Race in Review
After 21 stages the riders have now completed the 102nd edition of the Tour de France. Here’s a look at the data we’ve collected on their journey.
3360.3 km total distance travelled
shortest distance 13.8 km travelled on one day (Stage 1) average distance 160 km travelled each day
longest distance 223.5 km travelled on one day (Stage 4)
Dimension Data’s Big Data Truck 5151 km total distance travelled
320 hours spent on the road
overall classifications after 21 Stages
Individual Points
Chris Froome – SKY Peter Sagan – TCS
84h 46’ 14’’ 432 points
Youth Climber
Nairo Alexander Chris Froome – SKY Quintana – MOV
84h 47’ 26’’ 119 points
Team
Movistar 255h 24’ 24’’
37°C hottest stage on le Tour
Stage 12
stage 20 28°C stage 1 stage 7 stage 3 stage 10 stage 18 31°C stage 5 28°C stage 13 24°C 26°C stage 16 32°C 20°C stage 8 36°C stage 21 stage 11 stage 4 stage 14 30°C stage 2 stage 6 24°C 18°C 28°C 29°C 34°C stage 17 stage 19 26°C 19°C stage 9 stage 12 stage 15 33°C 34°C 22°C 37°C 33°C
(Source: Météo France. Figures stated are the highest temperature recorded on the Stage.)
power output
the riders produced a combined power output equal to about 90 kilowatt that’s roughly the same as 22.5 solar roof panels
38.34 km/h average speed of riders across 21 stages 55.45 km/h
highest average speed on a stage (stage 1)
average speed on each stage
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
51.04 46.87 44.96 39.98 39.87 38.95 42.71 41.08 49.98 36.27 34.79 km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
31.92 41.10 38.92 45.66 41.09 35.48 34.13 28.94 31.20 38.72 km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h km/h
lowest average speed on a stage 28.94 km/h (stage 19)
55.45 km/h highest average speed achieved by a stage winner
average speed of each stage winner
stage 1 Rohan Dennis – BMC | 55.45 km/h
stage 2 André Greipel – LTS | 47.64 km/h
stage 3 Joaquim Rodríguez – KAT | 46.25 km/h
stage 4 Tony Martin – EQS | 40.76 km/h
stage 5 André Greipel – LTS | 40.75 km/h
stage 6 Zdenek Stybar – EQS | 39.11 km/h
stage 7 Mark Cavendish – EQS | 42.74 km/h
stage 8 Alexis Vuillermoz – ALM | 41.74 km/h
stage 9 Team BMC Racing – | 52.09 km/h
stage 10 Chris Froome – SKY | 38.23 km/h
stage 11 Rafal Majka – TCS | 37.35 km/h
stage 12 Joaquim Rodriguez – KAT | 34.39 km/h
stage 13 Greg van Avermaet – BMC | 41.98 km/h
stage 14 Stephen Cummings – MTN | 40.61 km/h
stage 15 André Greipel – LTS | 46.41 km/h
stage 16 Ruben Plaza Molina – LAM | 44.64 km/h
stage 17 Simon Geschke – TGA | 38.29 km/h
stage 18 Romain Bardet – ALM | 36.85 km/h
stage 19 Vincenzo Nibali – AST | 31.5 km/h
stage 20 Thibaut Pinot – FDJ | 33.6 km/h
stage 21 André Greipel – LTS | 38.72 km/h
the riders together burned an estimated total 23,940,000 kcal
equalling about 85,807 hamburgers
45’47” longest time gap
between the first and last rider
gap between first and last rider for each stage
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
03’ 36’’ 11' 06'' 21' 38'' 26' 04'' 14' 15'' 06' 02'' 06' 12'' 10' 58'' TTT 29' 15'' 45’ 47”
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
37’ 33” 21’ 37” 20’ 56” 15’ 41” 30’ 36” 37’ 09” 35’ 51” 30’ 30” 23’ 57” 00’00”
number of cyclists who 38 abandoned the race this year
(which is relatively low when compared against the history books) 54.09 of abandoned riders across average number all 102 Tour de France races
the lowest number of finishers ever 10 (1919 with 69 starters) the highest number of finishers ever 170 (2010 with 197 starters)
here’s a look at the last 21 years…
year starters finishers abandoned 1995 189 115 74 1996 189 129 60 1997 198 139 59 1998 189 96 93 1999 180 141 39 2000 180 128 52 2001 189 144 45 2002 189 153 36 2003 189 147 42 2004 188 147 41 2005 189 155 34 2006 176 139 37 2007 189 141 48 2008 180 145 35 2009 180 156 24 2010 197 170 27 2011 198 167 31 2012 198 153 45 2013 198 169 29 2014 198 164 34 2015 198 160 38 average 43.95
19 total number of of sprint sections on this year’s route 78.48 km/h highest recorded speed on a sprint
5 highest recorded sprint speeds
78.48 km/h | John Degenkolb – TGA | Rancourt (Stage 5) 76.46 km/h | André Greipel – LTS | Gare de Moncontour (Stage 8) 75.13 km/h | Peter Sagan – TCS | Argentan (Stage 7) 64.67 km/h | John Degenkolb – TGA | Trois-Villes (Stage 10) 62.96 km/h | Thomas De Gendt – LTS | Rioupéroux (Stage 18)
58 total number on this of categorised climbs year’s route the riders covered 59,556 metres of elevation that’s 6.7 Mount Everests
19% steepest gradient on a climb on this year’s route
top 5 steepest gradients 5 climbs with the lowest riders climbed recorded average speed
19% Mur de Huy | Stage 3 15.52 km/h Côte de la Croix Neuve | Stage 14 11% Alpe d’Huez | Stage 20 (3 km cat.2 at 10.3%) 10.8% Col de Labays | Stage 10 15.84 km/h Alpe d’Huez | Stage 20 10.1% Mûr de Bretagne | Stage 8 (13.8 km HC at 8.1%) 10% Col du Tourmalet | Stage 11 16.21 km/h La Pierre-Saint-Martin | Stage 10 (15.3 km HC at 7.4%) 16.49 km/h Plateau de Beille | Stage 12 (15.8 km HC at 7.9%) 16.76 km/h Lacets de Montvernier | Stage 18 (3.4 km cat. 2 at 8.2%)
to generate race insights Dimension Data has processed between
4 million and 6 million records each stage 663,912 total number of visitors to the BETA live tracking website since it went live
highest number of unique visitors 74,607 supported on a single day on the BETA live tracking website
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