BMC may refer to:

In business and organizations[link]

• Beard Miller Company, a US public accounting firm
• BioMed Central, a UK-based scientific publisher
• BMC Trading, a Swiss bicycle products manufacturer and sponsor of professional cycling
• BMC (Turkey), a Turkish vehicle manufacturer
• Boston Micromachines Corporation, a manufacturer of microelectromechanical deformable mirrors
• Brega Marketing Company a Libyan company for marketing petroleum and related products
• Brihan Mumbai Mahanagarpalika - Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (formerly Bombay Municipal Corporation)
• British Motor Corporation, a UK vehicle company
• British Motor Corporation (Australia), the Australian arm of the British Motor Corporation
• British Mountaineering Council
• Bulk mail center

In computing[link]

• BMC Software, a provider of enterprise management software and services
• Baseboard management controller, a microcontroller on computer motherboards
• Biphase mark code, a type of encoding for binary data streams
• Bounded model checking, an algorithm used for verification of hardware designs

In education[link]

• Bangalore Medical College
• Belfast Metropolitan College
• Blue Mountain College, a college in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, USA
• Bolan Medical College
• Brown Mackie College
• Bryn Mawr College, a college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Other uses[link]

• Barrie Molson Centre, an arena in Barrie, Ontario, Canada
• Bone mineral content, a parameter in bone density testing
• Bordel militaire de campagne or bordels mobiles de campagne, a mobile brothel for French soldiers
• Boston Medical Center, a hospital in the United States
• Brevard Music Center, a music festival in North Carolina
• Bulk moulding compound, a thermosetting polymer
• British Museum catalogue
• Black middle class
• BMC Racing Team, a professional cycling team
• Chief Boatswain's Mate (abbreviated as BMC), a class of Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy
• Body–mind centering, a form of body psychotherapy developed by Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen

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George Hincapie

Hincapie in 2007
Personal information
Full name	George Hincapié Garcés
Born	(1973-06-29) June 29, 1973 (age 38) Queens, New York
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Team information
Current team	BMC Racing Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist/ Climbing Domestique
Professional team(s)
1994–1996 1997–2007 2008–2009 2010–	Motorola US Postal Team High Road BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Tour de France, 4 Stages Gent-Wevelgem (2001) GP Ouest-France (2005) Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (2005) National Road Race Champion (1998, 2006, 2009) Three Days of De Panne (2004) Tour of Missouri (2007)
Infobox last updated on December 8, 2007

George Hincapié Garcés (born June 29, 1973 in Queens, New York) is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team. Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina. He graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1991.

Hincapie is most widely known as a key domestique of Lance Armstrong, having been the only rider to assist Armstrong in all seven of his Tour de France victories. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador in 2007 and for Cadel Evans in 2011, when both men won the Tour de France. He is one of only two riders in Tour de France history to have raced on nine Tour-winning teams.^[1] As of the end of the 2011 Tour, Hincapie has raced the Tour 16 times, finishing all but the first year.^[2]

George Hincapie in the Prologue of the 2008 Tour of California

Hincapie has several important wins of his own, starting with Gent–Wevelgem in 2001 and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2005. Also in 2005, Hincapie took two stage wins at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 2nd place at Paris–Roubaix. In 2005 he also had his first stage win in the Tour de France where, on July 17, he finished seven seconds ahead of Óscar Pereiro to win stage 15 from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Pla d'Adet. More recent victories include two stages at the Tour of California (2006), the overall and a stage at the Tour of Missouri (2007), and another stage win at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 2008. He is a three-time US Professional Road Race champion (1998, 2006, 2009).

Throughout his career Hincapie has targeted the cobbled classics of April, specifically the week that begins with the Ronde van Vlaanderen, continues mid-week with Gent–Wevelgem, and ends with Paris–Roubaix. Since 2001 he has always been a threat to win, although only achieving the highest position on the podium with his 2001 victory in Gent–Wevelgem. In 2012 he set a record by completing his 17th Ronde van Vlaanderen, surpassing Briek Schotte.^[3]

His many top 10 placings in those races include 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th (twice), 7th, and 10th in various Ronde van Vlaanderen; 3rd, 4th (thrice), and 5th in Gent–Wevelgem in addition to his victory; and 2nd, 4th (twice), 6th (twice), 8th, and 9th in Paris–Roubaix. While using Three Days of De Panne as a warmup ride during the prior week, he has placed well in that race also, winning the overall in 2004 and placing third overall in 2002.

