Trek has to be getting close to the top, if they aren’t already there, with 9 wins… who else might be close / ahead of that
I’d guess Peugot would be up there, and Pinarello has a crapload. Bianchi probably has quite a few as well. Anyone know?
Bianchi I think only has 3, as its 928 represents the years it won the tour.
I’d have to guess Gitane, between Anquetil and Hinault et al
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Here you go,
As of today it is a 9-9 tie between Gitane and Trek.
http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/us/histoire_statistiques.html
Les vélos et les dossards gagnants
Le Tour en chiffres
1903 La Française (M. Garin) N° 1
1904 Conte (Cornet) N° 78
1905 Peugeot (Trousselier) N° 14
1906 Peugeot (R. Pottier) N° 48
1907 Peugeot (Petit-Breton) N° 12
1908 Peugeot (Petit-Breton) N° 2
1909 Alcyon (Faber) N° 5
1910 Alcyon (Lapize) N° 4
1911 Alcyon (Garrigou) N° 12
1912 Alcyon (Defraye) N° 10
1913 Peugeot (Thys) N° 15
1914 Peugeot (Thys) N° 15
1919 La Sportive (Lambot) N° 45
1920 La Sportive (Thys) N° 15
1921 La Sportive (Scieur) N° 19
1922 Peugeot (Lambot) N° 13
1923 Automoto (H. Pélissier) N° 23
1924 Automoto (Bottecchia) N° 2
1925 Automoto (Bottecchia) N° 1
1926 Automoto (L. Buysse) N° 2
1927 Alcyon (Frantz) N° 1
1928 Alcyon (Frantz) N° 1
1929 Alcyon (Dewaele) N° 31
De 1930 (création des équipes nationales) à 1939, les coureurs ont utilisé des vélos
sans marque, de couleur jaune et fournis par l’organisateur.
1930 (Leducq) N° 38
1931 (A. Magne) N° 33
1932 (Leducq) N° 33
1933 (Speicher) N° 36
1934 (A. Magne) N° 36
1935 (R. Maes) N° 6
1936 (S. Maes) N° 2
1937 (R. Lapébie) N° 32
1938 (Bartali) N° 13
1939 (S. Maes) N° 1
1947 Génial-Lucifer (Robic) N° 68
1948 Legnano (Bartali) N° 31
1949 Bianchi (F. Coppi) N° 4
1950 Fréjus (Kübler) N° 33
1951 La Perle (Koblet) N° 3
1952 Bianchi (F. Coppi) N° 4
1953 Stella (L. Bobet) N° 61
1954 Stella (L. Bobet) N° 1
1955 Louison Bobet, gr. Mercier (L. Bobet) N° 1
1956 Géminiani (Walkowiak) N° 80
1957 Helyett (Anquetil) N° 2
1958 Guerra (Gaul) N° 91
1959 Coppi (Bahamontes) N° 81
1960 Colnago (Nencini) N° 72
1961 Helyett (Anquetil) N° 14
1962 Helyett (Anquetil) N° 1
1963 Gitane (Anquetil) N° 1
1964 Gitane (Anquetil) N° 1
1965 Magni (Bianchi) (Gimondi) N° 123
1966 Géminiani (Aimar) N° 1
1967 Peugeot (Pingeon) N° 7
1968 Sauvage-Lejeune (Janssen) N° 94
1969 Eddy Merckx (Merckx) N° 51
1970 Eddy Merckx (Merckx) N° 1
1971 Eddy Merckx (Merckx) N° 1
1972 Eddy Merckx (Merckx) N° 1
1973 Motobécane (Ocana) N° 51
1974 Eddy Merckx (Merckx) N° 1
1975 Peugeot (Thévenet) N° 51
1976 Gitane (Van Impe) N° 11
1977 Peugeot (Thévenet) N° 21
1978 Gitane (Hinault) N° 51
1979 Gitane (Hinault) N° 1
1980 Raleigh (Zoetemelk) N° 11
1981 Gitane (Hinault) N° 131
1982 Gitane (Hinault) N° 1
1983 Gitane (Fignon) N° 15
1984 Gitane (Fignon) N° 1
1985 Hinault (Hinault) N° 11
1986 Look (LeMond) N° 7
1987 Battaglin (Roche) N° 11
1988 Pinarello (Delgado) N° 171
1989 Bottecchia (LeMond) N° 141
1990 Greg LeMond (LeMond) N° 1
1991 Razesa (Indurain) N° 35
1992 Pinarello (Indurain) N° 1
1993 Pinarello (Indurain) N° 1
1994 Pinarello (Indurain) N° 1
1995 Pinarello (Indurain) N° 1
1996 Pinarello (Riis) N° 21
1997 Pinarello (Ullrich) N° 8
1998 Bianchi (Pantani) N° 21
1999 Trek (Armstrong) N° 181
2000 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2001 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2002 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2003 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2004 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2005 Trek (Armstrong) N° 1
2006 Pinarello (Pereiro) N° 97
2007 Trek (Contador) N° 112
2008 Cervélo (Sastre) N° 11
2009 Trek with Contador
Dave
Cool, thanks. I count 9 for Peugot as well, Pinarello close behind with 8. That could very quickly change if Contador winds up with Caisse dÈparne though.
this may not be a question with a clear-cut answer.
