<P> One rider has been King of the Mountains, won the combination classification, combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year - Eddy Merckx in 1969, which was also the first year he participated . </P> <P> Twice the Tour was won by a racer who never wore the yellow jersey until the race was over . In 1947, Jean Robic overturned a three - minute deficit on a 257 km final stage into Paris . In 1968, Jan Janssen of the Netherlands secured his win in the individual time trial on the last day . </P> <P> The Tour has been won four times by a racer who led the general classification on the first stage and held the lead all the way to Paris . Maurice Garin did it during the Tour's very first edition, 1903; he repeated the feat the next year, but the results were nullified as a response to widespread cheating . Ottavio Bottechia completed a GC start - to - finish sweep in 1924 . In 1928, Nicolas Frantz also led the GC for the entire race, and the final podium was made up of three riders from his Alcyon--Dunlop team . 1935, Belgian Romain Maes took the lead in the first stage, and never gave it away . There have been four tours in which a racer has taken over the GC lead on the second stage and held the lead all the way to Paris . After dominating the ITT during Stage 1B of the 1961 Tour de France Jacques Anquetil held the Maillot Jaune from the first day all the way to Paris . </P> <P> Laurent Fignon, winner in 1983, was the last rider to win the race in his first appearance . </P>

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