2016 Tour de France was won by a rider.
2016 Tour de France . A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race , which was won by Chris Froome of . Mark Cavendish of won the opening stage to take the race leader 's yellow jersey . rider Peter Sagan won the second stage to claim yellow and held onto it until the fifth stage when Greg Van Avermaet took the stage and the yellow jersey . The points classification was won by Sagan , who won three stages . rider Adam Yates , in fourth place overall , won the young rider classification .