Jonas Vingegaard on the Mont Ventoux climb: "It's been in the Tour de France a lot of times. A lot of big fights have been battled there. It's an iconic climb, a very hard climb. It's almost 20km long so you cannot hide anywhere there."

Valentin Paret-Peintre stayed ice-cool in the heat to give France its first win in this year's Tour de France as he prevailed atop the intimidating Mont Ventoux in the 16th stage on Tuesday.

When the reigning champion suffered a 40 mph crash, his title defense was in jeopardy. Until a man in blue overalls jumped off his motorbike and leapt into action.