2008: the long wait of cofidis is over!

They had to wait 15 years, but finally Cofidis were able to win again at the Tour. Victor Lafay took the 11th win for the team, the first since Sylvain Chavanel won in Montluçon on the 25th of July 2008.

56,4 km/h: A speedy last km to glory
Victor Lafay achieved a rare feat attacking with one kilometre to go and restating his rivals on the line.
NTT Data recorded an average speed of 56.4km/h for him in the last kilometre, with a maximum of 61.2km/h.
That was enough to open a gap of 3’’ and eventually take the win.

2: doubling up the yellow
Adam Yates is the first rider in Yellow in the first two stages since 2019 (Mike Teunissen), and the first Briton to do so since 2017 (Geraint Thomas).
Yates counts now 6 yellow jerseys, the same of Chris Boardman, ath the 4th spot among British riders:

· Chris Froome 59 (4-times Tour de France winner)
· Geraint Thomas 15 (2018 Tour de France winner)
· Bradley Wiggins 14 (2012 Tour de France winner)
· Chris Boardman, Adam Yates 6

16: lafay matches alaphilippe
Victor Lafay scored his first Tour de France win after finishing 6th in the opening stage. It’s an extraordinary result for a French rider, as in the last 16 editions of the Tour, there is only another French who recorded two top-6 in the first two stages: Julian Alaphilippe two years ago: winner in stage 1, 5th in stage 2.

7: powless nails the koms
After conquering Alto El Vivero in the first stage, Neilson Powless scored a poker in the first four KOMs of the second stage (Udana, Aztiria, Alkiza and Gurutze). With the 2 summits he already conquered in 2020 and 2022, he is on a total of 7 KOMs, the highest value for any active rider from the USA.

2: a national record for powless
Neilson Powless equals the record of polka-dot jerseys conquered by a U.S. rider: that belonged to Nathan Brown (2017).

50: winners in the peloton
Victor Lafay’s win in San Sebastian means that now we have 50 Tour stage winners in this year’s peloton. The most successful are Mark Cavendish at 34 and Peter Sagan at 12.
The French winners in this list are 9, led by Julian Alaphilippe (6 wins).

3: the stage of new winners
Victor Lafay is the 3rd rider in the last three years who takes his maiden stage win on the 2nd stage.
He comes after:

· Mathieu van der Poel in 2021 in Mûr de Bretagne
· Fabio Jakobsen last year in Nyborg