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

113: SCORED IN ALL THREE GRAND TOURS
By winning his first Tour de France stage, Tim Wellens becomes the 113th rider to have won in all three Grand Tours. The Belgian has triumphed twice at the Giro (6th stage in 2016, 4th stage in 2018) and at the Vuelta (5th and 14th stage in 2020). The 112th to enter this list was another Belgian, Wout van Aert, after winning a Giro stage last May.

109: EXPERIENCE MADE THE DIFFERENCE
At 34 years, 2 months, and 10 days, Tim Wellens is the 861st different Tour winner and, above all, the 17th oldest rider to win for the first time. He raced his 109th stage yesterday and had never reached a single top 10 placement. His best result was a 13th place in 2017 (3rd stage). He made his Tour debut in 2015 with Lotto-Soudal team, before joining UAE Emirates XRG: Wellens showed his attacking skills during his six participations.

55: FIRST FRENCH PODIUM WITH "ALAF"
In third place, Julian Alaphilippe is the first Frenchman to climb a stage podium this year. He also achieved his first podium since the first stage of the 2021 Tour, won in Landerneau. A long wait of 55 stages, or 4 years and 24 days (1,485 days).

43: TIM THE ATTACKER
Tim Wellens launched his attack 43 kilometers from the finish. One kilometer more than Ben Healy's action towards Vire-Normandie (stage 6), the longest solo victory in this Tour. A characteristic move for Wellens, who had already escaped 41 kilometers from the finish when he won his Belgian national title in Binche on June 29.

3/4: THE LORDS OF CARCASSONNE
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (3rd) prevented Belgium from achieving a triple. With Tim Wellens (1st), Victor Campenaerts (2nd), and Wout van Aert (4th), three Belgians finished in the top 4. This hadn't happened since stage 9 of the 2018 Tour in Roubaix (Greg Van Avermaet 2nd, Yves Lampaert 3rd, Philippe Gilbert 4th). The Belgian 1-2 of Wellens-Campenaerts is not the first in Carcassonne: the last time the Tour arrived here in 2022, Jasper Philipsen won ahead of Wout van Aert!

5/10: THEY ARE YOUNG AND STRONG
With Florian Lipowitz (3rd), Oscar Onley (4th), Kévin Vauquelin (5th), Carlos Rodriguez (9th), and Ben Healy (10th), five young riders are in the top 10 of the general classification before the second rest day. Last year, four young riders finished the Tour in the top 10 (Remco Evenepoel 3rd, Carlos Rodriguez 7th, Matteo Jorgenson 8th, Santiago Buitrago 10th). And it was the first time!

33: THE VETERANS' RESISTANCE
Tim Wellens, Victor Campenaerts, and Julian Alaphilippe have an average age of 33 years and 255 days. This is the 9th oldest stage podium in history. A fact that contrasts with what was mentioned just above!

8: KEEP AN EYE ON JEGAT
Of all the riders who left the group today, Jordan Jegat was the best in the general classification (11th). The Frenchman made a good impression in the first two weeks. Finishing 8th, he obtained his first top-10 placement in 2025 and improved his previous best Tour result (9th, stage 17 in 2024).

1: STORER THE FIGHTER
Michael Storer receives his first combativity award, which is also the first for Tudor, a newcomer to the Tour group. The Australian had already given the team its first stage podium by finishing 3rd in Vire Normandie (6th stage) ten days ago.

5: BELGIAN DOMINANCE
Tim Wellens has won the 5th victory for Belgium in this Tour, as many as in 2021, 2023, and 2024. There were also 6 in 2022. This makes 5 consecutive Tours where Belgium has won at least 5 times. It is the most victorious country in the last 5 years (26, against 21 for Slovenia), for a total of 495 victories.