The following is an easily accessible graph showing key statistics for the Tour de France from the years 1903-2019.
I've highlighted some epochs in the data, namely the two World Wars and the 1990's doping era culminating in the Armstrong doping saga. For the wars, the plot makes it seem as if racing took place but this is just a visual effect. No racing took place during those years.
To go along with this data, you might also like my previous post on modern bicycles and cycling speeds. There, I explored whether bicycles themselves have made any appreciable impact to speeds.
Hopefully this datasheet can be used in future years as a live plot.
All data obtained from www.letour.fr and compiled with Datawrapper.
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