A flurry of numbers, statistics, and points of reflection from the seventh stage of the Tour de France.

13: POGACAR 10-3 VINGEGAARD
For the thirteenth time, Pogacar and Vingegaard have finished first and second in a Tour stage (in both orders). 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 at the Tour. He equals Luxembourg's François Faber with the 7th highest number of victories. One more success and he will rise to 6th place alongside Nicolas Frantz, another Luxembourger, with 20 wins.

2: KEEP AN EYE (LEY)
At only 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 before, finishing 3rd at 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 2020 Tour at Alpe d'Huez). Onley will beat this if he wins before the end of this edition.

5: A NEW WINNER IN BRITTANY
The 5th finish and the 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 went on to win the Tour after raising his arms here.

2: YOUNG RIDERS SHOW THEIR GRIT
After Lenny Martinez in Rouen, Ewen Costiou is the 2nd U23 rider to win the most combative prize in this first week of the Tour. The two young French riders follow athletes of the caliber of Romain Grégoire (17th stage in 2024), Quinn Simmons (19th stage in 2022), and Marc Hirschi (9th, 12th, and 18th stage, and Super Combative of the 2020 Tour) to already make the 2020s the decade where U23 riders have been the most combative. In the 80s, Philippe Chevallier, Paulo Ferreira, Miguel Indurain, Soren Lilholt, and Christophe Lavainne each won a combative prize before their 23rd birthday.

2/6: POGACAR, EVER 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 current road world champion to win more than one stage since Peter Sagan in 2018 (stages 2, 5, and 13).

4: VINGEGAARD OFF THE PODIUM
Jonas Vingegaard is in 4th place in the general classification, 1'17" behind Tadej Pogacar, an unusual position after 7 stages. This happened to him only once before, 4 years ago in 2021, when he was 11th. His other positions 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 reach the top of Mûr-de-Bretagne, which he did in the first of the day's two passes, before being caught by the group. He beat Laurent Desbiens' record, who did it at 23 years, 9 months, and 20 days (stage 3 in 1993).

7: HUNTING FOR VICTORY
Since his last win at Le Lioran on July 10, 2024, Jonas Vingegaard has been on the stage podium 7 times, without ever raising his arms as a winner! The riders who have won these 7 stages are Tadej Pogacar (6) and Mathieu Van der Poel (1). The Dane has secured his 21st Tour podium (4 wins, 11 second places, and 6 third places).

62: A SLOVENIAN RECORD MATCHED
Primoz Roglic has worn the leader's jersey 62 times in a Grand Tour (11 times at the Tour de France, 9 times at the Giro d'Italia, and 42 times at the Vuelta a España), becoming the record holder for Slovenia. A mark now matched by his compatriot Tadej Pogacar: 42 times yellow jersey at the Tour, 20 times pink jersey at the Giro. The absolute record belongs to Eddy Merckx with 200.

53.7: MAXIMUM SPEED
The first hour of racing from Saint-Malo was completed at 53.7 km/h. The highest average speed at the start of a stage since the beginning of this Tour!