TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 6
TARBES – CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE 145km

10: AT THE AGE OF POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar is 24 years 9 months and 15 days old, and counts 10 stage wins, the fourth youngest with such a score. Bernard Hinault and Mark Cavendish had equally 10 wins at this age. Only one rider won more at this early age: François Faber (15 stage wins from 1908 to 1911).

45’11”: VINGEGAARD FLIES OVER THE TOURMALET
With Jumbo-Visma upping the ante on the Col du Tourmalet, Jonas Vingegaard flew towards an altitude of 2,115m. NTT Data recorded a time of ascent of 45’11’’ for the Danish winner of the Tour 2022. The Strava KOM had been set by David Gaudu in the Tour 2021: 47’35’’, more than 2 minutes away from Vingegaard’s performance.

11: THE HABIT OF WINNING
Tadej Pogacar wins after 11 days (Slovenian National Championship). Excluding the period that followed his injury in Liège-Bastogne-Liège (23rd of April), this year he has never gone more than 3 weeks/21 days (*) without winning.
Considering only the race days, the first 5 stages of this Tour have been the longest he has stayed off the top-step of the podium in 2023.
(*) From Paris-Nice GC to Ronde Van Vlaanderen (12th of March-2nd of April).

1-2: THE (PERFECT) COUPLE
Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard occupy the first 2 positions in the General Classification: it happened 19 times out of 48 since their first Tour together (2021). That’s nearly 40% (39,5%).
When they raced together in the professional field, they finished 13 times 1-2: 10 times on the road and 3 times in final general classifications.
At the moment, Pogacar leads this duel 10-3.
The last time Vingegaard won directly with Pogacar in 2nd was in the final general classification of the Tour last year.

60: FOREVER YOUNG
Tadej Pogacar improves on his all-time record, taking his 60th White Jersey, a classification that he has led for the last 57 stages.

2015: FROM PETER TO WOUT
Wout van Aert is the first rider to win the most aggressive rider award two days in a row since Peter Sagan in stages 15 & 16 of the Tour 2015.
That makes it 5 most aggressive rider awards in the Tour for Van Aert.

1: A FIRST FOR NORWAY!
86 climbs of the Tourmalet in history, and only one Norwegian first at the top: Tobias Johannesen. He is also the second Norwegian to conquer a Hors Catégorie climb since Dag-Otto Lauritzen in Luz Ardiden, 1987.

1-2-1: SHORT LEADS
Jay Hindley in the lead of a Grand Tour:
• 1 stage Giro 2020 (final time trial)
• 2 stages Giro 2022 (taken after the penultimate stage, final time trial)
• 1 stage Tour 2023

10: ANOTHER 10
If Tadej Pogacar scored his 10th stage win, Jonas Vingegaard posted his 10th stage podium: 2 wins, 6 second places, 2 third places.

11/12: WRITTEN IN THE NUMBERS
Jonas Vingegaard is back in yellow after 11 months and 12 days, and goes from 11 to 12 yellow jerseys…