Yesterday’s ride by Nairo Quintana on Mont Ventoux at Tour de la Provence saw him break the (unofficial) record for the climb as far as Chalet Reynard.

That’s a 9.5km stretch, though the road continues to climb higher and travels more than 5km further to the famous summit.

It effectively means Quintana set a new record for the Mont Ventoux Chalet Reynard ascent, not the full climb.

And his time is compared against riders who raced the full climb on the day they set their best ‘Mont Ventoux Chalet Reynard’ times.

The most complete times we could find for the full climb were for a 15.9km stretch right to the summit.

The climb rises, gently at first, more than 20km from base to summit. But the real climbing is 15.9km from base to summit, which is what the times below are for.

Some of these – including the ascent in 1994 – are for the climb when it formed part of a stage in the Tour but did not finish on top of the mountain; the riders cresting the summit, descending and racing on.

Other times are for the same 15.9km of climbing but on a day when the finish line was at the top of the mountain, so the riders did not have to hold anything back for the rest of the stage.

In 1994, when the fastest times were set, Eros Poli – a lead-out man and former track rider – won the stage after the breakaway he was in gained so much time he could not be caught.

Behind him, Marco Pantani was attacking and it was his time up the mountain that day in 1994 that is ranked fastest in the all-time list below.

Interesting, one has to scan down to 7th place to find a rider who actually won the stage when setting his time; Chris Froome’s 48:35 securing him the win on stage 15 of the 2013 Tour, taking victory by 29 seconds from Nairo Quintana.

Mont Ventoux fastest times, 15.9km

1. Marco Pantani Tour de France 1994 (#15) 46’00
2. Miguel Indurain Tour de France 1994 (#15) 47’30
3. Richard Virenque Tour de France 1994 (#15) 47’30
4. Luc Leblanc Tour de France 1994 (#15) 47’30
5. Armand de Las Cuevas Tour de France 1994 (#15) 47’30
6. Lance Armstrong Tour de France 2002 (#14) 48’33
7. Christopher Froome Tour de France 2013 (#15) 48’35
8. Alberto Contador Tour de France 2009 (#20) 48’57
9. Andy Schleck Tour de France 2009 (#20) 48’57
10. Lance Armstrong Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’00
11. Marco Pantani Tour de France 2000 (#12) 49’01
12. Lance Armstrong Tour de France 2000 (#12) 49’01
13. Frank Schleck Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’02
14. Nairo Quintana Tour de France 2013 (#15) 49’04
15. Roman Kreuziger Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’05
16. Franco Pellizotti Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’15
17. Vincenzo Nibali Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’17
18. Bradley Wiggins Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’22
19. Joseba Beloki Tour de France 2000 (#12) 49’26
20. Jan Ullrich Tour de France 2000 (#12) 49’30
21. Roberto Heras Tour de France 2000 (#12) 49’49
22. Raimondas Rumsas Tour de France 2002 (#14) 49’49
23. Ivan Basso Tour de France 2002 (#14) 49’52
24. Jurgen Van den Broeck Tour de France 2009 (#20) 49’58
25. Mikel Nieve Tour de France 2013 (#15) 49’58
26. Joaquim Rodriguez Tour de France 2013 (#15) 49’58
27. Andreas Klöden Tour de France 2009 (#20) 50’01
28. Francisco Mancebo Tour de France 2002 (#14) 50’04
29. Roman Kreuziger Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’15
30. Alberto Contador Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’15
31. Richard Virenque Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’18
32. Joseba Beloki Tour de France 2002 (#14) 50’18
33. Jakob Fuglsang Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’18
34. Bauke Mollema Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’21
35. Francisco Mancebo Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’24
36. Laurens ten Dam Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’28
37. Manuel Beltran Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’30
38. Christophe Moreau Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’32
39. Santiago Botero Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’34
40. Kurt van de Wouwer Tour de France 2000 (#12) 50’37
41. Levi Leipheimer Tour de France 2002 (#14) 50’38
42. Jean-Christophe Péraud Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’43
43. Christophe Le Mével Tour de France 2009 (#20) 50’45
44. Bart de Clercq Tour de France 2013 (#15) 50’47
45. Christian Vandevelde Tour de France 2009 (#20) 50’53
46. Jose Azevedo Tour de France 2002 (#14) 50’58
47. Michael Rogers Tour de France 2013 (#15) 51’01
48. Laurent Jalabert Tour de France 2000 (#12) 51’02
49. Mikel Astarloza Tour de France 2009 (#20) 51’03
50. Alejandro Valverde Tour de France 2013 (#15) 51’07
51. Dan Martin Tour de France 2013 (#15) 51’11
52. Daniele Nardello Tour de France 2000 (#12) 51’17
53. Richie Porte Tour de France 2013 (#15) 51’24
54. Daniel Atienza Tour de France 2000 (#12) 51’27
55. Sylvain Calzati Tour de France 2009 (#20) 51’34