Last year Strava, a dedicated cycling app, announced it had been linked with the Tour de France as its official partner for the next three years. Considering that the app has 95 million active users and the information it collects has been used to design urban plans in cities with a focus on bicycles, it is not surprising that they are associated with the world’s most emblematic race. two wheels The interesting thing is that it now allows us to sneak into the kitchen of the Tour de France and not only follow every stage of the application, also compare our time with professional cyclists and more.

For example, according to an analysis Strava conducted of 37 professional cyclists who trained for a gala competition and agreed to disclose their data, we can find out the unique details. Over the six months, between January and June 2023, athletes covered an average distance of 15,000 km, the equivalent of cycling from England to Australia. In that period they accumulate a drop is equivalent to climbing Everest 21 times and they burn over 400,000 calories, the equivalent of eating over 1,000 croissants.

To this we must add what is most tempting for the fans. At least 85% of professional cyclists use Strava, which means their data is available: speed, time, stages… In total, of the stages between Bilbao and Paris, the Tour de France will include 58 Strava segments. AND This segment data will be published every daywith speed, time, but also with the best slope, unevenness and time of professionals and amateurs.

Once we have this data we can fully dedicate ourselves to challenging the pros, as we will see their times by segment and Strava records this data and assigns the titles KOM (King Of the Mountain), QOM (Queen Of the Mountain) or CR ( Course Notes), depending on the person and the sport they practice. The title of Local Legend is given to people who traveled that segment most frequently in the previous 90 days. But because success requires not only training but planning, all the information related to Strava’s 58 segments is readily available it has been published and although many of them will be updated if records are broken, we will be able to see first-hand how we deal with some of the Tour de France’s most emblematic climbs.