With his tenth tour participation, Simon Geschke is the German veteran of the 109th Tour of France.
Historically, many riders have made it to the Tour more often than the 36-year-old. The German record professional is Jens Voigt with 17 participations, the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel was even more often there.
The list of tour record participants:
| place | driver | Tour Participations |
| 1. | Sylvain Chavanel (France) | 18 |
| 2. | Jens Voigt (Berlin) | 17 |
| 2. | Stuart O’Grady (Australia) | 17 |
| 2. | George Hincapie (USA) | 17 |
| 5. | Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands) | 16 |
| 5. | Haimar Zubeldia (Spain) | 16 |
| 7. | Lucien van Impe (Belgium) | 15 |
| 7. | Guy Nulens (Belgium) | 15 |
| 7. | Christophe Moreau (France) | 15 |
| 7. | Vyacheslav Ekimov (Russia) | 15 |
| 7. | Thomas Voeckler (France) | 15 |
| 12.ua | Eric Zabel (Unna) | 14 |
| 18.ua | Tony Martin (Eschborn) | 13 |