27: FRANCE IS BACK!
Valentin Paret-Peintre is the first Frenchman to win in this Tour. He ends a 27 stages and 380 days drought, since Anthony Turgis won the 9th stage of the Tour 2024 in Troyes. Paret-Peintre claims his 3rd professional victory, again on an uphill finish after his triumphs at Bocca della Selva (Giro 2024) and Jabal Al Akhdhar (Tour of Oman 2025).
60: FROM POULIDOR TO PARET-PEINTRE
Valentin Paret-Peintre claims the 5th French victory at the legendary Mont Ventoux, 60 years after Raymond Poulidor's first in 1965 (stage 14, already starting from Montpellier). Then came Bernard Thévenet (1972, stage 14), Jean-François Bernard (1987, stage 18, time trial), and Richard Virenque (2002, stage 14).
3: SOUDAL QUICK-STEP CAN WIN EVERYWHERE!
It's Soudal Quick-Step's 4th win this year, something the team hasn't achieved since 2021. Valentin Paret-Peintre is also the team 3rd different winner, a first since the Tour 2015. Perhaps most impressive is that the team has managed to win two sprints (Tim Merlier in Dunkerque and Châteauroux), a time trial (Remco Evenepoel in Caen) and a mountain stage (Paret-Peintre today). This had never happened before!
4: HEALY THE FIGHTER
At just 24 years old, Ben Healy has been awarded a 4th combativity prize (Saint-Lary-Soulan last year; Vire Normandie, Le Mont-Dore,and Mont Ventoux this year). Only one rider of the peloton, Wout Van Aert, has more (5). Second today, Healy secured his 3rd podium finish in this Tour after his victory in Vire Normandie and his 3rd place in Le Mont-Dore. He is the first Irishman to achieve such a feat since Sam Bennett in 2020.
2002: QUICK-STEP, WHAT A STORY!
Valentin Paret-Peintre triumphed on the slopes of Soudal Quick-Step's first victory, having achieved it here in 2002 with Richard Virenque. It was the team's only success on a HC summit to date! The Frenchman also achieved the team's first mountain stage victory since Julian Alaphilippe's triumphs in Bagnères-de-Luchon, Le Grand-Bornand (2018), and Nice (2020). But each time, the finish was on the flat.
25: YOUNGEST VENTOUX PODIUM
Valentin Paret-Peintre, Ben Healy, and Santiago Buitrago have an average age of 25 years and 30 days. This is the youngest stage podium of the Tour 2025, and also the youngest in the history of stage finishes at Mont Ventoux! The previous record dates back to 1970 (26 years and 20 days for Eddy Merckx, Martin Van den Bossche, and Lucien Van Impe).
3: HAT-TRICK OF NEW WINNERS
Valentin Paret-Peintre becomes the 862nd different Tour stage winner. After Thymen Arensman (stage 14) and Tim Wellens (stage 15), he is the 3rd new winner in a row! Such a run hasn't occurred since stages 11 to 13 of the Tour 2022, won by Jonas Vingegaard, Tom Pidcock, and Mads Pedersen.
3-7: COLOMBIA AND SPAIN IMPROVING
Santiago Buitrago (3rd) secured Colombia's first stage podium since the start, the last being Fernando Gaviria's 3rd place in Dijon last year. A little further back, Enric Mas equaled Spain's best result, finishing 7th like his compatriot Ivan Romeo in Caen. The Spanish have not won in 44 stages, since Carlos Rodriguez's victory in Morzine in 2023.
21: POIS-GACAR
Tadej Pogacar takes the polka-dot jersey from Lenny Martinez, who will wear it tomorrow since the Slovenian also holds the Yellow Jersey. He once again becomes the rider in the peloton with the most polka-dot jerseys, 21 compared to 20 for his teammate Tim Wellens.
4: VAN WILDER HIGHER THAN EVER
Ilan Van Wilder played a decisive role in his teammate Valentin Paret-Peintre's victory, accompanying him for part of the stage and the final climb. Finishing 4th, the Belgian recorded his first top-5 finish in a Grand Tour road stage. His only top-5 finish at this level came was in the Vuelta 2022, but in a time trial.
