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

2,185: YATES IS BACK!
Simon Yates raises his arms for the 3rd time at the Tour after two victories in 2019, in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (12th stage) and Foix-Prat d'Albis (15th stage). This latest victory came 2,185 days ago. The winner of the 2025 Giro d'Italia claims his 36th professional victory.

1987: HEALY AND IRELAND AT THE TOP
Ben Healy takes the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar by 29 seconds. An Irishman leads the general classification for the first time since the 1987 Tour, when Stephen Roche won the race 37 years, 11 months, and 18 days ago.

4: MEMBER OF A VERY SMALL CLUB
Ben Healy, wearing the yellow jersey for the first time, is only the fourth Irish rider to wear it after Seamus Elliot (four stages in 1963), Sean Kelly (one stage in 1983) and Stephen Roche (three stages in 1987). He is also the 3rd Irish rider to lead the young rider classification after Sean Kelly in 1978 and Stephen Roche in 1983.

22: THE YOUNGEST FRENCH POLKA DOT JERSEY WEARER
At 22 years and 3 days, Lenny Martinez is the youngest French rider to wear the polka dot jersey. He did better than Richard Virenque, who won it at 22 years, 7 months, and 17 days (Stage 2 of the 1992 Tour in Pau). René Vietto won the best climber classification at 20 years, 5 months, and 12 days in 1934, but the jersey did not exist then.

2: LENNY LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER
Lenny and Mariano Martinez are the first grandfather and grandson to have both worn the polka dot jersey. Mariano wore it 16 times, particularly winning the best climber classification in 1987.

12: VISMA FINALLY RETURNS!
The Visma - Lease A Bike team obtains its 73rd Tour victory, the first since Jonas Vingegaard's at Le Lioran last year. Since then, the Dutch team has accumulated 12 stage podiums, including 9 second places! These podiums went to Vingegaard (7), Wout van Aert (3), Matteo Jorgenson (1) and Edoardo Affini (1).

5x10: FIGHT FOR THE YELLOW JERSEY
For the first time since 2010, there have been 5 yellow jersey changes during the first 10 stages. At the time, Fabian Cancellara wore it after the prologue and stage 1, Sylvain Chavanel after stage 2, Cancellara again from stages 3 to 6, Chavanel after stage 7, Cadel Evans after stage 8 and Andy Schleck from stage 9. In 2025, we had Jasper Philipsen (stage 1) followed by Mathieu van der Poel (stages 2 to 4), Tadej Pogacar won it in stage 5, Van der Poel recovered it the next day, then Pogacar kept it from stages 7 to 9, before Ben Healy snatched it away.

4: A NATION BEHIND HIM
Aggressive on Bastille Day, Lenny Martinez is the 4th Frenchman to take the polka dot jersey on July 14. The three previous ones were Pascal Hervé in 1998, Richard Virenque in 2004 and Jérôme Pineau in 2010. The last French rider to lead the climbers' classification on July 14 was Warren Barguil in 2017. Ranked 8th today, Martinez also achieved his best result at the Tour.

22: FRANCE STILL WAITING
It's been 22 stages since France won a stage, a symbolic figure as it exceeds the 21 stages currently raced in a Tour de France. It's the 4th longest drought for France, but still far from the 39 stages without a victory between Pau 1998 and Tours 2000. The last French victory was by Anthony Turgis last year, in stage 9, which started and finished in Troyes.

8: AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL MASSIF
Yesterday's stage featured 8 climbs, almost a record for the Tour. The day with the most climbs (9) was stage 15 of the 1993 Tour, raced between Perpignan and Andorra. Today was also the first time a route included 7 category 2 climbs. Two more than stage 8 of the 2019 Tour between Mâcon and Saint-Étienne.

2/5: BEN THE BRAVE
After winning the most combative rider award in stage 6, Ben Healy received it again yesterday. He is the first rider to receive it twice within five days, since Victor Campenaerts during stages 18 and 19 of 2023.

2: AUSTRALIANS AT THE FRONT
Ben O'Connor (4th) and Michael Storer (5th) missed out on victory, but this is the first time two Australians have finished in the top five since the 2021 Tour, stage 1 (Michael Matthews 2nd, Jack Haig 4th). The last Australian victory was Jai Hindley's triumph in Laruns in 2023 (stage 5).