24 : POGACAR THE OGRE
Vainqueur ce mardi dans la station du Lioran, Tadej Pogacar a décroché sa 24e victoire d’étape sur le Tour de France, la 3e lors de cette édition après avoir déjà levé les bras aux Angles et à Gavarnie-Gèdre. Le Slovène se rapproche ainsi à une unité du Français André Leducq (25 succès), le quatrième coureur le plus prolifique sur les routes de la Grande Boucle.
14,8 : A LONE YELLOW
With a brutal attack on the Col de Pertus, Tadej Pogacar rode the final 14.8 km solo to claim victory at Le Lioran. While this was not the Slovenian’s first such move of the Tour, having previously dropped his rivals 43 km from the finish on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet to win at Gavarnie-Gèdre, this marked his longest solo effort while wearing the Yellow Jersey. It also stands as the longest victorious solo ride by a Yellow Jersey wearer since Wout van Aert’s 11.6 km effort en route to Calais in 2022.
3 : POGACAR’S DAY
Tadej Pogacar loves July 14th. For the third time in his career, the UAE Team Emirates leader has won a Tour stage on this date. In fact, the two-time world champion holds the record for the most victories on Bastille Day, following his previous wins at the Col du Portet (2021) and Plateau de Beille (2024). He thus moves ahead of ten riders who each won two stages on July 14th, such as Chris Froome, Laurent Jalabert, Lucien Van Impe, and Jacques Anquetil, who also secured the Tour’s general classification on that date in 1963 and 1964.
5/5 : POGACAR CONQUERS THE FRENCH MOUNTAINS
The French mountains hold no more secrets for Pogacar. By winning at Le Lioran in the Massif Central this Tuesday, the Slovenian completed a full set of victories across France’s five major mountain ranges. In addition to his eleven wins in the Pyrenees, Pogacar also has four victories in the Alps, three in the Vosges, and one in the Jura, at the Col du Grand Colombier in 2020.
30 : SLOVENIA MAKES A LITTLE MORE HISTORY
Slovenia is enjoying increasing success at the Tour de France year after year. This Tuesday, the Alpine nation secured its 30th stage win, led largely by Tadej Pogacar, who accounts for 24 of them on his own. Behind the world champion, Primoz Roglic has claimed three victories, including the nation's first in 2017 at Serre-Chevalier, as has Matej Mohoric. With this tally, Slovenia has drawn level with Denmark in eleventh place on the all-time list of stage wins.
60 : POGACAR JOINS INDURAIN
After matching Chris Froome two days earlier, Tadej Pogacar, now with 60 Yellow Jerseys to his name, has drawn level with Miguel Indurain. The Spanish, five-time winner of the Grande Boucle, from 1991 to 1995, and currently third on this prestigious list, could drop off the podium as early as Wednesday evening if the Slovenian retains the jersey in Nevers. However, Pogacar will not be able to catch up this year with Bernard Hinault (79 Yellow Jerseys) or, above all, Eddy Merckx, the record-holder with 111.
3’36’’ : A GAP UNSEEN IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
Leading the general classification with a 3’36’’ advantage over his closest rival, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar holds a comfortable lead after ten stages. This is the largest gap between the top two riders in the general classification at this stage of the race since 2001, when François Simon led the Tour with a margin of… 11’54’’ over Andrei Kivilev ! The Slovenian had never held such a lead in a Grand Tour by the tenth day. Even when he dominated the 2024 Giro, Pogacar was ahead of Daniel Martinez by “only” 2’40’’.
1 : PODIUM OF YOUTHFULNESS
By finishing third at Le Lioran, Paul Seixas became the first rider under the age of 20 to reach the podium on a Tour stage since Danny van Poppel, who also finished third in Bastia in 2013. The Decathlon CMA CGM rider is also the second-youngest Frenchman to achieve such a feat, at 19 years, 9 months and 20 days old. Only Louis Colsaet managed to do better, back in 1904. That year, he took second place on the final stage in Paris at the age of 19 years, 8 months and 2 days... However, young Colsaet did not experience the actual podium ceremony : he was awarded the position in December following the disqualification of riders who had finished ahead of him. He had initially placed sixth.
4 : CARAPAZ’S BOLDNESS
After going on the attack at Puy Mary, only to be overtaken at high speed by Pogacar on the climb to the Col de Pertus, Richard Carapaz claimed the combativity award, marking the fourth time in his career he has received the honor. The Ecuadorian had previously won the award during stage 16 of the 2020 race, then at the end of stages 15 and 19 of the 2024 edition, before ultimately being named the Tour’s "Super Combatif" that same year. Only one other rider in the peloton can boast such a collection : Ben Healy. The Irishman, who is Carapaz’s teammate at EF Education–EasyPost, also has four prizes like this to his name, including one earned in 2024 and three in 2025 alone.