Hincapie signing in at Tarbes during the 2006 Tour de France

In recent years Hincapie has shown a talent for short individual time trials (ITTs), winning the prologue at the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, placing second three times and third once in prologues in 2006 (including at the Tour de France), and placing second in the short ITT at Three Days of De Panne. He also won the ITT at the Eneco Tour of Benelux in 2006 and placed fourth in two longer ITTs that year. He finished third in the prologue at the 2007 Tour de France and second in the prologue at the Volta a Catalunya in 2008.

His father Ricardo, a Colombian, introduced him to cycling, and his first race training was in New York City's Central Park. Hincapie is married to former runway model and Tour de France podium girl Melanie Simonneau^[4], and they have two children, daughter Julia Paris (born on November 3, 2004) and son Enzo (born on June 20, 2008). In 2004, Hincapie launched his own line of sportswear (see [1] Hincapie Sports) with his brother Richard.

Hincapie rode for Team Columbia in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, departing Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team shortly before it disbanded.^[5] He is easily distinguished from the pack by his large size (6' 3", 191 cm). His contract with the team expired after the 2009 season, and though there was talk of him joining Armstrong's new Team RadioShack, Hincapie signed with BMC Racing Team for the 2010 season.^[6]

In May 2010, Hincapie, along with several other riders including Lance Armstrong, was alleged by former U.S. Postal teammate Floyd Landis to have participated in systematic doping in the early 2000s (decade).^[7][8]

In May 2011 it was reported that Hincapie, along with Tyler Hamilton, joined others accusing Lance Armstrong of doping by testifying to a federal grand jury in 2010 about their own cheating, as well as that of Lance Armstrong. The CBS News channel program 60 minutes said Hincapie had told officials he and Armstrong had supplied each other with EPO before races and discussed using testosterone. 60 minutes claimed Hincapie had testified to a US federal investigation into doping that he and Armstrong had taken EPO together.^[9]

2012 will be his nineteenth season in the peloton. Hincapie is expected to start his 17th Tour this July.

Major results[link]

Hincapie at Saint-Flour during the 2004 Tour de France

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: George Hincapie

• George Hincapie profile
• Official website
• Team Columbia
• Hincapie Sportswear
• Palmares at Cycling Base (French)
• Profile on BMC Cycling Team
• Cycling Shorts. Interview with George Hincapie on mentoring young BMC Riders

Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Cadel Evans
Born	(1977-02-14) 14 February 1977 (age 35) Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team	BMC Racing Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder
Amateur team(s)
1994–1999 2001	Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS)
Professional team(s)
2001 2002 2003–2004 2005–2009 2010–	Volvo-Cannondale (MTB) (1999) Saeco Macchine per Caffè Mapei-Quick Step Team Telekom Davitamon-Lotto BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General Classification (2011) 2 Individual Stages (2007, 2011) Giro d'Italia Points Classification (2010) 1 Individual Stage (2010) Stage Races Critérium International (2012) Tour of Austria (2001, 2004) Tour de Romandie (2006, 2011) Tirreno–Adriatico (2011) Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (2008) Single-Day Races and Classics World Road Race World Champion (2009) La Flèche Wallonne (2010)
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games Silver 2002 Manchester Road Race World Championships Gold 2009 Mendrisio Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 25 March 2012

Cadel Lee Evans (/kəˈdɛl/,^[2] born 14 February 1977) is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Evans turned to full-time road cycling in 2001, and gradually progressed through ranks. He finished second in 2007 and 2008 Tours de France. He became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour (2007) and the UCI Road World Championships in 2009. Finally, he won the Tour de France in 2011, riding for BMC Racing Team, after two Tours riddled with bad luck.^[3] At 34, he was among the five oldest winners in the race's history.

