{"id":38820,"date":"2022-07-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=412346"},"modified":"2022-07-05T16:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:17:19","slug":"who-is-the-tallest-tour-de-france-cyclist-and-why-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/who-is-the-tallest-tour-de-france-cyclist-and-why-does-it-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the tallest Tour de France cyclist, and why does it matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Colin Henrys\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 05 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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From featherweight mountain goats to power-packed track sprinters, there is no catch-all shape and size for professional cyclists.<\/p>\n

But particularly pro road cyclists are the rarity \u2013 hauling your body over the mountains of the Grand Tours generally favours lighter riders.<\/p>\n

ProCyclingStats<\/a> crunched the data in 2017 and found the average weight of riders on the men\u2019s WorldTour<\/a> was 68.8kg and their average height was 1.81m.<\/p>\n

So, who are the riders at the extremes of the data? Who are the tallest and shortest riders at the 2022 Tour de France? And does it have any impact on performance?<\/p>\n

Who is the tallest pro cyclist ever?<\/h2>\n

Conor Dunne, 2.04m<\/h3>\n
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Conor Dunne regularly towered over his rivals in the pro peloton.<\/span><\/figcaption> Getty \/ Kei Tsuji \/ Stringer<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Conor Dunne, the 2018 Irish champion, never rode in the Tour de France<\/a>, but he was at the 2017 Vuelta a Espana and the 2019 Giro d\u2019Italia, and completed both.<\/p>\n

He was the\u00a0lanterne rouge<\/em> at the Vuelta with Aqua Blue Sport and finished the Giro in 135th place overall for the Israel Cycling Academy\u2026 which is no mean feat considering the Irishman is 6ft 8in (2.04m) tall and towered over the peloton.<\/p>\n

I am 2.04m tall everyone. Which is equivalent to 82 chocolate smarties stacked on each other. I also am able to eat all the smarties.<\/p>\u2014 Conor Dunne (@conordunnealot) August 19, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote>