The champions

The cyclists make their way up the Col Bugarguy during Stage 16 of the Tour de France from Pau to Bayonne.-Pic. DOUG PENSINGER/GETTY IMAGES

TOUR DE FRANCE Champions.

1903: Maurice Garin (France); 1904: Henri Cornet (France); 1905: Louis Trousselier (France); 1906: Rene Pottier (France); 1907: Lucien Petit-Breton (France); 1908: Lucien Petit-Breton (France); 1909: Francois Faber (Luxembourg); 1910: Octave Lapize (France); 1911: Gustave Garrigou (France); 1912: Odile Defraye (Belgium); 1913: Philippe Thys (Belgium); 1914: Philippe Thys (Belgium); 1919: Firmin Lambot (Belgium); 1920: Philippe Thys (Belgium); 1921: Leon Scieur (Belgium); 1922: Firmin Lambot (Belgium); 1923: Henri Pelissier (France); 1924: Ottavio Bottecchia (Italy); 1925: Ottavio Bottecchia (Italy); 1926: Lucien Buysse (Belgium); 1927: Nicholas Frantz (Luxembourg); 1928: Nicholas Frantz (Luxembourg); 1929: Maurice Dewaele (Belgium); 1930: Andre Leducq (France); 1931: Antonin Magne (France); 1932: Andre Leducq (France); 1933: Georges Speicher (France); 1934: Antonin Magnec (France); 1935: Romain Maes (Belgium); 1936: Sylvere Maes (Belgium); 1937: Roger Lapebie (France); 1938: Gino Bartali (Italy); 1939: Sylvere Maes (Belgium); 1946: Jean Lazarides (France); 1947: Jean Robic (France); 1948: Gino Bartali (Italy); 1949: Fausto Coppi (Italy); 1950: Ferdinand Kubler (Switzerland); 1951: Hugo Koblet (Switzerland); 1952: Fausto Coppi (Italy); 1953: Louison Bobet (France); 1954: Louison Bobet (France); 1955: Louison Bobet (France); 1956: Roger Walkowiak (France); 1957: Jacques Anquetil (France); 1958: Charly Gaul (Luxembourg); 1959: Federico Bahamontes (Spain); 1960: Gastone Nencini (Italy); 1961: Jacques Anquetil (France); 1962: Jacques Anquetil (France); 1963: Jacques Anquetil (France); 1964: Jacques Anquetil (France); 1965: Felice Gimondi (Italy); 1966: Lucien Aimar (France); 1967: Roger Pingeon (France); 1968: Jan Janssen (Netherlands); 1969: Eddy Merckx (Belgium); 1970: Eddy Merckx (Belgium); 1971: Eddy Merckx (Belgium); 1972: Eddy Merckx (Belgium); 1973: Luis Ocana (Spain); 1974: Eddy Merckx (Belgium); 1975: Bernard Thevenet (France); 1976: Lucien van Impe (Belgium); 1977: Bernard Thevenet (France); 1978: Bernard Hinault (France); 1979: Bernard Hinault (France); 1980: Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands); 1981: Bernard Hinault (France); 1982: Bernard Hinault (France); 1983: Laurent Fignon (France); 1984: Laurent Fignon (France); 1985: Bernard Hinault (France); 1986: Greg LeMond (United States); 1987: Stephen Roche (Ireland); 1988: Pedro Delgado (Spain); 1989: Greg LeMond (United States); 1990: Greg LeMond (United States); 1991: Miguel Indurain (Spain); 1992: Miguel Indurain (Spain); 1993: Miguel Indurain (Spain); 1994: Miguel Indurain (Spain); 1995: Miguel Indurain (Spain); 1996: Bjarne Riis (Denmark); 1997: Jan Ullrich (Germany); 1998: Marco Pantani (Italy); 1999: Lance Armstrong (United States); 2000: Lance Armstrong (United States); 2001: Lance Armstrong (United States); 2002: Lance Armstrong (United States); 2003: Lance Armstrong (United States).