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Alasdair Fotheringham

Yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar explains why stage 11 of 2026 Tour de France smashed 27-year-record for fastest average speed

Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates - XRG rides in Yellow Leader Jersey in peloton on stage 11.

Tadej Pogačar has broken plenty of Tour de France records in person since he first won the race outright back in 2020, but on stage 11 of this year's edition, the Slovenian oversaw one new record being set that actually wasn't his direct responsibility.

The 161.3-kilometre, largely-flat run from Vichy to Nevers saw a new average speed record established for a non-time trial stage of 50.91 kph. That was over half-a-kilometre faster than the previous highest of 50.356 kph back in Blois in 1999.

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