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

4/21: TIME TRIAL BOSS
Winner of his 4th individual time trial at the Tour, Tadej Pogačar raises his arms for the 21st time in the race. He surpasses Luxembourg's Nicolas Frantz as the 6th rider with the most victories and now follows just one step behind French rider André Darrigade. This is the second time he has obtained 4 victories in a single Tour, the first being in 2024 (6 victories).

63%: WHO CAN STOP HIM?
11 stages have ended at the top of 1st category climbs since Tadej Pogačar first tackled the Tour in 2020. The Slovenian has won 7 of these 11 stages, with a success rate of 63%. He has also won 6 of the last 8 finishes on cat.1 climbs since the day he first won a cat.1 climb at La Planche des Belles Filles in 2020.

5: GIRMAY, MERLIER (...) SAVED!
The time limit was supposed to be calculated based on the best time plus 33%, but it was exceptionally increased to 40% before the start. A change that saved 5 cyclists! Without the increase, the time limit would have been 7'40", which would have led to the elimination of Biniam Girmay (30'54"), Arnaud Démare (30'59"), Elmar Reinders (31'10"), Tim Merlier (31'27") and Luka Mezgec (31'28").

6: IT'S SO TIGHT THAT THE YOUNG ONES ARE FIGHTING!
Yesterday's best young rider, Florian Lipowitz, is 6" from Remco Evenepoel in the general classification. This is the first time in the 21st century that the top 2 young riders are so close after 13 stages. The podium is still less than a minute away, with Oscar Onley rising to 3rd place, 47" back. This is also unprecedented in the 21st century.

5: IMPRESSIVE PLAPP
Luke Plapp, who maintained the provisional best time for most of the stage, spent 3 hours, 3 minutes, and 22 seconds as the virtual winner before being overtaken by Primoz Roglic. The three-time Australian time trial (2021-24-25) and road champion (2022-23-24) finished 5th and recorded his best stage result, improving on the 9th place in Caen. This is the first top-5 finish for an Australian in a time trial since Richie Porte's 3rd place at La Planche des Belles Filles in 2020.

12: BAD DAY FOR EVENEPOEL
Only 12th, Remco Evenepoel missed the Tour time trial podium for the first time. The two-time world champion (2023-24) won in Gevrey-Chambertin last year, finished 3rd in Nice 16 days later, and won in Caen this year.

10.9: SHORTEST TIME TRIAL
It was the 222nd individual time trial in Tour history, but most importantly, at 10.9 kilometers, it was the shortest, excluding prologues and half-stages. The previous one was Clermont-Ferrand - Puy de Dôme in 1959 (15th stage), which was 12.5 kilometers long.

35: A FAST VETERAN
At 35 years, 8 months, and 20 days, Primoz Roglic is the oldest rider to finish on the podium of a stage this year. The other five thirty-somethings to achieve this goal are Simon Yates (32), Tim Merlier (32), Phil Bauhaus (31), Wout van Aert (30), and Mathieu van der Poel (30).

9-8: VINGEGAARD AND ROGLIC'S STREAKS
Jonas Vingegaard (2nd) comes off a series of 9 stage podiums without a win, approaching Alexander Kristoff's 10 between 2014 and 2018. The Dane hasn't won since his success at Le Lioran last year. Finishing 3rd, Primoz Roglic comes off a series of 8 stage podiums without a win. The last one was at Orcières-Merlette in 2020.

203: POGI THE SPRINTER
Second in the points classification behind Jonathan Milan, Tadej Pogačar has already won 203 points, his personal record after 13 stages. The Slovenian is doing better than in 2022 (164 points after 13 stages), when he finished with 250 points, his best time in the points classification.

2: BACK-TO-BACK AT PEYRAGUDES!
At Peyragudes, Tadej Pogačar succeeds... Tadej Pogačar! He had already won here during his last Tour visit in 2022. This is called "back-to-back", and he is the first to do so since Pogačar at La Planche des Belles Filles! The Slovenian won a time trial in 2020, then a road stage in 2022, with the slight difference that it ended at La Super Planche des Belles Filles. Before him, the last "back-to-back" referred to Mark Cavendish's successes in Châteauroux (2008, 2011, 2021).