Friday, April 25, 2025

Le Tour de France 2016 – Les Chiffres (the Numbers)

-

HomeRaceRace ReviewsLe Tour de France 2016 - Les Chiffres (the Numbers)

Mont-Saint-MichelI know, I said I’d penned my last Tour piece for the year but I was in the area, there was a parking space and I thought; ‘I’ll have a quick look’ – and to my joy there it was, Monday’s L’Équipe in pride of place outside the International Newsagents.

A sad 40 minutes in the City Cafe ensued as I distilled les chiffres (that’s numbers) you need to make you the font of all knowledge on the club run.

  • 3   The number of Tour de France wins for Christopher Froome, joins Philippe Thijs, Louison Bobet and Greg Lemond all on three wins.
  • 4   Of the last five Tours won by GB riders, Wiggo + Froome.
Chiffres
Chris Froome on the top step. Photo©ASO/A.Broadway
  • 4   The number of new faces in the top 10: Yates, Porte, Meintjes and Martin.
  • 5   Record number of Tour wins: Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain.
Chiffres
Great riders all. Photo©ASO/B.Bade
  • 5   Number of times Sagan has won the green jersey.
Chiffres
Sam Bennet rode the entire race with an injured hand. Photo©ASO/P.Ballet
  • 5   Hours 17 minutes 14 seconds: lanterne rouge Sam Bennett’s deficit on Froom
  • 6   The record number of green jerseys – Erik Zabel.
  • 6   Number of ‘new’ stage winners, this year – Tom Dumoulin, Michael Matthews, Jarlinson Pantano, Thomas De Gendt, Ilnur Zakarin and Jon Izagirre.
  • 7   Hours 18 minutes 12 seconds: Last placed team Dimension Data’s deficit on team winners Movistar (but they did have 5 stage wins!)
  • 8   Most stages won in a single Tour: Charles Pélissier 1930, Eddy Merckx 1970 and 1974, Freddy Maertens 1976.
  • 8   Seconds, the smallest winning margin, Greg Lemond over Laurent Fignon, 1989.
Chiffres
Team Sky. Photo©ASO/G.Demouveaux
  • 8  Minutes 14 seconds:  Team Sky’s deficit in second place in the team competition on winners Movistar.
  • 11   Number of consecutive Grand Tours which Andrei Greipel has won a stage in and also his number of Tour stage wins.
  • 24   The number of abandons.
Chiffres
Nairo Quintana. Photo©ASO/P.Ballet
  • 26  Nairo Quintana’s age in years (it was a tough paper round).
  • 30  Years since a French win – Bernard Hinault, 1986.
  • 39.59   Average speed of 2016 Tour de France in kph.
Chiffres
Peter Sagan. Photo©ASO/A.Broadway
  • 52  Number of top 10 finishes Peter Sagan has achieved in Tour stages during his career
  • 57.7 kph, the fastest ever team time trial; Orica GreenEDGE in 2013.
  • 79  Majka’s margin in points over second placed De Gendt in the King of the Mountains competition.
  • 87.7   In percentage points, the number of finishers.
  • 89  Hours 4 minutes 48 seconds: Froome’s winning time.
  • 470  Sagan’s points total – second placed Kittel was on 228.
Chiffres
Rafa Majka. Photo©ASO/P.Ballet
  • 637  Number of kilometres Majka spent ‘up the road’ as le Tour’s number one ‘baroudeur.’
  • 3592  Distance in kilometres of the 2016 Tour de France.
  • 20,000  Euros to Sagan as ‘Super Combatif’ and Yates as ‘Jeune.’
  • 25,000  Euros to Sagan as green jersey winner and Majka as Montagne winner.
Chiffres
Movistar took top team. Photo©ASO/P.Ballet
  • 50,000  Euros to Movistar as team winners.
Chiffres
Romain Bardet. Photo©ASO/A.Broadway
  • 200,000   Euros to Bardet as second placed rider on GC.
  • 500,000   Euros to Froome as winner.

And now, we promise – NO MORE TOUR!

Ed Hood
Ed Hood
Ed was involved in cycling for over 50 years. In that time he was a successful time triallist, a team manager and a sponsor of several teams and clubs. He was also a respected and successful coach and during the winter months often worked in the cabins at the Six Days for some of the world's top riders. Ed was a highly respected journalist, his tales of chasing the Giro, Tour, Vuelta, Classics and World Championships - and his much-loved winter Six Days - are legendary, never the same twice, they gave our site an edge other cycling media could never duplicate or challenge. Sadly Ed passed away in January 2025, two years after suffering a devastating stroke.

Related Articles

Il Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 15; Valdengo – Montecampione, 217 km. Fabio Aru Shines Through

I first heard of Fabio Aru (Astana & Italy) when he won the 2011 Giro della Val d’Aosta U23 stage race in Italy from US rider Joe Dombrowski – who’s now professional with Sky. Aosta along with the Tour de l’Avenir and the U23 Worlds are the big shop windows for the professional talent scouts. Aru had been fourth in Aosta the year previous and would win it again in 2012.

Le Tour de France, Stage 11: Sisteron – Bourg-les-Valence; Reinstate Renshaw?

We headed to Bourg-les-Valence today, but first, Big Macs... they may pig you out towards an early grave, but damn, the wi-fi is good in there! Thursday was hectic, finished off with a train journey via Carstairs - I was a bit worried they might grab me - to Penrith, where I was meeting Dave to head to Stansted and La Belle France.

Scottish Vets Road Race Championship 2008

John Kermode did what VeloVeritas expected him to, at sunny but windy Alford on Sunday afternoon and successfully defended his Scottish Vets Road Race Championship; as the football commentators say; 'it was déja vu all over again' as he beat the same man he did 12 months ago in the same race, on the same course-Dooley's Graeme McGarrity.

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 16, Pinzolo – Aprica; the Mortirolo!

You forget how gruesome the climbs are here in Italy; I'd never been over the Mortirolo before but it was an eye opener - 11.9 kilometres (that's more than seven miles) with an AVERAGE gradient of just under 12% and a maximum of 18%. Lance reckoned it was the toughest climb he ever raced and 'Bert' was on 34 x 30; 'nuff said !' On most of the big climbs there are sections where it eases a little; not on this swine, it's unrelenting and unforgiving - ask Fabio Aru ...

At Random

Trinidad & Tobago – Day Two, Beacon Cycling Festival

It's always good to wake up at 05:50 to an ear-nipping message on the BlackBerry - but that's life, I'm in Paradise for the Beacon Cycling Festival but life goes on back in the 'real world.' Where, I've just been made aware, all of the airports are closed due to the hazard of ash from the volcanic eruption in Iceland - they're hiring at Burger King down town Port of Spain and I have my application in.

Tour de San Luis – Update

A quick update from the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, and it's a tale of bad luck and hard-going.

James McCallum – on Fatherhood and a New Team

It seems just like yesterday we were asking James McCallum if he’d ever consider turning pro – but that was back in 2006 after his second Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the scratch race. The following year he did indeed turn professional for Plowman Craven and since has ridden for Endura, Rapha Condor; and for 2014 he joins new – and much talked about – NFTO.

Froome and Wiggins (TDF 2012 St 17)

Brad Wiggins and Chris Froome have shown that they are by far the best two riders in the Tour de France, being untouchable on both the mountains as well as on the time trials. Liquigas and Vincenzo Nibali set the race up, giving it everything they could to make the race tough in the hope that the Sky boys would crack, but in the end, that just meant they had less work to do and could do more damage in the finale.