Successes of German cyclists in the Tour de France

This article looks at the successes of German cyclists in the Tour de France . Overall victories, stage victories, won and worn rating jerseys as well as (record) participations are counted.

Legend

Days : Indicates the number of days / stages on which the respective jersey was worn.
Overall victories : Years in which an overall victory was achieved in a rating are marked with a "*".
Arrivals in Paris : Indicates how often the respective driver was able to finish the Tour de France in Paris, i.e. was classified in the final classification.
Best place : Best place overall when arriving in Paris.

Yellow jersey

All German wearers of the yellow jersey are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	Days	Overall victories
1.	Kurt Stöpel	1932	1	-
2.	Erich Bautz	1937	3	-
3.	Willi Oberbeck	1938	1	-
4th	Rudi Altig	1962 1964 1966 1969	18 : 4 3 9 2	-
5.	Karl-Heinz customer	1966	4th	-
6th	Rolf Wolfshohl	1968	2	-
7th	Dietrich Thurau	1977	15th	-
8th.	Klaus-Peter Thaler	1978	2	-
9.	Jan Ullrich	1997 1998	18 : 12 6	1 : *
10.	Erik Zabel	1998 2002	2 : 1 1	-
11.	Jens Voigt	2001 2005	2 : 1 1	-
12.	Linus Gerdemann	2007	1	-
13.	Stefan Schumacher	2008	2	-
14th	Marcel Kittel	2013 2014	2 : 1 1	-
15th	Tony Martin	2015	3 ¹⁾	-

¹⁾ Tony Martin won the yellow jersey on stage 4 and successfully defended it on stages 5 and 6. At the end of the 6th stage he had a bad fall and was unable to start the 7th stage. The jersey was not worn at this stage.

Green jersey

All German wearers of the green jersey are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	Days	Overall victories
1.	Rudi Altig	1962	20th	1
2.	Olaf Ludwig	1990 1994	20 : 18 2	1 : *
3.	Erik Zabel	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2007	81 : 11 17 16 8 12 5 11 1	6 : * * * * * *
4th	Marcel Wüst	2000	2	-
5.	Marcel Kittel	2013 2014 2017 2018	16 : 2 1 12 1 ¹	-
6th	André Greipel	2015	7 : 7	-

¹ On the 2nd stage, Marcel Kittel, third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, representing Fernando Gaviria (yellow jersey) and Peter Sagan (rainbow jersey)

Dotted jersey

All German wearers of the dotted jersey are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	Days	Overall victories
1.	Jens Voigt	1998 2014	2 : 1 1	-
2.	Marcel Wüst	2000	4th	-
3.	Rolf Aldag	2003	1	-
4th	Fabian Wegmann	2005 2006	2 : 1 1	-
5.	Sebastian Lang	2008	4 ¹⁾	-
6th	Tony Martin	2014	1	-
7th	Paul Voss	2016	1	-

¹⁾ After Riccardo Riccò's positive A-test and the associated withdrawal of his Saunier Duval-Scott team , with the previous runner-up in the mountain classification David de la Fuente , Sebastian Lang was already in the lead on the 12th stage . The dotted jersey was not worn on this stage.

White jersey

All German wearers of the white jersey are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	Days	Overall victories
1.	Dietrich Thurau	1977	?	1
2.	Dirk Baldinger	1995	1	-
3.	Jan Ullrich	1996 1997 1998	43 : 14 20 9	3 : * * *
4th	Jörg Jaksche	2001	5	-
5.	Matthias Kessler	2004	1	-
6th	Markus Fothen	2006	13	-
7th	Linus Gerdemann	2007	2	-
8th.	Tony Martin	2009 2010	15 : 12 3	-
9.	Marcel Kittel	2013	1	-

Stage wins

All German stage winners are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	Victories	No.	Surname	year	Victories	No.	Surname	year	Victories	No.	Surname	year	Victories	No.	Surname	year	Victories
1.	Kurt Stöpel	1932	1	7th	Rolf Wolfshohl	1967 1970	2 : 1 1	13.	Jan Ullrich	1996 1997 1998 2003	7 : 1 2 3 1	19th	Stefan Schumacher	2008	2	25th	Simon Geschke	2015	1
2.	Erich Bautz	1937	2	8th.	Dietrich Thurau	1977 1979	6 : 5 1	14th	Jens Heppner	1998	1	20th	Marcus Burghardt	2008	1	26th	John Degenkolb	2018	1
3.	Otto Weckerling	1937	1	9.	Klaus-Peter Thaler	1977 1978	2 : 1 1	15th	Marcel Wüst	2000	1	21st	Heinrich Haussler	2009	1
4th	Heinz Wengler	1937	1	10.	Rolf Goelz	1987 1988	2 : 1 1	16.	Jens Voigt	2001 2006	2 : 1 1	22nd	André Greipel	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016	11 : 1 3 1 1 4 1
5.	Willi Oberbeck	1938	1	11.	Olaf Ludwig	1990 1992 1993	3 : 1 1 1	17th	Matthias Kessler	2006	1	23.	Tony Martin	2011 2013 2014 2015	5 : 1 1 2 1
6th	Rudi Altig	1962 1964 1966 1969	8 : 3 1 3 1	12.	Erik Zabel	1995 1996 1997 2000 2001 2002	12 : 2 2 3 1 3 1	18th	Linus Gerdemann	2007	1	24.	Marcel Kittel	2013 2014 2016 2017	14 : 4 4 1 5

