Tadej Pogacar made yet another strong statement on the 10th stage of the Tour to Le Lioran. With an attack on the Col de Pertus, the world champion left his rivals in his wake and significantly extended his lead in the general classification.
However, today’s figures not only highlight the Slovenian’s dominance, but also feature historic milestones, national records and a remarkable performance by the young French star Paul Seixas.
24: Pogacar goes from strength to strength
With his victory on Tuesday in Le Lioran, Tadej Pogacar celebrated his 24th stage win at the Tour de France. It was already his third victory in this year’s race, following his wins at Les Angles and Gavarnie-Gèdre. The Slovenian is now just one victory behind the Frenchman André Leducq, who ranks fourth on the all-time list with 25 stage wins.
14.8: A solo in yellow
With a brutal attack on the Col de Pertus, Tadej Pogacar broke away from his last remaining rivals 14.8 kilometres from the finish and rode solo to victory in Le Lioran. Although the Slovenian had already shaken off his rivals 43 kilometres from the finish on the way to Gavarnie-Gèdre, he had never before won as the wearer of the Yellow Jersey after such a long solo breakaway. It was also the longest successful solo breakaway by a general classification leader since Wout van Aert’s 11.6-kilometre solo ride on the way to Calais in 2022.
3: Pogacar’s holidays
14 July seems to be a lucky day for Tadej Pogacar. For the third time in his career, the UAE Team Emirates captain has won a Tour stage on France’s national holiday. In doing so, the two-time world champion has set a new record: no rider has won a Tour stage on 14 July more often. Pogacar had previously triumphed on this date in 2021 at the Col du Portet and in 2024 on the Plateau de Beille. He has thus overtaken a group of ten riders, each with two victories on the national holiday, including Chris Froome, Laurent Jalabert, Lucien Van Impe and Jacques Anquetil.
5/5: Pogacar conquers all the French mountain passes
For Tadej Pogacar, there is hardly any terrain left in France’s mountain ranges that is unfamiliar to him. With his victory in the Massif Central, the Slovenian has completed an extraordinary set of achievements: he has now won Tour stages in all five major French mountain regions. His eleven victories in the Pyrenees are joined by four in the Alps, three in the Vosges, one in the Jura and, now, a victory in the Massif Central.
30: Slovenia continues to make Tour history
The Tour de France is increasingly becoming a source of success for Slovenia. Thanks to Pogacar’s triumph at Le Lioran, the country has now racked up a total of 30 stage wins in the Tour de France. The world champion alone has claimed 24 of them. Primož Roglič has contributed three victories, including Slovenia’s first-ever Tour of France win in 2017 at Serre-Chevalier. Matej Mohorič has also won three stages. With a total of 30 victories, Slovenia is now level with Denmark in the all-time nations’ rankings and occupies eleventh place.
60: Pogacar now on a par with Indurain
Just two days after drawing level with Chris Froome, Tadej Pogacar has caught up with another Tour legend. Having now spent 60 days in the yellow jersey, he is level with Miguel Indurain. The Spaniard won the Tour five times between 1991 and 1995 and currently ranks third in this statistic. If Pogacar defends his lead on the next stage to Nevers, he will already have overtaken Indurain. However, the records set by Bernard Hinault (79 days) and Eddy Merckx (111 days) in the Yellow Jersey remain out of reach for the time being.
3:36 minutes: Already a huge lead
With a lead of 3 minutes and 36 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar is comfortably leading the general classification after ten stages. The last time there was a bigger gap between the top two riders at this stage was in 2001. Back then, François Simon was a full 11 minutes and 54 seconds ahead of Andrei Kivilev. For Pogacar, this is the biggest lead he has ever held after ten days of a Grand Tour. Even during his later dominant Giro d’Italia victory in 2024, his lead at this stage was just 2 minutes and 40 seconds over Daniel Martinez.
1: Young people on the podium
By finishing third in Le Lioran, Paul Seixas made a small piece of Tour history. The Frenchman is the first rider under the age of 20 since Danny van Poppel in 2013 to finish on the podium in a Tour stage. At the age of 19 years, nine months and 20 days, the Team Decathlon CMA CGM rider is also the second-youngest Frenchman ever to secure a podium place at the Tour. The only rider younger was Louis Colsaet in 1904. However, the then 19-year-old was only promoted to second place months later following disqualifications and never actually stood on the podium.
4: Carapaz’s fighting spirit
Richard Carapaz was awarded the title of ‘Most Aggressive Rider of the Day’ for his attack on the Puy Mary. The Ecuadorian had launched an attack before Pogacar overtook him at high speed on the Col de Pertus. For Carapaz, this was already his fourth such award at the Tour de France. He had previously received the honour on Stage 16 in 2020, as well as after Stages 15 and 19 of the 2024 Tour. On that occasion, he was also named ‘Super Combatif’ for the entire race. In the current peloton, only Ben Healy can boast a comparable record: the Irishman from Team EF Education-EasyPost has also collected four awards as the most combative rider, one in 2024 and three more during the 2025 season.
Matthias Borchers
Editor