In 1914 Don Kirkham and Ivor Munro were the first Australians to ride Le Tour de France. They finished a respectable 17th and 20th place in Paris and began a very proud record for their country which has reached a new glory with the victory of Cadel Evans. Sorry but I don’t have any photos of Cadel Evans. Not that I would show on here anyway. I have been to 5 Tours and 5 other races that Cadel was riding and I have not managed to get a good photo yet.
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Staurt O'Grady has ridden 15 Tour de France.
The stats:
Australia have had 133 participations in Le Tour de France by 40 different riders
Most stage wins: 13 (Robbie McEwen)
Most entries: 15 (Stuart O’Grady)
Most Tours Completed: 13 (Phil Anderson)
Most days in yellow: 10 (Phil Anderson)
Most podiums: 3 (Cadel Evans)
Victories: 1 (Cadel Evans 2011)
White Jersey: 1 (Phil Anderson 1982)
Green Jersey: 1 (Baden Cooke 2003)
Green Jersey: 3 (Robbie McEwan 2002 2004 2006)
Stage victories
Phil Anderson 2
- 1982 : 1 victory
- 1991 : 1 victory
Bradley Mc Gee 2
- 2002 : 1 victory
- 2003 : 1 victory
Stuart O’Grady 2
- 1998 : 1 victory
- 2004 : 1 victory
Baden Cooke 1
- 2003 : 1 victory
Simon Gerrans 1
- 2008 : 1 victory
Robbie Mc Ewen 13
- 1998: 1 victory
- 1999: 1 victory
- 2002: 2 victories
- 2004: 2 victories
- 2005: 3 victories
- 2006: 3 victories
- 2007 : 1 victory
Neil Stephens 1
- 1997 : 1 victory
- 2011: 1 victory
Australians in Tour de France
Rider No of participations Years
Stuart O'Grady 15 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Phil Anderson 13 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Robbie Mc Ewen 12 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007ÿ2008 2010
Cadel Evans 7 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Michael Rogers 7 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010
Neil Stephens 7 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Stephen Hodge 6 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995
Simon Gerrans 6 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011
Baden Cooke 5 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008
Bradley Mc Gee 5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Alan Peiper 5 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992
Mark Renshaw 4 2008 2009 2010 2011
Brett Daniel Lancaster 3 2007 2008 2009
Donald John Allan 2 1974 1975
John Beasley 2 1952 1955
Allan Davis 2 2004 2005
Nick Gates 2 2003 2004
Adam Hansen 2 2008 2010
Hubert Opperman 2 1928 1931
Matthew Lloyd 2 2009 2010
Scott Sunderland 2 1996 2004
Henk Vogels 2 1997 1999
Matt Wilson 2 2003 2004
Michael Wilson 2 1988 1989
Ernest Bainbridge 1 1928
Don Kirkhan 1 1914
Richard Lamb 1 1931
Trent Lowe 1 2008
Russel Mockridge 1 1955
Ivor Munro 1 1914
Ossi Nicholson 1 1931
Percy Osborne 1 1928
Luke Roberts 1 2005
Shane Sutton 1 1987
Jay Sweet 1 1999
Matthew White 1 2005
Wesley Sulzberger 1 2010
Luke Roberts 1 2010
Richie Porte 1 2011
Matthew Goss 1 2011
The great Phil Anderson, first Aussie to wear the Yellow Jersey. Photographer Eric Houdas.
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