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Stages 1-21
Vive le teamwork!
After completing all 21 stages of the greatest cycling race
in the world, the riders have travelled 3,529 km through
Switzerland, France, Spain, and Andorra to complete the
103rd Tour de France this year.
Here’s a look at some of the stories powered by data
we’ve collected on their dramatic journey to the finish line in
Paris and … why it takes a team to win the Tour.
Working together, the 22 teams representing
13 nationalities and 5 continents have conquered:
80 km/h winds
3 rain-drenched finishes
1 sweltering day of 35˚C
1 hail storm
59 categorised
climbs with
3
photo finishes
individual
time trials
4 summit finishes
(stages 3, 4, and 16)
05h 59’ 54’’
Fastest stage
(stage 11)
Slowest stage
(stage 18)
46.65 km/h
29.58 km/h
highest average speed of all riders
on a stage
average speed of all riders
168 km
longest time in
the saddle
(stage 3)
175
38.34 km/h average distance
travelled each day
(stages 1-21)
riders still in the race
average speed of riders
across 21 stages
(a new Tour de France
record for highest number
of finishers)
Journey of the Yellow Jersey
Christopher Froome (SKY)
89h 06’ 01’’
39.6 km/h average speed
faster than runner-up
Romain Bardet (ALM)
38.7 km/h average speed
Teamwork beats the rest
Dominates with
7 riders out of 34
in the lead at the
penultimate climb.
Keeps control on
Mont Ventoux.
Stage 9
Stage 12
Stage 8
Sets Froome up for Paris
finalé despite crash.
Stage 16
Stage 11
Sets Froome up for
his downhill attack
on the descent of
Col de Peyresourde.
Tackles final week
of the race with all
9 riders remaining.
Positions Froome
perfectly to react to
Sagan’s (TNK) attack
on the last 12 km.
Stages 19 and 20
Stage 15
Stage 17
Stage 21
Annihilates
every attack.
Poels (SKY) responds
and controls every attack
on the Finhaut-Emosson.
Froome cruises to
Yellow Jersey victory
with the support of
his team.
If the peloton only had 30 riders, on average 7 would be from Team Sky.
Fastest and slowest teams
Teams
Time
Average
speed km/h
Gap
1
Movistar Team
267h 20’ 45’
39.60
2
Team Sky
267h 28’ 59’’
+ 08’ 14’’
39.58
3
BMC Racing Team
268h 08’ 56’’
+ 48’ 11’’
39.48
20
Fortuneo-Vital Concept
273h 34’ 03’’
+ 06h 13’ 18’’
38.70
21
Lotto Soudal
274h 16' 50''
+ 06h 56’ 05’’
38.60
22
Team Dimension Data
274h 38’ 57’’
+ 07h 18’ 12’’
38.55
Slow and steady wins in this race
There are other ways to achieve glory in the Tour de France.
Team Dimension Data is ranked 22 overall but has won 5 stages.
