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Internet TdF Game: HistoryThis is an overview of the different editions of the Internet Tour de France Game. The first edition of the game was held in 1994.
Participants and winnersThe next table lists each edition (column Year) with the number of participants that year (Part), the number of different countries they represented (Coun), the number of stages that took part in the game (Stag), the highest attainable overall score (Max), the number of points collected by the winner (Poin) and the name and the country of the winner.
Year Part Coun Stag Max Poin Winner 2023 260 20 19 814 706 Jos Droste (The Netherlands) 2022 275 22 18 784 638 Gerard Creemers (The Netherlands) 2021 258 24 19 699 449 Lanterne Jaune (UK/Scotland) 2020 258 24 19 731 585 Richard Daniells (UK) 2019 294 26 19 854 754 Benoit Rey (France) 2018 322 24 18 780 573 Matt Makou (France) 2017 312 27 19 836 586 Marcel Spanjer (The Netherlands) 2016 308 25 19 658 557 Robin van Koert (The Netherlands/USA) 2015 325 26 18 778 653 Paul Evans (France) 2014 347 26 19 837 582 Emanuel Correia (Portugal) 2013 369 29 18 720 607 Joost Dantuma (UK) 2012 422 27 19 769 673 Linda De Winter (Belgium) 2011 434 33 19 845 732 Roy Kluten (The Netherlands) 2010 463 41 19 829 728 Rune Førsund (Norway) 2009 546 39 18 726 599 Thomas Storrødvann (Norway) 2008 447 30 19 763 673 Tom Denters (The Netherlands) 2007 631 34 19 797 601 Rune Førsund (Norway) 2006 646 37 19 890 781 Arthur Denneman (The Netherlands) 2005 903 43 18 635 535 Amadeus Bike (The Netherlands) 2004 1200 40 18 897 706 Arthur Denneman (The Netherlands) 2003 1351 45 18 729 585 Belinda Ward (USA) 2002 1142 39 18 761 629 Martin Smits (The Netherlands) 2001 1100 39 18 789 651 Reinier van Olderen (The Netherlands) 2000 826 31 18 731 525 E. Gaasenbeek (The Netherlands) 1999 817 33 19 820 743 Michael Botzet (Germany) 1998 813 35 19 738 564 Tako Molanus (The Netherlands) 1997 1147 36 20 860 749 Kees Winder (The Netherlands) 1996 461 25 20 832 606 Wieger van Brug (The Netherlands) 1995 241 20 18 846 666 Frank Koper (The Netherlands) 1994 36 4 19 893 520 Marko Borst (The Netherlands) The reasons for the different numbers of stages used in the game are differences in the number of rest days (currently 2 but 1 before 1999), the inclusion or absence of the team trial (absent in 1996-1999, 2006-2008, 2010-2012, 2014, 2016-2017) and the presence of a neutralized stage in the editions of 1995 and 1998. Two participants have managed to win the game more than once: Arthur Denneman (The Netherlands) in 2004 and 2006, and Rune Førsund (Norway) in 2007 and 2010.
