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35: CARAPAZ, MORE THAN EVER AN ECUADORIAN HERO
Already an Olympic Champion, a Giro winner, a podium finisher in the Tour de France and La Vuelta, Richard Carapaz made history when he became the first Ecuadorian wearer of the Maillot Jaune on day 3. And he achieves yet another unprecedented feat for Ecuador, now the 35th nation to win a stage in the Tour. The 34th was Eritrea, with Biniam Girmay’s success in Turin, the same day that Carapaz took the Maillot Jaune.
110: CARAPAZ’S TREBLE
Already a stage winner in La Vuelta (3 wins in 2022) and the Giro (1 in 2018, 2 in 2019), Richard Carapaz becomes the 110th rider with victories in all three Grand Tours. The 109th was Remco Evenepoel after his success in the Gevrey-Chambertin ITT (stage 7).
22.0: COL DU NOYER, CARAPAZ’S LAUNCHPAD
Forever associated with the legend of Luis Ocaña, Col du Noyer served today as a launchpad for Richard Carapaz to write history. The Ecuadorian was the fastest on the 7.5km ascent - 22.0km/h, 0.3km/h faster than Simon Yates - and he pushed his advantage on the downhill, with an average of 61.0km/h top speed of 84.2km/h. He was only the 5th fastest on the descent though… Jonas Vingegaard did 64.5km/h on average (max: 91.7km/h) and Remco Evenepoel went up to 95.1km/h as the duo replied to Tadej Pogacar’s attack.
36: POGACAR’S YELLOW TALLY MATCHES BOBET’S
With a 15th Maillot Jaune in the Tour de France 2024, Tadej Pogacar brings his tally up to 36 and joins Louison Bobet at the 9th spot in the all-time rankings. Bobet won the Tour de France three times in a row and he took his last Maillot Jaune on the last day of the Tour 1955, 4 months and a half after his 30th birthday. Pogacar will turn 26 in September. A 37th Maillot Jaune would see Pogacar join Nicolas Frantz.
387-354: GIRMAY’S REPLY
On the day after he crashed at 59.8km/h in Nîmes, Biniam Girmay showed his stitches shall not slow him down, as he was the fastest from the bunch in the intermediate sprint, speeding up to 57.3km/h on a slightly rising road. The Eritrean sprinter is now 33 points ahead of Jasper Philipsen, with 150 points still up for grabs en route to Nice (including 60 points in the intermediate sprints). The last 15 Tours didn’t see a change of leader of the points standings after stage 18… But everything is possible until the end, as illustrated by the Tour 2003, when Baden Cooke edged Robbie McEwen on the very last day.
1-2: CARAPAZ-YATES, A SPECIAL DUO
The finish in SuperDévoluy saw Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates finish in the same top-3 for the 3rd time of their career. And each of them was a special one:
- stage 14 of the Giro 2019, Richard Carapaz took Ecuador’s first Maglia Rosa and went on to win the overall
- stage 14 of the Giro 2022, Yates wins in Turin (where Carapaz took the Maillot Jaune) and Carapaz (3rd) is back in Rosa
- stage 17 of the Tour de France 2024.
1: GRÉGOIRE, A COMBATIVE ROOKIE
Romain Grégoire, the 3rd youngest rider in the Tour de France 2024, showed his strength as he made a very hard fought for breakaway. After 57km of early battles, the Frenchman covered 103km at the front, with an average speed of 43.3km/h, and eventually received the combativity award. 3 other riders participating in their first Tour de France also won the award this year: Frank van den Broek (stage 1), Oier Lazkano (stage 4) and Thomas Gachignard (stage 16).
1-1-1: FOLLOW THE LEADERS!
Following successes for bib numbers 1 (Jonas Vingegaard) and 11 (Tadej Pogacar), Richard Carapaz propelled his 111 to the summit. It’s the first time in the history of the Tour that these 3 numbers win a stage in the same edition.
99: MAS BREAKS IN THE TOP-3
Riding his 99th Tour de France stage since his debut in 2019, Enric Mas achieved his best result: 3rd, the first time he finishes in the top-3, after 11 previous top-10s.
