2 - 1470: MERLIER FOLLOWING VAN DER POEL
The day after Mathieu Van der Poel's 2nd Tour victory, 1,470 days after his first one, Tim Merlier achieved exactly the same performance! The Belgian won the 3rd stage of the Tour 2021 in Pontivy. At the time, he was the teammate of Van der Poel and Philipsen. Merlier is now competing in his second Tour, but for Soudal Quick-Step.
13: SOUDAL QUICK-STEP UNSTOPPABLE
This is the 13th consecutive edition that the Soudal Quick-Step team (and its various names) won at least one stage, since 2013. The last time was Remco Evenepoel's victory in the time trial between Gevrey and Chambertin, last year. This is the team's 53rd Tour de France victory.
2/3: BELGIUM LIKE IN 2005
Belgium won two of the first three stages thanks to Jasper Philipsen (stage 1) and Tim Merlier (stage 3). This hadn't happened since 2005, 20 years ago, when Tom Boonen won stages 2 and 3.
8: VAN DER POEL EQUALS KNETEMANN
Mathieu Van der Poel retains his Yellow Jersey. This is his 8th Yellow Jersey, the same number as his compatriot Gerrie Knetemann. It makes him the third-highest-ranked Dutchman in this ranking, behind Joop Zoetemelk (22 times) and Wout Wagtmans (12 times).
1: MILAN, HAPPINESS IN GREEN
Jonathan Milan took the green jersey for the first time in his career. It's also the first time he finished in the top three of a Tour stage (2nd today). At 24 years, 9 months and 6 days, Milan is the youngest Italian rider to lead the points classification since Francesco Moser in 1975 (24 years and 8 days).
16: WELLENS BACK WITH THE POLKA DOT JERSEY
Tim Wellens took the polka dot jersey on stage 3 in 2019, before losing it on stage 18. First rider in the Côte de Cassel, he took the jersey for the 16th time. One more day, and he'll enter the top 10 riders who have worn the jersey the most times, alongside Peter de Clercq, Laurent Jalabert, and Chris Froome (17 times).
8: PHILIPSEN OUT OF THE RACE
Having crashed during the intermediate sprint in Isbergues, Jasper Philipsen is the 8th green jersey to retire from the race while leading the points classification. The previous seven were Cyrille Guimard (1972), Jan Raas (1980), Mario Cipollini (1993), Jaan Kirsipuu (1999), Alessandro Petacchi (2003), Tom Boonen (2005), and Marcel Kittel (2017).
5: BAUHAUS STILL CLOSE
This is the 5th time Phil Bauhaus has finished on the podium in a Tour de France stage, but the German has yet to win! He has finished second two times (Bayonne 2023, Nimes 2024), and third three times (Nogaro 2023, Moulins 2023, Dunkerque 2025). The record for podium finishes without a Tour victory? 10, for Jan Mertens, Gilbert Desmet, and Andreas Kloden.
108: THE LONG ITALIAN WAIT
It has been 108 stages and 2,171 days since Italy last won the Tour – its last victory was on stage 20 of the 2019 edition, won by Vincenzo Nibali. This is the longest current wait for a country that has already won here. Second in Dunkerque, Jonathan Milan aims to end this drought this year.