Game veterans (1994-2023)Here is a list of participants that have frequently taken part in the 30 editions of the game:
Plc Eds Name
1. 30 Erik TKS
2. 29 Erix Schokker, Frank Koper, Guus van Zadelhoff, Nico Wienders
6. 28 Arthur Denneman, Benoît Rey, Bret Jaeger, Francis Stalpers,
Marcel Spanjer, Remco van Veenendaal, Robert Beernink
13. 27 A.B. Glah, Bojan Kozelj, Gerard Creemers, Jos Droste,
Marko Tukic, Michael Botzet, Michael McQuillen, Rien Post
21. 26 Anton Cozijnsen, Chad Lennon, E. Gaasenbeek, Graeme Camp,
Harrie Wintermans, Hugo Paulissen, Jeroen van Koert,
Ken Charbonneau, Michel Oberson, Mike Ross, Randall Cockroft,
Robin van Koert, Tom Scanlon
34. 25 Cameron Henderson, Guido Van Hal, Leif Rahr Knudsen,
Rob Spaans, Stéphane Pous, Tako Molanus, Wil Gommans
41. 24 David Marshall, Edwin Saunders, Janne Högman,
Kevin Panther, Michal Barla, Richard Daniells,
Sapna Sanagavarapu, Wicher Otten, Wim Reidt
50. 23 Daryl Collingwood, Eli Lee, Frazer Pearce, Gosse Bouma,
Jay Howard, Jose Aarts, Karolina Tobiasson, Karsten Sorst,
Lanterne Jaune, Maaike Kuipers, Mark Wismans, Matt McClain,
Matthijs Otten, Matthieu Jouan, Tore Högman
65. 22 Andrew Howard, Bastin Verweij, Bert Meeus, Bert Otten,
Brian Gregg, Chris Hoekwater, Ferry Deurloo,
Jenni Collingwood, Jim Green, Joel Hull, Jonathan Bertram,
Kirk Schaubmayer, M. Balon, Marcy Dalton, Mark Bignell,
Peter Kundmüller, Rich Woodruff, Ross Ogilvie,
83. 21 Adrie van Geffen, Balazs Barna, Clement Lee,
Dimitri van Agterveld, Eb Mieghommel, Emanuel Correia,
Fred Haslin, Geraint Parry, Martin Evans, Nick Walker,
Paul Ryan, Paul Schlösser, Peter Bruning, Peter Maks,
Peter Zoras, Phil Hamilton, Phil Hancox, Phil Rowling,
Suchi Sanagavarapu, Thomas Storrødvann, Wim Penninx,
Xiaojun Creemers
105. 20 Bas Denters, Bert Platt, Christopher Yaure, David Redhead,
Derek Seow, Dimitri van Agterveld, Gary Timberlake,
Hank Ebert, Jeff Johnson, Johan van Ommen, John Hamill,
Jolanda Prins, Karu Meininki, Kevin Mathers, Michael Jiggins,
Neil Dakin, Rens Jan Piket, Steven Trezise, Ton de Groot
Altogether, 124 participants have taken part in the game 20 times or more often. The robot participant Jan Modaal has also been present in all editions of the game. There is an overview of veteran performance for the years 1994-2023.
Records (1994-2023)Since the maximum attainable overall score is different in every edition, it would not be fair to make a list of the highest overall scores in the game. An overview of the highest stage scores is kept on a separate page. The current record holders are Bevo Gallagher (USA) and Dimitri van Agterveld (The Netherlands) with 114 points (2006). Dimitri van Agterveld is the only participant in the history of the game that had all members of a stage top ten in his team top ten (in stage 2 of 2006). Here we keep an overview of stage winners, in particular those participants that have been able to win stages in different editions of the game:
Plc Eds Stg Name (Years)
1. 13 22 Bastin Verweij (2006,2009:3,2010:4,2011:2,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016:2,2017,2018:2,2019:2,2020)
2. 12 19 Erix Schokker (1995:2,1996:3,1998,1999,2001,2002,2007:4,2009,2011:2,2015,2019,2022)
3. 11 16 Wicher Otten (1999,2001,2002,2007:2,2008,2010:4,2011:2,2014,2018,2019,2021)
4. 10 20 Erik TKS (1994:5,1995:3,2000,2006,2007,2015:3,2016,2020,2021:3,2023)
