Le Tour Speeds

The winner's average speed over the entire race is usually a bit under 40kph
(I just had a look at the TDF website and in 2000 Armstrong averaged
39.57kph for the 3662km). Flat stages have been ridden at average speeds of
up to 50kph, mountain stages with substantial climbing usually average
slightly over 30kph...

Max speed on a mountain descent can be over 100kph.

Nick

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The guys in The Tour De France, what speeds do they get up to, and what is
there average speed over a long stage ?

This year the average speed for the winner (lance) was a tad over 41kp
for the 3000+km journey. Amazing is all I can say

Downhill I guess they get over 80km per hour. If you read the magazines
some of the guys slow down a bit on descents as they get older. It i
said that no-one ever wins a race on a descent but many can lose it (i
crash and burn)

I heard that Craig Walton was travelling at over 100kph in a downhil
section of the Noosa triathlon in November last year. Scarry stuff:eek

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Tom said:

The guys in The Tour De France, what speeds do they get up to, and what
is there average speed over a long stage ?

Interesting,well to me a least, that in 1904 the average speed was
around 25 km per hour and has steadily increased over the years. Several
factors come in to play I would imagine.

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