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  1. Tour de France average speed: How fast are riders at the Tour

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  2. Tour de France Winner's Average Speed [OC] : peloton

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  3. How Does Your Average Bike Speed Compare With Tour de France Pros

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  4. What's The Tour De France Average Speed?

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  6. What's the Average Speed of Tour de France Riders in MPH?

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  1. How Does Your Average Bike Speed Compare With Tour de France Pros?

    The average speed for professional cyclists while traversing on flat terrain is 25-28 mph. The average amateur cyclist travels about 17-18 mph while on flat ground. For many pro athletes racing in the Tour de France, being able to maintain a fast speed on flat terrain allows them to simply stay competitive with the other athletes.

  2. Tour de France average speed: How fast are riders at the Tour?

    The Tour de France peloton in Paris (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)The general trend at the Tour de France, since its start in 1903, is that the speed of the riders is going up Original link Tweet

  3. Tour de France average speed: How fast are riders at the Tour?

    The general trend at the Tour de France, since its start in 1903, is that the speed of the riders is going up ... Tour de France average speed (last 11 editions) 2009, Alberto Contador: 40.03km/h ...

  4. From Past to Present: Average Tour de France Speeds

    For many of those early years, average speeds hovered around 25 kilometers per hour, with individual stages often taking several hours to complete. The winner of the very first 1903 Tour de France achieved only 25.7 km/h average speed, while the slowest race was just 24.1 km/h in 1919. In the early years of the Tour, the sport was very much one ...

  5. The Evolution of Speed in the Tour de France • ProCyclingUK.com

    2022's Tour de France, won by Jonas Vingegaard, saw a new record set with an average speed of 42.03 km/h (26.1mph). That's now a jump in the Tour de France average mph of 10mph since the inaugural edition in 1903. Slowest editions of the Tour de France

  6. Power analysis: How to hold off the Tour de France peloton for 178 km

    The trio went across the road, but it was Asgreen who was the strongest, securing Soudal-Quickstep's first stage victory in the 2023 Tour de France. There's no wonder the peloton couldn't catch the break, just look at their speed in the final 5km. Abrahamsen - Final 5km. Average Speed: 58.6 kph (36.4 mph) Average Power: 460w (5.9w/kg)

  7. How Do They Go So Fast? The Technology Behind the Tour de France

    Tight formation. The secret to superhuman speed in the Tour de France is the peloton, the dense group of riders in a bike race. (Image by Eric Michelat from Pixabay.) The most efficient form of transportation ever invented is the bicycle. A bike makes moving a human from point A to point B almost effortless.

  8. Tour de France Average Speed: Just How Fast Pro Cyclists Ride

    Average Time Trial Speed. Tim de Waele // Getty Images. A Tour pro's ability to produce more power for longer means that he would complete a 30K time trial about 20 minutes faster than the ...

  9. Average speed per stage Tour de France 2023

    Average speed per stage. The average speed over all stages is 41.408 km/hour. The average speed for the whole race is computed by dividing the total distance by the sum of stage times of the final GC winner. In the last column the average speed up to that stage is shown. This is the average speed for the leader in the race at that stage. Stage.

  10. Tour de France: What are the chances of breakaway success?

    The Tour de France peloton takes on the Massif Central in 2005 ... This speed isn't easy to pinpoint as one should wonder whether to take the current speed, the average speed over three kilometres ...

  11. 'You Versus The Peloton'

    Video recap of 2011 Tour de France. > Hours of sleep a week: 40-50 (you); 70 (pro) It seems counter-intuitive, but a few hours of non-race-effort riding helps muscles recover for the pros. As ...

  12. The average Tour de France 2023 peloton

    84. 1. 85. The average age of riders in Tour de France 2023 is 29.72 years. The average weight of a rider is 69.5 kilograms and the average height is 181.5.

  13. How Fast Are Women Pro Cyclists?

    Pro women at the top of the ranks can produce about 19 W/kg for 5 seconds; 9 W/kg for 1 minute; 6.5 W/kg for 5 minutes; and 5.5 W/kg at their threshold, according to power guru Andrew Coggan, Ph.D ...

  14. How fast is the Tour de France?

    The winner of the inaugural Tour de France Maurice Garin averaged 25.7kph, but this was not the slowest Tour de France ever. The 1919 edition, the first to follow the First World War, took that dubious honour, with the winner averaging just 24kph. In the modern era, winning riders usually average around 40kph.

  15. Average Speeds of Tour de France Winners Over the Years

    This post analyzes the average speeds of riders in the Tour de France cycling race over the years. It looks at speed records, factors that influence speed like bike technology, racing strategies, and course profiles. Data on historic average speeds is presented along with insights into how rider training and equipment innovation have contributed to increases in speed over the decades.

  16. Tour de France winner's average speed 2023

    In 2023, the winner of the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard, maintained an average speed of around 41.43 kilometers per hour. The Danish cyclist also won the famous event in 2022, with an average ...

  17. What Is A Tour De France Peloton?

    In cycling, a peloton is a large group of riders bunched together on the race route. In the context of the Tour de France, it tends to refer to the main body of cyclists that viewers will follow continuously. Riders might "break away" from the peloton if they manage to accelerate ahead of it, or be "dropped" by the peloton if they fall ...

  18. Greg Henderson's Tour de France Power Data

    Tour de France Stage 4: ... this is seen by Greg's average speed of 49kph in the section from 25km to 10km to go approximately - with an average power of 231w (260w Normalized) and 3.3w/kg, the ...

  19. Why Is the Tour de France Getting Faster?

    Well, there's a simplest and mathematically-obvious reason why the Tour is getting faster: the race is getting shorter. The overall distance of the Tour has been steadily decreasing over the ...

  20. What's The Tour de France Average Speed?

    The quickest time trial was earned by Rohan Dennis during the first stage of the 2015 Tour de France in Utrecht, who triumphed with an average speed of 55.5 km/h (34.5 mph). The 2013 Orica GreenEDGE team holds the record for the fastest stage win in a team time trial. They impressively covered a 25 km time trial at 57.70 km/h.

  21. Tour de France records and statistics

    Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [16] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot 's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [17]

  22. Tour de France 2021 route: all 21 stage profiles at a glance

    24.06.2021. This is where this year's Tour de France will lead pro riders to. An overview of all 21 stages with altitude profile and short description. The 21 stages of the 108th Tour of France promise a lot of excitement and variety. 8 flat stages, 5 hilly sections, 6 mountain stages and 2 time trials are on the programme between the start ...

  23. How hard is the Tour de France?

    The 2022 edition of the Tour was the fastest in the race's history. The average speed of winner Jonas Vingegaard for the 21-stage race set a new record at 42.03km/h (26.12mph) Combining every ...

  24. How to watch Amstel Gold Race 2024 live

    Meanwhile, the men's peloton sets off at 10:45 local time (08:45). The first climb of the Cauberg comes 171.8km into the race, estimated at 14:50 local time (at an average speed of 42 km/h); it is only climbed one more time at 16:20 with 18.6km to go. The expected finish time is at 16:47. How to watch Amstel Gold Race 2024 live

  25. As it happened: Benoit Cosnefroy sprints to win De ...

    The peloton take on hilly 195.2km from Leuven to Overijse. ... The average speed isn't rapid, though. ... World Champion's Tour de France Femmes participation to be decided after Liège-Bastogne ...