5. 10 16 José Aarts (2000:2,2008,2009,2010,2013:3,2017,2019:4,2021,2022,2023)
6. 8 10 Maaike Kuipers (2002:2,2005,2006,2011,2013,2014:2,2015,2018)
7. 8 9 Tore Högman (2002,2006,2009,2011,2012,2013,2017:2,2022)
8. 7 10 Roger Cageot (2014,2015,2016:2,2018:2,2020,2021:2,2023)
9. 7 7 Bert Otten (2008,2011,2012,2017,2019,2020,2022)
10. 6 7 Debbie Rowling (2008,2013,2015,2017:2,2020,2023:2)
6 7 Rien Post (2001:2,2002,2010,2011,2014,2022)
12. 6 6 Amy Bruning (2013,2014,2015,2016,2019,2020)
6 6 Olle Olausson (2003,2006,2017,2018,2020,2022)
14. 5 8 Noah Verweij (2015:2,2016,2017:2,2018,2019:2)
5 6 Ton de Groot (2010,2011,2015,2019,2021:2)
5 6 Xiaojun Creemers (2003:2,2010,2012,2018,2019)
17. 4 6 Karolina Tobiasson (2006,2013:3,2020,2023)
18. 4 5 Jolanda Prins (2006,2014:2,2022,2023)
4 5 Laurent Bruning (2016,2019:2,2021,2022)
4 5 Norbert Sorst (2015,2016,2020:2,2021)
21. 3 4 Bevo Gallagher (2006:2,2008,2012)
22. 3 3 Anja Lex (2010,2018,2020)
3 3 Christopher Yaure (2015,2016,2018)
3 3 Dick Blom (1999,2001,2006)
3 3 Gary Timberlake (2008,2009,2010)
3 3 Henry Sorst (2010,2017,2022)
3 3 Jeroen van Koert (2013,2015,2018)
3 3 Martin Hoffellner (2005,2007,2009)
3 3 Rob Spaans (1998,2007,2022)
30. 2 3 Astrid van Kooten (2016:2,2017)
2 3 Besten Streed (2015:2,2020)
2 3 Marco Alter (2006,2008:2)
2 3 Paul Puppyn (2014:2,2018)
2 3 Tess Creemers (2021:2,2022)
35. 2 2 Anton Cozijnsen (1998,2009)
2 2 Asral H. Dirts (2007,2014)
2 2 Berthold B. Journaille (1998,1999)
2 2 Claude Valette (2020,2023)
2 2 David Collingwood (2015,2022)
2 2 David Redhead (2009,2020)
2 2 Fiona G. (2009,2014)
2 2 Hans Reidt (2016,2022)
2 2 Hayden Dusyk (2009,2022)
2 2 Jan Matheeuwsen (2004,2006)
2 2 Jenni Collingwood (2018,2021)
2 2 Larsa Stridh (2017,2020)
2 2 Mark Conolly (2005, 2015)
2 2 Mäster Lagom (2012,2017)
2 2 Phil Rowling (2016,2023)
2 2 Reinier van Olderen (2006,2007)
2 2 Roberto Sabadini (2015,2023)
2 2 Sander Kaspers (1998,2002)
2 2 Severine Chaumette (2005,2007)
2 2 Wim Penninx (1994,1995)
2 2 Wim Reidt (2017,2021)
The list contains the rank of the participant (Plc), the number of different editions in which he won a stage (Eds), the total number of stage wins (Stg), the participant's name and the years of the stage wins. More than 40 participants have won more than one stage in a single edition of the game. Obviously this was easier in the earlier game editions when there were not that many participants. Only seven participants have been able to win more than three stages in one year after the first edition of the game in 1994: Erix Schokker of The Netherlands (4 in 2007), Evert Molanus (5 in 2008), Wicher Otten (4 in 2010), Bastin Verweij (4 in 2010), Jen Long (4 in 2014), Chukkie Stridh (4 in 2017) and Jose Aarts (4 in 2019). The longest streak of editions with stage wins is held by Bastin Verweij who won stages in 12 game editions in a row (2009-2020). Twenty-six participants have managed to hold the overall lead in different editions of the game:
Plc Eds Stg Name (Years)
1. 9 14 Bastin Verweij (2007:3,2009,2010:2,2012,2014,2016:3,2019,2020,2023:2)
2. 5 8 Rien Post (1999,2001,2002:4,2010,2014)
3. 4 28 Rune Førsund (2007:6,2009:9,2010:8,2014:5)
4. 4 10 Erix Schokker (1996:7,2002,2007)
5. 3 15 Emanuel Correia (2014:5,2019:9,2023)
6. 3 11 Wil Gommans (2000:7,2010,2018:3)
7. 3 10 Xiaojun Creemers (2003:4,2016:5,2018)
3 10 Debbie Rowling (2013:2,2021,2023:7)
