A1. None other than five-time winner Bernard Hinault of France! Hinault won 1978/79 and 1981/82 before being a non-starter in 1983 due to injury and then finishing second in 1984. He returned triumphantly in 1985. Can Pogi do the same?
A2. Unfortunately, no American women has yet raised her arms in victory at the modern Tour but back in 1989, Idaho rider Katrin Tobin won Stage Four into Gap. 1989 was a big Tour for the Americans with two stage wins (the late Bunki Bankaitis-Davis won stage 3), the Points Jersey (Susan Elias), the Team Classification, and Inga Thompson making the podium in third.
A3. Sepp Kuss who won the mountainous Stage 15, back in 2021. He is one of only eleven American men who have won a Tour stage!
A4. Belgian Lotte Kopecky with six.
A5. Swiss Classics and time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara who wore yellow for 29 days in his storied career!
