Hard Men of the Tour de France

[Polish]

Only 21 Men have ridden the Tour de France 13 times or more in the entire 109 year history.


Big George and Christophe Moreau are already on the list.
Three more riders are scheduled to join "The 13 Club" this year...
Here is the list - NOT including 2010.

1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) (16)
2 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) (15)
3 Guy Nulens (Bel) (15)
4 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) (15)
5 George Hincapie (Usa) (14)
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) (14)
7 André Darrigade (Fra) (14)
8 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) (14)
9 Sean Kelly (Irl) (14)
10 Erik Zabel (All) (14)
11 Phil Anderson (Aus) (13)
12 Joachim Agostinho (Por) (13)
13 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) (13)
14 Henk Lubberding (Ned) (13)
16 Jean Dotto (Fra) (13)
17 Jean-Pierre Genet (Fra) (13)
18 François Mahé (Fra) (13)
19 G. Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) (13)
20 Marc Wauters (Bel) (13)
21 Didier Rous (Fra) (13)

22 HWMNBN (USA) (12)
23 Stuart O’Grady (AUS) (12)
24 Jens Voigt (GER) (12)

Hard Men All. Still Active in Bold

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Only 21 Men have ridden the Tour de France 13 times or more in the entire 109 year history.


Big George and Christophe Moreau are already on the list.
Three more riders are scheduled to join "The 13 Club" this year...
Here is the list - NOT including 2010.

1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) (16)
2 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) (15)
3 Guy Nulens (Bel) (15)
4 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) (15)
5 George Hincapie (Usa) (14)
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) (14)
7 André Darrigade (Fra) (14)
8 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) (14)
9 Sean Kelly (Irl) (14)
10 Erik Zabel (All) (14)
11 Phil Anderson (Aus) (13)
12 Joachim Agostinho (Por) (13)
13 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) (13)
14 Henk Lubberding (Ned) (13)
16 Jean Dotto (Fra) (13)
17 Jean-Pierre Genet (Fra) (13)
18 François Mahé (Fra) (13)
19 G. Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) (13)
20 Marc Wauters (Bel) (13)
21 Didier Rous (Fra) (13)

22 HWMNBN (USA) (12)
23 Stuart O’Grady (AUS) (12)
24 Jens Voigt (GER) (12)

Hard Men All. Still Active in Bold

What exactly is HWMNBN? Anyways, pretty impressive to be on that list

 

[Ferminal]

What exactly is HWMNBN? Anyways, pretty impressive to be on that list

He Who Must (Shall) Not Be Named.

 

[online-rider]

but have these riders all finished the tour cos i know if HWMNBN (USA) refers to Armstrong he abandonned in 1994

 

[Dr. Maserati]

but have these riders all finished the tour cos i know if HWMNBN (USA) refers to Armstrong he abandonned in 1994

No - they haven't - although off the top of my head Zoetemelk finished all 16, Van Impe & Eki both finished all their 15.

@Polish - cool list, do you have a list of how many races that they managed to finish??

 

[ElDiablo]

I don't know any of them could be hard after riding their bikes for 2K miles.
Numb, yes, hard no.

 

[Polish]

No - they haven't - although off the top of my head Zoetemelk finished all 16, Van Impe & Eki both finished all their 15.

@Polish - cool list, do you have a list of how many races that they managed to finish??

Correct on "pas d’abandon" for Mr Z, Van Impe & Eki.

Big George dnf'd his rookie tour.
Christophe Moreau had 3 dnf's and 1 exclusion (festina 98)

The stats are compiled by the Tour de France.
It lists the number of starts. Starting is considered a major accomplishment.

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/HISTO/us/statistiques.html

Scroll down to the "statistics" for the worksheet...page 12 of 12.
It will list the placing for the riders in each year.

The stats are through 2008.
I added in the 2009 results for active riders lance, jens, and stuey.
Did stuey start in 2009? I assumed yes.

 

[Benotti69]

Only 21 Men have ridden the Tour de France 13 times or more in the entire 109 year history.

Three more riders are scheduled to join "The 13 Club" this year...
Here is the list - NOT including 2010.

1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) (16)
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22 HWMNBN (USA) (12)

could this be unlucky number 13

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lord Voldemort is competing?

 

[issoisso]

12 Joachim Agostinho (Por) (13)

"Joaquim Agostinho"

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Heh, why do people always do that with Portuguese names btw?

Just like Christiano Ronaldo instead of Cristiano.
He's not jesus

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho is coming up soon. That's usually a source of fun, exciting racing. We can probably get to see how the Liberty Seguros youngsters are doing, too, in particular Fabio Silvestre, who's been in excellent form. And I can laugh at Liberty Seguros for tempting fate again.

On the subject of spelling errors, TourChampion has aroused my ire by perpetuating the "Euskatel" error. It's "EuskaLtel", damnit.

