The rest of the riders have a chance to recover on the tour's second rest day Monday before more climbs await on Tuesday.

Nacer Bouhanni, who had been suffering since a big crash on Stage 13, quit after the intermediate sprint with 124.5 kilometers remaining. I believe that speed indicates an average, s. A typical non-pro would probably climb the same terrain at about half that speed. A look at the 2015 TdF had riders climbing at about 2224kph (1415mph). Quintana tried again on Col de Beixalis before Kuss took over. Answer (1 of 4): The Tour de France pros are going uphill pretty fast compared to the rest of us. Quintana was first to the summit before he was hauled back. Guillaume Martin, who was second overall ahead of the stage, dropped back to ninth.īefore the final tussles on Col de Beixalis, riders had to overcome the 2,408-meter Port d’Envalira, where Nairo Quintana made a break after a strong headwind forced riders across the road. The key today was to keep myself hydrated, to have water available all the time, and my teammates did that job perfectly.” “My team did a great job at protecting me all day long, providing me with everything I needed. I just needed to follow the other riders there, as I did,” Pogacar said.

“I felt good, and I wasn’t worried at all about the last climb.

These athletes are literally cycling up and. Pogacar answered both without any problems and increased his overall lead to more than five minutes over Rigoberto Uran and Vingegaard. In the 2019 Tour de France, the athletes averaged 12.8 mph while trudging through the infamous climbs of the race. Jonathan Boyer, the first American to ride in the Tour de France, was the victor in RAAM. The defending champion was only questioned toward the end of the stage as Jonas Vingegaard followed Ben O’Connor’s example with two attacks. Pete Penseyres setting the 1986 RAAM speed record of 15.40 mph. the average Tour de France rider maintains an average speed of 25 to 28 mph on. Race leader Tadej Pogacar enjoyed an uneventful day and remained on course for his second overall victory. Ever wonder how your cycling speed and skill set would stack up against. “It’s obviously going to be a great battle for the mountains jersey,” Poels said. It means a lot to me to win a Tour de France stage,” Kuss said.ĭutch rider Wout Poels finished third and took over the polka dot jersey for the best climber. Wout van Aert did a great job for me in the valley. “I don’t ride to Col de Beixalis much in training because it’s so hard, but I knew if I had a good gap, I’d stay away till the finish.

Kuss’ average speed going up was 20.4 kph (12.7 mph), and 57.9 kph (36 mph) going down, where he clocked a maximum speed of 80.6 kph (50 mph). Col de Beixalis was the steepest climb in a day of many ascents in the Pyrenees.

Tour de france average speed mph