Average speed on each stage
by classification
How the elements affect the speed on a stage
High
crosswind
speeds
43.5 km
downhill
Very high
temperatures
Very high
temperatures
Hail on the
final climb
50.00
Strong
headwinds
45.00
40.00
Average speed km/h
35.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
Stage 1
2
3
4
5
6
Flat
7
8
9
Hilly
10
11
12
13
Mountain
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Individual time trial
Teams can conquer mountains
Surviving the Alps
8,500 m
the equivalent of
total elevation of categorised
climbs in the Alps
26 Eiffel Towers
21.59 km
24.05 km/h
average climbing speed of
slowest rider in the Alps
average climbing speed of all
riders in the Alps
59’ 23” slower than
Froome (SKY)
26.35 km/h
Froome’s (SKY) average
climbing speed in the Alps
Distance riders have climbed over
3 days in the Alps versus the rest of the Tour
Riding through the Alps
(distance versus % time spent)
118 km
55%
267 km
118 km
12%
106 km
Alps
270 km
33%
Rest of the Tour
Descents
Climbing
Flats
Toughest mountain climb in the Alps
Finhaut-Emosson | stage 17 | 10.4 km at 8.4% gradient
14.88 km/h
average speed on the climb
Final km hardest at 12.3% gradient
53˚C recorded at one point on the climb
Individual team members beat the clock
Individual time trials
Stage 13
Stage 18
37.5 km
17 km
distance travelled
(flat)
distance travelled
(mountain)
44.78 km/h
39.87 km/h
fastest average speed
of winner
fastest average speed
of winner
Tom Dumoulin (TGA)
Christopher Froome (SKY)
Froome (SKY) outperformed
Dumoulin (TGA) by 1.13%
Dumoulin (TGA) outperformed
Froome (SKY) by 3.92%
time gained by Yellow Jersey just in
individual time trials versus runner up, in
the General Classification, Bardet (ALM)
03’ 31”
average time-trial speed of
Romain Bardet (ALM)
38.23 km/h
Teams face danger together…
the dreaded descents
Highest recorded average speed on a descent
69.31 km/h
Average speed of riders
on all descents Kittel (EQS)
51.54 km/h
Col du Tourmalet (stage 8)
Fastest overall descents by rider group
Col de la Forclaz – 5.4% (stage 17) 68.21 km/h | Breakaway
63.94 km/h | Yellow Jersey group
66.43 km/h | Stragglers
Col du Tourmalet – 6.8% (stage 8) 62.41 km/h | Breakaway
62.71 km/h | Yellow Jersey group
65.15 km/h | Stragglers
Horquette d’Ancizan – 7.5% (stage 8) 60.98 km/h | Breakaway
58.67 km/h | Yellow Jersey group
59.05 km/h | Stragglers
The stragglers are faster than the peloton – they generally descend faster than the
other groups, who have more to lose.
Danger of descents = crashes
Col des Trois Termes
Col des Mosses
Domancy
Domancy
Stage 12
Stage 17
Stage 19
Stage 19
Gerrans (OBE)
Bozic (COF)
Froome (SKY)
Navarro (COF)
Speed of the rider
Speed of the rider
Speed of the rider
Speed of the rider
56 km/h
74 km/h
45 km/h
Multiple wounds
and abrasions
Broken collarbone
47 km/h
Abrasions and cuts
Broken shoulder
Froome’s show on the Col de Peyresourde
Froome (SKY) hit a top speed of 91 km/h and gained 13"
Teams go faster, together
On every flat stage, the peloton caught the
breakaway to make sure the stage finished
in a bunch sprint.
Preparing the sprint
Peloton 4% faster on
average than the breakaway
in previous 50 km
15 km from
finish line –
average point
where the
break is caught
on flat stages
38.5% of stages ending in bunch sprint
Stage 10: Peloton tried to catch
break but didn’t succeed
When the break gets away with it
Matthews (OBE)
won the stage
Michael Matthews, Daryl Impey and Luc de Bridge
from Orica-BikeExchange (OBE)
Sprint finishes
3 photo finishes
11 cm
4 cm
9 cm
between Mark Cavendish (DDD)
and Andre Greipel (LTS)
between Marcel Kittel (EQS)
and Bryan Coquard (DEN)
between Peter Sagan (TNK) and
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)
59 km/h
speed across the
finish line
52 km/h
speed across the
finish line
65 km/h
speed across the
finish line
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 16
The final sprint to Paris
Stage winner: Andre Greipel (LTS)
64.5 km/h
top speed in sprint
to the finish line
1
André Greipel
(LTS)
2
Peter Sagan
(TNK)
3
Alexander Kristoff
(KAT)
Best young rider
% time spent in Yellow Jersey group
100
90
Percentage time spent
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Adam Yates (OBE)
Louis Meintjies (LAM)
Emanuel Buchmann (BOA)
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4,892.5 km
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total distance
travelled
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on the road
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total data records
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the solution kept up
with the race
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