Tour de France Stage 1

The riders covered 191km in 4:41:31 giving them an average speed of 39.04 kph. The typical “Training Stress Score” for a flat stage like this would be in the region of 180 – 200. The riders would be burning 3500 kilo calories on the stage and then another 2500 before the stage and in recovery between the end of this stage and the next stage the following day. Tomorrow see’s the riders tackle the Team Time Trial.

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