TDF average speed

explosifpete

anyone know

redddraggon

About 40KM/h, or 25mph

Simon Notley

In the procycling programme (I think - or else in the C+ supplement) there's a list of all the tours and their average speed. Recent years have been 38-40kph. Back in the days on dirt roads and fewer gears it was <25kph... since then it's increased steadily until reaching and bit of a plateau for the last few years.

Will be interesting to see whether we continue to see an increase or whether the apparent reduction in doping means a drop...

guv001

What "doping" ?

ACMadone

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdfstats.html

There we go... that should answer it[/url]

donrhummy

Those averages are kind of useless. What would make more sense is to split the times into:

1. TT avg speed (and this into under 20KM, 21-30KM, 31+ KM)
2. Speed on the mountains
3. Speed in sprints

Anyone know each of these?

richa

You can see the organisers expectations of every stage by looking at the time schedule:
http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/us ... etape.html