Every cyclist with three or more official Tour de France victories, from the five-time champions down to the three-time winners — results through the 2026 Tour.
Jacques Anquetil is first with 5 Tour de France wins, a record shared with Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin and Tadej Pogačar, listed in order of first win. Chris Froome is next with 4. The ranking counts official general classification titles per the ASO record, excluding stripped titles, through the 2026 Tour.
The Tour de France is the most prestigious race in professional cycling. Since its first edition in 1903, 64 individual cyclists have won a combined total of 106 Tours. This list ranks the riders with the most general classification victories — the overall winner's yellow jersey. Only nine riders have won the Tour three or more times, so this top ten has nine entries: a tenth place would be a 13-way tie among two-time winners. Tadej Pogačar won the 2026 Tour, his fifth, to tie the record shared by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin. Lance Armstrong's seven stripped titles are not counted.
Each dot = 1 win
The first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times. Anquetil, a French time-trialling specialist, won in 1957 and then four consecutive years from 1961 to 1964. He was also the first rider to win all three Grand Tours.
Widely regarded as the greatest cyclist of all time, the Belgian 'Cannibal' won five Tours between 1969 and 1974. He holds the records for most days in the yellow jersey (96) and most Grand Tour wins (11), and his 34 Tour stage wins are second only to Mark Cavendish's 35.
The 'Badger' won five Tours between 1978 and 1985 and remains the most recent French winner. He also won the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, taking all three Grand Tours more than once.
The Spanish rider won five consecutive Tours from 1991 to 1995, a feat unmatched by any other cyclist. Induráin was a dominant time-triallist whose powerful, methodical style allowed him to build insurmountable leads in the race against the clock.
The Slovenian won his fifth Tour de France in 2026, his third in a row, to join the five-win club at 27. His titles came in 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026; Jonas Vingegaard won the two editions in between.
The British rider won four Tours between 2013 and 2017, including three in a row from 2015 to 2017, and is the only four-time winner.
The Belgian was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France three times, in 1913, 1914 and 1920. The First World War stopped the race from 1915 to 1918, between his second and third titles.
The French rider was the first to win three consecutive Tours (1953–1955), a milestone that had not been achieved before. Bobet was a versatile rider who excelled in both climbing and time-trialling.
The first American to win the Tour, LeMond won three times in 1986, 1989, and 1990. His 1989 victory by 8 seconds over Laurent Fignon remains the closest margin in Tour history, decided on the final day's time trial.
| # | Name | Nationality | Years won | Consecutive wins | Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Anquetil | France | 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 | 4 (1961–1964) | 1960s |
| 2 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 | 4 (1969–1972) | 1970s |
| 3 | Bernard Hinault | France | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 | 2 (1978–1979, 1981–1982) | 1980s |
| 4 | Miguel Induráin | Spain | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 | 5 (1991–1995) | 1990s |
| 5 | Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026 | 3 (2024–2026) | 2020s |
| 6 | Chris Froome | United Kingdom | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 3 (2015–2017) | 2010s |
| 7 | Philippe Thys | Belgium | 1913, 1914, 1920 | 2 (1913–1914) | 1910s |
| 8 | Louison Bobet | France | 1953, 1954, 1955 | 3 (1953–1955) | 1950s |
| 9 | Greg LeMond | United States | 1986, 1989, 1990 | 2 (1989–1990) | 1980s |
Cyclists are ranked by the number of Tour de France general classification titles officially credited to them, as listed in Wikipedia's list of Tour de France general classification winners (which follows the official ASO record), through the 2026 Tour. Titles stripped for doping are excluded: Lance Armstrong's seven (1999–2005, left with no winner), Floyd Landis's 2006 win (awarded to Óscar Pereiro) and Alberto Contador's 2010 win (awarded to Andy Schleck), which leaves Contador with two. Riders tied on wins are listed in chronological order of their first win. Only nine riders have three or more wins; the 13 two-time winners are tied for tenth and named in the FAQ rather than ranked.
Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tours from 1999 to 2005, but the UCI stripped all seven in 2012 after the USADA investigation into his doping. The Tour lists no winner for those years, so they are not counted here.
Contador crossed the line first in 2007, 2009 and 2010, but the 2010 title was taken away after a positive test for clenbuterol and awarded to Andy Schleck. Officially he has two wins, which puts him among the 13 riders tied for tenth.
Thirteen riders have won twice: Lucien Petit-Breton, Firmin Lambot, Ottavio Bottecchia, Nicolas Frantz, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Sylvère Maes, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Bernard Thévenet, Laurent Fignon, Alberto Contador and Jonas Vingegaard.
Miguel Induráin holds the official record with five in a row, 1991 to 1995. Armstrong's seven straight wins (1999–2005) were stripped.
No. The official record is five, shared by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin and Tadej Pogačar.
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