Points: Jean Graczyk (France)
Team: Belgium
1959
Winner: Federico Bahamontes (Spain)
Mountains: Federico Bahamontes (Spain)
Points: André Darrigade (France)
Team: Belgium
1960
Winner: Gastone Nencini (Italy)
Mountains: Imerio Massignan (Italy)
Points: Jean Graczyk (France)
Team: France
1961
Winner: Jacques Anquetil (France)
Mountains: Imerio Massignan (Italy)
Points: André Darrigade (France)
Team: France
1962
Winner: Jacques Anquetil (France)
Mountains: Federico Bahamontes (Spain)
Points: Rudi Altig (Germany)
Team: St-Raphaël-Heyett
1963
Winner: Jacques Anquetil (France)
Mountains: Federico Bahamontes (Spain)
Points: Rik Van Looy (Belgium)
Team: St-Raphaël-Gitane
1964
Winner: Jacques Anquetil (France)
Mountains: Federico Bahamontes (Spain)
Points: Jan Janssen (Holland)
Team: Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune
1965
Winner: Felice Gimondi (Italy)
Mountains: Julio Jiménez (Spain)
Points: Jan Janssen (Holland)
Team: Kas
1966
Winner: Lucien Aimar (France)
Mountains: Julio Jiménez (Spain)
Points: Willy Planckaert (Belgium)
Team: Kas
1967
Winner: Roger Pingeon (France)
Mountains: Julio Jiménez (Spain)
Points: Jan Janssen (Holland)
Team: France
1968
Winner: Jan Janssen (Holland)
Mountains: Aurelio González Puente (Spain)
Points: Franco Bitossi (Italy)
Team: Spain
1969
Winner: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Mountains: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Points: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Team: Faema
1970
Winner: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Mountains: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Points: Walter Godefroot (Belgium)
Team: Salvarini
1971
Winner: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Team: Bic
1972
Winner: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Team: Gan-Mercier
1973
Winner: Luis Ocaña (Spain)
Mountains: Pedro Torres (Spain)
Points: Herman Van Springel (Belgium)
Team: Bic
1974
Winner: Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Mountains: Domingo Perurena (Spain)
Points: Patrick Sercu (Belgium)
Team: Kas
1975
Winner: Bernard Thévenet (France)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Rik Van Linden (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Francesco Moser (Italy)
Team: Gan-Mercier
1976
Winner: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Mountains: Giancarlo Bellini (Italy)
Points: Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Enrique Martínez Heredia (Spain)
Team: Kas
1977
Winner: Bernard Thévenet (France)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Jacques Esclassan (France)
Best Young Rider: Dietrich Thurau (Germany)
Team: Ti-Raleigh
1978
Winner: Bernard Hinault (France)
Mountains: Mariano Martínez (France)
Points: Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Henk Lubberding (Holland)
Team: Miko-Mercier
1979
Winner: Bernard Hinault (France)
Mountains: Giovanni Battaglin (Italy)
Points: Bernard Hinault (France)
Best Young Rider: Jean-René Bernaudeau (France)
Team: Renault-Gitane
1980
Winner: Joop Zoetemelk (Holland)
Mountains: Raymond Martin (France)
Points: Rudy Pevenage (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Johan van der Velde (Holland)
Team: Miko-Mercier
1981
Winner: Bernard Hinault (France)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Peter Winnen (Holland)
Team: Peugeot-Esso
1982
Winner: Bernard Hinault (France)
Mountains: Bernard Vallet (France)
Points: Sean Kelly (Ireland)
Best Young Rider: Phil Anderson (Australia)
Team: Coop-Mercier
1983
Winner: Laurent Fignon (France)
Mountains: Lucien Van Impe (Belgium)
Points: Sean Kelly (Ireland)
Best Young Rider: Laurent Fignon (France)
Team: Ti-Raleigh
1984
Winner: Laurent Fignon (France)
Mountains: Robert Millar (Great Britain)
Points: Frank Hoste (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Greg LeMond (USA)
Team: Renault-Elf
1985
Winner: Bernard Hinault (France)
Mountains: Luis Herrera (Colombia)
Points: Sean Kelly (Ireland)
Best Young Rider: Fabio Parra (Colombia)
Team: La Vie Claire
1986
Winner: Greg LeMond (USA)
Mountains: Bernard Hinault (France)
Points: Eric Vanderaerden (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Andrew Hampsten (USA)
Team: La Vie Claire
1987
Winner: Stephen Roche (Ireland)
Mountains: Luis Herrera (Colombia)
Points: Jean-Paul van Poppel (Holland)
Best Young Rider: Raúl Alcalá (Mexico)
Team: Système U
1988
Winner: Pedro Delgado (Spain)
Mountains: Steven Rooks (Holland)
Points: Eddy Planckaert (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Erik Breukink (Holland)
Team: PDM
1989
Winner: Greg LeMond (USA)
Mountains: Gert-Jan Theunisse (Holland)
Points: Sean Kelly (Ireland)
Best Young Rider: Fabrice Philipot (France)
1990
Winner: Greg LeMond (USA)