Early life[link]

Cadel Evans was born on 14 February 1977 at the Katherine Hospital, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, to Helen Cocks, a bank manager, and Paul Evans, a council foreman.^[4] He spent his early childhood in the small Aboriginal community of Barunga, 80 km east of Katherine.^[5] At the age of seven, he was hit in the head by a horse, and spent seven days in an induced coma. In 1986, his parents separated and he first moved with his mother to Armidale, New South Wales, and then to Eltham, Victoria, where his mother still lives. Evans attended Newling Public School in Armidale, and Eltham High School in Melbourne.^[6] Skateboarding was one of his teenage interests. His father describes him as a good student, but otherwise just an ordinary kid who would leave his toys around; "Not in [my] wildest dreams" would he imagine that his son would become a top world athlete.^[4] Cadel maintains his current Australian home in Barwon Heads, Victoria just outside of Melbourne.

Career[link]

Mountain biking[link]

Evans started his international career as a member of the Australian Institute of Sport mountain bike (MTB) team, under head coach, Heiko Salzwedel and MTB coach Damien Grundy, both renowned in their field. He won silver medals at the 1997 and 1999 under-23 world championships and bronze medals at the 1995 junior world road time trial championship and junior world mountain bike championship.

In 1997, he rode for the Diamondback MTB team,^[7] and then for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team.^[8]

Switch to road cycling[link]

In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling fulltime.^[9]

He has ridden for Saeco (2001), Mapei (2002) and Team Telekom (2003–2004). In Mapei, he was coached by Aldo Sassi, who helped him make the transition from mountain biker to grand tourer. After Sassi's death from cancer in 2010, Evans continued cooperation with his protege Andrea Morelli. After winning the Tour in 2011, Evans dedicated the victory to the late coach.^[10] From the 2005 season he joined Davitamon-Lotto and came eighth in his first Tour de France, the first Australian in the top ten since Phil Anderson.

Cadel Evans rides in Bonn, Germany 2005

Other early successes included overall wins in the 2001 and 2004 editions of the Tour of Austria, 14th in the 2002 Giro d'Italia (he wore the leader's jersey, Maglia Rosa for one day), Commonwealth Games time trial champion in 2002, a stage win of the 2002 Tour Down Under, fifth in the 2005 Deutschland Tour, and winning the mountains classification in the 2006 Tour Down Under.

2006[link]

Evans won the Tour de Romandie, beating the Spaniards Alberto Contador Velasco and Alejandro Valverde on the very last stage, a 20 km time trial around Lausanne. He finished fifth in the Tour de France but was promoted to fourth after the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis due to a failed drug test.

Evans was also named Australian Cyclist of the Year.

2007[link]

In the 2007 Tour de France, Evans finished runner-up to Contador. He won the stage 13 Time Trial and came second in the stage 19 Time Trial. Evans finished fourth in the 2007 Vuelta a España. He came fifth in the world championship and sixth in the final UCI ProTour race, the Giro di Lombardia, securing the 2007 UCI ProTour with 247 points ahead of Davide Rebellin and Alberto Contador.

He was again named Australian Cyclist of the Year.

2008[link]

Evans was a favourite to win the 2008 Tour de France because Contador was not allowed to participate as his team Astana were not invited. Evans held the yellow jersey from stages 10 to 14. However, during Alpe d'Huez on stage 17, Carlos Sastre of Team CSC took 2 minutes 15 seconds from Evans. By the penultimate stage time trial, Evans needed to ride 1 minute 34 seconds faster than Sastre. He beat Sastre and jumped to second place but remained 58 seconds behind at the end of the Tour.

While recovering from a rupture anterior cruciate ligament,^[11] Evans contested the 245 km mens road race at the Beijing Olympics, finishing 15th, 22 seconds behind Samuel Sánchez.^[12] He placed fifth in the road time trial four days later.

