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

2: THE NEW STAR OF DUTCH CLIMBERS
Winner at Superbagnères six days ago, Thymen Arensman raises his arms for the 2nd time and gives the Netherlands their 170th Tour victory. He is the first Dutchman to win two mountain stages since Peter Winnen, who triumphed at Alpe d'Huez in 1981 and 1983, over 40 years ago!

1981: DOUBLE FOR TWO ROOKIES 44 YEARS LATER
Two riders, Jonathan Milan and Thymen Arensman, have obtained 2 stage wins in their first Tour. This is not a frequent result: the last time this happened was in 1981, with Ad Wijnands and Daniel Willems winning 2 stage wins in their first participation. Before Milan and Arensman, the last "rookie" to win two Tour stages was Tadej Pogacar in 2020.

6/12: HALF... MORE THAN HALF
Thymen Arensman 1st (2 wins), Tadej Pogacar 3rd (4), Ben Healy 8th (1), Valentin Paret-Peintre 9th (1), Simon Yates 10th (1), Ben O'Connor 12th (1): half of the first 12 riders have won more than half of the stages contested (10 out of 19)!

52: POGACAR LIKE ANQUETIL
Tadej Pogacar is still leading the general classification and equals Jacques Anquetil as the 5th rider with the most yellow jerseys (52). His next goal is Christopher Froome (59).

2000: GALL WRITES HISTORY FOR AUSTRIA
Félix Gall reaches 5th place in the general classification, the best ever achieved by this rider, who is finishing his third Tour de France (8th and stage winner in 2023). He has never done so well in a Grand Tour: his references are a 6th place at the Vuelta (2022, stages 4-5) and an 18th place at the Giro (2024, stage 1). He is the first Austrian to be in the Tour de France top 5 since Peter Luttenberger, who was 5th after stages 10 and 11 in 2000!

6: JOHANNESSEN IS ALSO MAKING HISTORY
Moving from 7th to 6th overall, Tobias Johannessen improves a result that would be historic for Norway. A Norwegian has never finished in the Tour's top 10: the highest point was Jostein Wilmann's 14th place in 1980.

10: VINGEGAARD BEATS POGACAR. FINALLY!
Tadej Pogacar had beaten Jonas Vingegaard in the last 10 mountain stages. Although he did not reach victory, the Dane (2nd) ended this streak by finally beating the Slovenian (3rd) at La Plagne. This had not happened since the 11th stage of the 2024 Tour, won by Vingegaard at Le Lioran.

63: A MINUTE FOR THE PODIUM
63 seconds (or 1'03") separate Florian Lipowitz (3rd) and Oscar Onley (4th) in the general classification. The battle for the podium - which is also the battle for the white jersey - had not been this close after 19 stages since the 2019 Tour. Geraint Thomas was then 3rd, 12 seconds ahead of Steven Kruijswijk.

3: LOSER OF THE DAY
On the attack in the first part of the stage, Primoz Roglic finished 27th, 12'39" behind the winner. The Slovenian lost 3 positions, sliding from 5th to 8th overall behind Kévin Vauquelin. The 8th place would be his worst result in a "finished" Grand Tour since 2017 (38th at the Tour de France, with a stage win at Serre Chevalier). During this period, he has won 5 Grand Tours, been on the podium in three others... but also abandoned five times.

11: MARTINEZ'S EFFORTS WERE NOT ENOUGH
First at the top of Col du Pré, and then at Cormet de Roselend, Lenny Martinez conquered 11 climbs in this Tour. This is the highest number, much more than Tadej Pogacar (5) who leads the mountain classification. The Frenchman is no longer mathematically in the running for the polka dot jersey: he is 20 points behind, with only 14 points left to be assigned.