Sixteen male cyclists from Denmark have won a total of 30 Tour de France stages as of stage 4 in 2026. Bjarne Riis, Michael Rasmussen and Jonas Vingegaard have each won four stages. Mads Pedersen has won three. Rolf Sørensen, Søren Kragh Andersen and Magnus Cort 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.
Men 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.
Year Stage winner Stage Route 1970 9 Saarlouis (West Germany) to Mulhouse 1983 12 Fleurance to Roquefort-sur-Soulzon 1985 10 Épinal to Pontarlier 1988 19 Limoges to Puy de Dôme 1993 5 Avranches to Évreux 7 Péronne to Châlons-sur-Marne 1994 8 Poitiers to Trélissac 13 Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Albi 14 Castres to Montpellier 1996 9 Le Monêtier-les-Bains to Sestriere (Italy) 13 Le Puy-en-Velay to Super Besse 16 Agen to Hautacam2003 10 Gap to Marseille2005 9 Gérardmer to Mulhouse2006 16 Bourg-d'Oisans to La Toussuire 2007 8 Le Grand-Bornand to Tignes 16 Orthez to Gourette–Col d'Aubisque2009 12 Tonnerre to Vittel2018 15 Millau to Carcassonne 2020 14 Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon 19 Bourg-en-Bresse to Champagnole 2022 10 Morzine to Megève 11 Albertville to Col du Granon 13 Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Étienne 18 Lourdes to Hautacam 2023 8 Libourne to Limoges 16 Passy to Combloux 18 Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse2024 11 Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran2026 4 Carcassonne to Foix
Women The women's race Tour de France Femmes started in 2022.
Year Stage winner Stage Route 2022 3 Reims to Épernay 2023 6 Albi to Blagnac
See also
Cycling in Denmark
References