Highest average speed BETWEEN 1940 AND 1959. (- team time trials)  |  2020-2039 |  2000-2019 |  1980-1999 |  1960-1979 |  1940-1959 |  1920-1939 |  1900-1919 | 

From 1 to 50 km. from 1940-1959 1959 6  Roger Rivière Blain - Nantes 45.30 km    00h 56' 46" = 47,880 km./h. 1958 8  Charly Gaul Châteaulin - Châteaulin 46.00 km    01h 07' 12" = 41,071 km./h. 1957 15b  Jacques Anquetil Montjuich - Montjuich 9.80 km    00h 14' 29" = 40,598 km./h. 1956 4a  Charly Gaul Les Essarts - Les Essarts 15.00 km    00h 22' 19" = 40,329 km./h. 1958 18  Charly Gaul Mont-Ventoux - Mont-Ventoux 21.50 km    01h 02' 09" = 20,756 km./h.

From 51 to 100 km. from 1940-1959 1958 23  Charly Gaul Besançon - Dijon 74.00 km    01h 40' 27" = 44,201 km./h. 1957 20  Jacques Anquetil Bordeaux - Libourne 66.00 km    01h 32' 17" = 42,911 km./h. 1959 21  Roger Rivière Seurre - Dijon 69.20 km    01h 39' 38" = 41,673 km./h. 1955 21  Jean Brankart Châtellerault - Tours 68.60 km    01h 39' 31" = 41,360 km./h. 1956 20  Miguel Bover Saint-Étienne - Lyon 73.00 km    01h 46' 57" = 40,954 km./h.

From 101 to 150 km. from 1940-1959 1958 11  Arrigo Padovan Royan - Bordeaux 137.00 km    03h 12' 22" = 42,731 km./h. 1956 4b  Roger Hassenforder Rouen - Caen 125.00 km    02h 56' 44" = 42,437 km./h. 1955 16  Rik Van Steenbergen Ax-les-Thermes - Toulouse 123.00 km    02h 57' 09" = 41,660 km./h. 1948 17  Roger Lambrecht Mulhouse - Strasbourg 120.00 km    02h 55' 17" = 41,076 km./h. 1955 1a  Miguel Poblet Le Havre - Dieppe 102.00 km    02h 39' 31" = 38,366 km./h.

From 151 to 200 km. from 1940-1959 1953 7  Livio Isotti Le Mans - Nantes 181.00 km    04h 04' 08" = 44,484 km./h. 1959 7  Roger Hassenforder Nantes - La Rochelle 190.00 km    04h 22' 44" = 43,390 km./h. 1955 6  André Darrigade Colmar - Zürich 195.00 km    04h 32' 14" = 42,978 km./h. 1954 8  Fred De Bruyne Vannes - Angers 190.00 km    04h 27' 04" = 42,686 km./h. 1956 8  Miguel Poblet Angers - La Rochelle 180.00 km    04h 14' 56" = 42,364 km./h.

From 201 to 250 km. from 1940-1959 1958 9  André Darrigade Quimper - Saint-Nazaire 206.00 km    04h 48' 27" = 42,850 km./h. 1959 1  André Darrigade Mulhouse - Metz 238.00 km    05h 33' 45" = 42,787 km./h. 1956 14  Roger Hassenforder Toulouse - Montpellier 231.00 km    05h 26' 05" = 42,504 km./h. 1958 5  Settimo Sabbadini Versailles - Caen 232.00 km    05h 29' 44" = 42,216 km./h. 1956 1  André Darrigade Reims - Liège 223.00 km    05h 19' 15" = 41,911 km./h.

From 251 to 300 km. from 1940-1959 1958 10  Pierino Baffi Saint-Nazaire - Royan 255.00 km    06h 04' 57" = 41,924 km./h. 1955 17  Charly Gaul Toulouse - Saint-Gaudens 294.00 km    07h 31' 31" = 39,068 km./h. 1954 2  Louison Bobet Anvers-Brasschaat - Lille 255.00 km    06h 51' 52" = 37,148 km./h. 1948 5  Raoul Remy La Rochelle - Bordeaux 262.00 km    07h 03' 32" = 37,116 km./h. 1948 3  Guy Lapébie Dinard - Nantes 251.00 km    06h 48' 31" = 36,865 km./h.