1: ARENSMAN NEW WINNER
After finishing 2nd at Puy de Sancy five days earlier, Thymen Arensman finally triumphed in Superbagnères, claiming his first Tour victory and his 4th professional victory. He is the 68th Dutchman to win and gave the Netherlands their 169th victory, their second of the year after Mathieu van der Poel's in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
41: INEOS ENDS ITS LONGEST DROUGHT!
Winning for the 22nd time, the Ineos Grenadiers team had not won a Tour stage since July 15, 2023, when Carlos Rodriguez conquered stage 14 in Morzine. A drought of two years and 41 stages, the team's longest period without a victory. Before that, the previous "record" was 35 stages without winning: from stage 17 of the Tour 2020 to stage 11 of the Tour 2022, before Tom Pidcock's success at L’Alpe d’Huez.
5: LIPOWITZ DOESN'T STOP
Ranked 3rd in Hautacam, 4th in Peyragudes, and 5th today, Florian Lipowitz has achieved a third consecutive top-5 finish. He is the first German to do so since sprinter André Greipel in 2012, 13 years ago! At 24, Lipowitz is also the first German to lead the young rider classification since Marcel Kittel in 2013 (stage 1).
3: A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION TOP-3 RETIRING
The leader of the young rider classification before the stage, Remco Evenepoel, is the first white jersey to abandon the race since Tom Dumoulin in 2015 (stage 3). The Belgian was also 3rd in the general classification, and this is the first time a podium rider has to leave the Tour since 2017. At that time, Geraint Thomas, who was second, crashed and abandoned on the road to Chambéry (stage 9).
22: THE "GIANT" FOR A YOUNG RIDER
At 22 years and 8 days, Lenny Martinez is the second youngest rider in history to conquer the Col du Tourmalet, after René Vietto in 1934 (20 years, 5 months, and 6 days). This achievement contributed to his reconquest of the polka dot jersey, which he won for the third time.
8: FRENCH FIGHTERS
Leading the race for over 70 kilometers, Lenny Martinez received the combativity award for the second time after winning it on stage 4. This is the 8th time a French rider has been awarded this year (Mattéo Vercher x2, Bruno Armirail x2, Lenny Martinez x2, Ewen Costiou, Mathieu Burgaudeau). The last time it happened was in 2013 (Jérome Cousin x2, Blel Kadri, Romain Bardet, Julien Simon, Sylvain Chavanel, Christophe Riblon, Pierre Rolland).
88: LEGENDARY PEAKS
Three peaks on today's stage are among the four most climbed in the Tour history: the Col du Tourmalet (1st, 88th times today), the Col d'Aspin (2nd, 77 times), and the Col de Peyresourde (4th, 72 times). Frenchman Lenny Martinez dominated the first two, before Thymen Arensman became the second Dutchman to lead at Peyresourde. The first was Steven Rooks in 1988, 11 years before the day's winner was born.
10: THE GREENEST OF THE ITALIANS
Still leading the points classification after winning the intermediate sprint at Esquièze-Sère, Jonathan Milan took his 10th green jersey. This is a new record for an Italian rider, although Italians have already won this classification: Franco Bitossi in 1968, Alessandro Petacchi in 2010.
1-2: THAT AVENIR PODIUM
This isn't the first time that Thymen Arensman and Tadej Pogacar have shared the top-2 places in a ranking. They also finished 1st and 2nd in the Tour de l'Avenir 2018. A quite representative name for the race, as "Avenir" means "Future"!
163: DOWN TO THE DAY
Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Florian Lipowitz, Oscar Onley, are Kévin Vauquelin: the general classification top-5 has an average age of 25 years and 163 days. Last year, the general classification top-5 after stage 14 had... exactly the same average age! The five riders were Pogacar, Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Joao Almeida, and Carlos Rodriguez. Lipowitz, Onley, and Vauquelin are also the three riders of the best young rider podium.
