How to follow the Tour de France participants and other professional athletes in the Strava

A few years ago I followed the Tour de France and then the most striking for me was the average speed distance, I could not imagine how to ride a bicycle more than 200 km per day, and even at speeds of 40+ km / h. If you previously had to rely on a broadcast schedule or consider yourself an average speed after the finish, but today thanks Strava You can see and analyze detailed tracks these superhumans after the completion of the next stage.

That Strava - a favorite of cyclists service, has long been known, it would have, because there is a very Lance Armstrong, Which, in spite of everything, the most famous and charismatic cyclist in the world. A few days ago I found there are several riders participating in passing in these days of the Tour de France! Just click on their names and go into profiles.

For example, Thibaut Pinot - one of the best "miners" of today, who is now second in the general classification of the Tour in 2014 and winner of the white jerseys as the best young rider. But difficult 16th stage in its execution:

243 km for six and a half hours, the average speed of 37.4 km / h, while the maximum - 122 km / h!

Can not be limited to general statistics, and see more detail, for example, as a David Lopez, The Spanish rider of Team Sky, overcomes the Port de Bales, one of the toughest ascents in all the Tour de France.

And here Laurens ten Dam All udelal on this very Port de Bales, where of course there is a segment in Bleed, so that everyone can try to compete with him now and say that it was able to beat the racer of the top-10 Tour 2014.

And where do without the old man Levi Leipheimer, Which, though completed his professional career last year and now rides not in France, and on the MTB over the vast expanses of the US, but no less interesting. The Strava has a section with profiles professional athletes, mostly cyclists, but there are runners, for example, and a lover of ultramarafonets Hoka OneOne Sage Canada.

If you find someone more interesting, throw a link in the comments.