Valentin Paret-Peintre triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year’s Tour de France, while Tadej Pogačar consolidated his overall lead Tuesday. Paret-Peintre followed former yellow jersey holder Ben Healy on a breakaway and then beat the Irish rider in a sprint for the line at the top of the famed barren mountain known as the “Beast of Provence.

The Belgian team has also released a special jersey today in honour of seven-time Tour stage winner Raymond Poulidor, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Frenchman's historic victory on top of Mont Ventoux in 1965.

Norway's Tobias Johannessen remains eighth overall at the Tour de France after collapsing at the finish line of stage 16 atop Mont Ventoux and being taken to hospital.