2009[link]

Evans won the men's World Championship road race in Mendrisio, Switzerland on 27 September.^[13] The win came shortly after his third placing in the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), during which he wore the gold leader's jersey for a day, although his race was marred by mechanical failure in the way up the Sierra Nevada mountain finish. A combination of poor team support and poor form hampered his 2009 Tour de France campaign and he was only able to finish in 30th place, 45 minutes behind winner Alberto Contador. He also scored victories in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

The season saw Evans become one of Australia's most successful cyclists with two podium places at the Tour de France. He has joined an elite group of cyclists who have all worn all three leaders jerseys; the Maglia Rosa leaders jersey at the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) in 2002, the Yellow leaders jersey for 4 days in the 2008 Tour de France, and the Gold leaders Jersey in 2009 in the Vuelta a España. He was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year for the third time.

There was much speculation at the end of the 2009 season of Evans looking for a new team to better support him at the 2010 Tour. After Evans became world champion he seemed to commit himself fully to helping teammate Philippe Gilbert. To many, this was evidence of a happier relationship between Evans and Silence-Lotto. However, it was then revealed that Evans was to depart the team, with the team citing his reason for leaving was "to look for new challenges".^[14]

A biography, Cadel Evans: Close To Flying, was published by Hardie Grant Books in November 2009.^[15]

2010[link]

Evans at the 2010 Tour de France team presentation

In 2010, Evans moved to the BMC Racing Team.^[16] He had success in the 2010 Flèche Wallonne and he held the Maglia Rosa after Stage 2 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. Evans won stage seven of the Giro d'Italia with a dominating sprint from the front of a small group. Evans ended 5th overall, winning the Maglia Rosso Passione (Points Classification) and the Azzurri d'Italia Classification. Evans also held the yellow jersey for stage nine of the 2010 Tour de France while riding with a hairline fracture in his left elbow caused during a crash in the previous stage. He lost significant time to the leaders during stage nine, which lost him the yellow jersey and put him out of serious contention for overall victory. He ended the tour in 26th place, 50min 27sec behind Alberto Contador.^[17]

2011[link]

Evans had a much more successful start to 2011, winning stage 6 and the general classification at the Tirreno–Adriatico, and the general classification at the Tour de Romandie, both of which form part of the 2011 UCI World Tour. Skipping the Giro d'Italia, Evans prepared for the 2011 Tour de France by finishing as runner-up in the Criterium du Dauphine, one of the major Tour warm up events.

Evans finished second on stage one of the Tour de France, and won stage 4, the second Tour de France stage win of his career.^[18] Evans then led the mountains classification after stage 4 for a single day. As the tour continued Evans was looked upon often to chase down breakaways in order to preserve his position in the top 5 of the general classification (GC) and in order to maintain time gaps that he believed he could strategically make up in the individual time trial of stage 20.^[19] During stage 19 of the Tour, Evans was forced to chase an early breakaway containing the GC contenders and led by three time champion Alberto Contador. However, he experienced mechanical trouble and was forced to change bikes. He again led the peloton to pull back the contender group, keeping himself within striking distance for overall victory by remaining just under a minute behind Andy Schleck.

Evans wearing the maillot jaune during the final stage of the 2011 Tour de France

On the time trial, the last stage before Paris, Evans took the lead of the general classification by 1' 34" after finishing close second in the stage, beating previous race leader Andy Schleck by 2' 31".^[20] With the win he became the first Australian to win the Tour de France and the oldest to win the overall general classification in the post-war era.^[21] Evans' win elicited much celebration in his home nation with calls for a national holiday as his win was compared to that of the 1983 America's Cup which was considered Australia's greatest sporting achievement.^[22] Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard personally phoned to congratulate Evans saying that “I do want to say a very big congratulations to Cadel Evans. I had the opportunity this morning to speak and to personally offer my congratulations. I believe I disturbed him while he was trying to get a nice, hot bath.”^[22]

