2: DUTCH CLIMBERS' NEW STAR
Winner in Superbagnères six days ago, Thymen Arensman raises his arms for the 2nd time and gives the Netherlands its 170th Tour victory. He is the first Dutchman to win two mountain stages since Peter Winnen, who triumphed at L'Alpe d'Huez in 1981 and 1983, over 40 years ago!
1981: NEOS GOING PAST ONE
Two riders, Jonathan Milan and Thymen Arensman, scored 2 stage wins in their first Tour. Not a common sight: the last time it happened was in 1981, with both Ad Wijnands and Daniel Willems scoring 2 stage wins at their first participation. Before Milan and Arensman, the last "neo" to win two Tour stages was Tadej Pogacar in 2020.
6/12: A HALF... MORE THAN A HALF
Thymen Arensman 1st (2 wins), Tadej Pogacar 3rd (4), Ben Healy 8th (1), Valentin Paret-Peintre 9th (1), Simon Yates 10th (1), Ben O’Connor 12th (1): half of the top-12 riders have won more than half of the stages contested (10 out of 19)!
52: POGACAR LIKE ANQUETIL
Tadej Pogacar still leads the general classification and equals Jacques Anquetil as the 5th rider with the most Yellow Jerseys (52). His next target is Christopher Froome (59).
2000: GALL FOR AUSTRIA
Félix Gall reaches 5th place in the general classification, the best ever achieved by this rider, who is finishing his third Tour de France (8th and stage winner in 2023). He has never done as well in a Grand Tour, his references being a 6th place in the Vuelta (2022, stages 4-5) and a 18th place in the Giro (2024, stage 1). He is the first Austrian to be in the top 5 of the Tour de France since Peter Luttenberger, who was 5th after stages 10 and 11 in... 2000!
6: JOHANNESSEN IS MAKING HISTORY
Moving from 7th to 6th overall, Tobias Johannessen improves a result that would be historic for Norway. A Norwegian has never finished in the top 10 of the Tour, the highest ranking being Jostein Wilmann's 14th place in 1980.
10: VINGEGAARD BEATS POGACAR. FINALLY!
Tadej Pogacar had beaten Jonas Vingegaard in the last 10 mountain stages. Even if it wasn't for today's victory, the Dane (2nd) ended this streak by finally beating the Slovenian (3rd) in La Plagne. It hadn't happened since the 11th stage of the Tour 2024, won by Vingegaard in Le Lioran.
63: ONE MINUTE FOR THE PODIUM
63 seconds (or 1'03") separate Florian Lipowitz (3rd) and Oscar Onley (4th) in the general classification. The battle for the podium – which is also the battle for the white jersey – has not been this tight after 19 stages since the Tour 2019. Geraint Thomas was then 3rd, 12 seconds ahead of Steven Kruijswijk.
3: LOSER OF THE DAY
Attacking in the first part of the stage, Primoz Roglic finished 27th, 12'39" behind the winner. The Slovenian had not finished so far since Mende 2022 (113th, +24'23"). He lost 3 places, slipping from 5th to 8th overall behind Kévin Vauquelin. 8th would be his worst result in a "finished" Grand Tour since 2017 (38th in the Tour de France, with a stage victory in Serre Chevalier). During this period, he won 5 Grand Tours, finished on the podium in three others... but also abandoned five times.
11: MARTINEZ'S EFFORTS WERE NOT ENOUGH
First at the summit of the Col du Pré, and then the Cormet de Roselend, Lenny Martinez has conquered 11 climbs in this Tour. It's the highest number, far ahead of Tadej Pogacar (5), who dominates the mountains classification. The Frenchman is mathematically no longer in contention for the polka dot jersey: he is 20 points behind, with 14 remaining.
