A Tour de France rider will average 220 to 320 watts for a he must produce bigger numbers to keep the same speed. He covers all things cycling, from the Tour de France to new product
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, cools off after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Pool Photo via AP)
I'm just curious, as I'm trying to plan out a really long ride to go visit a friend via bike and she lives well outside of a days riding distance. I can do about 40 miles a day on average without getting exhausted. I'm curious how far I could go past that before stepping into crazy levels like a rider in the Tour De France does.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finally gained time on Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and extended his lead at the 2023 Tour de France with a dominant, victorious ride in the 22.4km time trial
The Tour de France of 1936 was done with a single gear and freewheel with the winner maintaining a 19.3mph average speed, the following year of the tour was the year in which they allowed the use of a derailleur setup and the winner maintained an average speed of 19.7mph both tours were 2700+miles long and had similar mountain stages.
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