 

[issoisso]

The Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho is coming up soon. That's usually a source of fun, exciting racing. We can probably get to see how the Liberty Seguros youngsters are doing, too, in particular Fabio Silvestre, who's been in excellent form. And I can laugh at Liberty Seguros for tempting fate again.

On the subject of spelling errors, TourChampion has aroused my ire by perpetuating the "Euskatel" error. It's "EuskaLtel", damnit.

Pet peeves:

"Óscar Friere"

"Paolo Salvodelli"

etc.

 

[nvpacchi]

The Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho is coming up soon. That's usually a source of fun, exciting racing. We can probably get to see how the Liberty Seguros youngsters are doing, too, in particular Fabio Silvestre, who's been in excellent form. And I can laugh at Liberty Seguros for tempting fate again.

On the subject of spelling errors, TourChampion has aroused my ire by perpetuating the "Euskatel" error. It's "EuskaLtel", damnit.

THANK YOU!!!

Also very surprising to see Christophe Moreau on that list. He never strikes me as being as old as he actually is.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

and 'Kreuzinger'. That does my head in.

 

[issoisso]

and 'Kreuzinger'. That does my head in.

You've never heard the PT eurosport commentator, have you?

Allow me to post this helpful dictionary

Paulo Martinese->English
Tadége Valgevéque-> Tadej Vajavec
Jénnie Aizênguh -> Jenning Huizenga
Trushóve -> Thor Hushovd
Róbére Jesinkingue -> Robert Gesink
Mateu Floyd -> Matthew Lloyd
Róbé -> Roubaix
Áuga -> Água

and so on and so forth

 

[Notso Swift]

Obviously people have a different definition to me on what constitutes a hard man

Jens, the modern definition of a Hard Man
Stuey, bows to one man (see above)
George, done the time, done the crime


Moreau and Armstrong though, Hard men... NOT

BTW, I have O'grady down for 13 already, remember that he equaled Anderson last year, and yes he did start 2009

Here is a link from the website, http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/409.html
Counts 13 to me

 

[Polish]

Obviously people have a different definition to me on what constitutes a hard man

Jens, the modern definition of a Hard Man
Stuey, bows to one man (see above)
George, done the time, done the crime


Moreau and Armstrong though, Hard men... NOT

BTW, I have O'grady down for 13 already, remember that he equaled Anderson last year, and yes he did start 2009

Here is a link from the website, http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/409.html
Counts 13 to me

Agree with you on Jens, Stuey, and Big George.

And Moreau & Armstrong do stand out....
Moreau a bit of a drama queen....
Armstrong the ONLY multiple Tour winner amongst the top hard men. awesome.


I could be wrong on Stuey's #....the TdF stats or my adding....

Anyway, different topic, how many Festina sit-down strikers in the 2010 TdF?

stuey? & robbie (below), george, moreau in jail, was jens there?

This was the Stage 12 Rider Strike. Protesting journalists going thru trash bins.
Not to be confused with the stage 17 Protest.

 

[Notso Swift]

Ohh,aren't they cute, like little puppies
Quick check and Jens has 12 in a row, so yes

Actually the bit you linked to said the number you had, but my memory said more (because I know last year he equaled Anderson as the most starts from an Australian, mind you Ando only missed one - TVM were not invited in their first year - and finished all he started LEGEND!) and a quick check in my "Official 2010 TdF guide" (said in deep authoritative voice) had him down as more, which is why I went to the main site to check

Not saying CM and LA aren't tough, just not Hard, never seen the wind in their lives until the last 20 km, where the other 3 guys will pace the entire peloton for the first 200 km... including 2 mountain passes, THAT is Hard

 

[Von Mises]

Only 21 Men have ridden the Tour de France 13 times or more in the entire 109 year history.


Big George and Christophe Moreau are already on the list.
Three more riders are scheduled to join "The 13 Club" this year...
Here is the list - NOT including 2010.

1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) (16)
2 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) (15)
3 Guy Nulens (Bel) (15)
4 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) (15)
5 George Hincapie (Usa) (14)
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) (14)
7 André Darrigade (Fra) (14)
8 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) (14)
9 Sean Kelly (Irl) (14)
10 Erik Zabel (All) (14)
11 Phil Anderson (Aus) (13)
12 Joachim Agostinho (Por) (13)
13 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) (13)
14 Henk Lubberding (Ned) (13)
16 Jean Dotto (Fra) (13)
17 Jean-Pierre Genet (Fra) (13)
18 François Mahé (Fra) (13)
19 G. Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) (13)
20 Marc Wauters (Bel) (13)
21 Didier Rous (Fra) (13)

22 HWMNBN (USA) (12)
23 Stuart O’Grady (AUS) (12)
24 Jens Voigt (GER) (12)

Hard Men All. Still Active in Bold

Actually there is another rider who started 13 Tours - Jaan Kirsipuu. And here is interesting record: he started 13 times but never finished.