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2: A historic stage winner…
Already a history maker for African cycling, Biniam Girmay leaves his mark on the Tour de France as Eritrea becomes the 34th nation to win a stage, and only the second from Africa. Riders from South Africa - Robert Hunter (winner in Montpellier, 2007) and Daryl Impey (winner in Brioude, 2019) - opened the way and Biniam Girmay takes things a step further in Turin.
1: And a historic overall leader!
Already an Olympic Champion, a Giro winner, a podium finisher in the Tour de France and La Vuelta… Richard Carapaz found a new way to make history as he becomes the first rider from Ecuador to claim the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France! All of these performances were unprecedented for his country.
68,5: GIRMAY FLIES PAST HIS RIVALS
The first bunch sprint of the Tour de France 2024 delivered chills, thrills and speeds! Biniam Girmay covered the last kilometre at an average of 63.3 km/h… And he hit a top speed of 68.5 km/h to move past Mads Pedersen with 50 metres to go. The Dane had hit a slightly higher top speed (68.7km/h) but he faded on the line.
20: CARAPAZ EXTENDS HIS COLLECTION
Richard Carapaz’s first Maillot Jaune comes after his 14 Maglia Rosa (Giro) and 5 La Roja (Vuelta), which makes 20 Grand Tour leader jerseys for the Ecuadorian climber. In this Tour, Primoz Roglic is the rider with most Grand Tour leader jerseys: 55 (11 in the Tour, 37 in La Vuelta, 7 in the Giro). Mark Cavendish is the other rider participating in the Tour 2024 who has led the overall standings of the three Grand Tours.
26: ECUADOR FOLLOWS SLOVENIA
As Richard Carapaz dons the Maillot Jaune, Ecuador becomes the 26th nation with a rider leading the overall standings of the Tour de France. Frenchmen opened the list in 1903 and they were joined by Belgium in 1904, then Luxembourg (1909)… The latest nation to join the list was Slovenia, when Primoz Roglic rose to power in Laruns during the Tour 2020.
1+1: INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY FOLLOWING THE TRACKS OF ARKÉA-B&B HOTELS
On the day after Arkéa-B&B Hotels took their maiden stage win in the Tour de France, Intermarché-Wanty achieved the same feat! The Belgian team came very close last year when Georg Zimmermann was 2nd in Issoire. Among the teams participating in the Tour 2024, Uno-X Mobility is now the only outfit that has never taken a stage win.
13: FROM HUSHOVD TO CARAPAZ
Tracing back the history of EF Education - EasyPost, they already enjoyed the Maillot Jaune 13 years ago, in 2011. At the time, the team was named Garmin-Cervélo. And they had a world champion, Thor Hushovd, who swapped his rainbow jersey for the Maillot Jaune for seven days (stage 2-8).
+91%: AN EASY START AND A FURIOUS FINISH
With no rider willing to make the break, the peloton had a slow roll out from Piacenza, covering the first 10 kilometres at an average speed of 31.2 km/h. The pace gradually increased until the bunch went all out in Turin. Richard Carapaz thus covered the last 10 kilometres at 59.7 km/h. That’s an increase in speed of 28.5 km/h (+91%)!
6: GAVIRIA, BACK IN THE MIXAN EASY START AND A FURIOUS FINISH
A stage winner on his very first day in the Tour (in 2018, in Fontenay-le-Comte), Fernando Gaviria struck again three days later in Sarzeau… And then he didn’t return to the Tour. For his second participation, he’s already back in the mix, with a place of 2nd in Turin. This is the 4th time the Colombian sprinter finishes in the top-3 of a Tour stage (he was already 2nd in Chartres in 2018).
