3855 kmh average speed of riders across nine stages

1966 kmaverage distance travelled each day

1625 km(stage 7)

shortest distance travelled in one day

2375 km(stage 4)

longest distance travelled in one day

4435 kmhhighest average speed on a stage(stage 1)

05h59rsquo54rsquorsquo longest time on the saddle(stage 3)

5 abandons

Stage 1-9 2-10 July 2016

75 km longer than shortest distance

50race distance covered

198 riders in 22 teams generate 42000 geospatial

points and 75 million GPS readings

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Total distance travelled so far

Total hours spent on the road so far

Metres of cables wersquove rolled out so far

Total data processed so far (records)

20995 km 30 hours 5400 m5970 million

First time in Tour history stage 8 kicked-off with all the race starters Five riders then dropped out over the weekend

The fight for the Yellow JerseyAfter nine stages covering 17695 km the riders have covered half the distance of this yearrsquos Tour de France

Herersquos a look at the stories wersquove collected on their journey so far

Stages 1-9

Conquering the Pyrenees

Over three stages in the Pyrenees the riders have climbed 9000 metres ndash thatrsquos higher than Mount Everest

11 85categorised climbs

steepest average gradient on a climb so far on Col de Beixalis (stage 9)

Steepest climbs in the Pyrenees

Slowest recorded average speed

85 Col de Beixalis (stage 9)82 Cocircte de la Comella (stage 9)78 Col de Peyresourde (stage 8)72 Andorre Arcalis (stage 9)68 Col de Val Louron-Azet (stage 8)

136 kmh Col de Beixalis - 85 (stage 9)138 kmh Col du Perthus - 79 (stage 5)144 kmh Col de Peyresourde - 78 (stage 8)155 kmh Cocircte de la Comella - 82 (stage 9)158 kmh Andorre Arcalis - 72 (stage 9)

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Average speed

first nine stagesaverage speed on each stage

4435 kmh

4151kmh

3721 kmh

4319kmh

3696kmh

4020kmh

3984kmh

3408kmh

3241kmh

1 4 72 5 83 6 9

Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Michael Morkov

Number of riders involved 9

Speed of the riders 62 kmh

Number of riders involved 3

Speed of the riders 62 kmh

Number of riders involved 130

Speed of the riders 475 kmh

Alberto Contador Alberto Contador

Significant race crashes

The injuries sustained from early crashes led to Michael Morkov and Alberto Contador abandoning the race in the Pyrenees

4 total number of sprint finishes

7427 kmh highest recorded speed on a sprint

A mad dash in the sprints

7427 kmh M Kittel (EQS) ndash stage 66995 kmh J Degenkolb (TGA) ndash stage 1688 kmh B Coquard (DEN) ndash stage 4666 kmh P Sagan (TNK) ndash stage 26214 kmh A Greipel (LTS) ndash stage 3

Christopher Froome

Mark CavendishTeam Dimension Data

Stage 1 Stages 2 3 4 Stages 5 6 7 Stages 8 9

Peter SaganTinkoff

Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Team

Christopher FroomeTeam Sky

The four Yellow Jersey holders in the race so far

(3967 kmh average speed over the nine stages)

With 29 stages under his belt hersquos won the second most stages in Tour de France history

Mark Cavendish of Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka won stages 1 3 and 6 and his first Yellow Jersey Leading the Green Jersey points classification for six days

Following the Yellow Jersey

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Time difference between Yellow Jersey and runner-up by stage

Stage 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91

Yellow Jersey

Runner-up

400

300

200

100

0

Mark Cavendish

(DDD)

Peter Sagan (TNK)

Peter Sagan (TNK)

Peter Sagan (TNK)

Greg Van Avermaet

(BMC)

Greg Van Avermaet

(BMC)

Christopher Froome

(SKY)

Greg Van Avermaet

(BMC)

Christopher Froome

(SKY)

Marcel Kittel(EQS)

Julian Alaphilippe

(EQS)

Julian Alaphilippe

(EQS)

Julian Alaphilippe

(EQS)

Julian Alaphilippe

(EQS)

Julian Alaphilippe

(EQS)

Adam Yates(OBE)

Adam Yates(OBE)

Adam Yates(OBE)

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