Evans himself commented on his win immediately following the tour admitting he was unsure of how his win would be felt in Australia, he said that “I haven’t had time to consider that aspect, to be honest. It’s been a long, long process and it will take a long time to realise what it means. A few people always believed in me and they’re the people that matter the most. We did it. It’s been a real pleasure these past three weeks.”^[19] At a homecoming parade held on his return to Australia, tens of thousands of people turned out, many dressed in yellow and waving yellow flags, in Melbourne's Federation Square. A state reception was held in his honour.^[23]

Personal life[link]

He is married to Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher whom he met at the end of 2002.^[24] Evans proposed her in 2005, after his first Tour de France.^[6]

With his great-grandfather from Wales,^[25] Evans was named "Cadel" in honour of three Welsh kings.^[26]

Evans has stated that it was his early years growing up in Armidale, New South Wales, that was the inspiration for his cycling career.^{[citation needed]}. His current Australian home is in the seaside town of Barwon Heads, Victoria, about 100 km south-west of Melbourne. He resides in Stabio, Switzerland when in Europe.^[6]

Philanthropy[link]

Winning The Sydney Morning Herald 2007 Sports Performer of the Year, Evans pledged to donate his $50,000 winner's prize to charity, including the Amy Gillett Foundation, established in memory of a former Australian rower and cyclist. Gillett was killed on the eve of a stage race in Germany in 2005, when she and her Australian teammates were struck by a car. Another nominated beneficiary was Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth, established by the Olympic swimmer to alleviate and treat illness and disease in people under 20. Making the announcement, Evans revealed that Thorpe had visited the Northern Territory Aboriginal commune of Barunga where Evans lived until the age of three.^[27]

In 2008, Evans wore a cycling undershirt with the Flag of Tibet and supported freedom for Tibet.^[28][29] He said:

"Trying to bring awareness of the Tibet movement is something someone in my position can do. I just feel really sorry for them. They don't harm anyone and they are getting their culture taken away from them. I don't want to see a repeat of what happened to Aboriginal culture [in Australia] happen to another culture."^[29]

In support of youth mental health initiatives of Orygen Youth Health, Evans was reported as agreeing to participate in the 2011 Suit Up & Ride corporate team cycling event.^[30]

Career highlights[link]

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline[link]

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Giro	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Tour	-	-	-	8	4	2	2	30	26	1
Vuelta	-	-	60	-	-	4	-	3	-	-

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cadel Evans

• Official website
• Cycling Federation rider profile
• Cyclingnews.com interview
• 2006 Tour de France Official Rider Profile
• VeloNews.com interview: Evans regains maglia rosa, eight years later
• CyclingShorts. interview: Evans and team BMC riders

v t e UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race 1927 Alfredo Binda 1928–1929 Georges Ronsse 1930 Alfredo Binda 1931 Learco Guerra 1932 Alfredo Binda 1933 Georges Speicher 1934 Karel Kaers 1935 Jean Aerts 1936 Antonin Magne 1937 Éloi Meulenberg 1938 Marcel Kint 1946 Hans Knecht 1947 Theo Middelkamp 1948 Briek Schotte 1949 Rik Van Steenbergen 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Ferdi Kübler 1952 Heinz Müller 1953 Fausto Coppi 1954 Louison Bobet 1955 Stan Ockers 1956–1957 Rik Van Steenbergen 1958 Ercole Baldini 1959 André Darrigade 1960–1961 Rik Van Looy 1962 Jean Stablinski 1963 Benoni Beheyt 1964 Jan Janssen 1965 Tom Simpson 1966 Rudi Altig 1967 Eddy Merckx 1968 Vittorio Adorni 1969 Harm Ottenbros 1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré 1971 Eddy Merckx 1972 Marino Basso 1973 Felice Gimondi 1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Hennie Kuiper 1976 Freddy Maertens 1977 Francesco Moser 1978 Gerrie Knetemann 1979 Jan Raas 1980 Bernard Hinault 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Giuseppe Saronni 1983 Greg LeMond 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Joop Zoetemelk 1986 Moreno Argentin 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Maurizio Fondriest 1989 Greg LeMond 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991–1992 Gianni Bugno 1993 Lance Armstrong 1994 Luc Leblanc 1995 Abraham Olano 1996 Johan Museeuw 1997 Laurent Brochard 1998 Oscar Camenzind 1999 Óscar Freire 2000 Romāns Vainšteins 2001 Óscar Freire 2002 Mario Cipollini 2003 Igor Astarloa 2004 Óscar Freire 2005 Tom Boonen 2006–2007 Paolo Bettini 2008 Alessandro Ballan 2009 Cadel Evans 2010 Thor Hushovd 2011 Mark Cavendish

