Team competition (Tour de France)

Yellow number on the back

The team classification of the Tour de France is since the year 1930 performed.

For the team ranking, the times of the three best placed drivers per team of a stage are added up. As soon as a team brings fewer than three drivers to the start of a stage, it is automatically deleted from the rating, as it can no longer be rated. To get the overall result, the times of each stage are added up.

The team receives € 50,000 for overall victory in the team competition.

Until 1990, the leading team could be recognized by their yellow cycling caps. The best team has been wearing yellow numbers since 2006. From 2012 there is also the right - but not the obligation - to wear yellow helmets as an award.

By the year 1961 the riders went on national teams in since 1962 then sponsored teams . Record winners in the national teams are Belgium and France with ten wins each. In the sponsored teams, Mercier is with five wins ahead of the German T-Mobile team , KAS and Movistar , which have won four. T-Mobile is the only team to have three wins in a row.

List of team championship winners

Winner since 2017 year winner country 2019 Movistar team 2018 Movistar team 2017 Team Sky

Winner 1997-2016 year winner country 2016 Movistar team 2015 Movistar team 2014 ag2r La Mondiale 2013 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2012 RadioShack Nissan 2011 Team Garmin-Cervélo 2010 Team RadioShack 2009 Team Astana 2008 Team CSC-Saxo Bank 2007 Discovery Channel 2006 Team T-Mobile 2005 Team T-Mobile 2004 Team T-Mobile 2003 Team CSC 2002 ONCE 2001 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2000 Kelme 1999 Banesto 1998 Equipe Cofidis 1997 Team Telekom

Winner 1977-1996 year winner country 1996 Festina 1995 ONCE 1994 Festina 1993 Carrera 1992 Carrera 1991 Banesto 1990 Z 1989 PDM Concorde 1988 PDM Concorde 1987 Système U 1986 La Vie Claire 1985 La Vie Claire 1984 Renault Elf 1983 Ti-Raleigh 1982 Coop-Mercier 1981 Peugeot-Esso 1980 Miko-Mercier 1979 Renault-Gitane 1978 Miko-Mercier 1977 Ti-Raleigh

Winner 1957–1976 year winner country 1976 CHEESE 1975 GAN-Mercier 1974 CHEESE 1973 BIC 1972 GAN-Mercier 1971 BIC 1970 Salvarani 1969 Faema 1968  Spain 1967  France 1966 CHEESE 1965 CHEESE 1964 Pelforth-Sauvage 1963 Saint-Raphaël-Gitane 1962 Saint-Raphaël-Helyett 1961  France 1960  France 1959  Belgium 1958  Belgium 1957  France

Winner 1930–1956 year winner 1956  Belgium 1955  France 1954  Switzerland 1953  Netherlands 1952  Italy 1951  France 1950  Belgium 1949  Italy 1948  Belgium 1947  Italy 1939  Belgium 1938  Belgium 1937  France 1936  Belgium 1935  Belgium 1934  France 1933  France 1932  Italy 1931  Belgium 1930  France

Web links

• Regulations of the Tour de France 2011 (English / French) (PDF; 8.3 MB) accessed on July 21, 2011
• letour.fr: Les Statistiques (PDF; 1.5 MB) accessed on August 2, 2012 (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ letour.fr from June 28, 2011: Five good reasons to follow the team classification ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Team Standings: Sky's Yellow Helmet on letour.fr ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 2, 2012 
3. ↑ cyclingnews.com of July 1, 2012: RadioShack-Nissan aims to defend yellow with stage win