2015 Tour de France – Second week stats
– Chris Froome’s 2’52” lead at the start of stage 11 was the biggest a Tour contender has had after the first summit finish since Lance Armstrong led Jan Ullrich by 4’14”, in 2000
– Same Chris Froome was the ninth rider to win twice on 14 July, a record for the event
– On Pierre-Saint-Martin, Sky became the first team in the race’s history to record a 1-2 on a mountain finish twice
– For the first time in the Tour de France, three British riders finished in the top 10 of a stage (Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates)
– Rafal Majka became the first rider since Laurent Fignon (1984) to win three Tour de France mountain stages before turning 26
– The Pole is also the first cyclist to take a victory from a breakaway at this year’s edition
– Six riders have retired on stage 11; last time this has happened was in stage 15 of the 2012 edition
– Etixx-Quick Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski is the first cyclist to receive the most combative prize twice
– After winning on Plateau de Beille, Joaquim Rodriguez became the active Spanish rider with the most Grand Tour victories, 13
– 14 cyclists have abandoned during the second week, one more than in the previous week
– Thanks to Stephen Cummings, MTN-Qhubeka scored its maiden Grand Tour victory
– The South-African squad is also the first Pro Continental team to take a stage at this year’s edition
– At 34 years and 121 days, Stephen Cummings became the third-oldest Tour de France stage winner for Great Britain
– Great Britain climbed to 7th place in an all-time victory ranking, with 59 stage wins
– André Greipel nabbed his third stage victory at this year’s edition and equalled his feat from 2012 edition
– He also became the active German cyclist with the most Tour de France stage victories
– Tinkoff-Saxo leads in the money classification, while Orica-Green-Edge lies at the bottom of the ranking
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