Combat price / red number on the back

All German winners of the competition prize or bearers of the red shirt number and the stage on which they won them are shown here.

No.	Surname	year	stage	Overall victories
1.	Rudi Altig	1966	-	1
2.	Jörg Jaksche	2003	8th.	-
3.	Jens Voigt	2004 2006 2007 2013 2014	5 : 3, 13, 17, 20, first	-
4th	Fabian Wegmann	2005	6th	-
5.	Christian Knees	2006	9.	-
6th	Marcel Sieberg	2007	2.	-
7th	Linus Gerdemann	2007	7th	-
8th.	Sebastian Lang	2008	9.	-
9.	Stefan Schumacher	2008	16.	-
10.	Marcus Burghardt	2008	18th	-
11.	Heinrich Haussler	2009	13.	-
12.	Tony Martin	2009 2013 2014 2016	5 : 20. 13. 9. 10. 16.	-
13.	André Greipel	2013	6th	-
14th	Simon Geschke	2015	17th	-

Participation

The German record participants are shown here. Active drivers are shown in bold.

No.	Surname	year	Starts	Arrivals	Best placement
1.	Jens Voigt	1998-2014	17th	14th	28th (2007)
2.	Erik Zabel	1994-2004, 2006-2008	14th	13	43rd (2008)
3.	Tony Martin	2009-2020	12	6th	36th (2009)
3.	Udo Bölts	1992-2003	12	12	9th (1994)
5.	Andreas Klöden	2001 2003–2007 2009–2013	11	6th	2. ( 2004 , 2006 )
5.	Marcus Burghardt	2007, 2008, 2010–2014, 2016–2019	11	11	58th (2012)
7th	Rolf Aldag	1992-1998, 2002-2004	10	9	38th (1994)
7th	André Greipel	2011-2020	10	8th	120th (2007)
9.	Rolf Wolfshohl	1962, 1963, 1965-1968, 1970-1972	9	7th	6th (1968)
9.	Jens Heppner	1992-1998, 2000, 2001	9	8th	10. (1992)
9.	Grischa Niermann	2000-2004, 2007, 2009-2011	9	8th	24. (2000)
9.	Marcel Sieberg	2007, 2011-2018	9	6th	120th (2007)
13.	Hans "Hennes" Junkermann	1960–1965, 1967, 1972	8th	6th	4th (1960)
13.	Christian Knees	2006–2012, 2017	8th	7th	21st (2009)
13.	Simon Geschke	2009, 2013, 2015–2020	8th	7th	25. (2018)
16.	Jan Ullrich	1996–1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, (2005)	7 (8)	7 (8)	1. (1997)
16.	Dieter Puschel	1961–1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972	7th	5	15th (1963)
16.	Sebastian Lang	2004-2006, 2008-2011	7th	7th	65th (2005)
16.	Bert Grabsch	2004–2007, 2009, 2010, 2012	7th	6th	81st (2004)
15th	Fabian Wegmann	2004-2010	7th	5	60th (2007)
16.	John Degenkolb	2013–2018, 2020	7th	6th	109th (2015)

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Remarks

↑ The red number on the back for the most combative rider on a stage has only been awarded since 2003.

↑ The whole Omega Pharma-Quick-Step team was awarded the red number for their achievements during the 13th stage , Tony Martin was a member of the team. On the next stage, Captain Mark Cavendish wore the red shirt number on behalf of the team.

↑ together with Julian Alaphilippe

↑ For his involvement in the Fuentes doping scandal , Jan Ullrich's results after May 1, 2005 were canceled on February 9, 2012, including 3rd place at the Tour de France 2005.

[1] The red number on the back for the most combative rider on a stage has only been awarded since 2003.

[2] The whole Omega Pharma-Quick-Step team was awarded the red number for their achievements during the 13th stage , Tony Martin was a member of the team. On the next stage, Captain Mark Cavendish wore the red shirt number on behalf of the team.

[3] together with Julian Alaphilippe

[4] For his involvement in the Fuentes doping scandal , Jan Ullrich's results after May 1, 2005 were canceled on February 9, 2012, including 3rd place at the Tour de France 2005.