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The stage of July 14 is always special for the French on the Tour de France. On this National Day, they are many to have won the Grand Loop, like Warren Barguil last year.
Warren Barguil in 2017
Shirt with polka dots on the back, Warren Barguil could not dream best day on this Tour de France 2018. In a very short mountain stage between Saint-Girons and Foix (101 km), the Lorientais was the smartest to settle in the sprint a prestigious breakaway composed of Alberto Contador, Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa
David Moncoutié in 2005
12 years before Warren Barguil, David Moncoutié was the last Frenchman to win the Tour on 14 July. In a mid-mountain stage between Briançon and Digne-les-Bains, the climber of the Cofidis formation, present in the breakaway of the day, isolates himself at the top 37 km from the finish. It will never be repeated and wins in front of another tricolor, Sandy Casar
Richard Virenque in 2004
Like David Moncoutié, Richard Virenque won after a long breakaway. At the front of the first kilometers of this stage in the Mbadif Central, Virenque won alone in Saint-Flour, after releasing Axel Merckx, with whom he was in front. He took advantage that day to don the polka dot jersey, his seventh, he will not let go to Paris.
Lawrence Brochard in 1997
So at Festina, two years before the doping case with the same name, Laurent Brochard, present at the front, is caught up and then fights with the best during this first stage between Pau and Loudenvielle: his teammate Richard Virenque, the German Jan Ulrich and the Italian Marco Pantani. A time released, Brochard returned to this small group and eventually attack and win. Ironically, the four riders present at this time, were all caught up by doping …
Vincent Barteau in 1989
Yellow jersey in 1984, for his first Tour de France, Vincent Barteau had regretted at that time not not have won a stage. An anomaly repaired in 1989, July 14, between Montpellier and Marseille in a very lively transition stage. For a moment, the Yellow Jersey Laurent Fignon is even in front, forcing other leaders to put on the board. It is finally Barteau, Fignon's team-mate, who imposes himself alone in the Phocean city.
Bernard Thévenet in 1970
For his first Tour, for which he learned his participation only two days before the start, Bernard Thévenet does not take long to put himself in evidence. In the Pyrenees, the young Thevenet, 22 years old and neo-professional, escapes into the Tourmalet and will never be taken back until the arrival at La Mongie!
Jacques Anquetil in 1961 and 1964
Quintuple winner Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil raised his arms twice on the National Day. The first time in 1961, the year of his second overall victory on the Tour, a 74.5 km time trial between Bergerac and Périgueux. And the second time, still in solitary effort, in 1964. That year, July 14 is the last day of the Tour. After a first half-step in the morning, Anquetil wins on the afternoon clock between Versailles and Paris and thus offers his fifth and last yellow jersey.
They also imposed a 14 July after -war : Raymond Delisle (1969), Roger Pingeon (1968), Jean Bourles (1957), Jean Robic (1953), Emile Idee (1949).
Vincent Barteau in 1989
Yellow jersey in 1984, for his first Tour de France, Vincent Barteau had regretted at that time not not have won a stage. An anomaly repaired in 1989, July 14, between Montpellier and Marseille in a very lively transition stage. For a moment, the Yellow Jersey Laurent Fignon is even in front, forcing other leaders to put on the board. It is finally Barteau, Fignon's team-mate, who imposes himself alone in the Phocean city.
Bernard Thévenet in 1970
For his first Tour, for which he learned his participation only two days before the start, Bernard Thévenet does not take long to put himself in evidence. In the Pyrenees, the young Thevenet, 22 years old and neo-professional, escapes into the Tourmalet and will never be taken back until the arrival at La Mongie!
Jacques Anquetil in 1961 and 1964
Quintuple winner Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil raised his arms twice on the National Day. The first time in 1961, the year of his second overall victory on the Tour, a 74.5 km time trial between Bergerac and Périgueux. And the second time, still in solitary effort, in 1964. That year, July 14 is the last day of the Tour. After a first half-step in the morning, Anquetil wins on the afternoon clock between Versailles and Paris and thus offers his fifth and last yellow jersey.
They also imposed a 14 July after -war : Raymond Delisle (1969), Roger Pingeon (1968), Jean Bourles (1957), Jean Robic (1953), Emile Idee (1949).
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