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Cycling Tours - Tour de France

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Smallest Winning Margins

This list features the cyclists with the smallest winning margins in Tour de France history.

RANK

CYCLISTS

WINNING MARGIN

RUNNER-UP

YEAR

1

Greg LeMond

0:08

Laurent Fignon

1989

2

Alberto Contador

0:23

Cadel Evans

2007

3

Jan Janssen

0:38

Herman Van Springel

1968

4

Alberto Contador

0:39

Andy Schleck

2010

5

Stephen Roche

0:40

Pedro Delgado

1987

6

Bernard Thévenet

0:48

Hennie Kuiper

1977

7

Chris Froome

0:54

Rigoberto Urán

2017

8

Jacques Anquetil

0:55

Raymond Poulidor

1964

9

Floyd Landis

0:57

Óscar Pereiro

2006

10

Carlos Sastre

0:58

Cadel Evans

2008

11

Tadej Pogačar

0:59

Primož Roglič

2020

12

Lance Armstrong

1:01

Jan Ullrich

2003

13

Lucien Aimar

1:07

Jan Janssen

1966

14

Egan Bernal

1:11

Geraint Thomas

2019

15

Chris Froome

1:12

Nairo Quintana

2015

16

Roger Walkowiak

1:25

Gilbert Bauvin

1956

17

Cadel Evans

1:34

Andy Schleck

2011

18

Bjarne Riis

1:41

Jan Ullrich

1996

19

Bernard Hinault

1:42

Greg LeMond

1985

20

Philippe Thys

1:50

Henri Pélissier

1914


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References

ProCyclingStats, 2025. Wins by smallest margin in Tour de France. Available at: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/results/wins-by-smallest-margin [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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