A short history of the Tour de France pavé stages (past 35 years)
| Year | Stage | First | Second | Third | Yellow jersey before the stage | Yellow jersey after the stage |
| 1980 | Liège – Lille | Bernard Hinault | Hennie Kuiper | Ludo Delcroix | Rudy Pevenage | Rudy Pevenage |
| 1980 | Lille – Compiègne | Jean-Louis Gauthier | Gery Verlinden | Bernard Bourreau | Rudy Pevenage | Rudy Pevenage |
| 1983 | Valenciennes – Roubaix | Rudy Matthijs | Kim Andersen | Pascal Poisson | Jean-Louis Gauthier | Kim Andersen |
| 1985 | Neufchâtel-en-Bray – Roubaix | Henri Manders | Sean Kelly | Phil Anderson | Kim Andersen | Kim Andersen |
| 2004 | Waterloo – Wasquehal | Jean-Patrick Nazon | Erik Zabel | Robbie McEwen | Thor Hushovd | Robbie McEwen |
| 2010 | Wanze – Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut | Thor Hushovd | Geraint Thomas | Cadel Evans | Sylvain Chavanel | Fabian Cancellara |
| 2014 | Ypres – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut | Lars Boom | Jakob Fuglsang | Vincenzo Nibali | Vincenzo Nibali | Vincenzo Nibali |
