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Sixteen male cyclists from Denmark have won a total of 29 Tour de France stages as of stage 11 in 2024. Bjarne Riis, Michael Rasmussen and Jonas Vingegaard have each won four stages. Rolf Sørensen, Søren Kragh Andersen, Magnus Cort and Mads Pedersen have won two. Nine other Danes have won one stage.
Two Danish women, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Emma Norsgaard, have won a stage in Tour de France Femmes as of 2023.
The first Danish stage winner was Mogens Frey in 1970. His team owner Jean de Gribaldy wanted the team captain Joaquim Agostinho to win. Agostinho actually crossed the line first but was disqualified for holding back Frey by grabbing his handlebar.
Two Danes have won the general classification, Bjarne Riis in 1996 and Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 and 2023.
The women's race Tour de France Femmes started in 2022.
Year | Stage winner | Stage | Route |
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2022 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | 3 | Reims to Épernay |
2023 | Emma Norsgaard | 6 | Albi to Blagnac |
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