Over the last 5 years I have been feverishly hunting for wearers of the Yellow Jersey, the most impressive cyclists of all time, the winners of the Tour de France. The intention was to portray all the surviving winners and things progressed well until Covid-19 intervened. Appointments with Lucien Aimar (Tour '66), Bernard Thévenet (Tour '75 and '77), Bjarne Riis (Tour '96), etc. were canceled in 2020 and postponed to later moments. A work in progress as they might say...
Federico Bahamontes, Tour '59
Jan Janssen, Tour '68
Eddy Merckx, Tour '69, '70, '71, '72 & '74
Lucien Van Impe, Tour '76
Bernard Hinault, Tour '78, '79, '81, '82 & '85
Joop Zoetemelk, Tour '80
Laurent Fignon, Tour '83 & '84
Stephen Roche, Tour '87
Pedro Delgado, Tour '88
Miguel Indurain, Tour '91, '92, '93, '94 & '95
Oscar Pereiro Sio, Tour '06
Alberto Contador, Tour '07 & '09
Andy Schleck, Tour '10
Cadel Evans, Tour '11
Bradley Wiggins, Tour '12
Chris Froome, Tour '13, '15, '16 & '17
Vincenzo Nibali, Tour '14
Geraint Thomas, Tour '18
Egan Bernal, Tour '19
Published in the French L'Equipe Magazine on August 29, 2020
