Tadej Pogacar takes his third victory: The last 20 winners of the Tour de France GC

Tadej Pogacar has done it again. The Slovenian won his third Tour de France in emphatic fashion and is increasingly etching his name in the history books. These are the last 19 men who have won the GC in the Tour de France before Pogacar. All stats are sourced from ProCylingStats, unless otherwise stated.

Jonas Vingegaard won in both 2023 and 2024, beating Tadej Pogacar on both occasions.

In 2019, Egan Bernal became the first Colombian and South American to win the Tour de France. The cycling star has been chasing his best level ever since, after crashing heavily in early 2022.

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In 2018, Geraint Thomas was the last Briton to win the Tour de France, after a successful career on the track.

Chris Froome is a TFD legend, having won the race in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, but just missed out on a historic fifth victory.

One of the few riders in history to win all tree Grand Tours, Vincenzo Nibali came out on top in 2014. 'The Shark of Messina' did so with a seven-minute lead over Jean-Christophe Péraud.

One year earlier, Sir Bradley Wiggins wrote history by becoming the first British rider ever to win the TDF. Yet another triumph for Wiggins, after a successful track career.

Cadel Evans had to settle for two second places before reaching Paris in yellow in 2011. Two years earlier, the Australian had also won a world title.

Andy Schleck was an expert in the Ardennes Classics, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2009. His greatest triumph, however, was the 2010 TDF, after Alberto Contador was stripped of his victory for breaching doping rules.

'El Pistolero' had already won the TDF twice, in 2007 and 2009, riding for Discovery Channel en Astana respectively.

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In 2008, Carlos Sastre, another Spaniard, put on his biggest smile in the French capital. The Leganés-born rider beat Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov to win his only TDF.

Perhaps, the most surprising name on this list. Oscar Pereiro Sio took the leader's jersey after a long breakaway in 2006, but Floyd Landis recaptured the yellow in the time trail on the penultimate day. However, the American was later stripped of his victory for a doping breach, handing the win to Pereiro Sio.

Without a doubt, the most controversial name on this list. Following a major doping scandal, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven TDF victories, but his name will always be strongly linked to La Grande Boucle.

Marco 'Il Pirata' Pantani was one of the best Grand Tour riders of his generation, claiming both the Giro and TDF in 1998, ending a long Italian drought in France.

The only German to have won the TDF. Jan Ullrich already came close in 1996, finishing second, but eventually came to the fore in 1997.

In 1996, Ullrich saw his Team Telekom team-mate Bjarne Riis take the biggest victory of his career. Riis was the only Dane to do so, until Jonas Vingegaard's triumph in 2022.

Generally considered one of the greatest riders of all time, Miguel Indurain claimed the TDF five times. The Spaniard also won two Giros, making him one of the most decorated riders in history.

Greg LeMond was the first non-European to arrive in Paris in yellow in 1998. He took two more victories in the TDF, beating Laurent Fignon in dramatic fashion in 1989.

1988 was the year of Pedro Delgado, after a second place the previous year. In 1989, however, Delgado shocked the world by arriving too late at the start line of the prologue.

Dublin's Stephen Roche was on top of the world in 1987, winning the Giro, TDF and World Road Race Championship. An impressive feat, only achieved by Belgium's Eddy Merckx.

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