Fastest Grand Tours time trials After Chris Boardman broke the hour record for the first time, Luc Leblanc remarked that if Boardman could break it, half of the pro peloton could. In his first TdF, Boardman caught his minute-man, Leblanc, over a 7.1 km course and set the fastest ever Tour stage in the process.
Rik Verbrugghe holds the record for the fastest ever stage in a grand tour. 58.874 km/h over the 7.6 km prologue course from the 2001 Giro d'Italia. Mario Cipollini holds the fastest road stage (48.521 km/h) from the 1997 edition and Alex Zülle holds the fastest time trial stage (53.771 km/h stage 15) from the 1998 edition.
The fastest ever Vuelta a España stage is held by Rubén Plaza. Plaza won the 39 km stage 20 time trial in 2005 at a speed of 56.22 km/h. This makes it the fastest ever non-prologue stage of a Grand Tour.
Fastest Time Trial longer than 20 km Greg LeMond 54.545 km/h Versailles - Paris (24.5 km) 1989 David Millar 54.361 km/h Pornic - Nantes (49 km) 2003
Fastest Prologue Chris Boardman 55.152 km/h Lille - Euralille (7.2 km) 1994 Chris Boardman 54.193 km/h Dublin (5.6 km) 1998 Fabian Cancellara 53.660 km/h Londres (7.9 km) 2007