Here is a listing of the dates of each Tour with the starting (until 1952, it was always Paris) and finishing city (always Paris), the total length of each Tour, number of stages, the number of entrants and finishers as well as the winner's average speed over the entire Tour.Click on any highlighted year for much more information about that TourThe distances and average speeds for pre-World War I Tour are very inexact. 21 After this initial effort, The Australianâs job was done for the day and he rode a moderate pace to the finish, just 289w, 4.13w/kg. Here we’ll compare power data from a rare successful break and the peloton on this brutally tough day. Most climbs were done within just 30 seconds difference between the breakaway and the field, which was controlling its pace until the penultimate climb of the day. As the peloton increased its pace, Jack Haig managed to climb 1min faster than Serge Pauwels over just 3.5km.
A total of 176 riders from 22 teams participated in the race. This shows that both of these riders were committed to working hard within the group, and that the pace was consistent throughout this first section of the race. Despite being in somewhat unfamiliar territory, the Rouleur and Classics specialist managed a fantastic effort for his team and the leading group. Stage 6 of the Tour de France was the first real test for the GC contenders, with Some GC contenders (Mikel Landa, Geraint Thomas) flexed their muscles, and others faded dramatically (Romain Bardet, Tejay Van Garderen) in the final kilometers. The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours.The 3,365.8 km (2,091 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before moving throughout France and concluding on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July. It was crucial that the break ride very hard to open a gap as quickly as possible in order to cement their lead. At the bottom of the final climb, Serge and several other riders who had been dropped from the original break still had about 2min advantage over the chasing peloton, and were therefore still in contention for a top result. Stage 6 was a massive early effort for GC contenders and their teams alike, and some race favorites came away licking their wounds.
Pauwelsâ power in his first big attack of the day was a massive 10sec effort at 806w, 12.4w/kg with a max at 952w, 14.76w/kg, and the pace did not let up from there. Serge managed to stay in front of the rapidly shrinking peloton until halfway up the last climb with a hard tempo of 334w, 5.15w/kg for 13:23min.It was an extremely hard day for Serge and the other riders in the break. Jack is here to be a key domestique for Adam Yates when the race heads into the high mountains, so his job on stage 6 would have been to conserve energy and keep his team leader out of trouble. Haig was doing nearly Of course, this difference was reduced as the race hit the mountains, where drafting plays less of a role. Without such pace and a great cohesion in the group, the breakaway would have been unable to succeed at the end as it did. Back then stage lengths were often estimated. In fact, you’re one of about 30 people to ask us this since the beginning of this year’s Tour de France.
Nearly a week in, this yearâs Tour is still very much wide open. 60