TdF Stat Question

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I can’t find this stat anywhere.

What is the record for most days in yellow?

In the TdF wiki there is one sentence about Octavio something-or-other holding it from the first stage all the way through the race, but that is really old. Is that the record? What I’d like to see is a list of top ten or so of riders who held the yellow for the most days. Sorry for being such a prick, but I cant get google to work right, and I need to settle a bet involving a six pack and getting to see some 38D boobs.

Thanks.

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You mean Ottavio Bottechia? Tour trivia time… If the wine ain’t messing with me mem’ry too badly, Greg L was riding a Bottechia when he won the famous Tour TT using them new-fangled aero-bar thingies to snatch the overall from Fignon in '89. Revolution, man…

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Yeah I guess. Is that the record then?

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I believe Eddy Merckx has the most days in yellow across all his tours if that’s what you were asking.

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No, most days in yellow for a single tour. The top ten or so.

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No, most days in yellow for a single tour. The top ten or so.

Riders who spent the most days in yellow during a single Tour de France. Note that Nicolas Frantz and Roman Maes wore the yellow jersey after every stage in their victories.
Nicolas Frantz . . 1928 . . . 22 days / 5 stage wins (after every stage)
Antonin Magne . . 1934 . . . 22 days / 2 stage wins
Roman Maes. . . . 1935 . . . 21 days / 3 stage wins (after every stage)
Jacques Anquetil . 1961 . . . 21 days / 2 stage wins
Andre Leducq. . . . 1932 . . . 19 days / 6 stage wins
Eddy Merckx . . . . 1970 . . . 19 days / 8 stage wins
Eddy Merckx . . . . 1969 . . . 18 days / 6 stage wins
Bernard Hinault. . . 1981 . . . 18 days / 5 stage wins
Eddy Merckx . . . . 1971 . . . 17 days / 4 stage wins
Eddy Merckx . . . . 1974 . . . 17 days / 8 stage wins
Bernard Hinault. . . 1979 . . . 17 days / 7 stage wins

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How about TDF winners that never won a stage?

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How about TDF winners that never won a stage?

Did not win a stage in the year they won (won a stage in other years):
Firmin Lambot 1922
Gastone Nencini 1960
Lucien Aimar 1966
Greg LeMond 1990
Oscar Pereiro 2006

Did not ever win a stage:
Roger Walkowiak 1956
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