Until quite recently, many cyclists would get custom bikes from their favorite builder (many of them individuals with small shops/stables) and then badge them as being from their team’s sponsor.
According to the old racers I’ve talked to and read stuff from- until the even of everyone racing carbon bikes in the last few years, there weren’t hardly any of the top riders who rode non-custom bikes.
Also, I think that Trek is probably nowhere near the head of the class.
Of the 96 tours completed so far, I would guess that Pinarello, De Rosa, Colnago, and quite a few others are ahead of them.
Also- please note that several bikes LA has ridden were rebadged, (thus, not Treks)
my 0.02USD
Other than 99, when Lance rode a Trek by Litespeed in the TT`s, they have been all Treks built by Trek. That was a real sore point for Trek, in fact. In the Motorola days, Lance was on a Merckx by Litespeed, and later a Caloi by Merckx by Litespeed…
I know all about the rebadging, Im thinking mostly about the name on the downtube. IIRC, Eddy Merckx rode DeRosas exclusively throughout his career, and Pegoretti made a lot of frames that were rebadged.
“this may not be a question with a clear-cut answer”
You could spend years on research and still not have a clear answer to that question. You would have to also think about a rider on a sponsors bike for a normal stage but a re-badged bike for the TT like a Walser. So you could have 2+ bikes with 1 winner in a single year.
Dave
wow, a lot of action while I was typing!
right, as long as the re-badging isn’t confusing the issue than I got nothing for ya 
I count 9 for Peugot as well, though seven of nine are in the first 20 years of the race. Interesting how many riders eventually made their own bike they named after themselves. I also thought that Merckx rode De Rosa, but his are all listed as Merckx. Pinarello sure had a nice run in the 90s.
Chad
Interesting that Colnago only has one win.
Interesting that Colnago only has one win.
That was surprising to me as well. I was figuring Peugot as well, but figured Trek was coming fast.
Anyone have idea how this compares with World Champion (road race and TT) wins as well? I think you might see a pretty different list?
Also- please note that several bikes LA has ridden were rebadged, (thus, not Treks)
The only non-Trek that Lance ever rode while winning a tour was his TT bike in the 99 TdF - a custom Litespeed based off the Blade tubeset. So that’s ONE bike for three stages (IIRC).
Cool, thanks. I count 9 for Peugot as well, Pinarello close behind with 8. That could very quickly change if Contador winds up with Caisse dÈparne though.
I counted 10 for Peugot, which puts them at #1. Trek is #2 (unless I miscounted there) with 9. And then Pinarello in 3rd with 8.
The thing with Peugot that I don’t know is did they actually make the bikes? For both Trek and Pinarello, I imagine the bikes are all actually made by said manufacturer. But especially the early Peugots, I wonder.
Actually, I know that a few of Indurain’s Pinarello’s were build by TVT (carbon with Alu lugs), and others were probably custom built. Delgados Pinarello might have been a TVT as well. re: peugot, I counted again :) Missed the 75 one…
You are right; 10 for Peugot, though only three in the modern era and none since Thevenet in 1977.
Lemond did it on three different bikes showing it really has very little to do with what you are riding when all the top bikes are at the same level.
Chad
that well could be- I was thinking that he had ridden a rebadged alum bike for the first tour, but now that I look for it I can’t find the sources I recalled. Probably my misunderstanding.
If you count paint jobs as “built” the chart posted is probably correct. Merckx used DeRosa built frames a good bit under his label and Colnago built his hour record bike that was painted Windsor. I doubt that Gitane actually built their “pro bikes” for all their teams, and I think a bunch of the 70- early 90s steel frames were not built by the painted names at all. There used to be a bunch of “steel” Litespeed Vortex frames unders the climbers as they were a pound plus lighter than other offerings at the time.
Now some black ops asian factory probably builds half of the worlds bikes. To me it does not really matter as the Korean dude that has built 10,000 frames probably lays up carbon as well as the dude in Wisconsin or Mexico or Milan . All my bikes except one I have had lunch or beers with the guy who built it. I am not sure that matters either, but it is fun to be able to talk to the guy and tell him what a nice bike he made, and how I enjoy riding his creation. I am sure Eddy and a bunch of guys liked getting a new bike based on feedback on the old frame as well.
Does this mean that if you gave Lance a Pinarello or a Kuota he would have not finished 3rd?
Does this mean that if you gave Lance a Pinarello or a Kuota he would have not finished 3rd?
No. It means if he had ridden a Cervelo, he would have won…