TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 20
BELFORT – LE MARKSTEIN FELLERING

11: SLOVENIAN*S* BACK-TO-BACK
11th stage win for Tadej Pogacar, the 2nd this year after Cauterets-Cambasque. Slovenian wins are up to 17.
They win in back-to-back days with two different riders (Mohoric and Pogacar) like in Luz Ardiden and Libourne in 2021, when the winners were the same, in inverted order.
Last year the sole Pogacar won back-to-back on the 7th and 8th of July.

18,7: THIBAUT’S DREAM
According to NTT Data, Thibaut Pinot spent 18.7 kms alone in the front at 32.2 kph for a dream win to sign off his Tour de France participations.
It was a special day as it was exactly 4 years after his previous win, and this would have been his 4th stage win, but he was negated when the yellow jersey group upped the pace on the final climb.

7’29”: THE BIG GAP
Jonas Vingegaard’s winning margin for this Tour is set to be 7’29” (over Tadej Pogacar): the largest margin since 2014, when Vincenzo Nibali won with 7’37” over Jean-Christophe Peraud.

110,1: MICHAEL WOODS SETS THE RECORD
The downhill from Ballon d’Alsace was a speedy one, so much so that Michael Woods hit the fastest speed recorded by NTT Data in the Tour de France 2023: 110.1kph.
The highest speed registered so far was set by Anthony Turgis on the downhill from Col du Tourmalet: 107.7kph.

26’49”: PINOT GIVES EVERYTHING ON THE PETIT BALLON
With his fans waiting for him a couple of kilometres away from the summit, Thibaut Pinot went on the move up the climb of Petit Ballon. The local hero dropped his breakaway companions and covered the last 5 kilometres at an average speed of 21.5kph, according to NTT Data, to reach the summit with a time of 26’49’’ on the Strava segment, a bit less than 30’’ faster than Thomas De Gendt and Tim Wellens when they did the ascent in a training camp in July 2020.

1992: CICCONE, PRIDE OF ITALY
Giulio Ciccone is the first non-Tour de France winner to be crowned King of the Mountains since Romain Bardet in 2019. Tadej Pogacar in 2020 and 2021 and Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 received the polka dot jersey in Paris since the Frenchman. The last Italian KOM winner had been Claudio Chiappucci in 1992.

3: STRONG TEAM-MATES
Adam Yates kept his 3rd place on the GC. UAE Team Emirates is set to be the first team with two riders on the final podium (Pogacar and Yates) since Ineos in 2019 (Bernal winner, Thomas 2nd).

70: THE ROUND NUMBER COMES TOMORROW
69th Maillot Jaune for Denmark: they are set to hit 70 tomorrow in Paris.

3X3: NEARLY THEIR BEST TOUR
15th stage win for UAE Team Emirates, the 3rd this year, like 2022 and 2021. Their best Tour remains 2020, with 4 stage wins.

3: A NICE SET FOR GALL
Hat-trick of stage podiums for Felix Gall in this Tour: 1st in Courchevel, 2nd today, 3rd in Laruns.