v t e Giro d'Italia winners of the points classification in the Giro d'Italia 1966 Gianni Motta 1967 Dino Zandegù 1968 Eddy Merckx 1969–70 Franco Bitossi 1971 Marino Basso 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck 1973 Eddy Merckx 1974–75 Roger De Vlaeminck 1976–1978 Francesco Moser 1979 Giuseppe Saronni 1980–1981 Giuseppe Saronni 1982 Francesco Moser 1983 Giuseppe Saronni 1984 Urs Freuler 1985 Johan Van der Velde 1986 Guido Bontempi 1987–1988 Johan Van der Velde 1989 Giovanni Fidanza 1990 Gianni Bugno 1991 Claudio Chiappucci 1992 Mario Cipollini 1993 Adriano Baffi 1994 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1995 Tony Rominger 1996 Fabrizio Guidi 1997 Mario Cipollini 1998 Mariano Piccoli 1999 Laurent Jalabert 2000 Dimitri Konyshev 2001 Massimo Strazzer 2002 Mario Cipollini 2003 Gilberto Simoni 2004 Alessandro Petacchi 2005–2006 Paolo Bettini 2007 Danilo Di Luca 2008 Daniele Bennati 2009 Denis Menchov 2010 Cadel Evans 2011 Michele Scarponi 2012 Joaquim Rodríguez

v t e Winners of the general classification in the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903 Maurice Garin 1904 Henri Cornet 1905 Louis Trousselier 1906 René Pottier 1907–1908 Lucien Petit-Breton 1909 François Faber 1910 Octave Lapize 1911 Gustave Garrigou 1912 Odile Defraye 1913–14 Philippe Thys 1915–18 World War I 1919 Firmin Lambot 1920–1939 1920 Philippe Thys 1921 Léon Scieur 1922 Firmin Lambot 1923 Henri Pélissier 1924–25 Ottavio Bottecchia 1926 Lucien Buysse 1927–28 Nicolas Frantz 1929 Maurice De Waele 1930 André Leducq 1931 Antonin Magne 1932 André Leducq 1933 Georges Speicher 1934 Antonin Magne 1935 Romain Maes 1936 Sylvère Maes 1937 Roger Lapébie 1938 Gino Bartali 1939 Sylvère Maes 1940–1959 1940–46 World War II 1947 Jean Robic 1948 Gino Bartali 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Ferdinand Kübler 1951 Hugo Koblet 1952 Fausto Coppi 1953–55 Louison Bobet 1956 Roger Walkowiak 1957 Jacques Anquetil 1958 Charly Gaul 1959 Federico Bahamontes 1960–1979 1960 Gastone Nencini 1961–64 Jacques Anquetil 1965 Felice Gimondi 1966 Lucien Aimar 1967 Roger Pingeon 1968 Jan Janssen 1969–72 Eddy Merckx 1973 Luis Ocaña 1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bernard Thévenet 1976 Lucien Van Impe 1977 Bernard Thévenet 1978–79 Bernard Hinault 1980–1999 1980 Joop Zoetemelk 1981–82 Bernard Hinault 1983–84 Laurent Fignon 1985 Bernard Hinault 1986 Greg LeMond 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Pedro Delgado 1989–90 Greg LeMond 1991–95 Miguel Indurain 1996 Bjarne Riis 1997 Jan Ullrich 1998 Marco Pantani 1999–... Lance Armstrong 2000–present ...–2005 Lance Armstrong 2006 Óscar Pereiro 2007 Alberto Contador 2008 Carlos Sastre 2009 Alberto Contador 2010 Andy Schleck 2011 Cadel Evans