The 21st and last stage of the 2013 Tour de France has been a rather fast one, but not one to disrupt the overall ranking. In terms of speed, the 2013 Tour has been the fastest since the one won by Armstrong — meanwhile deprived of all his Tour titles on charge of doping — in 2005. The overall speed reached by the stage winners is 40.82 km/h, and the average speed of all riders is 39.36 km/h. Although the 2013 Tour remains below the 2005 Tour historical benchmark of 41.65 km/h, the level of the performances may trigger further debate about sports ethics.
Average Speed | |||||
Stage | Distance | Stage Winner | Average | ||
Time | Speed | Time | Speed | ||
| 1 | 213 | 04:56:52 | 43.03 | 04:56:52 | 43.03 |
| 2 | 156 | 03:43:11 | 41.94 | 03:50:30 | 40.63 |
| 3 | 145.5 | 03:41:24 | 39.43 | 03:45:37 | 38.70 |
| 4 | 25 | 00:25:57 | 58.14 | 00:26:45 | 55.56 |
| 5 | 228.5 | 05:31:51 | 41.32 | 05:33:52 | 41.10 |
| 6 | 176.5 | 03:59:02 | 44.35 | 04:00:31 | 44.01 |
| 7 | 205.5 | 04:54:12 | 41.94 | 05:00:55 | 40.94 |
| 8 | 195 | 05:03:18 | 38.54 | 05:24:09 | 36.11 |
| 9 | 168.5 | 04:43:03 | 35.70 | 05:01:14 | 33.57 |
| 10 | 197 | 04:53:25 | 40.29 | 04:54:28 | 40.12 |
| 11 | 33 | 00:36:29 | 54.10 | 00:40:33 | 48.53 |
| 12 | 218 | 04:49:49 | 45.13 | 04:50:45 | 44.95 |
| 13 | 173 | 03:40:08 | 47.14 | 03:47:23 | 45.65 |
| 14 | 191 | 04:15:11 | 44.94 | 04:22:01 | 43.71 |
| 15 | 242.5 | 05:48:45 | 41.74 | 06:09:55 | 39.30 |
| 16 | 168 | 03:52:45 | 43.30 | 04:08:55 | 40.48 |
| 17 | 32 | 00:51:33 | 37.21 | 00:57:00 | 33.68 |
| 18 | 172.5 | 04:51:32 | 35.49 | 05:13:03 | 33.05 |
| 19 | 204.5 | 05:59:01 | 34.20 | 06:21:40 | 32.15 |
| 20 | 125 | 03:39:04 | 34.25 | 03:55:45 | 31.81 |
| 21 | 133.5 | 03:06:14 | 43.06 | 03:06:54 | 42.79 |
| Overall | 3,403.5 | 83:22:46 | 40.82 | 86:28:47 | 39.36 |
| Minimum | 83:22:46 | 34.20 | 31.81 | ||
| Maximum | 58.14 | 55.56 | |||
| The fastest Tour de France was completed by Lance Armstrong in 2005, at the overall speed of 41.65 km/h. | |||||
Sources: see Cycling