Mountains: Thierry Claveyrolat (France)
Points: Olaf Ludwig (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Gilles Delion (France)
Team: Z
1991
Winner: Miguel Indurain (Spain)
Mountains: Claudio Chiappucci (Italy)
Points: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzbekistan)
Best Young Rider: Álvaro Mejía Castrillón (Colombia)
Team: Banesto
1992
Winner: Miguel Indurain (Spain)
Mountains: Claudio Chiappucci (Italy)
Points: Laurent Jalabert (France)
Best Young Rider: Eddy Bouwmans (Holland)
Team: Carrera
1993
Winner: Miguel Indurain (Spain)
Mountains: Tony Rominger (Switzerland)
Points: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzbekistan)
Best Young Rider: Antonio Martín (Spain)
Team: Carrera
1994
Winner: Miguel Indurain (Spain)
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France
)
Points: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzbekistan)
Best Young Rider: Marco Pantani (Italy)
Team: Festina
1995
Winner: Miguel Indurain (Spain)
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Laurent Jalabert (France)
Best Young Rider: Marco Pantani (Italy)
Team: Once
1996
Winner: Bjarne Riis (Denmark)
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Jan Ullrich (Germany)
Team: Festina
1997
Winner: Jan Ullrich (Germany)
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Jan Ullrich (Germany)
Team: Telekom
1998
Winner: Marco Pantani (Italy)
Mountains: Christophe Rinero (France)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Jan Ullrich (Germany)
Team: Cofidis
1999
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Benoît Salmon (France)
Team: Banesto
2000
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Santiago Botero (Colombia)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Francisco Mancebo (Spain)
Team: Kelme
2001
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Laurent Jalabert (France)
Points: Erik Zabel (Germany)
Best Young Rider: Óscar Sevilla (Spain)
Team: Kelme
2002
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Laurent Jalabert (France)
Points: Robbie McEwen (Australia)
Best Young Rider: Ivan Basso (Italy)
Team: Once
2003
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Baden Cooke (Australia)
Best Young Rider: Denis Menchov (Russia)
Team: CSC
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Richard Virenque (France)
Points: Robbie McEwen (Australia)
Best Young Rider: Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
Team: T-Mobile
2005
Winner: Vacated1
Mountains: Michael Rasmussen (Denmark)
Points: Thor Hushovd (Norway)
Best Young Rider: Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine)
Team: T-Mobile
2006
Winner: Óscar Pereiro (Spain)2
Mountains: Michael Rasmussen (Spain)
Points: Robbie McEwen (Australia)
Best Young Rider: Damiano Cunego (Italy)
Team: T-Mobile
2007
Winner: Alberto Contador (Spain)
Mountains: Mauricio Soler (Colombia)
Points: Tom Boonen (Belgium)
Best Young Rider: Alberto Contador (Spain)
Team: Discovery Channel
2008
Winner: Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Mountains: Vacated3
Points: Óscar Freire (Spain)
Best Young Rider: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Team: Saxo Bank
2009
Winner: Alberto Contador (Spain)
Mountains: Vacated4
Points: Thor Hushovd (Norway)
Best Young Rider: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Team: Astana
2010
Winner: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)5
Mountains: Anthony Charteau (France)
Points: Alessandro Petacchi (Italy)
Best Young Rider: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Team: Team RadioShack
2011
Winner: Cadel Evans (Australia)
Mountains: Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
Points: Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
Best Young Rider: Pierre Rolland (France)
Team: Garmin-Cervélo
2012
Winner: Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
Mountains: Thomas Voeckler (France)
Points: Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
Best Young Rider: Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Team: RadioShack-Nissan
1 American Lance Armstrong was found guilty of doping violations and the UCI stripped him of all seven Tour victories in 2012.
2 American Floyd Landis won the 2006 Tour, but failed a doping test during the race and was stripped of his title in 2007.
3 Austrian Bernhard Kohl won the 2008 Mountains classification but failed a doping test and was stripped of his title.
4 Italian Franco Pellizotti won the 2009 Mountains classification but was found guilty by the UCI of doping violations and stripped of the title in 2011.
5 Spaniard Alberto Contador won the 2010 Tour but failed a doping test during the race and was subsequently stripped of his title in 2012.
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