TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 14
ANNEMASSE – MORZINE LES PORTES DU SOLEIL

22: SPANISH ALL-TIME RECORD!
The days of the 99 stages drought are long gone for Spain, and with a bang, since Carlos Rodriguez becomes the youngest Spanish winner of a Tour stage at 22 years, 5 months, 13 days. Beats the record of Jose Gonzalez: 24 years 2 months 8 days in Vorst 1970 (Time Trial, a half-stage).
Rodriguez is the youngest winner at the Tour since Tadej Pogacar took three stages in the 2020 edition, before turning 22 years old on the day after the final stage in Paris.

33-22: TWO RECORDS FOR INEOS IN BACK-TO-BACK STAGES!
Rodriguez is also the youngest winner for Ineos/Sky, beating Tom Pidcock last year in Alpe d’Huez was 22 years 11 months 14 days old.
…and yesterday Michal Kwiatkowski was the oldest stage winner for Ineos at 33 years 1 month and 12 days!

2018: BACK-TO-BACK INEOS
Two Ineos wins in two days: it’s a first since Geraint Thomas in La Rosière and L’Alpe d’Huez 2018. The previous time that Ineos (Sky) won in consecutive stages with two different riders was in 2012 with Bradley Wiggins in the Chartres ITT (st.19) and Mark Cavendish in Paris (st.20). Those were the last two in a streak of 3, as Cavendish had also won in Brive-la-Gaillarde (st.18).

58,6 KM/H”: RODRIGUEZ TAKES FLIGHT ON THE DOWNHILL
Trailing by 25’’ at Col de Joux Plane, Carlos Rodriguez sped up on the downhill to Morzine to get back to Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, before he dropped them and soloed to the win with an average of 58.6 km/h in the last 12 kilometres (2km/h faster than Vingegaard and Pogacar). His maximum on the downhill was 93.4km/h according to the speeds recorded by NTT Data.

21-11: POGACAR AND VINGEGAARD SHARED PODIUMS
• 21st stage podium for Tadej Pogacar (10 wins, 4 second places, 7 thirds)
• 11th stage podium for Jonas Vingegaard (2 wins, 6 second places, 3 thirds).
Out of these, they’ve been together in the top 3 on nine occasions, with one of them winning the stage almost every time. There are two exceptions:
• Wout van Aert, winner of the Rocamadour ITT last year (stage 20)
• Carlos Rodriguez, winner in Morzine today (stage 14).

2015: SPAIN MAKES IT THREE
Three Spanish wins in a single Tour – it hadn’t happened since 2015: Joaquim Rodriguez in Huy and Plateau de Beille and Ruben Plaza in Gap.
This year Spain has won with three different riders: Pello Bilbao, Ion Izagirre and Carlos Rodriguez. To find another edition with three Spaniards winning, we have to go back to 2009, with Luis Leon Sanchez, Alberto Contador (twice) and Juan Manuel Garate.

20: VINGEGAARD CATCHES VOECKLER, AND…
20th Maillot Jaune for Jonas Vingegaard, the same of Thomas Voeckler. His current rival, 2nd in the standings, Tadej Pogacar, counts only one more (21)…

2: RAMAZ IS FOR TWO COUNTRIES ONLY
The tradition is maintained: only Belgian or French riders conquered the top of the Col de la Ramaz:
Frenchmen Hubert Linard in 1981 and Richard Virenque in 2003; Belgians Mario Aerts in 2010, Thomas de Gendt in 2016, Wout van Aert in 2023.

3: HC DOESN’T BRING LUCK THIS TIME
Third Hors Catégorie KOM for Jonas Vingegaard. In the previous two instances he won the stage: Col du Granon and Hautacam 2022, but those were placed at the finish. This time he had to settle for third.