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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). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [18]
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
He wore the race leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 60 days. He holds the record for the most consecutive Tour de France wins and shares the record for most wins with Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Eddy Merckx. [66] Induráin was a strong time trialist, gaining on rivals and riding defensively in the climbing stages.
However, Froome returned with a 2015 victory, the first in three consecutive Tour de France wins. Tadej Pogačar – 2020, 2021. Michael Steele - Getty Images.
Usually the winner of the Tour de France also wins at least one stage, but that is not necessary. It is possible to win the Tour de France without winning a single stage, because the overall winner of the Tour de France is decided solely by the total race time. This has happened eight times so far: [16] Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
A win here would be somewhat ironic, as Cavendish would be breaking the record for the most Tour de France stage wins on Italian soil. Coincidentally, the last grand tour stage victory of Cav’s ...
Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race. [10] At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification. [11] Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship. 2012
Peter Sagan set the record for the most stages in the lead of a Tour de France classification, wearing the green-jersey for 100 days through stage 18 of the 2018 Tour de France. Two winners of the points classification, Sean Kelly and Sam Bennett both hail from the town of Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, a town with a population of only 5,771 residents.