris Boardman Prologue
1995 Max Sciandri 11
1997 Chris Boardman Prologue
1998 Chris Boardman Prologue
2000 David Millar Prologue
2002 David Millar 13
2003 David Millar 19
2008
Mark Cavendish 5
Mark Cavendish 8
Mark Cavendish 12
Mark Cavendish 13
2009
Mark Cavendish 2
Mark Cavendish 3
Mark Cavendish 10
Mark Cavendish 11
Mark Cavendish 19
Mark Cavendish 21
2010
Mark Cavendish 5
Mark Cavendish 6
Mark Cavendish 11
Mark Cavendish 18
Mark Cavendish 20
2011
Mark Cavendish 6
Mark Cavendish 7
Mark Cavendish 11
Mark Cavendish 15
Mark Cavendish 21
2012
Mark Cavendish 2
Chris Froome 7
Bradley Wiggins 9
David Millar 12
Mark Cavendish 18
Bradley Wiggins 19
Mark Cavendish 20
NO OF STAGE WINS
Mark Cavendish 23 2008 – 2012
Barry Hoban 8 1964-1978
David Millar 4
Chris Boardman 3
Robert Millar 3
Michael Wright 3
Brian Robinson 2
Chris Froome 1
Max Sciandri 1
Bradley Wiggins 2
Sean Yates 1
Total = 51 after 2012 Tour
BRITISH YELLOW JERSEY HOLDERS
1962 Tom Simpson
1994 Chris Boardman
1994 Sean Yates
1997 Chris Boardman
1998 Chris Boardman
2000 David Millar
2012 Bradley Wiggins
GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL TEAMS
1955 Syd Cozens
1960 Saveur Ducazeaux
1961 Andre Mater
1967 Alex Taylor – Manager
1968
GREAT BRITAIN SPONSORED TEAMS
1987 ANC Tony Capper
2010 Sky Dave Brailsford
2011 Sky Dave Brailsford
2012 Sky Sean Yates
TOUR DE FRANCE – BRITISH starters.
| Addy, | Bob | 1968 | R |
| Andrews, | John | 1959
1960 |
R
R |
| Bedwell, | Dave | 1955 | R 3 |
| Boardman, | Chris | 1994
1996 1999 |
R
39 119 |
| Brittain, | Stan | 1958
1960 1961 |
69
R 9 R 4 |
| Burl, | Bill | 1937 | R 1 |
| Cavendish | Mark | 2007
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
R 8
R 15 131 154 130 143 |
| Chisman, | Peter | 1967 | R |
| Clarey, | John | 1968 | 63 |
| Coe, | Ron | 1958
1961 |
R 6
R 5 |
| Cummings, | Steve | 2010
2012 |
151
94 |
| Denson, | Vin | 1961
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 |
R 9
72 87 R R 62 |
| Elliott, | Malcolm | 1987
1988 |
94
90 |
| Froome | Chris | 2008
2012 |
84
2 |
| Green, | Derek | 1968 | R |
| Harrison, | Derek | 1968
1969 |
R
32 |
| Hewson, | Tony | 1959 | R |
| Hill | Peter | 1967 | R |
| Hitchen. | Albert | 1961
1967 |
R 4
R |
| Hoar, | Tony | 1955 | 69 |
| Hoban, | Barry | 1964
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 |
65
62 33 67 R 40 70 43 37 68 41 65 |
| Holland, | Charles | 1937 | R 11 |
| Hunt | Jeremy | 2010 | 163 |
| Jones, | Graham | 1980
1981 1983 1984 1987 |
49
20 69 R R |
| Jones, | Stan | 1955 | R 7 |
| Kennedy, | John | 1960 | R 12 |
| Krebs, | Fred | 1955 | R 11 |
| Laidlaw, | Ken | 1961 | 65 |
| Lewis, | Colin | 1967
1968 |
84
R |
| Lloyd | Daniel | 2010 | 164 |
| Maitland, | Bob | 1955 | R 9 |
| Metcalfe, | Arthur | 1967
1968 |
69
R |
| Millar, | David | 2000
2002 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
62
68 55 59 69 68 85 158 76 104 |
| Millar, | Robert | 1983
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 |
14
4 11 R 21 19 R 18 10 72 18 24 |
| Mitchell, | Ken | 1955 | R 11 |
| Moore, | Ian | 1961 | R 3 |
| Nickson, | Bill | 1977 | R |
| O’Brien, | George | 1961 | R 2 |
| Porter | Hugh | 1968 | R |
| Pusey, | Bernard | 1955 | R 1 |
| Ramsbottom, | Alan | 1962
1963 |
45
16 |
| Reynolds, | Harry | 1960 | R 12 |
| Robinson, | Brian | 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
29
14 R 5 R 8 19 26 53 |
| Ryalls, | Pete | 1961 | R 3 |
| Ryan, | Sean | 1961 | R 1 |
| Sciandri, | Max | 1995
1997 |
47
67 |
| Sheil, | Norman | 1960 | R 11 |
| Sherwen, | Paul | 1978
1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 |
70
82 R R 111 116 141 |
| Simpson, | Tom | 1960
1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 1967 |
29
R 3 6 14 R R Died |
| Steel, | Ian | 1955 | R 8 |
| Swift | Ben | 2011 | 137 |
| Sutton, | Vic | 1959
1960 |
37
R18 |
| Thomas | Geraint | 2007
2010 2011 |
140
67 31 |
| Timmis, | Adrian | 1987 | 70 |
| Watson, | Paul | 1987 | R 6 |
| Wegelius | Charlie | 2007
2009 2010 |
45
59 R11 |
| Wiggins | Bradley | 2006
2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
124
R 18 4 24 R7 1 |
| Wood, | Bev | 1955 | R 3 |
| Wright, | Michael | 1964
1965 1967 1968 1969 1972 1973 1974 |
56
24 R 28 71 55 57 57 |
| Yates, | Sean | 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 |
91
122 112 R 59 45 119 83 88 71 |
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