Tour De France Average Speed
In fact you re one of about 30 people to ask us this since the beginning of this year s tour de france.
Tour de france average speed. In fact it s usually about double that of an average rider. Even on flat land a tour de france pro s average speed needs to be way up there in order to stay in the race. The fastest recorded speed at the 2019 tour de france came on a white knuckle descent of the col de vars by one of the peloton s hard men.
The story of the tour de france volume 2 sale. On the other end of the scale in 1919 firmin lambot won the race with the slowest ever winning average speed of 24 1km h. While there s not a simple answer to your question we can break it down into a few generalities here.
The 2005 edition was the fastest tour de france in history. The slowest tour de france was the edition of 1919 when firmin lambot s average speed was 24 1 km h. Here is a listing of the dates of each tour with the starting until 1952 it was always paris and finishing city always paris the total length of each tour number of stages the number of entrants and finishers as well as the winner s average speed over the entire tour.
