Red number on the back

The red number on the back is an award given in the Tour de France road bike race . It is awarded to the most aggressive driver in the entire field for his fighting spirit and sporting spirit (French: “Prix de la combativité du Tour de France”).

The rating was introduced in 1959 . During the tour, the drivers were able to collect points which, added together, resulted in the winner of this classification. However, during the stages it was not clear who was in the lead in the ranking list for the award for the “price for the most combative driver”. In addition, the prize was not awarded several times before the 1980 tour , since then annually.

The mode was changed in 2003: since the 2003 Tour , the most combative rider of the previous day with the red number has started the new stage every morning .

On the 9th stage of the 2011 Tour de France , two riders, Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha, were given the red number after they fell from an escort vehicle. After the 16th stage of the 2016 Tour de France , Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin were jointly awarded the red number . The two drivers from the Etixx-Quick Step team led the race over 170 kilometers.

The award is the only one on the tour that is determined by an expert jury. The jury , consisting of eight members (including athletes, race directors and journalists), decides after each stage which driver has shown the best fighting spirit. The prize will be presented to the driver on the official podium after the stage. At the end of the tour, the jury will determine the most combative driver of the entire tour in Paris .

Record winners in this category are Bernard Hinault , Eddy Merckx and Richard Virusque with three wins each. The only German winner so far was Rudi Altig (1966), the only winner from Switzerland was Serge Demierre (1983).

Winner Prix de la combativité

2019 Julian Alaphilippe  2018 Daniel Martin  2017 Warren Barguil  2016 Peter Sagan  2015 Romain Bardet  2014 Alessandro De Marchi  2013 Christophe Riblon  2012 Chris Anker Sørensen  2011 Jérémy Roy  2010 Sylvain Chavanel  2009 Franco Pellizotti  2008 Sylvain Chavanel  2007 Amets Txurruka  2006 David de la Fuente  2005 Óscar Pereiro  2004 Richard virusesque  2003 Alexander Vinokurov  2002 Laurent Jalabert  2001 Laurent Jalabert

2000 Erik Dekker  1999 Jacky Durand  1998 Jacky Durand  1997 Richard virusesque  1996 Richard virusesque  1995 Hernán Buenahora  1994 Eros Poli  1993 Massimo Ghirotto  1992 Claudio Chiappucci  1991 Claudio Chiappucci  1990 Eduardo Chozas  1989 Laurent Fignon  1988 Steven Rooks  1987 J.-F. Bernard  1986 Bernard Hinault  1985 Maarten Ducrot  1984 Bernard Hinault  1983 Serge Demierre  1982 Régis Clère  1981 Bernard Hinault  1980 Christian Levavasseur

1979 not awarded 1978 not awarded 1977 Gerrie Knetemann  1976 Raymond Delisle  1975 not awarded 1974 Eddy Merckx  1973 Luis Ocaña Pernía  1972 Cyrille Guimard  1971 not awarded 1970 Eddy Merckx  1969 Eddy Merckx  1968 Roger Pingeon  1967 Désiré Letort  1966 Rudi Altig  1965 Felice Gimondi  1964 not awarded 1963 Rik Van Looy  1962 not awarded 1961 not awarded 1960 not awarded 1959 Gérard Saint

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cvccbike.com: Tour Xtra - Combativity Classification (English) accessed on August 2, 2012
2. ↑ profirad.de: The overall ranking of the Tour de France and other important ratings ( Memento of the original from July 15, 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. ↑ Joachim Logisch: Etixx-Duo writes tour - history - Martin: "You have to dare crazy things!" radsport-news.com, July 18, 2016, accessed July 19, 2016 .