9. 3 5 Martin Hoffellner (2005,2007,2009:3)
10. 2 11 Tako Molanus (1998:10,2008)
11. 2 9 Frank Koper (1995:7,2017:2)
2 9 Reinier van Olderen (2001:8,2002)
13. 2 8 Arthur Denneman (2004:7,2006)
2 8 Bojan Kozelj (2017,2020:7)
15. 2 7 Bert Platt (2003:5,2020:2)
2 7 Brigitte Touw (2006:6,2007)
2 7 David Nathans (2013:4,2015:3)
18. 2 6 Ange Perry (2017,2021:5)
2 6 Robin van Koert (2016:3,2023:3)
20. 2 5 Gary Timberlake (2008,2010:4)
2 5 Jos Droste (2017:3,2023:2)
2 5 Roger Cageot (2014:2,2018:3)
23. 2 4 Marcel Spanjer (2017:3,2020)
24. 2 3 Gerard Voorintholt (2013:2,2015)
25. 2 2 Bert Otten (2002,2020)
2 2 Noah Verweij (2018,2020)
This overview shows the rank in this list (Plc), the number of different editions in which the participant occupied the overall place one (Eds), the total of stages in which the participant managed this (Stg), his or her name and the years in which the top ranks were achieved. More than forty participants have managed to obtain two or more top ten positions in the final overall rankings of the game:
Plc Eds Name (Years:Ranks)
1. 6 Emanuel Correia (2006:8,2007:5,2008:7,2010:5,2014:1,2023:6)
2. 5 Robin van Koert (2001:7,2016:1,2019:6,2022:4,2023:3)
3. 5 Michael Botzet (1999:1,2004:4,2015:8,2019:9,2023:7)
4. 4 Cameron Henderson (2001:2,2016:3,2017:3,2022:5)
5. 4 Bojan Kozelj (2017:6,2018:5,2020:3,2021:4)
6. 3 Rune Førsund (2007:1,2010:1,2014:2)
7. 3 Arthur Denneman (2001:6,2004:1,2006:1)
8. 3 Joel Hull (2013:2,2014:4,2015:2)
9. 3 Paul Schlösser (2005:2,2008:7,2017:8)
10. 3 Dimitri van Agterveld (1999:4,2002:10,2006:3)
11 3 Sander Denters (2015:6,2017:7,2019:3)
12. 3 Frazer Pearce (2009:4,2011:9,2012:10)
13. 3 Johan van Ommen (2004:5,2008:9,2023:5)
14. 3 Jolanda Prins (2006:8,2014:7,2016:9)
15. 2 Joost Dantuma (2008:3,2013:1)
16. 2 Frank Koper (1995:1,2017:4)
2 Roy Kluten (2011:1,2019:4)
18. 2 Gerard Creemers (2019:5,2022:1)
19. 2 Jos Droste (2022:6,2023:1)
20. 2 E. Gaasenbeek (2000:1,2010:9)
21. 2 Thomas Storrødvann (2009:1,2017:10)
2 Tom Denters (2008:1,2019:10)
23. 2 Jeroen van Koert (2018:2,2020:2)
24. 2 Brigitte Touw (2006:2,2007:3)
2 Wil Gommans (2000:2,2018:3)
26. 2 Geraint Parry (2016:2,2022:7)
27. 2 Bryan Stout (2008:2,2009:8)
2 David Nathans (2013:2,2015:8)
29. 2 Hans Splinter (1998:3,2002:5)
2 Phil Hancox (2011:3,2021:5)
31. 2 Bret Jaeger (2016:3,2023:8)
2 Pantini Maher (2010:8;2012:3)
2 Rob Spaans (1998:3,2004:8)
34. 2 Erik-Jan Meles (1999:3,2000:10)
35. 2 Daniel McQuillen (2001:5,2002:4)
36. 2 Stefano Heyer (2007:6,2010:4)
37. 2 Angelo Colombo (2014:4,2021:9)
38. 2 Frans Meeus (2002:9;2016:5)
39. 2 Michal Barla (2016:7,2017:6)
2 Peter Cunliffe (2012:7,2020:6)
41. 2 Sapna Sanagavarapu (2019:8,2021:6)
2 Nicolas Desgranges (2011:6,2922:8)
43. 2 Bert Kerkhofs (2012:6,2013:9)
44. 2 Henry Sorst (2004:6,2023:10)
45. 2 David Redhead (2016:8,2020:7)
46. 2 Keven Fitzpatrick (2009:7,2016:10)
47. 2 Clarence Yntema (2011:8,2015:8)
48. 2 Francois Deldycke (2018:8,2022:9)
This overview shows the rank in this list (Plc), the number of different editions in which the participant finished within the top ten (Eds), his or her name and the years in which the top positions were achieved. Emanuel Correia (2006-2008) and Joel Hull (2013-2015) are the only participants that have obtained overall top ten positions in three consecutive game editions.
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