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30-07.-2005, 10:52 AM
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TDF speeds since 1903
With all the talk regarding this year's TDF speeds, I found this website http://www.torelli.com/raceinfo/tdf/tdfstats.html
and did some quick calculations. This may have been done here before, but I did not see or get a search return? Results are listed below, draw your own conclusions. Years ..........%change in avg. speed (km/hr)........Avg. length of tour(km) 1903-13............ +4.034........................................ 4229 1914-24............ -9.633 ........................................ 5445 1925-35............ +23.489 ...................................... 4398 1936-47 ........... +.977.......................................... 4424 1948-58 ........... +10.397....................................... 4655 1959-69 ........... -.183........................................... 4340 1970-80 ........... -1.250......................................... 3962 1981-91 ........... -.547........................................... 3784 1992-02 ............ +1.078........................................ 3736 2003-05............. +1.744........................................ 3475 Be careful with comparisons, overall race distance changed over time, sometimes rather quickly and drastically. World wars intervened, etc. Not a scientific comparison! |
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