Timeline for Why aren't Tour de France riders going any faster?
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| Jan 25, 2012 at 5:00 | comment | added | Murray | I didn't write that the distance has regressed to the mean, I wrote that some years it's 'tougher', others 'easier'. Tough and effective doping control over the last 5 or so years leading to a slower average speed is borne out in the first chart. Your chart suggests an impressive correlation, but I can't help feel that the modern peloton would average around 40 or 50km/h (or possibly even higher) over the relatively flat 1903 course - due to the huge technological advantage. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:26 | comment | added | nick3216 | The race distance has not regressed to the mean, rather it has consitently decreased over the years; see the additional plot in my answer. I downvoted you because the speculation ("I feel...") on doping and technology is not borne out by either chart provided. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 4:51 | history | answered | Murray | CC BY-SA 3.0 |