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Shortest Rider in the 2005 Tour de France

Posted by on July 15, 2005

I read that the shortest rider in the 2005 Tour de France is 5’2″, but he’s not the lightest rider. The full stats from Wikipedia are:

* The tallest rider was Johan van Summeren at 1.98 metres or 6′ 5.5″.
* The shortest was Samuel Dumoulin at 1.58 metres or 5′ 2″.
* The heaviest rider was Magnus Backstedt at 95 kgs or 209.5lbs
* The lightest was Leonardo Piepoli at 57 kgs or 125.5lbs.
* Christopher Horner and Laurent Lefevre shared the lowest resting heart rate, 35 beats per minute.
* The “average” rider in 2005 was 1.79 metres (5′ 10.5″) tall, weighed 71 kgs (156lbs), and had a resting heart rate of 50 beats per minute.