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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.
While we anticipate who will rise to glory this year, let’s look at the legends who have already cemented their place in Tour history.
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
His five Tour de France wins were the most ever until Lance Armstrong won seven before his doping disqualifications. Merckx was so dominant that by 1972, he had deals with Gillette, Adidas and ...
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) [4] is an American former professional road racing cyclist.He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found that Armstrong used ...
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 ...