The 2010 Tour ended without any surprise or dramatic event to disturb the expected results. The 20th stage did not show any serious attempt to change fate – the whole bunch finished with the same time, plus or minus a few seconds, showing that they accepted the verdict of the 19 preceding stages. The overall speed of the "yellow jersey" is 39.59 km/h, well below the 41.65 km/h historical fastest Tour in 2005.
Average Speed | |||||
Stage | Distance | First Ranked Rider | Average | ||
Time | Speed | Time | Speed | ||
| Prologue | 8.9 | 00:10:00 | 53.39 | 00:11:04 | 48.25 |
| 1 | 223.5 | 05:09:38 | 43.31 | 05:09:44 | 43.3 |
| 2 | 201 | 04:40:48 | 42.95 | 04:47:44 | 41.88 |
| 3 | 213 | 04:49:38 | 44.1 | 04:55:30 | 43.2 |
| 4 | 153.5 | 03:34:55 | 42.88 | 03:35:09 | 42.76 |
| 5 | 187.5 | 04:30:50 | 41.57 | 04:31:26 | 41.48 |
| 6 | 227.5 | 05:37:42 | 40.41 | 05:38:14 | 40.34 |
| 7 | 165.5 | 04:22:52 | 37.79 | 04:35:59 | 35.98 |
| 8 | 189 | 04:54:11 | 38.57 | 05:12:52 | 36.28 |
| 9 | 204.5 | 05:38:10 | 36.26 | 05:59:46 | 34.08 |
| 10 | 179 | 05:10:56 | 34.56 | 05:25:20 | 33.03 |
| 11 | 184.5 | 04:42:29 | 39.17 | 04:44:33 | 38.92 |
| 12 | 210.5 | 04:58:26 | 42.35 | 05:04:08 | 41.52 |
| 13 | 196 | 04:26:26 | 44.14 | 04:29:42 | 43.56 |
| 14 | 184.5 | 04:52:42 | 37.81 | 05:14:12 | 35.21 |
| 15 | 187.5 | 04:44:51 | 39.47 | 05:03:40 | 37.06 |
| 16 | 199.5 | 05:31:43 | 36.08 | 05:54:19 | 33.76 |
| 17 | 174 | 05:03:29 | 34.39 | 05:22:58 | 32.34 |
| 18 | 198 | 04:37:09 | 42.86 | 04:37:25 | 42.86 |
| 19 | 52 | 01:00:56 | 50.98 | 01:08:26 | 45.61 |
| 20 | 102.5 | 02:42:21 | 37.82 | 02:42:23 | 37.82 |
| Overall | 3,641.9 | 91:58:48 | 39.59 | 94:21:20 | 38.6 |
| The fastest Tour de France was completed by Lance Armstrong in 2005, at the oversall speed of 41.65 km/h. | |||||
Sources: see Cycling
