13: POGACAR 10-3 VINGEGAARD
For the 13th time, Pogacar and Vingegaard finished 1-2 in a Tour stage (in either order). They extend their all-time record. The Slovenian has won 10 of these 13 stages.
19: POGACAR EQUALS FABER
Tadej Pogacar raises his arms for the 19th time on the Tour. He equals Luxembourg's François Faber with the 7th most victories. One more and he will move up to 6th place alongside Nicolas Frantz, another Luxembourger and a 20-time winner.
2: KEEP AN EYE ON(LEY)
At just 22 years, 8 months and 28 days, Oscar Onley is the 2nd-youngest British rider to finish in the top-3 of a Tour stage. Only Tom Simpson did it earlier, being 3rd in Malo-les-Bains in 1960 at 22 years, 6 months and 28 days. Tom Pidcock is the youngest British winner at 22 years, 11 months and 14 days (stage 12 of the Tour 2020 in Alpe d'Huez). Onley will beat him if he wins by the end of this edition.
5: A NEW WINNER IN BRITTANY
The 5th finish and 5th different winner at Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan, while the previous winner (Mathieu Van der Poel) was racing. Tadej Pogacar succeeds Cadel Evans (2011), Alexis Vuillermoz (2015), Dan Martin (2018), and Van der Poel (2021). Of these five, only the Australian has gone on to win the Tour after raising his arms here.
2: YOUNGSTERS SHOW THEIR GRIT
After Lenny Martinez in Rouen, Ewen Costiou is the 2nd U23 rider to win the Combative award in this first week of the Tour. The two French youngsters follow the likes of Romain Grégoire (stage 17 in 2024), Quinn Simmons (stage 19 in 2022) and Marc Hirschi (stages 9, 12 and 18, and Super Combative of the Tour 2020) to already make the 2020s the decade where U23 riders have been the most combative. In the 1980s, Philippe Chevallier, Paulo Ferreira, Miguel Indurain, Soren Lilholt and Christophe Lavainne won one combative award each before their 23rd birthday.
2/6: POGACAR, HIGHER AND HIGHER
Tadej Pogacar is only the third rider to win at least two stages in each of his first six Tours. The other two are Nicolas Frantz (1924-1929) and Eddy Merckx (1969-1975, except in 1973 when he was absent). The Slovenian is also the first reigning road World Champion to win more than one stage since Peter Sagan in 2018 (stages 2, 5, and 13).
4: VINGEGAARD OUT OF THE PODIUM
Jonas Vingegaard sits 4th in the general classification, 1'17" behind Tadej Pogacar, an unusual position after 7 stages. This had only happened to him once before, 4 years ago, in 2021, during his first Tour. The Dane was 11th. His other rankings after 7 stages were 2nd in 2022, leader in 2023, and 3rd last year.
22: COSTIOU SHINES
At 22 years, 8 months and 1 day, Ewen Costiou is the youngest rider to be leading at the summit of the Mûr-de-Bretagne, which he achieved on the first of the day's two passes, before being caught by the peloton. He beat Laurent Desbiens' record, who did so at 23 years, 9 months and 20 days (stage 3 in 1993).
7: CHASING VICTORY
Since his last success at Le Lioran on July 10, 2024, Jonas Vingegaard has finished on a stage podium 7 times, without ever raising his arms as the winner! The riders who have won these 7 stages are Tadej Pogacar (6) and Mathieu Van der Poel (1). The Dane has now secured his 21st podium finish in the Tour (4 wins, 11 second-place finishes, and 6 third-place finishes).
62: A SLOVENE RECORD EQUALLED
Primoz Roglic has worn the leader's jersey 62 times in a Grand Tour (11 times in the Tour de France, 9 times in the Giro d'Italia, and 42 times in the Vuelta a España), making him the record holder for Slovenia. A statistic now equaled by his compatriot Tadej Pogacar: 42 times Tour Yellow Jersey, 20 times Giro pink jersey. The absolute record belongs to Eddy Merckx with 200.
53.7: FULL SPEED
The first hour of racing out of Saint-Malo was completed at 53.7 km/h. The highest average speed during the beginning of a stage since the start of this Tour!
